MANAGEMENT APTITUDE TEST (MAT)

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/PGDM and allied programmes. Govt of India, Ministry of HRD approved MAT as a national level test in 2003.

Judicial Orders enabling continued acceptability of MAT Score for admission to MBA and PGDM programmes at national level have been issued by Honourable Supreme Court of India and by Honourable Delhi High Court as given below:

• Hon'ble Supreme Court Order dated 18 February 2013 against Writ Petition (Civil) No89 of 2011.
• Hon'ble Delhi High Court Order dated 7 October 2013 against Letters Patent Appeal 715 of 2013.

Any B-School – in India or abroad – can consider MAT Score as an admission input based on the Score Cards issued to the candidates. The scheme of MAT offers value added services to B-Schools considering MAT Score for admission to approved post graduate management programmes. Such B-Schools can participate in MAT administration by including their notifcations in the MAT Bullentin. B-School under any of the following groups is eligible to include its notification in the

MAT Bulletin:

• Group A : Management Institute, University Affiliated College or University Department approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for imparting MBA or allied Degree/PG Diploma programme in Management.
• Group B: Management Institute or University Department/Directorate directly approved by Distance Education Council (DEC) for imparting MBA or allied Degree/PG Diploma programme in Management.
• Group C: University Affiliated College or University Department approved for imparting regular two year full time MBA or allied Degree programme in Management.
• Group D: University imparting MBA or allied Degree programme in Management, awaiting approval from AICTE/DEC.
• Group E: Autonomous Institute under a Ministry of Govt of India imparting regular two year full time PG Diploma programme in Management of allied field.
• Group F: University imparting MBA or allied degree programme in Management or in allied discipline outside India and lawfully established in that Country.

Note: Outstation Campuses, Study Centres, Learning Centres, Knowledge Hubs, Counselling Centres, Guidance Centres, etc., will not be considered as independent B-Schools; though these can be indicated/listed by the parent University/Management Institute in their notification.

AIMA-CMS offers the following services to the participating B-School

• Allotment of unique code number to the Management Institute (MI) known as MI Code to facilitate the candidates to endorse their option.
• Inclusion of the institute in the list of participating institutes with name, place and MI Code in the bulletin.
• Brining out MAT Bulletin/CD incorporating institute's specific notification and distributing the same for sale through select Study Centres of AIMA.
• Preparation of media plan for release of newspaper advertisement to provide wide media coverage regarding MAT and furnishing the same to the participating institute to synchronise the institute's promotional efforts.
• Brining out posters listing the name of the participating institute. Provision of publicity by means of posters, notices, etc through over 90 Study Centres of AIMA, over 60 Local Management Associations, etc.
• Fixing up of test centres to cover the length and breadth of the country and conduct of the test maintaining total credibility and absolute confidentiality.
• Making arrangements for the conduct of the test as paper-based / computer based.
• Processing the result and furnishing the scores and other particulars to the institute in respect of those candidates who opt to join the particular institute. This will be both in hard copy as well as in CD.
• Making available the results of the candidates on AIMA website for an year, so that institute can verify the authenticiy of the Score Card produced by the candidate.
• Exclusive provision of data of additional candidates only to the participating institute during the 30 days following the declaration of results, if so desired, as a prepaid service under the Management Insitute Search Service. The latest conditions and other details for availing additional data will be furnished on receipt of specific request from participating B-School.

The tariff for notification in the bulletin that will in turn provide all these services is :

Rate per Page : Rs. 24,000/-*

The Notification may be in Colour or in Black & White.

Multi-page notification of an institute may not exceed eight pages.
*Rate for B-School in Group F will be specifically advised separately.

• Entrance test for recognized programmes.
• Time tested since 1988.
• Validated through independent studies.
• Availed by lakhs of students.
• Accepted by hundreds of institutes & university deptts.
• Employing latest technology in evaluation & result processing.
• Expeditious declaration of results and placing on website.
• Score card with photograph & ultra-violet identification logo.
• Widespread network for sale of bulletins.
• Test Centres located all over the country & aborad.
• Low bulletin cost which includes registration & test fees.
• ISO 9001:2008 quality certified.
• Accepted by select foreign universitites.

• Filling the online Consent Form with the requisite details about the institute and its recognised PG Programmes. Please attach copy of supporting document from approving authority/affiliating university.
• Preparing B-School's notification material for MAT Bulletin, which will be informative to the aspiring candidates. The notification should mandatoriliy contain the following information:
  
  • Programme: MBA Degree / PG Diploma
  • Admission Screening Basis: MAT Score
  • Approving Authroity: AICTE, DEC, University etc.
  • Mode of Teaching as Approved by the Approving Authority: Full Time, Distance Learning, etc.
• Providing the CD of all the pages of the notification of the institute for inclusion in the bulletin. The page size is 21 cm x 28 cm. The preferred format is CMYK 300dpi in EPS, CorelDraw or PageMaker. However, PDF, JPG or MSWord is also acceptable. The hard copies of the notification matter should also be sent.
• Make the set of the following documents:
  
  • Print out of the filled online MAT Consent Form with auto-generated Registration No. duly signed and stamped.
  • Demand Draft for the requisite amount as per the tariff given, drawn in favour of 'All India Management Association - CMS' payable at New Delhi. On the back of the Demand Draft, please fill the following details:
    • Institute/University Name
    • Auto-generated Registration Number
  • Copy of supporting document as to recognised PG Programme from approving authority/affiliating university.
  • Copy of notification in Hard Copy & CD of all the pages of the notification
  
  Send the above set of documents to reach the address below by 03 November 2014 :
  
  Wg Cdr V S Bejoy
  Director
  Centre for Management Services
  All India Management Association
  Management House, 14 Institutional Area
  Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003.
• Furnishing guidance in the institute's admission documents and the advertisements to the candidates to appear in Management Aptitute Test (MAT) being conducted by All India Management Association.
• Ensuring that the results provided by AIMA containing the database of the candiates are used solely for the purpose of facilitating the admission of the candidates to the institute's programmes only.

Registration for Consent Forms available online	:	Upto 31 October 2014
Last Date of receipt of printout of online registration form along with Demand Draft & other documents at AIMA, New Delhi	:	03 November 2014
Date of MATÂ	:	Paper Based Test Computer Based Test 01 Feb 2015 (Sunday) 06 Feb 2015 (Saturday) onwards

Contact for Clarification

Any further clarification regarding B-School Participation may be sought through :

Email : matschool@aima.in
Telephone : 011-24634026(Direct), 24645100 Extn. 437, 462
Fax : 011-24626689

AIMA-Centre For Management Education

Andhra Association Building, 4th Floor,
24-25 Institutional Area,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003.

Telephone : 011-43128100 / 011-24645100
Fax : 011-24643035

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