GMAT Testing Location
We have found 1 GMAT test centre in Bahrain, located in Manama. For specific test dates of 2019, please refer to the end of this page.
Capital Knowledge
25th Floor, West Tower
Bahrain Financial Harbour
Capital Governorate
Manama 2670
Bahrain
Phone: + 973 172 11 3 11
Test Center Information
Capital Knowledge is located at the Bahrain Financial Harbour, one of the landmarks in the heart of the Kingdom. Visitors coming from the Muharraq side of King Faisal Highway can take the right turn just before the traffic lights opposite the Chamber of Commerce building to gain access to the Harbour. Visitors coming from the Riffa side of the King Faisal Highway will have to take a left from the same signal (since there is no direct left turn, you will have to take a right turn first, and then a U-turn to come back to the signal in front of the Chamber and go straight ahead into the Harbour car park from there).
GMAT Exam Dates in Bahrain
Unlike some paper based exams, the GMAT is computer based. Therefore, there are no fixed test dates for GMAT. Wherever you are in Bahrain, all test centers are open from Monday through Saturday throughout the year. Some even offer the exam every day of the year. However, some test centers are not open on Sundays and national holidays. For example, most college-based test centers might be closed for extended periods around holidays. For precise testing dates in Bahrain, please visit test-maker website – https://www.mba.com/.
Business
Bahrain was the first country in the Persian Gulf to discover petroleum in 1932. Since the reserves will be exhausted in a few years, the kingdom is trying to offset the declining income from oil production with an industrialization program and the development of a modern service sector. It already has the largest aluminum industry in the region and is an important financial and trading center. The gross national income (GNI) per resident is (2017) US $ 20,240.
Foreign trade: The foreign trade balance is mainly determined by oil imports from Saudi Arabia and food imports as well as by petrochemical exports and the export of aluminum products (import value in 2014: US $ 20.1 billion; export value: US $ 18.0 billion). In addition to Saudi Arabia, the main trading partners are China, the United Arab Emirates and the USA. Capital inflows (banks, tourism, financial aid from neighboring countries) offset the deficits in the trade balance and guest worker remittances.
Agriculture
With a share of 0.3% of GDP, the agricultural sector is of little importance. Agriculture, which is concentrated in the northwest of the main island, mainly produces vegetables, eggs, poultry, milk and fruit on around 6% of the state’s land. The traditional date palm culture is in decline, most of the staple foods – except fish – are imported.
Natural resources
The economic development of Bahrain is based on the oil production (export since 1934), which 1979-99 is administered by the state-run Bahrain National Oil Company, since then Bahrain Petroleum Co. (BAPCO). However, with inventories estimated at 125 million barrels, the Bahraini production wells will be the first to dry up in the Gulf. The natural gas reserves (around 200 billion m 3) will probably be exhausted by 2040 if the production rate remains constant.
Industry
Natural gas is the basis of the petrochemical and aluminum industries It is used in the ALBA aluminum smelter (since 1971; 2015: 960,000 t) with profile rolling mill and processing plants, in petrochemical plants (methanol, urea), pig iron reduction plants, electricity and seawater desalination plants. The Sitra refinery, which has been in operation since 1936, primarily processes crude oil supplied by Saudi Arabia. In addition, the state promotes light industry with machine, apparatus and vehicle construction, electrical engineering, food processing and the textile industry. The Arab League financed the ASRY dry dock (since 1978) for the repair and construction mainly of super tankers (maximum 500,000 t).
Service sector
Bahrain has been promoting the settlement of so-called offshore banks since 1975 and has thus developed into the most important banking and trading center in the Gulf region. The service sector generates 58.3% of GDP.
Tourism : Great importance is attached to the expansion of the tourism sector. Bahrain is already a popular destination for residents from neighboring Arab countries (2012: 8.1 million foreign visitors). Since 2007, the holiday resort Durat Al Bahrain has been built in the south of the main island with around a dozen artificial islands, hotels, villas, apartments, marinas, shopping malls and leisure and entertainment facilities (Formula 1 racetrack).
Transportation
The well-developed road network has 3,550 km of motorways and paved roads. A 25 km long road embankment leads to Saudi Arabia across the island of Umm Nasan (19 km 2 ; palace of the ruler) in the west. The airport in Muharrak (Bahrain International Airport) and the deep-water port Chalifa bin Salman (opened in 2009) provide further international connections.