Management Aptitude Test

MANAGEMENT APTITUDE TEST (MAT) :

Centre for Management Services (CMS) is the specialized division of AIMA undertaking testing and other management services. The testing services have been in operation since 1988 under the trademark All India Management Aptitude Testing Services (AIMATS) facilitating academia, industry and government to screen and select candidates for higher studies, recruitment, promotion etc. Hundreds of organizations and lakhs of candidates have availed these services. AIMATS has the unique distinction of being the first to be awarded with ISO 9001: 2000 Certification for the range of services under its scope.
MAT has become popular with over hundreds of AICTE approved Institutions & University departments and over lakhs of MBA aspirants having availed AIMA’s testing services in the past six years and now MAT is approved as a National Entrance Test vide Government of India, Ministry of HRD letter no. F.17-20/2003-TS.I dated 23 November 2004 .

MAT is a standardised test being administered since 1988 to facilitate Business Schools (B-Schools) to screen candidates for admission to MBA and allied programs. 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 scheme of MAT offers value added services to Indian B-Schools considering MAT Score for admission to approved post graduate management programs. Such B-Schools can participate in MAT administration by including their notifications in the MAT Bulletin. B-School is eligible to include its notification in the MAT Bulletin

Salient Aspects


• Entrance test for recognized programs.
• Time tested since 1988.
• Validated through independent studies.
• Availed by lakhs of students.
• Accepted by hundreds of institutes & university deptts.
• Employing latest technology in evaluation & result processing.
• Expeditious declaration of results and placing on website.
• Score card with photograph & ultra-violet identification logo.
• Widespread network for sale of bulletins.
• Test Centres located all over the country & aborad.
• Low bulletin cost which includes registration & test fees.
• ISO 9001:2000 quality certified.

Accepted by select foreign
universitites at par GMAT.

Central Support Services : CSS comprises of Finance & Accounts, Administration, Personnel and Information Centre. CSS looks after finance & accounts and inventory related activities and provides administrative and legal support to all the divisions of AIMA. The Information Centre provides information of all activities of AIMA particularly student-related queries, educational programmes and MAT and other tests