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Friday, November 20, 2009

IIM CAT 2009

The IIM MBA CAT examination starting from November 29 to December 7 will be different in more ways than one, with major logistics revamp to suit the new format.

Candidates will get only 15 minutes to familiarise themselves with the new system on how to answer and review the questions before the actual test lasting two hours and 15 minutes begins. The testing sessions will be audio and video recorded. Contingency plans have been put in place in the event of power outage, technical glitches , medical outbreaks, natural calamities and terrorist attacks, according to the guidebook.

An estimated 2.41 lakh candidates are said to have registered for CAT this year as compared to 2.46 lakh who took the test in 2008. MBA CAT is a qualifying test for a management programme at the seven Indian Institutes of Management iim as well as other institutes that accept the CAT scores. It will be held in close to 104 test centres across 32 cities in India. The results will be declared on the CAT website by the end of January.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

MBA Entrance Exam Application Deadlines

  • FMS 2010: The registration for the entrance exam for Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), New Delhi started on Monday, October 5, 2009 and the last date for the same is Friday, November 20, 2009. The exam will be held on Sunday, January 10, 2010.

  • SNAP 2009: SNAP is the common entrance exam for all the Symbiosis institutes. The registration for the same had started from Monday, August 24, 2009. The last date for registration is Friday, November 27, 2009. The exam will be held on Sunday, December 20, 2009.

  • XAT 2010: XAT is the admission test for the MBA institutes like XLRI, XIMB, XIME etc. There are many other MBA institutes that accept XAT scores like Welingkar, LIBA, GIM etc. The exam will be held on Sunday, January 3, 2010.

  • MAT December 2009: MAT, the MBA entrance exam organized by AIMA is held four times a year. The sale of the registration vouchers will end on Monday, November 9, 2009. The last date for registration is Saturday, November 12, 2009. The MAT December 2009 exam will be held on Sunday, December 6 for the paper pencil mode. The computer based exam will start from Saturday, December 12 onwards.

  • NMAT 2010: The registration for the entrance exam for Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) has started from October 27. The last date for registration is Sunday, December 6, 2009. NMAT 2010 will be online test which will be held in a window of 10 days, from Saturday, January 30, 2010 to Monday, February 8, 2010.