MAT 2024 CBT 1 registration is open till November 30, 2024 for the December session. The CBT 2 registration will continue until December 15, and PBT registration will continue till December 7, 2024. You can apply for the MAT 2024 through the official website of AIMA MAT at mat.aima.in by paying the application fee of INR 2100. The CBT 1 will be conducted on December 7, 2024, CBT 2 will be conducted on December 22, 2024, and PBT will be conducted on December 14, 2024 for PBT.
Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is a standardized national-level entrance exam for admission to MBA and allied programs. The MAT 2024 will be conducted in two CBT (computer-based test) modes and one PBT (paper-based mode).
With the MAT score, you can apply to over 600 business schools throughout India. Some of the top colleges that accepts the MAT score are Amity Business School, SOIL Institute of Management, Christ University, BIMTECH, Indus Business Academy, Institute of Management Studies, Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management, and others.
These are some key highlights of MAT 2024:
Particulars | Details |
Exam Name | Management Aptitude Test (MAT) |
MAT 2024 Conducting Institute | All India Management Association (AIMA) |
MAT 2024 Exam Level | National |
MAT Exam Frequency | 4 times a year |
MAT 2024 Exam Date | ● CBT 1: December 7, 2024 ● CBT 2: December 22, 2024 ● PBT: December 14, 2024 |
MAT 2024 Registration Fee | ● PBT or CBT: INR 2,100 ● PBT+CBT or CBT+CBT: INR 3,600 |
MAT 2024 Exam Mode | CBT/PBT |
MAT Exam Purpose | Admission to MBA colleges in India |
No. of MAT Test Cities | PBT Mode – 27 & CBT Mode - 26 |
MAT 2024 Official Website | mat.aima.in |
Help Desk Number | Email: mat@aima.in Number: 8130338839, 9599030586 (between 09:00 AM to 05:30 PM) |
Here are the MAT 2024 December session CBT 1 details:
Detailed Schedule – CBT 1 (Computer-Based Test) | |
Last Date for Online Registration | November 30, 2024 |
Admit Card | December 3, 2024 (5:00 PM Onwards) |
CBT Test Date | December 7, 2024 |
Here are the MAT 2024 December session CBT 2 details:
Detailed Schedule – CBT 2 (Computer-Based Test) | |
Last Date for Online Registration | December 15, 2024 |
Admit Card | December 18, 2024 (5:00 PM Onwards) |
CBT Test Date | December 22, 2024 |
Here are the important dates for MAT 2024 December session PBT mode:
Detailed Schedule – PBT (Paper-Based Test) | |
Last Date for Online Registration | December 7, 2024 |
Admit Card | December 10, 2024 (5:00 PM Onwards) |
PBT Test Date | December 14, 2024 |
Here is the MAT 2024 December session result release date:
MAT Result | |
MAT 2024 December Session Result | 1st week of January 2025 |
To register for the MAT 2024 exam, you have to follow these steps below:
Step 1: Visit the AIMA-MAT website at mat.aima.in.
Step 2: Click on “Register” and fill up the registration form.
Step 3: After filling up the registration form, click on “Register”.
Step 4: You will receive a verification email on your provided email address.
Step 5: After the verification, log in to your MAT dashboard.
Step 6: Fill out the application form, upload the required documents, and pay the application fees of INR 2100.
