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dMAT Exam Dates, Deadlines and Test Centres

By Moksh Khatri · Founder, DMAT Club · Updated 20 August 2026

Exam facts verified 11 September 2026 against g.a.s.t. (d-mat.de) and APS India (aps-india.de). Answer formats checked against the official dMAT demo exam, sat 23 August 2026. The dMAT is a first-year exam and its rules move — confirm anything date-sensitive at the official source before you act on it.

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The entire first dMAT cycle in India runs on four fixed dates. There is very little flexibility built into it, and no confirmed second sitting, so treat these as hard deadlines rather than targets.

Test centres in India

The dMAT can currently only be taken at an authorised test centre — there is no at-home online option. Centres operate in ten cities: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Kolkata, Mananthavady, Mumbai, New Delhi and Pune.

Seats are allotted first-come, first-served with no waitlist, and the three metros fill first. If your city is not on that list you are travelling, so settle it well before the deadline rather than on the day you register.

Test centres in India, in full — the map, the one city everyone misses, and what to do if yours fills →

What to do, in order

1. Confirm the dMAT applies to you before paying anything. Check the affected fields.
2. Create an account on the official dMAT participant portal.
3. Enter your degree stream and pick your test centre. Do this early; the good slots go first.
4. Pay the EUR 150 fee by card or direct debit. Registration is only confirmed once payment lands. Check your card's international transaction setting and daily limit first — a failed transaction can hold the seat until you retry.
5. Save the confirmation as a PDF or screenshot.
6. Download your admit slip from the same portal closer to the date, and carry it with your passport on 26 September.

If you miss 15 September

You cannot sit the 26 September exam. Since no additional sitting has been announced for the 2026/27 cycle before the Summer 2027 intake, missing the deadline may delay your German Master's entry by an entire intake rather than by a few weeks. Monitor APS India and g.a.s.t. announcements, but do not plan around a second date that has not been confirmed.

The dMAT and APS are separate

Worth repeating because it causes real problems: the dMAT is administered by g.a.s.t., while your APS documentation is verified separately by APS India, on a separate timeline. Registering for the dMAT does not register you for APS, and submitting your APS file does not enrol you in the dMAT. You have to do both.

How much preparation time is left

If you are reading this near the deadline, the honest answer is that three to four weeks of consistent timed practice is enough for most candidates — because the dMAT tests reasoning speed on fixed formats, not accumulated knowledge. Start with a diagnostic mock to see where you actually stand.

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