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MAT 2025 exam dates - AIMA has announced MAT 2025 exam dates for February session. Registration process for MAT February 2025 began on December 24, 2024. Candidates interested in appearing for the exam can apply now. The exam will be held on March 9 and March 23, 2025. Check below phase wise MAT 2025 exam dates and other events.
Q: How many times is MAT conducted in a year?
MAT is conducted multiple times a year. Most of the MBA entrance exams in India are conducted annually. MAT is the only exam which is conducted multiple times in four phases and multiple exam modes. To make it possible for every MBA aspirant to appear for an entrance exam, AIMA designed MAT which can be taken by candidates from an exam centre as well as at home. The exam is held in February, May, September and December which allows candidates to prepare and plan for it as well as MBA Admission. In each of these four months, the MAT is conducted in CBT, PBT and IBT modes. Candidates can choose a date and a mode of exam as per their preparation and convenience. Registrations for each MAT exam phase start a month earlier. Candidates also take re-tests in the same academic session if they are not happy with their scores.
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Q: What is MAT application fee?
The fee payment to appear for the MAT exam is mandatory. The AIMA charges every candidates examination fee at the time of form filling. While filling the MAT application form the fee payment is to be done for acceptance of the candidature. The MAT application fees have been increased and the revised fees are as follows: Paper-Based Test (PBT): INR 2,100 Computer-Based Test (CBT): INR 2,100 Internet-Based Test (IBT): 2,100 Both PBT and CBT: INR 3,300 Candidates are required to pay the fee in online mode I. e. through debit card, credit card, net banking or UPI. Candidates must note that the MAT application form will not be submitted until the fee payment is done. Key points to keep in mind while filling the MAT application form is that the fee is non-refundable and there is no provision of form corrections. So, in case a candidate has made a mistake in the form, they will have to register again and fill a new form by paying the fee again. To take a re-test also, candidates have to fill a fresh MAT application form and pay the fee again.
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Upvote Q: Is MAT 2024 registration open for admission to MBA courses at GIBS Business School?
MAT 2024 registration for August is over. The next phase of exams will be held in December 2024. The schedule of of MAT 2024 registration for December phase has started at the AIMA, official website. Candidates who plan to appear for the MAT exam this year can apply for any phase of the as per their preparation and convenience. The MAT PBT, CBT and IBT form submission deadline of each session is different. Each MAT session will also be held on a different date. The MAT application fee is same for all exam modes and all exam phases. For each session candidates have to pay INR 2,100 as application fee. Candidates can appear for more than one session, however they will have to pay the fee per session.
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MAT registration 2025: Candidate can choose to register for a MAT session as per their preparation and choice of the exam phase – February, May, September and December. The MAT application form is to be filled and submitted online at the mat.aima.in website.
MAT Admit card 2025: The admit card for every MAT session is released on a specific date as per the schedule. Candidates have to download the MAT admit card of their respective sessions to appear in the exam. IBT mode candidates also have to download the MAT admit card for remote proctored identification.
MAT exam: AIMA conducts MAT in three modes – CBT, PBT and IBT. The MAT question paper of all exam modes is same in terms of pattern, structure and difficulty level. However, questions are different. MAT is an easy exam of 2 hours. Candidates have to solve 150 questions from Language Comprehension, Intelligence & Critical Reasoning, Mathematical Skills, Data Analysis & Sufficiency and Economic & Business Environment.
MAT Result: Scorecard of MAT is released a few weeks after the exam. The scorecards are uploaded in candidate dashboard and test takers are informed about the same through email. Candidates can download their MAT 2025 result from the exam website by using their login credentials. They can use the best score of all their attempts for MBA admission.
MAT Admission: AIMA sends MAT scores of the candidate with the five B-schools that they selected in the MAT application form. AIMA has no role in MBA admission beyond that. If the candidate meets the institute's MAT cut off, he/she is invited to participate in MBA selection process. Candidates can apply to more colleges separately based on their MAT score.
MAT 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of MAT 2024 exam
| Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
|---|---|
24 Dec '24 - 02 Mar '25 | MAT 2024 Registration Process PBT (February) ONGOING |
24 Dec '24 - 09 Mar '25 | MAT 2024 Registration Process CBT (February) ONGOING |
05 Mar '25 - 09 Mar '25 | MAT 2024 Admit Card PBT Download (February) |
09 Mar '25 | MAT 2025 PBT (February) |
17 Mar '25 - 23 Mar '25 | MAT 2024 Admit Card Release CBT (February) |
23 Mar '25 | MAT 2024 CBT (February) |
MAT Exam 2025: Important Points
MAT is considered the most student friendly MBA entrance exam. Conducted in multiple modes and sessions, MAT allows candidates to improve their score by taking multiple attempts in the same academic session. Given below are some of the important highlights of MAT exam.
- Exam pattern, test structure and difficulty level of MAT PBT, CBT and IBT are same.
- Every MAT test form has a unique set of questions.
- MAT 2025 exam in PBT and CBT modes will be conducted in about 35 select test cities across India.
- The MAT test cities for PBT and CBT will be different. MAT PBT is held in lesser number of cities than CBT.
- In MAT PBT, candidates will have to mark answers in OMR sheet. There will be no subjective questions in MAT.
- Candidates can take MAT IBT from any location. They need to have a computer systyem/laptop with working camera and high speed internet.
- Fee payment is a mandatory step in the MAT form filling process without which candidates will not be able to submit the form.
- The fee is to be paid before the MAT registration last date of every session.
- Candidates can appear for MAT in more than one exam mode, however they'll have to pay exam fee for each mode.
- There is fee concession if you apply for two exam modes in the same test phase.
- MAT exam duration now is 2 hours. This year, the time duration has been reduced along with number of questions.
- Earlier, the MAT exam was of 2.5 hours and had 200 questions in total.
- The total number of questions in MAT now is 150.
- Each of the five sections in MAT has 30 questions in MCQ format.
- Score of Economic and Business Environment section is not taken into consideration for MAT percentile calculation.
- Candidates can choose the exam mode, as per the test city availability. Thus, they should fill the MAT form as soon as the process begins.
- Candidates can choose upto two cities for test centre allotment in the MAT 2024 application form.
- The PBT/CBT test centre will be allotted as per examination body's discretion and availability of seats.
- Once the test centre allotment is done, the option cannot be changed.
- The MAT IBTs are conducted in two slots:10:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
- Candidates can choose the test date and slot for IBT in the MAT application form 2024.
- Identification of candidates for IBT will be done in remote proctored mode, through a valid photo ID and MAT admit card 2024
- Those who wish to retake MAT, can apply in any exam phase by filling the MAT application form again.
- MAT score is accepted by over 800 MBA colleges in India. Most of these are private institutions.
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