Graduate Management Admission Test
Acronym | GMAT
Type | Computer-based standardized test
Developer / administrator | Graduate Management Admission Council
Knowledge / skills tested | Quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning, integrated reasoning, analytical writing.
Purpose | Admissions in graduate management programs of business schools.
Year started | 1953; 66 years ago (1953)
Duration | 3 hours and 7 minutes
Score / grade range | Quantitative section: 6-51, in 1 point increments, Verbal section: 6-51, in 1 point increments, Integrated reasoning section: 1 to 8, in 1 point increments, Analytical writing assessment: 0.0 to 6.0, in 0.5 point increments. Total score (from verbal and quantitative sections only): 200 to 800.
Score / grade validity | 5 Years
Offered | Multiple times a year.
Countries / regions | 650 test centers in 114 countries.
Languages | English
Annual number of test takers | More than 200,000 (2019)
Prerequisites / eligibility criteria | No official prerequisite. Intended for those interested in graduate management education. Fluency in English assumed.
Fee | US$ 250
Scores / grades used by | More than 7,000 programs at approximately 2,300 graduate business schools around the world accept the GMAT exam.
Website | mba.com