Since 1988, All India Management Aptitude Testing Service (AIMATS), New Delhi conducts a Management Aptitude Test (MAT) on a national basis every year in the months of May, September and December. The Government of India has approved MAT as a National Entrance Test for admission to MBA and equivalent programmes. Institutes offering recognised PG programmes in management and allied fields can participate in MAT. MAT is necessary for admission into the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology & Management (PGDITM) and equivalent programmes offered by All India Management Association (AIMA-CME) or other Management Institutes (MI). Centre for Management Education (CME), the education wing of AIMA, was established in 1993 as a full-fledged autonomous business school. All management institutes that participate in MAT are either AICTE (All Indian Council for Technical Education) approved or affiliated to universities.

AIMA-CME offers various programmes to suit the requirements at different levels of management. They are Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology & Management (PGDITM) (MAT is necessary for admission to both the programmes). Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) offers specializations in Insurance Management, HR, Finance, Marketing, Operations, and International Business. PGDITM offers three specializations including IT Marketing, E-Commerce, Information Systems Management.

Other programmes offered by AIMA-CME include Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA), One-year Professional Diploma Programmes (PDs), Advanced Diploma Programmes (ADPs) and shorter duration Advanced Diploma Programmes in IT (ADPs).

Eligibility

The minimum qualification for appearing in MAT is graduation in any discipline from any recognised University or equivalent. A final year student in any undergraduate (i.e. B.A, B.Sc., B.Com., B.Tech., etc.) can also apply. Usually, there is a minimum percentage requirement in graduation which is different for different management institutes and universities. However, there is no restriction regarding percentages for taking the MAT test, no age bar and no experience required.

Admission Procedure

Admission criteria for every institute is different. The list of various MI's / Universities is available in MAT bulletin, along with their admission notification.
MAT Bulletin with application form can be obtained by post by sending a demand draft of requisite amount drawn in favour of AIMA-CMS payable at New Delhi with two self-addressed slips / adhesive stickers to

Assistant Director (CMS),
All India Management Association (AIMA),
Management House,
14 Institutional Area,
Lodhi Road,
New Delhi 110003.
Phone: 011-24617354 (4 lines), 24617355, 24618107 and 24618127).
website- www.aima-ind.org

It can also be obtained against cash payment of requisite amount at AIMA Counter in Delhi (Phone:011-24653382), AIMA Nodal Centres (E-mail: Contact Us ) and select ICICI Bank branches all over the country.

To receive MAT Bulletin and form abroad and/or to appear for MAT at test centres abroad, candidates have to pay a requisite amount of US dollar by demand draft in favour of AIMA-CMS payable at New Delhi.

The last date for submission is mentioned in the MAT bulletin. The last date also appears in the notifications released by AIMA in various national & regional newspapers. Usually it is a month before the test date. The application forms will be available from 2 months before the test date.

Examination

MAT is usually conducted 4 times in a year. i.e in January, May, September and December, in all major cities in the country and in about 12 leading cities abroad. For further clarification, see the MAT bulletin or contact the information centre at
All India Management Association, Management House, 14, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003.
Phones: (011) 24617354 (4 Lines), 24618107, 24618127
Fax: 24626689 PAN No : AAATA1644A .
Activation of specific test centres is subject to registration of sufficient candidates. For further details of examination

The two and half hour test usually comprise of Language comprehension, mathematical skills, data analysis & sufficiency, intelligence & critical reasoning and Indian & global environment.

The validity of the MAT score is for that particular session for most management institutes, but for AIMA Centre for Management Education (CME) postgraduate programmes, the score is valid for one year.

Nodal Centers

• Academy for Professional Excellence (APEX)
  2/1 C Town Shend Road, Bhawanipore, Kolkatta 700025
  Phone : 033-24744505/ 4506/ 4152, 24545484

• Adept Foundation
  Opp. to Civil Court, P B Road, Dharwad- 580008, Karnataka
  Phone : 0836-2746968

• Alliance Business Academy
  19th Corss, 7th Main, BTM, 2nd Stage, N S Palya, Bangalore-560076
  Phone : 080-2668 1444, 2668 0324
  Fax : 080-2668 0051

• Annex College of Management Studies
  77 Lenin Sarani, (opp Union Chappel Church), Kolkatta-700013
  Phone : 033-22456855, 22160770
  Sub Centre :
  BE-31, Salt Lake City, Near 4 No. Tank and AD 65, Kolkatta- 700 064.
  Phone : 033-223584850, 23592514
  Fax : 23376290

• Ashirwad Institute
  SCF-30, Sector 15C, Chandigarh 160015
  Phone : 0172-2772678, 5002321

• Asian Institute of Management Studies
  FA-356, Mansarovar Garden, New Delhi 110 015
  Phone : 011-25468536, 25166796

• Bankatlal Badruka College for Information Technology
  Kachiguda, Hyderabad -500 027
  Phone : 040-24654471 / 24656862

• Chetna Educational Trust
  # 2696, 2nd main, Mamas Joint Road, MCC ‘B’ Block, Davangere- 577 004
  Phone : 08192- 221389/ 220683

• Christ College
  Institute of Management, Hosur Road, Bangalore -560029
  Phone : 080- 25526166, 25536280, 2552528 extn (345,355)
  Fax: 080-25535863

• College of Management Education
  F-1 / B-3 , 2nd Floor , Sector 9, Near Sabhri Hotel, Vashi, Mumbai- 400 705
  Phone : 022 -27657993, 2765973

• Dayanandasagar Business School
  Shavige Malleswara Hills, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore 560 078
  Phone : 080-26665462/ 61

