Management Aptitude Test (MAT)

Registrations: 2nd week of June

Overview Dates Application Fee Registration Syllabus Admit Card Eligibility

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:-

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

The percentage of marks obtained by the applicant would be determined on the basis of practice as followed by the respective University/College.
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.
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.
The aspirant must maintain a valid email account and a phone number throughout the MAT exam process.
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):

Events	Dates
Events	CBI I	CBI II
Starting of application form	July	September
Last date to apply	August	September
Availability of admit card	August	September
Exam Date	August	September
Announcement of result	August	September

For IBT Test (September Session):

IBT Test Date	Last Date for Registration	Availability of Admit Card
28th August 2021	Last week of August	Last Week of August
29th August 2021	Last Week Of August	Last Week of August
4th September 2021	First Week of September	First Week of September
5th September 2021	First Week of September	First Week of September
11th September 2021	Second Week of September	Second Week of September
12th September 2021	Second 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