Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) - 2012 for Admission in All Management Programs

AICTE in order to reduce the burden of students attending to multiple examinations launches the first National level Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2012 and facilitate institutions to select suitable students for admission to all management programs approved by AICTE for year 2012-13. This initiative has been taken to address the issue of physical, mental and financial stress being imposed on the students through number of entrance examinations conducted by the institutions for admission to Management Programs in AICTE approved institutions based on relevant judgments in the Hon’ble Supreme Court. 

The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2012 will be conducted online in 61 cities from 20^thFebruary to 28^th February, 2012 and scores awarded will be used for admission in the post graduate management programs both at Degree & Diploma level, all over India for year 2012-13.

The respective Secretaries of the state dealing with technical education and Vice chancellors of the universities have been requested to advise the competent authority for admissions in their respective States & jurisdiction to use the merit list of CMAT-2012 for allotment of students in the AICTE approved management institutions for academic year 2012-13. The institutions and State governments are required to register online free of charge for opting to CMAT-2012 scores for admissions for academic year 2012-13. The minority institutions shall effect admissions as per the provision available for such categories. 

Advantages accrued due to CMAT

• The National level test will be conducted online for nine days from 20th to 28th February in two shifts at 61 cities/locations.
• The common admission test will reduce the burden on candidates due to appearance in multiple tests.
• CMAT scores will help students get admissions in AICTE approved Institutes/University Departments in all management programmes catering to more than four lakh sanctioned seats of AICTE approved management institutions.  
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Further details of CMAT will be available on www.aicte-cmat.in 

Important Dates for CMAT 2012

Registration window opens on	9.12.11
Last Date for Online Registration	9.01.12
Print out of Hall ticket	From 30.01.2012
Online test dates	20.02.12 to 28.02.12
Test Timings	09.30 am - 12.30 pm (1st Shift)
	02.30 pm - 5.30 pm (2nd Shift)
Declaration of result	11.03.12 to 11.04.12

Pattern of examination for CMAT Type of Questions Number of questions Maximum Marks Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation 25 100 Logical Reasoning 25 100 Language Comprehension 25 100 General Awareness 25 100 There shall be negative marking for wrong answers, for each wrong answer 1 mark shall be deducted Test Venues The CMAT will be conducted in following cities from 20th -28th February, 2012 CITIES Agartala Dehradun Jabalpur Mysore Agra Delhi Jamshedpur Nagpur Ahmadabad Dhanbad Jaipur Noida Allahabad Dharwad Jammu Panaji Ambala Durgapur Jodhpur Patna Amritsar Ghaziabad Kanpur Pondicherry Aurangabad Gulbarga Kochi Pune Bhubaneshwar Gurgaon Kolhapur Rajkot Bangalore Guwahati Kolkata Raipur Bareilly Gwalior Kota Ranchi Bhopal Hardwar Kozhikode Shimla Chandigarh Hisar Lucknow Siliguri Chennai Hosur Ludhiana Surat Coimbatore Hyderabad Madurai Trichurapalli Cuttack Indore Mumbai Trivandrum Vizag The centers in each of the above name cities will be notified on the website. Admission Process The Institutes and central admission authorities will use scores awarded to the students for allotment of seat in the registered management institutes. Online Management Institution / University Department Registration for CMAT 2012  (Colleges can register their data on this portal from 9 Dec. 2011 onwards) News  Advertisement  Press Release  Eligibility Criteria  Test Cities  Test Pattern  How to Apply Important Dates

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