MAT 2024 Registration | Application process | Application fee | Eligibility | Exam pattern | MAT Syllabus

All India Management Association (AIMA) conducts Management Aptitude Test (MAT) exams every four times a year. MAT is a national-level entrance exam conducted for admission to PG programs in Management Studies.

To gain admission to MBA and PGDM, various universities accept MAT scores. More than 20,000 students appear for the MAT exam in every session of the year. The registration of MAT 2024 is most likely to commence from the 4th week of March 2024.

To fill out the application form, candidates need to visit the official website www.mat.aima.in 

MAT exam is conducted in two ways 

Paper-based test (PBT)

Computer-based test (CBT)

Important dates

• Registration of candidates for the MAT exam will begin from the 4th week of March 2024.
• The last date for the registration of candidates is 1st week of May.
• The Admit card of applicants will be released in 2nd week of May 2024.
• The exam will commence in 4th week of May 2024.
• The result will be on the official MAT website in the 2nd or 3rd week of June 2024.

Application process

• The application process for MAT is entirely online based.
• Applicants can apply through the official admission portal of MAT.
• After applying, applicants need to register themselves with accurate details.
• After successful registration, the candidate"s login account will be created.
• Now, candidates need to log in and upload all the required documents.
• After successfully uploading all the documents, candidates must pay the application fee online.

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Application fee 

• For a Paper-based test (PBT), the application fee is 1,950.
• For Computer-based tests (CBT) the application fee is 1,950.
• Applicants who opt for paper-based tests (PBT) and computer-based tests (CBT) are 3,100.

Eligibility

• Candidates who are desired to appear in MAT 2024. Must clear his/her graduation with an aggregate of 50% marks from a recognized institute, and 45% marks are permitted for SC, ST, PwD, and DA categories.
• There is no age limit for the candidates.
• Students in the final year of graduation can also sit in the examination.

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Exam pattern

The Difficulty level of the exam is moderate to high. The question paper contains MCQ-type questions. The duration of the exam is around 2.5 hours and includes a total of 200 questions. It has 5 sections: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, Section 4, and Section 5.

• For attempting every correct answer, candidates will get 1 mark for each answer.
• For attempting every wrong answer, candidates will deducted 0.25 marks for each answer.
• For un-attempted questions, no marks will be deducted.

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MAT Syllabus

MAT contains five subjects under each section

• Section 1 contains Language and Comprehension, which carries 40 questions.
• Section 2 contains Mathematical Skills, which carries 40 questions.
• Section 3 contains Data Analysis and Sufficiency, which carries 40 questions.
• Section 4 contains Intelligence and critical reasoning, which carries 40 questions.
• Section 5 contains the Indian and Global environment, which carries 40 questions.