All About MAT-May2011

The second Management Aptitude Test (MAT) of the year 2011 is scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 1, 2011 and Saturday, May 7, 2011. The exam will be held in both paper pencil format and computer based format.

The entrance exam registration process is going to end soon. If you are opting for the MAT of May 2011, it is high time that you register for the exam. The last date of the sale of forms is Tuesday, April 12, 2011. The last date to submit the completed application forms is Friday, April 15, 2011.

Application

The application forms are available at select branches of Bank of Baroda, Axis Bank, as well as AIMA Study Center. The application fee is Rs. 1,200. The cost of the MAT Admission Bulletin from AIMA, New Delhi is Rs. 1050. Online application can also be done by visiting www.aima-ind.org/matmay11.

It is high time for you to collect your MAT Bulletin and apply for the exam.

Test Centers

MAT May 2011 will take place in 84 cities in India and two international cities of Dubai and Singapore. However, most of the test centers do not cater to computer based testing. Only tests centers of Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Cochin, Bhopal, Mumbai, Jaipur, Chennai, Lucknow, Noida and Kolkata will hold MAT in both paper pencil and computer based formats.

B-schools accepting MAT May 2011 scores

There are a total of 584 B-schools across India which will accept the scores of MAT May 2011. Some of the top B-schools include:

AIMA Center for Management Education (PGDM & PGDITM); 

Amity University, Noida, Manesar; 

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Usha & Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management, New Delhi; 

Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Noida; 

IFIM Business School, Bangalore; 

Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad

Manipal University, Manipal; 

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kolkata; 

Birla School of Management, Kolkata; 

Manipur University, Imphal; 

Mizoram University, Aizwal; 

Nagaland University, Dimapur; 

Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi;

DAV Institute of Management, Faridabad

Format of the paper

MAT follows a basic pattern of five sections, which are: Quantitative Ability, Reading Comprehension & English Usage, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency, Logical Reasoning and General Knowledge.

The number of questions in the MAT paper is 200, 40 questions in each section and the duration of the paper is 150 minutes. The type of the paper is that of Multiple Choice Questions. There are five choices with each question. According to the previous exam analysis, the difficulty level of the exam is moderate.