Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is an entrance exam conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA) for admission to the post graduate management courses throughout various management institutes in the country. Through MAT management aspirants can get admission in to a very large number of management institutes throughout the country. Therefore MAT is very popular among the management aspirants. One can say that MAT is to post graduate management courses as AIEEE is to undergraduate engineering courses.

MAT is conducted four times a year. Next MAT entrance would be conducted in September 2015 and scores will be valid in all the management institutes for admission in 2016. Earlier MAT was a paper based test but from next time the candidates will have an option to either give MAT as a paper based test or an online test. This is approved as National Entrance Test for the admission in to MBA and equivalent programs under the Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development.

All India Management Association was founded in the year 1957. It is a unique body of management with more than thirty thousand individual members, about three thousand institutional members and more than fifty local management association across the India and World. Today there is only one body that play an important role in providing class one manager for the top companies to create new opportunities and that’s AIMA. AIMA creates an apex body of professional management with active support of the Indian Government.

The eligibility criteria for the Management Aptitude Test are that the candidates should have graduation degree in any of the discipline from a recognized University. Students in the final year Degree Course can also apply for the Management Aptitude Test. The aspiring candidates can also obtain Management Aptitude Test (MAT) Bulletin and Application form by post by sending demand draft of Rs.1200/ - to AIMS- CMS payable at New Delhi along with the two self Addressed slips. He has to send this request to the address Sr. DY Director- CMS, All India Management Association, management House, 14, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi- 110 003.

Application Forms Availability for AIMA MAT 2015-2016

MAT forms are available from designated Bank of Baroda branches and AIMA centres for a payment of Rs. 1200.

For the list of Bank of Baroda branches from which the form is available please refer to the following link:

Bank of Baroda Branches

For AIMA centres from which the form is available refer to the following link

AIMA study centres

One can also apply online for it and payment can be made either through Demand Draft or Credit Card.

To apply online please refer to the following link:

Apply Online

Important dates:

Date of MAT(Paper Based test):6th September, 2015

Date of MAT(Online test):12th September, 2015 onwards

Last date of availability of forms:22nd August, 2015

Last Date for receipt of complete application form at AIMA New Delhi:25th August, 2015

Eligibility criteria:

Eligibility criteria for appearing in MAT requires a candidate to be a graduate. The candidates who are in their final year of graduation can also apply for MAT for provisional admission subjected to the completion of their graduation.

Pattern of Examination:

MAT Entrance exam has 200 multiple choice questions which are to be attempted in two and a half hours. The questions are from these five sections:

Language Comprehension-40 questions Mathematical Skills-40 questions Data Analysis and Sufficiency-40 questions Intelligence and Critical Reasoning-40 questions Indian and Global Environment-40 questions

http://entrance-exam.net/aima-mat-2008-09/

Eligibility criteria:

 

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Inst of Business Mgmt & Technology	Bangalore	080-26791740
Institute of Business Management & Research	Bangalore	22484302,41103455
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Faridabad Institute of management Studies	Faridabad	0129-2278895, 2273403
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Marc College of Management & Technology	Hyderabad	040-66361976,24751965
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Annex College of Management Studies	Kolkata	033-22456855,033-22160770
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