MAT

Management Aptitude Test (MAT)

Registrations: 2nd week of June

MAT Overview

What is MAT Exam?

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is a national level examination which is conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA). Through this exam you will get admission in MBA/PGDM courses offered by around 600 and more colleges across the nation. This exam held four times in a year- February, May, September and December in both online (Computer Based Test – CBT) and offline (Pen and Paper Based Test – PBT) mode.

MAT Exam Highlights

Features

Details

Exam Name

Management Aptitude Test (MAT)

Conducting Body

All India Management Association (AIMA)

Exam Level

National

Exam Frequency

4 times a year

Exam fees

Rs. 1650 (CBT/IBT/PBT) and Rs. 2750

Exam purpose

MBA/PGDM

No. of Test Cities

41(PBT), 31(CBT)

Exam Helpdesk number

011 – 24645100
011 – 24617354
011 – 43128100

MAT Helpline Email

mat@aima.in

Official website

aima.in/testing-services/mat/mat.html

MAT Eligibility Criteria

Following are the eligibility criteria for the MAT exam:-

  1. Aspirant must fulfill one of the following eligibility criteria before applying for the MAT exam:-
  • Completed Bachelor’s degree, or
  • Completed professional degree e.g. CA/CS/ICWA, or
  • Should be in the final year of Bachelor’s degree 
  1. The percentage of marks obtained by the applicant would be determined on the basis of practice as followed by the respective University/College.
  2. In case of grades or CGPA, the transformation to the percentage of marks would be based on the procedure as certified by the respective University/ college as per the participating management institute’s eligibility criteria.
  3. The fulfillment of minimum MAT eligibility criteria does not guarantee the thought for short listing by the Management Institute in which the candidate applies for admission.
  4. The aspirant must maintain a valid email account and a phone number throughout the MAT exam process. 
  5. There is no age bar or any age boundation to appear in MAT exam

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MAT Important Dates

For PBT (September Session): 

Events

Dates 

Starting of application form

Second Week of February

Last date to apply

Last Week of February

Availability of admit card

Last Week of February

Exam date

Last Week of February

Announcement of result

March

For CBT (September Session): 

EventsDates
 CBI ICBI II
Starting of application formJuly September
Last date to apply AugustSeptember
Availability of admit cardAugustSeptember
Exam DateAugustSeptember
Announcement of resultAugustSeptember

For IBT Test (September Session):

IBT Test DateLast Date for RegistrationAvailability of Admit Card 
28th August 2021Last week of AugustLast Week  of August
29th August 2021Last Week Of AugustLast Week  of August
4th September 2021First Week of SeptemberFirst Week of September
5th September 2021First Week of SeptemberFirst Week of September
11th September 2021Second Week of SeptemberSecond Week of September
12th September 2021Second Week of September Second Week of September

MAT Registration

Candidates can check complete details about MAT Registration of application form from below:

  • MAT application form has been released on  First Week  of July.
  • Aspirants can fill their application form through online mode.
  • Fill in all the required details carefully i.e. education, personal, mobile number and etc.
  • Upload the documents i.e. photograph and signature in the prescribed format.
  • You can fill application form till  Last Week of August for PBT and till  Second  Week of August  for (CBI I) First Week of  September for (CBT II) – September Session
  • Take printout of the filled application form and keep it secure for further use.

MAT Application Fee:

Candidates can check fee structure for CBT and PBT:

Modes

Application Fee

For PBT or CBT

Rs. 1550

For both PBT and CBT

Rs. 2650

How to pay MAT  Application Fee?

  • You can pay Management Aptitude Test (MAT) fee through online  mode.
  • Online fee can be submitted through debit card/ credit card or net banking.
  • Application fee is non-refundable.

MAT Exam Pattern

Given below is the exam pattern of MAT examination:-

  • The MAT examination is conducted 4 times in a year, i.e. February, May, September & December.
  • The MAT question paper will contain objective type questions with multiple choice answers.
  • The duration of MAT exam is 2 hours and 30 minutes (150 minutes).
  • Each correct answer in the paper grants you with 1 mark and for each wrong answer 0.25 marks will be deducted.
  • The question paper is divided in 5 sections:-

Section

Marks

Time

Mathematics

200 questions (Each section 40)

150 minutes or 2 hours 30 minutes (no time limit for any section)

Indian and Global environment

Intelligence and critical reasoning

Data analysis and sufficiency

Language Comprehension

MAT Syllabus

You can check some important topics of the MAT  syllabus:

Mathematics Skill:  Average, profit and loss, algebra, geometric progression, HCF, LCM, percentage, linear algebra, ratio and proportion, work and time.

Data Analysis and Sufficiency: Bar graphs, puzzles, line chart, Venn diagram, table charts, pie chart.

Indian Global Environment: Current affairs, awards, sports, science, woods and authors, major events incorporate.

Language Comprehension: Analogies, syllogism, one word substitution, idioms and sentence completion, fill in the blanks, jumbled paragraphs, and English vocabulary.

General Intelligence and Critical Reasoning: Coding and decoding, statements and assumptions, linear arrangement, sequencing, identifying valid interference.

MAT Admit Card

Students can download their admit card from Third week of August  for CBT & Last week of  August  for PBT. Admit card will be released through online mode on the official website. Check all details carefully given on the MAT admit card.

Students are advised to bring their admit card on the day of examination and also one ID proof along with the admit card. Aspirants can check their admit card using user ID and password.

 

MAT Test Centres and Cities

AIMA conducts MAT exam in various cities across India. The candidates can select preferred test cities for allotment of MAT exam centre at the time of filling the MAT application form. Check the list of MAT test cities for MAT exams, below.

MAT Test Cities

Agra

Jorhat

Ahmedabad

Kanpur

Allahabad

Kochi

Ambala

Kolkata

Bareilly

Kottayam

Bengaluru

Kozhikode

Bhilai

Lucknow

Bhopal

Ludhiana

Bhubaneshwar

Madurai

Chandigarh

Meerut

Chennai

Mengaluru

Coimbatore

Mumbai

Dehradun

Nagpur

Delhi (NCR)

Patna

Dibrugarh

Pune

Durgapur

Raipur

Ghaziabad

Ranchi

Gurgaon

Rourkela

Guwahati

Shimla

Haridwar

Srinagar

Hubli

Suryamani Nagar

Hyderabad

Tezpur

Imphal

Thiruvananthapuram

Indore

Trichy

Jaipur

Varanasi

Jammu

Vijaywada

Jamshedpur

Visakhapatnam

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IIM Calcutta – Indian Institute of Management

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IIM Kozhikode – Indian Institute of Management

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IIM Udaipur – Indian Institute of Management

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