Here is the list of top colleges that will accept the MAT 2024 marks for MBA admission:
BIMTECH Greater Noida | JAGSoM |
XIME Bangalore | Rajagiri Business School Kochi |
Woxsen University Hyderabad | Jaipuria Lucknow & Noida |
Indus Business Academy - IBA Bangalore | Amrita School of Business Coimbatore |
IPE Hyderabad | Chandragupt Institute of Management - CIMP Patna |
SIES Mumbai | Delhi School of Business (DSB) Delhi |
NTPC School of Business Noida | St. Joseph’s Institute of Management (SJIM) Bangalore |
SCMS Cochin School of Business | Sri Balaji University Pune (SBUP) |
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida | SOIL Institute of Management |
AIMS School of Business | Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS Rohini) Delhi |
Amrita School of Business, Bengaluru | New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM) New Delhi |
Dayananda Sagar Business School Bangalore | Balaji Institute of International Business (BIIB) Pune |
Alliance School of Business - Alliance University Bangalore | Manav Rachna Faridabad |
IFIM College Bangalore | Fortune Institute of International Business, New Delhi |
TAPMI School of Business, Manipal | Adamas University, Kolkata |
MAT 2024 exam score will be accepted for the 2025 admission to MBA/PGDM programs in more than 600 MBA colleges throughout India. Here are the expected MAT 2024 cut-offs of some top colleges mentioned below:
MAT Accepting Colleges | Expected MAT 2024 Cutoff (Percentile) |
BIMTECH Greater Noida | 80-90 |
Amity Business School, Noida | 90+ |
Christ University, Bengaluru | 80-90 |
SIESCOMS, Navi Mumbai | 80-90 |
Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS), Rohini Delhi | 80-90 |
Indus Business Academy | 80-90 |
Institute of Management Studies (IMS) | 80-90 |
IPE Hyderabad | 80-90 |
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow | 80-90 |
Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management | 80-85 |
IES Management College and Research Centre | 80-85 |
Woxsen University, Hyderabad | 90+ |
Delhi School of Business, Delhi | 80-90 |
SOIL Institute of Management | 90+ |
Amity Business School, Noida | 90+ |
New Delhi Institute of Management | 80-85 |
ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai | 80-85 |
St. Joseph’s Institute of Management, Bangalore | 80-90 |
TAPMI School of Business, Jaipur | 60-80 |
XIME, Bangalore | 90+ |
Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad | 80-85 |
Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy | 85-90 |
Christ University Institute of Management, Bangalore | 80-85 |
Shiv Sivani Institute of Management | 50-70 |
Apeejay School of Management, New Delhi | 50-60 |
Amrita School of Business, Kochi | 50-70 |
ATLAS Skill Tech University, Mumbai | 50-70 |
RV University, Bangalore | 50-60 |
Kohinoor Management School, Mumbai | 50-70 |
Firebird Coimbatore | 50-60 |
Before MAT 2024 registration, have a look at the MAT 2024 eligibility criteria mentioned below:
You can download the admit card from the MAT website mat.aima.in (applicant dashboard). The admit card will be released on December 3 for CBT-1, December 18 for CBT-2, December 10 for PBT. The admit card contains the following details:
The MAT 2024 exam of the December session consists of a total of 150 questions. You will get 120 minutes to attempt those questions. Here is the table below for a detailed break-down of the MAT 2024 exam pattern:
Section No. | Sections | Number of Questions |
I | Language Comprehension | 30 |
II | Intelligence & Critical Reasoning | 30 |
III | Mathematical Skills | 30 |
IV | Data Analysis & Sufficiency | 30 |
V | Economics & Business Environment | 30 |
There are mainly five sections in the MAT 2024 December session and each section has thirty questions. There will be a total of 150 questions, and you have to answer them within 120 minutes.
Sections | Details Covered | Weightage |
Language Comprehension | Reading Comprehension, Para Jumble, Fill in the Blanks, One Word Substitution, Sentence Correction, etc. | 25% |
Intelligence & Critical Reasoning | Blood Relation, Family Tree, Coding & Decoding, Numeric Grid, Clocks, Calendars, etc. | 25% |
Mathematical Skills | Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration, Number System, Percentage, LCM & HCF, etc. | 25% |
Data Analysis & Sufficiency | Tables, Pie Charts, Bar Diagrams, Venn Diagram, Data Comparison, Data Sufficiency, Graphs, etc. | 25% |
Economic & Business Environment | Static GK, Technology, Business, Sports, World News, Art, Geography, History, etc. | Nil |
Total | 100% |
The answer key to all the testing modes (CBT and PBT) will be released on the official website after all the MAT exams are over.
