The All India Management Association will release the MAT Admit Card for the examination soon. The MAT exam is conducted annually to select the students for admission in various colleges which accept MAT scores. The Management Aptitude Test is one of the popular examinations apart from CAT, XAT, CMAT, etc. The registration of the examination was conducted from May to June 2020.
MAT Admit Card
The Management Aptitude Test is conducted by the All India Management Association, the registration process commenced in MAY 2020. The registration process and examination were scheduled to be conducted in February but it was later postponed amid the COVID pandemic. The score of the MAT exam is accepted by at least 600 colleges pan India.
The students are given three options, IBT, PBT, and CBT. The IBT stands for the remote proctored test, PBT stands for the Paper-based test and CBT means computer-based tests. The students can choose amongst any of these options. The IBT test can be taken at the home premises and is the most hassle-free test of all the choices. The CBT and PBT tests are delayed due to the COVID pandemic, once the situation is under control the admit card will be released.
The students who appear for MAT have the option of applying to at least 5 colleges for free. After the free colleges, the students have to pay for the application form for all the colleges.
Summary of MAT Admit Card
| Summary | Details |
| Recruiting Organisation | All India Management Association |
| Notified Exam | MAT/ Management Aptitude Test |
| Notification Date | July 2020 |
| Online Registration | IBT-23 August 2020 to 31 August 2020 CBT- 21 June 2020 PBT- 12 June 2020 |
| Application Process | Online |
| Latest Exam Dates | Computer Based Test- To be notified soon IBT Test- 27 August 2020 to 03 September 2020 Personal Interview- To be notified later |
| Total IIMs participating | 600+ top B-schools in India accept the MAT score for admission. |
| Qualification | The candidate needs to have completed his graduation in any of the disciplines as notified in the notification. The candidate needs to possess work experience. |
| Selection process | Computer Based Test Group Discussion and Personal Interview |
| Official notification | Read here |
| Official Website | Click Here |
How to download MAT Admit Card?
MAT Admit Card will be available for all the candidates who will fill the form of MAT 2020, the application will be available soon. The MAT Admit Card for the online test will be applicable to the official website of AIMA. The institute will soon release the official notice that will contain all the important dates and processes of the Management Aptitude Test. The students should keep a regular tap on the official website regarding more updates of the MAT Admit Card.
The candidates can follow the below steps to download the admit card whenever it is available:
- Visit the official website of AIMA
- Click on the MAT Admit Card section,
- Visit the official website in your region, links are given below.
- Post this, click on download MAT Admit Card
- On the next page click on admit card of Management Aptitude Test
- Enter your Registration number in the bar and Date of Birth
- Check the hall ticket and download it for future use
- Take a print-out of the admit card and keep it for the exam day.
Contents of MAT Admit Card
The MAT Admit Card will contain a lot of information regarding the MAT examination for which the candidate is appearing for the exam. The students must check the following details and report any kind of discrepancies that is present in the hall ticket:
- Name of the Candidate
- Roll Number
- Registration Number
- Login Id and Password
- Date of Birth
- Gender
- Photo and Signature
- Category
- Name and Address of the Exam Centre
- Date and Timings of the Exam
- Important Instructions
Documents to carry with MAT Admit Card
There is a list of certain documents a student has to carry with their MAT Admit Card which is given as follows. Apart from this, the new guidelines have mentioned a few other things that the candidates have to carry:
- Hardcopy of MAT Admit Card/Call Letter
- Valid Photo ID Proof in Original
- A Passport-Sized Photograph (same as that submitted in the application form)
- Aadhaar Card with a Photograph
- Voter ID
- PAN Card
- 50 ml Hand Sanitiser
- A pair of gloves
- An N95 mask
- Arogya Setu app on the phone
- Face shield
Exam Pattern of MAT
The MAT Exam Pattern consists of 200 questions, each question of MAT accounts for 1 marks while every wrong answer counts for a negative marking of -0.25 marks. Every section of MAT has 40 questions while each section has sectional timing, the total time duration of the examination is 150 minutes. The score of MAT is decided on the basis of 4 subjects which are Language Comprehension, Data Analysis and Sufficiency, Intelligence and Critical Reasoning, and Mathematical Skills. The last subject which is Indian and Global Environment is not taken into consideration for calculating the final percentile or score of the candidate.
| Section Name | Number of Questions | Time Duration |
| Language Comprehension | 40 | 30 |
| Intelligence and Critical Reasoning | 40 | 30 |
| Data Analysis and Sufficiency | 40 | 35 |
| Mathematical Skills | 40 | 40 |
| Indian and Global Environment | 40 | 15 |
| Total | 200 | 150 |
Top Colleges accepting MAT Score
A lot of top Business schools accept MAT scores, the students who qualify the MAT examination have to apply for the various colleges. The students can check the given table to check the college which they can apply as according to the score obtained in the MAT examinations.
| Colleges accepting MAT score | MAT Cut-Off 2019 |
| Amity Business School, Noida | 95 |
| MS Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore | 88 |
| Birla Institute of Management Technology, Noida | 86 |
| Christ College, Bangalore | 85 |
| Asia Pacific Institute of Management, Delhi | 85 |
| Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore | 82 |
| New Delhi Institute of Management, Delhi | 78 |
| Indian Institute of Rural Management, Jaipur | 78 |
| MIT, Pune | 76 |
| Indian Institute of Finance, Delhi | 78 |
| Institute of Marketing and Management, New Delhi | 75 |
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