What is MAT

What is MAT?

MAT stands for Management Aptitude Test

• It is administered by AIMA (All India Management association) and is accepted by AIMA-CME (Centre for management education) and other AICTE approved management institutes (MI) and university departments.
• This test is approved by Government of India and is the National entrance test for MBA and equivalent management programmes of various participating institutes and over 240 business schools.
• Centre for Management Education (CME), the education wing of AIMA, was established in 1993 as a full-fledged autonomous business school. All management institutes that participate in MAT are either AICTE (All Indian Council for Technical Education) approved or affiliated to universities.
• It is an objective type test with multiple-choice answers. The test is designed to measure a person's general aptitudes.
• MAT is online from 2009 and so now MAT is both a paper pencil test as well as computer based test.
• The MAT paper has traditionally been a 150 minute test, having 200 questions in all.
• It mainly contains 5 sections:
  1. Language comprehension
  2. Mathematical skills
  3. Data Analysis & Sufficiency
  4. Intelligence & Critical Reasoning
  5. India & Global Environment
• MAT is a unique test in the form that it employs latest technology in evaluation and result processing.
• It has 25% negative marking, for every wrong answer, i.e. 0.25. For every correct attempt, candidate is awarded with one mark. However there is no negative marking for question not attempted.
• Its test centres are spread all over India as well as abroad.
• It is held four times in a year i.e., in February, May, September and December.
• A candidate is provided with individual score card with candidate's photograph after this test.
• After the written test, candidate has to go through GD's, PI's, psychometric test, role plays, essay writing etc.