KMAT Kerala 2025 is conducted twice in a year and it is a state level entrance exam which will be conducted in the third week of February 2025. It is also known as Kerala Management Aptitude Test. The KMAT Kerala exam is conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Exam authority of Kerala. For getting admission in Management Programmes candidates can apply through this entrance exam. Those candidates are eligible to apply for the exam and get admission in various institutes in Kerala State.
This article contains information about KMAT Kerala 2025 such as steps to apply, eligibility criteria, exam pattern etc.
KMAT Kerala 2025 Overview
| Name of Exam | KMAT Kerala 2025 |
| Full form | Kerala Management Aptitude Test |
| Exam Level | State level |
| Authority | Commissioner of Entrance Exam |
| Courses Offered | Management |
| Application Mode | Online |
| Exam Mode | Online |
KMAT Kerala 2025 Exam Date
Below are the tentative exam date of KMAT Kerala 2025
Session 1
| Events | Dates 2025 |
| Commencement of Application form | 4th Week of January 2025 |
| Last date to fill the application form | 2nd Week of February 2025 |
| Availability of admit card | 2nd Week of February 2025 |
| Date of exam | 3rd Week of February 2025 |
| Declaration of Result | March 2025 |
| Counseling Procedure | March 2025 |
Session 2
| Events | Dates 2025 |
| Commencement of Application form | 1st Week of June 2025 |
| Last date to fill the application form | 2nd Week of June 2025 |
| Availability of admit card | 2nd Week of June 2025 |
| Date of exam | 1st Week of July 2025 |
| Declaration of Result | 4th Week of July 2025 |
| Counseling Procedure | August 2025 |
KMAT Kerala 2025 Application Form
The candidates must go through the following details below which is related to KMAT 2025
- Visit the official website and the candidates can fill the application form through online mode only.
- Now the candidate must start filling the registration form of KMAT Kerala 2025 in the fourth week of January 2025 for the Session 1.
- For applying KMAT Kerala 2025 the candidates must fulfilled the eligibility criteria
- For registration start filling details such as name, contact number, email id etc
- The candidates can start login by using allotted details such as application number and password after this press save and next button.
- The candidates start to fill the application form by providing details such as personal, academic, exam city preference, date of birth, email id, institute choice etc.
- After this the candidate needs to upload the scanned passport size photograph and signature in the given format.
- The application form will be submitted till the second week of February 2025.
- The candidates need to verify all the details before submitting the application online and after the exam, the correction facility is provided to the candidates by the authority for 2-3 days.
- After this the students can submit the form and take the hard copy with them for their future preferences.
Application Fees
- The application fees can be submitted by the candidates through online mode.
- Online facilities are also available for the transaction such as Credit Card / Debit Card / Net Banking etc. are done through e-challan mode.
- If the candidates want to do cash payment through e-challan mode then they need to visit any Head and Sub post offices in Kerala.
Below are the category wise application fees that can candidates may check for their preferences:
| Category | Application Fees |
| General / SEBC | Rs. 1,000 |
| SC/ ST | Rs. 750 |
How to Apply for KMAT Kerala 2025
Below are the steps for how to apply KMAT Kerala 2025
- The candidate need to visit the official website of KMAT Kerala
- For registering candidates must fill in the basic details such as name, address, date of birth etc.
- After providing all the details then an application number is generated through the system on the candidates registered I’D and number.
- For filling the application form the candidates need to login with the application number.
- Enter the required detail which is asked in the application form and then upload documents in the given format.
- Before submitting the application form the candidate must re-check and verify the details of the form
- Then after submitting a confirmation page will appear on the screen.
- Now candidates can take out the print of the application form and keep it safe for their further use.
KMAT Kerala 2025 Eligibility Criteria
Below are some eligibility criteria 2025 which candidates need to fulfill before filling the exam form such as Nationality, Qualification, Marks, Age Limit and appearing.
- Nationality: Application are accepted either from Indians or Non-Indians that is eligible for the exam
- Qualification: The candidates must hold a bachelor degree of minimum 3 years of duration from any recognized institute / college are eligible to apply.
- Marks: Those candidates need to apply for this exam they must obtain minimum marks as per the requirement of the authority.
