FMS entrance exam will remain a paper-pencil test this year

The entrance exam for Delhi University’s Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) will be held on is January 10, 2010. This was confirmed by Professor J K Mitra, Dean of FMS while speaking with MBAUniverse.com. Said Prof Mitra, “As things stand today, we will be holding our entrance exam on January 10, 2010 which is the second Sunday of January 2010,” Professor J K Mitra told MBAUniverse.com.

“The formal notification for the same will be made by September end or early October,” informed Professor Mitra.

Will the FMS exam also go online, like the CAT 2009? No, said Dr Mitra. “FMS will hold the entrance exam in the traditional paper-pencil form only. One of the reasons is the exam application fee. The candidate application fee for CAT is much higher and thus IIMs can conduct the computer-based test. But FMS or University of Delhi charge a very nominal amount for the application and with that amount it is impossible to create an infrastructure for organizing computer-based test,” explained Prof. Mitra.

When asked about the application fee, Dr Mitra said there will be a slight increase this year. “The University of Delhi has decided to increase the fee slightly but it won’t be much of an increase in fee for the students,” Prof. Mitra informed MBAUniverse.com.

Last year, the candidate application fee was Rs. 500 each for MBA and MBA (Management of Services) and Rs. 1000 for applying in both.  Last year, FMS entrance exam 2009 was held in 20 centers across India. According to Prof. Mitra, it is likely to remain the same.

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