The MAT 2024 December result is expected to be released by the 1st week of January 2025. You can download the MAT score from the official website mat.aima.in. To download the result, then you have to log in to their MAT dashboard.
The table below shows the exam analysis of the MAT 2024 February session:
Mathematical Skills | ||
Sl. No. | Topic | No. of Questions |
1 | Mensuration | 4 |
2 | SI & CI | 4 |
3 | Percentage | 3 |
4 | Cost Price & Selling Price | 3 |
5 | Speed & Distance | 3 |
6 | Age & Ratio | 3 |
7 | Probability | 2 |
8 | Trigonometry | 2 |
9 | Pipes & Cistern | 2 |
10 | Average | 2 |
11 | Number System | 1 |
12 | Train | 1 |
13 | LCM | 1 |
14 | Boat | 1 |
15 | Permutation & Combination | 1 |
16 | Time & Work | 1 |
17 | Milk | 1 |
18 | Mixture & Allegations | 1 |
19 | Fraction | 1 |
Data Analysis and Sufficiency | ||
Sl. No. | Topic | No. of Questions |
1 | Caselet | 5 |
2 | Quantity | 5 |
3 | Table DI | 5 |
4 | Data Sufficiency | 5 |
5 | Income and Expenses DI | 5 |
6 | Population DI | 5 |
7 | Line & Pie Chart | 5 |
8 | Bar Graph & Pie Chart | 5 |
Analytical and Logical Reasoning | ||
Sl. No. | Topic | No. of Questions |
1 | Puzzle | 15 |
2 | Cause & Effective | 5 |
3 | Symbol Coding | 5 |
4 | Statement | 5 |
5 | Assertion & Reason | 7 |
6 | Direction | 1 |
7 | Blood Relation | 1 |
8 | Coding | 1 |
Reading Comprehension & Verbal Ability | ||
Sl. No. | Topic | Number of Questions |
1 | Reading Comprehension | 17 |
2 | Error | 4 |
3 | Phrase/Idiom | 4 |
4 | Para Jumble | 3 |
5 | Full Up | 4 |
6 | Synonyms | 4 |
7 | Antonyms | 4 |
The candidates who appeared for the MAT exam must have to appear for the group discussion and personal interview, conducted by the admission institute. The MAT exam score is accepted by more than 600 business institutes in India. Here are some brief points to know about the MAT selection process:
These are some preparation tips that will help you in your MAT 2024 preparation:
Ans: The MAT exam takes place four times every year, in February, May, September, and December. The minimum qualification for appearing in any discipline from any recognized institute.
Ans: No, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) does not accept the MAT exam score. They only accept the CAT score for admission to the MBA/PGDM programs.
Ans: AIMA does not conduct the counseling process. The counseling process for MAT will be conducted by the participating institutes after the declaration of the result.
Ans: The duration of the MAT 2024 exam is 120 minutes for all modes. There is no sectional time list in this exam, so make sure to complete the entire paper within the given time.
Ans: You can easily download the MAT score card from mat.aima.in and logging in with the user id and password. Once you logged in to your dashboard, you can easily download the MAT scorecard.
Ans: There is no age limit and work experience required for the MAT 2024 exam. Freshers and candidates with the work experience both can apply for the MAT exam.
Ans: If you comfortable with the pen and paper mode, then you can choose the MAT PBT. If you are comfortable in taking tests on computer, then you can go for MAT CBT. However, both of these exam modes are held in different cities, so you should check the list of test cities before choosing the exam mode.
Ans: The CAT exam is more difficult as compared to the MAT. The CAT scores are accepted by top business schools across India. Whereas, MAT is much easier and its scores are accepted around 600+ management colleges in India.
Ans: MAT exam scores are valid for one academic year. That means, MAT 2024 score will be valid for admission for 2024-2026 MBA session only. If you want to drop a year after taking the exam, then you have to appear for the exam once again next year.
Ans: Once the MAT result is published, the scorecards will be sent to the selected colleges. Those colleges will contact the candidates for the further selection rounds, if the candidates meet the minimum MAT cutoff.