- Appearing: Those candidates in the final year of graduation are also eligible to apply.
- Age limit: For KMAT Kerala 2025 there will be no age limit criteria.
KMAT Kerala 2025 Exam Pattern
Below are some points related to the KMAT Kerala exam pattern 2025. Kindly check it:
- Exam Mode: The KMAT Kerala 2025 exam will be conducted through online mode
- Timing: The total timing provided to the candidates is 3 hours
- Question Type : In the exams multiple choice questions are going to be asked
- Number of Questions: In the KMAT question paper there will be 180 Multiple choice Questions.
- Medium:The medium of entrance exam will be English only
- Marking Scheme: For every correct exam 4 marks will be awarded.
- Negative Marking: For incorrect responses 1 mark will be deducted.
| Subjects | Number of Questions | Marks |
| Quantitative aptitude | 50 | 200 |
| English Language usage and reading comprehension | 50 | 200 |
| General knowledge and Current affairs | 40 | 160 |
| Data Sufficiency and logical Reasoning | 40 | 160 |
| Total | 180 | 720 |
KMAT Kerala 2025 Syllabus
The KMAT 2025 syllabus will be based on the 10+2 curriculum. The syllabus covers various topics such as Reading Comprehension, Quantitative Aptitude, Data Sufficiency and Logical reasoning and General Knowledge.
KMAT kerala 2025 Books
Here are the some best books for the preparation of KMAT 2025 exam preparation:
- Quantitative Aptitude by RS Aggarwal
- Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation by Nishit Sinha
- Quantitative Aptitude for All Competitive Examination
- Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
- High School English Grammar and Composition Key by Wren and Martin.
KMAT Kerala 2025 Admit Card
KMAT Kerala admit card will be released through online mode in the second week of February 2025. The candidates can download their results by filling in the login details and the KMAT 2025 admit card released through online mode by which they cannot send the admit card through authority in the offline mode to the candidates. For downloading the Hall ticket candidates need to login with their credentials.
If there is any mistake found in the admit card for correction the candidate contacts immediately to the authority for correction. And on this day if the candidate doesn’t have the admit card with them they aren’t allowed to give the exam.
KMAT Kerala 2025 Answer Key
After the conduction of the exam the answer key will be released in the fourth week of February 2025. The candidates can download their answer key from the official website. The answer key will have the right answer marked against every question along with the answer marked by the candidates with the help of answer key the candidates find out their accuracy of the possible scores before any objections raised.
KMAT Kerala 2025 Result
The candidates can check their result through online mode once the KMAT 2025 exam result is announced after a few days of conducting the exam and the candidates are able to see their result in the month of March 2025.
The results will not be provided to the candidates in the offline mode by the authority and for the result candidates are needed to fill the login details such as User ID and Password.
KMAT Kerala 2025 Cut-off
The cut-off list will be released through the website and available to the students after the declaration of the result. The cut-off list will be released separately according to the category of candidate.
The cut-off will be prepared by the authority which includes some factors such as number of seats available, previous year cut-off trends, number of qualified applicants etc . After considering these factories they release the cut-off in the online mode. For the cut-off candidates must have minimum qualification so that they can be qualified in the cut-off marks.
| Category | Percentage | Minimum Marks |
| General Category | 10% of 720 | 72 |
| SEBC Category | 10% of 720 | 72 |
| SC/ ST |
– |
54 |
KMAT Kerala 2025 Counseling
Those candidates who are qualified in the exam will be called for the counseling process and counseling procedure will be conducted in the month of March 2025. Those candidates want to take part in the counseling then they are required to secure minimum cut-off marks. For the admission the candidates required some documents for verification such as
- Class 10th and 12th marksheet
- KMAT Kerala 2025 Admit Card
- KMAT Kerala 2025 Score Card
- Migration certificate
- Category certificate
- Domicile Certificate
- Multiple passport size photograph
KMAT Kerala 2025 Participating Institute
Some participating Institute are:
- Rajagiri Institute of Management
- KJC Bangalore – Kristu Jayanti College
- SCMS cochin school of management, cochin
- Xavier institute of management and entrepreneurship – XIME, Kochi
- Albertian Institute of Management
