MAT Online Registration Dec 2013 Application Process - www.aima.in

MAT Online Registration Dec 2013 Application Process - www.aima.in

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is a standardized test being administered since 1988 to facilitate Business Schools (B-Schools) to screen candidates for admission to MBA and allied programmes. Govt. of India, Ministry of HRD approved MAT as a national level test in 2003. Any B-School - national or international - can consider MAT Score as an admission input based on the Score Cards issued to the candidates. The largest test of its kind in the nation, MAT will continue to be your passport to over 600 B-Schools across India.

Information to Candidates for December 2013 MAT

Name of the activity	Management Aptitude Test (MAT)
Mode of Test (How to take the test)	Candidate can choose any one of the two options to take the test: Paper Based Test Or Computer Based Test
Test Date	Paper Based Test	Computer Based Test
	01 December 2013 (Sunday)	07 December 2013 (Saturday) onwards** **If the number of candidates registered for Computer Based Test is limited and can be accommodated in a single day; the test will be completed on 01 December 2013 itself.
Test Timing	Paper Based Test	Computer Based Test
	10.00am-12.30pm	In different Time slots at specific test venues; subject to number of candidates registering for Computer Based Test.
Eligibility	Graduates in any discipline. Final year students of Graduate Courses can also apply.
How to apply (Available by 1st week of October 2013 Onwards)	Candidate can choose any one of the following modes to apply. Obtain Form with MAT Bulletin/CD against cash payment of Rs 1200/- (One thousand two hundred only) from listed branches of Bank of Baroda, Axis Bank, listed Study Centres of AIMA OR from AIMA, New Delhi. or Obtain crossed Demand Draft (DD) of Rs 1200/- (One thousand two hundred only) in favour of ‘All India Management Association’ payable at Delhi from any Bank. Register online at website link: http://apps.aima.in/matdec13 alongwith the DD details. Detailed procedure is given on the website link or Register online at website lnk http://apps.aima.in/matdec13 with Credit Card/Debit Card (ATM Card). Payment. Detailed procedure is given on the website link. (Note: No individual Postal sale by AIMA from AIMA, New Delhi)
Sale Counters (Available by 1st week of October 2013 Onwards)	Select Branches of Bank of Baroda Select Branches of Axis Bank AIMA Study Centres
List of Participating Management Institutes (Available by 1st week of October 2013 Onwards)	List of Participating MIs Four Digit codes for Management Institutes/University Departments accepting the MAT Score are given in the List of Participating Institutes/Universities as MI Code. There are five blocks consisting of four boxes each given in the Form. Fill the codes of those five institutes only where you have applied or are applying for admission. No additional fee is to be paid for filling these 5 choices. Important Notice: Applicants are advised to check the approval/recognition status of various programs directly from the concerned Authorities/ Institutes/ Universities. AIMA HAS COME ACROSS A COUPLE OF CASES WHERE THE ASPIRING CANDIDATES’ MAT SCORE IS NOT ACCEPTED BY SOME PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES FOR ADMISSION TO MBA FULL TIME COURSE DESPITE THEIR CONFIRMATION TO AIMA AT THE TIME OF PARTICIPATION BY INCORPORATING THEIR NOTIFICATIONS IN MAT BULLETIN. CANDIDATES ARE ADVISED TO RECHECK WITH THE CONCERNED INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES BEFORE APPLYING FOR MAT.
Last Date For sale of Forms	16 November 2013 (Saturday)
Last Date for submission of filled in Registration Forms at AIMA, New Delhi	19 November 2013 (Tuesday)
Last Date For Online Registration	16 November 2013 (Saturday)
Last Date for submission of filled in Online Registration Forms at AIMA, New Delhi	19 November 2013 (Tuesday)
Test Centre City (Available by 1st week of October 2013 Onwards)	Test Centre City list is provided in the bulletin. Test Venues for Paper-Based Test and Computer Based Test are different. The Paper-Based Test will take place only on one day i.e., 01 December  2013  at one time slot i.e., 10.00am-12.30pm, whereas the Computer Based Test will take place from 01 December  2013 onwards in different time slots. If the number of candidates registered for Computer Based Test is limited and can be accommodated in a single day; the test will be completed on 07 December  2013 itself. If the number of candidates registered for Computer Based Test is few in a particular centre, these candidates have to appear for the Paper-Based Test on 01 December  2013 only. One candidate can appear only for one date for the December 2013 MAT.
MAT Registration Form Acknowledgement	All Forms received at AIMA are scanned / validated within 3 days and the Form Numbers of such received forms will be available on website link: http://apps.aima.in/mat_reciept.aspx. Further, your form is scrutinized and if found in order; it is provisionally registered. MAT Registration Form received later than the due date is liable to be rejected. Neither any correspondence in this regard will be entertained nor will the fee be refunded.
Admit Card	All provisionally registered candidates both for Paper Based and Computer Based Test can download their Admit Card from AIMA website link: http://apps.aima.in/matadmitcard.aspx   7 days before the Paper Based test date i.e., with effect from 23 November 2013 (Saturday). Specific Admit Card is generated both for the candidates opted for the Paper Based Test and for the Computer Based Test. Admit Card contains Candidate’s Name, Form No, Roll No, Test Date, Test Time and Test Venue Address. Candidate has to strictly follow the date and time allotted to him/her in the case of Computer Based Test. Candidates who have opted for Computer Based Test and candidates who have opted for Paper Based Test can download their admit cards from AIMA website 7 days before the Paper Based Test date, i.e., with effect from 23 November 2013 (Saturday)..  Candidates who have opted for Computer Based Test can choose the date and time slot of their choice, subject to availability. Date and time slot will be automatically allotted by the system to those candidates who do not select their slot upto 4 days before the Computer Based Test. No request for change of date and time slot will be entertained. No separate Admit Card will be issued or dispatched.