• Delhi Institute of Management & Services
  806, Akashdeep Building, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi- 110 001
  Phone : 011-23316475, 23315018 ,23315019
  Fax: 011-23312 187

• DIMS Institute of Management Studies
  G-18, Hans Bhawan, Bahadurashah Zafar Marg, (Near ITO), New Delhi 110 002
  Phone : 011-23370989, 23370093
  Fax: 011-23370094

• Dr. Gaur Hari Singhania Institute of Management & Research
  Jaykaylon Colony, Kamla Nagar, Kanpur- 208 005
  Phone : 0512-2231417

• Gian Jyoti Institute of Management & Technology (GJ-IMT)
  Phase 2, Mohali 160 055 (Chandigarh)
  Phone : 0172-2264566, Mobile: 98149-68228
  Fax : 0172-2225438
  Guru Nanak College
  Campus, I.S.Gill Centre for Excellence, Chennai 600 042
  Phone : 044-22443661, 22447640

• Institute of Business Management and Research
  IBMR House, # 44, 6th Cross, Wilson Garden, Hosur Main Road, Bangalore-560027
  Phone : 080-22484302 / 51103455

• Institute of Business Mgmt and Technology
  No 298,100ft. Ring Road, 4th Phase, 7th Block Extn, Banashankari 3rd stage,Bangalore-560 085
  Phone : 080-26791740, 26792674, 56950082
  Fax : 080- 26790517

• Jansons School of Business
  D Block , 3rd Floor Damodar Centre, 1050, Avinashi Road, Karumathampatti , Coimbatore-641 018
  Phone : 0421- 2217775/ 776
  Website : www.jsb.ac.in

• Jagannath International Mgmt School
  M.O.R, Pocket 105, Opp. Kalkaji Police Station, Kalkaji New Delhi - 110048
  Phone : 011- 26292074, 9312400271

• Liba Informatics Centre, Loyola College
  Nugambakkam Chennai-600 034
  Phone : 044 – 2817 5353, 2817 5354, 2817 5355
  Fax: 044- 2817 3183

• Mastermind
  F-8 Lajpat Nagar III, New Delhi 110 024
  Phone : 011-26832681, 51716067

• M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Management
  M.S.Ramaiah Nagar, M.S.R.I.T.Post, New B.E.L. Road, Bangalore 560 054
  Phone : 080-23608769, 23606909, 23608230

• National Institute of Management Studies
  10-50-22, Siripuram Junction, Visakhapatnam 530 003
  Phone : 0891-2755380, 2745664, 2595103
  Fax: 0891-2762177

• New Delhi Institute of Management
  60 & 61, Tughklakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi- 62
  Phone : 29956567, 29956568 Extn.105
  Fax: 011- 26096570

• North Eastern Regional Instt. of Management (NERIM)
  Parakutty Bhawan, Nabin Nagar R.G Baruah Road, Guwahati ( Assam) - 781 024
  Phone : 0361- 2452437, 2453293, 098640-41517

• Orbit Institute of Science and Technology
  104, liberty plaza, Himayath Nagar, Hyderabad-500029
  Phone : 040-23223400, 23228147

• PSG Institute of Management
  P B No. 1668, Avinashi Road, Peelamedu, Coimbatore- 641004
  Phone : 0422- 2577252, 2590946

• Rajiv Gandhi School for Management Studies & Research
  12-C, Bund Road, Alleengunj, Allahabad-211 002 (U.P.)
  Phone : 0532-2466699 , 3107270

• Rajiv Gandhi School For Management Studies & Research
  234, IInd Floor, Lekhraj Khazana Building, Indira Nagar, Faizabad Road, Lucknow
  Phone : 0522- 2349265, 3249718
  Regional College of Management
  GD- 2/12 & 2/13, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa - 751 023
  Phone : 0674- 2300455/2300421, 9861147698

• Royal School of Management & Technology (RSMT)
  IDCO Tower 2000 (Near Bharat Motors)
  Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar 751 010
  Phone : 0674-2585294, 3112991

• School of Communications & Mgmt Studies (SCMS)
  Management House, South Kalamassery, Cochin-682033
  Phone : 0484-2556315, 2558502, 2625004
  Fax : 0484-2540482, 2555293

• Shri Sadhana Mandir Gita Vidhyalaya
  Viral 4, Digvijay Plot, Jam Nagar - 361005
  Phone : (0288) 2674033, 2660725

• Suryadatta Institute of Management & Mass Communication (SIMMC)
  2074, Sadashiv Peth, Vijayanagar Colony, Behind S.P.College, Pune 411 030
  Phone : 020-24330425/435/400
  Fax : 020-25662882
  Email : Contact Us
  Tecnia Institute of Advanced Studies
  Institutional Area, Madhuban Chowk, Rohini, Delhi - 110085
  Phone : 011- 27555121/2/3/4
  Fax: 011-27555120 Vishwa Bharati Institute of Management
  Sector 28, Noida 202 303
  Phone : 95120 -2455197, 2455142, 9312321419

• Vidyabharti Foundations Institute of Business Management and Research
  1st Main, Jayanagar, Vidyanagar, Hubli-580021
  Phone : 0836-2376383, 5153113, 9448115424 (M)

• Vision Institute of Advanced Studies
  218, Vision Complex, Behind Prem Kuteer Apartments, Sector-9, Rohini, New Delhi-110085
  Phone : 011-27562497,27566995

• Yash Education Society
  AIMA Nodal Centre, 42, Malviya Nagar, Usha Preet Building, Above Wills showroom, Bhopal - 462003
  Phone : 0755-2572701, 2576333, 9827075483