All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a central body to promote and regulate technical education in India. AICTE has started conducting Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) in order to facilitate management institutes / colleges across the country to select students for admission in the management courses approved by AICTE since 2012-13. CMAT will be conducted two times in a year. The students may appear in both tests and best of the two scores / results will be considered for the purpose of admission in the management programmes. The First CMAT 2013-14 shall be conducted from 27.09.2012 to 01.10.2012. The interested students may submit online application form for CMAT 2013-14 at www.aicte-cmat.in which is a dedicated website for this purpose. The last date for online registration for Common Management Admission Test 2013-14 (First Test) is 02.09.2012. The CMAT 2013-14 Hall Ticket / Admit Card will be available online at the above mentioned website from September 15, 2012 onwards and the CMAT 2013-14 Result will be declared on 17.10.2012. The Score Cards of CMAT 2013-14 will be available online at the aforesaid website from 17.10.2012 onwards (upto 17.11.2012).
The fee for CMAT 2012 for General and OBC candidates is Rs. 1200/- (plus applicable bank charges) whereas fee for SC/ST/PD candidates is Rs. 600/- (plus applicable bank charges). The test fee for CMAT 2013-14 can be paid online through Net Banking or through Debit or Credit Card. Alternatively, the candidates may generate online challan and pay the fee in cash through this challan at any branches of State Bank of India.
The Common Management Admission Test 2013-14 (First Test) shall be conducted at the examination centres across the length and breadth of the country in the following cities:
It may please be noted that CMAT 2013-14 is the only test/exam for admission in MBA Programme of the AICTE approved institutions and University departments of all the states and it is one of the five tests for PGDM programmes for the year 2013-14. The information given above is in brief and the students are advised to refer the official website (www.aicte-cmat.in) for detailed, complete, updated and latest information regarding CMAT 2013-14.