The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a computer adaptive test which assesses a person's analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal, and reading skills in standard written English in preparation for being admitted into a graduate management program, such as an MBA. GMAT is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admission Council. Business schools use the test as a criterion for admission into a wide range of graduate management programs, including MBA, Master of Accountancy, and Master of Finance programs.

Dates vary depending on the examination centre

Fees vary depending on the examination centre.

The GMAT consists of four sections

Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA)– 1 Analysis of an Argument essay, 30 minutes

Integrated Reasoning– 12 questions of various types, 30 minutes total

Quantitative– 37 multiple-choice questions, 75 minutes total

Verbal– 41 multiple-choice questions, 75 minutes total

An official GMAT score report consists of five parts:

Verbal Scaled Score (on a scale from 0 to 60)

Quantitative Scaled Score (on a scale from 0 to 60)

Total Scaled Score (on a scale from 200 to 800)

Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) Score (on a scale from 0 to 6)

Integrated Reasoning Score (on a scale from 1 to 8) The total score is a scaled combination of the verbal and quantitative scaled scores.