MAT 2013 - Eligibility Criteria

MAT - MANAGEMENT APTITUDE TEST
Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is a standardised test being administered since 1988 to facilitate Business Schools (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. The largest test of its kind in the nation, MAT will continue to be your passport to over 600 B-Schools across India.

	Mode of Test	Candidate can choose any one of the two options to take the test:
	(How to take the test)	Paper Based Test (or) Computer Based Test

	Test Date	Paper Based Test	Computer Based Test
		03 May 2015 (Sunday))	09 May 2015 (Saturday) onwards**
		03 May 2015 (Sunday))	**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 09 May 2015 itself.
	Test Timing	Paper Based Test	Computer Based Test
	Test Timing	10.00am-12.30pm	In different Time slots at specific test venues; subject to number of candidates registering for Computer Based Test.
	Eligibility	Graduates in any discipline.
		Final year students of Graduate Courses can also apply.

	How to apply	Candidate can choose any one of the following modes to apply.

		Obtain Form with MAT Bulletin/CD against cash payment of Rs 1200/- (One thousand two hundred only) from listed branches listed Nodal Centres of AIMA OR from AIMA, New Delhi.
		or
		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. Register online at website link: http://apps.aima.in/matmay15 alongwith the DD details. Detailed procedure is given on the website link
		or
		Register online at website link : http://apps.aima.in/matmay15 with Credit Card/Debit Card (ATM Card). Payment. Detailed procedure is given on the website link.

		(Note: No individual Postal sale by AIMA from AIMA, New Delhi)
	Sale Counters	AIMA Nodal Centres
	(Apply Upto 25-Apr-2015)	AIMA Nodal Centres
	List of Participating Management Institutes	List of Participating MIs
		Four Digit codes for Management Institutes/University Departments accepting the MAT Score are given in the List of Participating Institutes/Universities as MI Code. There are five blocks consisting of four boxes each given in the Form. Fill the codes of those five institutes only where you have applied or are applying for admission. No additional fee is to be paid for filling these 5 choices.
		Important Notice: Applicants are advised to check the approval/recognition status of various programs directly from the concerned Authorities/ Institutes/ Universities.

		AIMA HAS COME ACROSS A COUPLE OF CASES WHERE THE ASPIRING CANDIDATES’ MAT SCORE IS NOT ACCEPTED BY SOME PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES FOR ADMISSION TO MBA FULL TIME COURSE DESPITE THEIR CONFIRMATION TO AIMA AT THE TIME OF PARTICIPATION BY INCORPORATING THEIR NOTIFICATIONS IN MAT BULLETIN. CANDIDATES ARE ADVISED TO RECHECK WITH THE CONCERNED INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES BEFORE APPLYING FOR MAT.
	Last Date For	25 April 2015 (Saturday)
	Online Registration	25 April 2015 (Saturday)
	Test Centre City	Test Centre City list is provided in the bulletin. Test Venues for Paper-Based Test and Computer Based Test are different.
		The Paper-Based Test will take place only on one day i.e., 03 May 2015 at one time slot i.e., 10.00am-12.30pm, whereas the Computer Based Test will take place from 09 May 2015 onwards in different time slots.
		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 09 May 2015 itself.
		If the number of candidates registered for Computer Based Test is few in a particular centre, these candidates have to appear for the Paper-Based Test on 03 May 2015 only.


	MAT Registration Form Acknowledgement	All Forms received at AIMA are scanned / validated within 5 days and the Form Numbers of such received forms will be available on website link: http://apps.aima.in/mat_reciept.aspx.

		Further, your form is scrutinized and if found in order; it is provisionally registered.

		MAT Registration Form received later than the due date is liable to be rejected. Neither any correspondence in this regard will be entertained nor will the fee be refunded.
	Admit Card	All provisionally registered candidates both for Paper Based and Computer Based Test can download their Admit Card from AIMA website link: http://apps.aima.in/matadmitcard.aspx 7 days before the Paper Based test date i.e., with effect from 25 April 2015 (Saturday).
		Specific Admit Card is generated both for the candidates opted for the Paper Based Test and for the Computer Based Test.
		Admit Card contains 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.