Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2012 for admission in all management programs

AICTE in its mission to reduce the burden of students in attending to multiple examinations launches the first national level Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2012 for
facilitating institutions to select suitable students for admission in all management programs approved by AICTE for year 2012-13.

The CMAT has been introduced by the AICTE to allow the students to compete for admission in different colleges without having to pay up for different admission tests and running from one state to another in pursuit of admission in colleges.

If there were many representations, students generally end up spending thousands of rupees on appearing for different tests. Hence CMAT has been introduced


The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2012 will be conducted online in 61
cities from 20th February to 28th February, 2012 and scores awarded will be used for admission
in the post graduate management programs both at Degree(MBA) & Diploma (PGDM,PGDBM,PGP,PGPM) level at national level for year 2012-13.

The Score of CMAT 2012 would be accepted for allotting admission to students in MBA,PGDM Programmes at national level for year 2012-13 approved by AICTE.

The institutions can register online free of charge for opting to CMAT-2012 scores for
admissions for academic year 2012-13.

Advantages accrued due to CMAT
• The National level test will be conducted for nine days from 20th to 28th February in
two shifts at 61 cities/locations.
• CMAT will be a computer based test for three hours duration.
• The common admission test will reduce the burden on candidates due to appearance in
multiple tests.

Institutes accepting CMAT:
4000+ B-Schools recognised by AICTE are expected to accept the CMAT.
No. of seats available in Management Programmes
Approximately 4 lac seats will be available across the country through the CMAT.

Detailed Notification: http://aicte-cmat.in//Documents/28.pdf
Further details of CMAT will be available on www.aicte-cmat.in