Registration and application process for national level MAT September 2015 exam for admission to MBA/PGDM 2016-18 programme has opened and is proposed to close on August 22, 2015. This is the first exam the registration for which is opened for MBA/PGDM admission in 2016.
The All India management Association (AIMA) has opened Registration and application process to next Management Aptitude Test (MAT) Sep 2015. MAT is a national level entrance test for admission to PGDM institutes where thousands of the aspirants test their skills. The test is conducted by AIMA (All India Management Association). Usually there are 4 MAT tests in a year viz February, May, September and December. The scores of MAT Sep 2015 will be used as admission criteria for MBA/PGDM programmes commencing 2016. MAT September 2015 scores will be considered for admission by number of management institutes offering PGDM programmes which are equivalent to MBA.
Registration for MAT Sep 2015
Registration for MAT Sep 2015 is open now and is proposed to be closed on August 22, 2015 while the last date of receipt of filled in online registration form at AIMA New Delhi is August 25, 2015.
The Last date of sale of online forms for MAT Sep 2015 test is August 22, 2015. Candidates can buy the forms from the designated AIMA Nodal centres across India. Candidates have the option of online registration also. However the last date for the on line registration as well as for buying the application form is August 22, 2015. The MAT Sep 2015 registration application complete in all respect should be received at AIMA New Delhi latest by August 25, 2015.
How to pay and apply
The registration application fee for MAT Sep 2015 is Rs 1200/-. Candidate can choose any one of the following modes to register and apply for MAT Sep 2015
Online
You may register online at AIMA website link for MAT Sep 2015 and can pay through Credit Card/Debit Card (ATM Card)/Net Banking
By Demand draft
Candidates can obtain crossed Demand Draft (DD) of Rs 1200/- (One thousand two hundred only) in favour of ‘All India Management Association’ payable at Delhi from any Bank. Then they can register online at AIMA website. You should fill up the registration form alongwith the DD details.
Offline: Pay cash
Candidates can obtain Form with MAT Bulletin/CD against cash payment of Rs 1200/- (One thousand two hundred only) from listed Nodal Centres of AIMA OR from AIMA, New Delhi.
Facility of choosing 5 top B schools
MAT Sep 2015 registration and application process has provided the facility of filling up 5 free choices of Management Institutes in order of preference in the application form.
Select either paper pen or CBT exam
AIMA provides two options to appear in MAT. Candidates can appear either in paper-pen mode examination or in online computer based test. However no candidate can exercise both the options.
Testing window: MAT Sep 2015
Test dates for Paper pencil mode and for Computer based test in MAT Sep 2015 would be different. Candidates can opt for either of the two.
Paper pencil mode- MAT in Paper pencil mode will be conducted on Sunday Sep 6, 2015. The test will be of 150 minutes and will be conducted from 10 AM to 12.30 PM.
Computer Based online test- Candidates opting for CBT online test will be required to appear in the test from Saturday September 12, 2015 onwards. The test will be held in different time slots subject to availability. According to AIMA ‘If the number of candidates registered for Computer Based Test is limited and can be accommodated in a single day; the test will be completed on 12 September 2015 itself.’ It implies that in case there is more number of candidates the test may be conducted in the forthcoming days as well.
60+ test cities for paper pen test
Out of 63 test cities in India and abroad, MAT Sep 2015 in computer based test form will be conducted only at 12 centres. Rest of the test centres will have the facility of paper pen based test. Besides, the venues for paper pencil mode test and computer based tests will also be different from one another.
Admit card for MAT Sep 2015: August 29 onwards
All the registered candidates both for Paper Based and Computer Based Test can download their Admit Card from AIMA website from August 29, 2015 onwards. Specific Admit Card is generated both for the candidates opted for the Paper Based Test and for the Computer Based Test. No separate Admit Card will be issued and sent to a candidate.
Details in Admit Card
Admit Card will contain Candidate’s Name, Form No, Roll No, Test Date, Test Time and Test Venue Address. Candidate has to strictly follow the date and time allotted to him/her in the case of Computer Based Test.
CBT: option to choose Date and time slot
Candidates who have opted for MAT Sep 2015 Computer Based Test can choose the date and time slot of their choice, subject to availability. Date and time slot will be automatically allotted by the system to those candidates who do not select their slot up to 4 days before the Computer Based Test. No request for change of date and time slot will be entertained by AIMA.
Exam Pattern
MAT, Sep 2015 will be an objective type test with multiple-choice Questions (MCQs). The test will be divided among 5 key sections on which questions will be formed. The 5 test sections in MAT Sep 2015 will be Language Comprehension, Mathematical skills, Data Analysis and Sufficiency, Intelligence and Critical Reasoning, Indian and Global Environment.
Each of the 5 sections will have 40 questions making it a total of 200 questions to be solved in 150 minutes.
MAT Sep 2015: Result
Result for MAT Sep 2015 is expected to be declared in the last week of September, 2015. In fact MAT is the only computer based test the result of which is declared so early after the written exam. This legacy is consistently maintained by AIMA.
MAT Caters to 600 B schools
Apart from other All India MBA/PGDM entrance exams like CAT/XAT/CMAT, MAT is also a standardised test. The exam is being administered since 1988 to facilitate B-Schools to screen candidates for admission to MBA and allied programmes. Govt. of India, Ministry of HRD approved MAT as a National Level test in 2003. Any B-School-national or international can consider MAT Score as an admission input based on the Score Cards issued to the candidates.
AIMA claims MAT as the largest test of its kind in the nation. More than 600 institutes across India accept MAT scores. On February 18, 2013 Hon’ble Supreme Court of India allowed the petition to continue MAT as an entrance test to PGDM institutes.
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