Graduate Management Admission Test
AcronymGMAT
TypeComputer-based standardized test
Developer / administratorGraduate Management Admission Council
Knowledge / skills testedQuantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning, integrated reasoning, analytical writing.
PurposeAdmissions in graduate management programs of business schools.
Year started1953; 66 years ago (1953)
Duration3 hours and 7 minutes
Score / grade rangeQuantitative 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 validity5 Years
OfferedMultiple times a year.
Countries / regions650 test centers in 114 countries.
LanguagesEnglish
Annual number of test takersMore than 200,000 (2019)
Prerequisites / eligibility criteriaNo official prerequisite. Intended for those interested in graduate management education. Fluency in English assumed.
FeeUS$ 250
Scores / grades used byMore than 7,000 programs at approximately 2,300 graduate business schools around the world accept the GMAT exam.
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