The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
- Eriksson
NMAT is the MBA entrance exam for admissions to Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) Mumbai. The NMAT is designed on multiple-choice question format that include Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, General Awareness, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation.
Candidates will get admission if they meet the required standards of a two-stage selection process. All eligible candidates are required to appear for the computer based NMAT to be conducted across the country. Shortlisted candidates will have to appear for group discussion, a computer-based test and personal interview at selected centres.
The NMAT is valid for entry into the following programs:
1. MBA (Full Time)
2. MBA (Core)
3. MBA (Banking Management)
4. MBA (Capital Markets)
5. MBA (Actuarial Science)
6. MBA (Pharmaceuticals Management)
7. MBA (Part Time)
8. Doctoral programme (Ph.D.)
9. EPGDBM
NMAT (effective from 2010) is now an online admission test conducted in India and abroad during a predetermined 10 days period.
Bachelor’s Degree (10+2+3) in any discipline from a recognized University with minimum 50% marks in the aggregate. Two years post qualification work experience will be preferred. Candidates appearing final year degree exam can also apply.
For detailed eligibility criteria (for other programs as well), please refer to the website: www.nmims.edu.
For online registration process, please visit the website of the institute.
All those who registered successfully will be called for the NMAT, provided they satisfy condition of eligibility. It is the sole responsibility of the candidates to check that he/she is eligible as per the criteria. The final merit list will be prepared on the basis of NMAT Score, Group Discussion, Personal Interview, Presentation (as applicable) and work experience. The selection criteria will be based on merit. The cut-off for deciding the merit shall lie solely with NMIMS University. In this regard, the decision of the NMIMS University will be final and undisputable and shall be binding on all concerned.
(Note: 15% seats are reserved for Management Quota in each course out of total intake).
Selection to the FTMBA-Core, MBA Actuarial Science, MBA Banking Management, MBA Capital Management, MBA Pharmaceutical Management, Part-time MBA, Ph.D. Programme, EPGDBM (Bangalore Campus) of NMIMS for the academic year 2010-12 will be based on a two stage process.
NMAT is common for FTMBA-Core, MBA Actuarial Science, MBA Banking Management, MBA Capital Management, MBA Pharmaceutical Management, Part-time MBA, Ph.D. Programme, EPGDBM (Bangalore Campus).
Separate GD/PI & Presentation (if applicable) will be conducted for MBA Pharmaceutical Management, Part-time MBA, Ph.D. Programme, EPGDBM (Bangalore Campus).
The first stage consists of NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT). All the eligible candidates will have to appear for the NMAT being conducted from 30 th January to 8 th February, 2010. NMAT will be conducted in 19 cities across the country.
The Institute will shortlist the candidates for the second stage of selection viz. Group Discussion and personal interview based on the relative performance and the total number of seats available, which will be held in third week of March 2010. Shortlisted candidate has to register online for Group Discussion and Personal Interview on the institute website. Detailed schedule will be available on the website.
The final selection will be based on the over all academic performance, work experience, scores in the NMAT and performance in the GD & PI.
Regular online registration window: 27 th Oct to 6 th Dec 2009
Last Date of making payment 6 th Dec 2009
Last date for the receipt of payment - advice slip
(for DD payment) and pay-in-slip (for cash payment)
- at Chennai address for regular online registration 8 th Dec 2009
Late Registration Window 6 th Dec to 13 th Dec 2009
Last date for the receipt of payment - advice slip
(for DD payment) and pay-in-slip (for cash payment)
- at Chennai address for late online registration 15 th Dec 2009
Confirmation e-mail to candidate 14 th Dec 2009 to 10 th Jan 2010
Re-scheduling Window 11 th Jan to 17 th Jan 2010
Dates of Exam (in India) 30 th Jan to 8 th Feb 2010
Dates of Exam (outside India) 1 st Feb to 5 th Feb 2010
Declaration of result on NMIMS website 2 nd March 2010 from 5:00 PM IST onwards
NMIMS reserves the right to make any change to the above dates and candidates are advised to visit this website periodically to note any changes.
Candidates making payment through Cash Deposit at Bank or Demand Draft are advised to remit their slips and demand draft well in advance of the closing date as NMIMS shall not be responsible for any delay in postage. Late payment fee will be charged for any payments received after the date and time given above. For Late Registration, any payment received after the due date and time will not be considered and registration cancelled.
NMIMS is implementing CBT with the intention to provide a valid and reliable examination process along with providing numerous benefits to candidates.
NMAT is an objective type test designed and developed to ascertain the aptitude of the candidates to undergo Post Graduate Programme in Management. Aptitude is the potential of an individual to perform subsequent to proper training. Therefore, NMAT is designed to identify the potential.
The NMAT has three sections. The total of 120 questions is to be attempted over 120 minutes. The test structure is given below:
|
Section No. |
Section Name |
No. of Questions |
Suggested Time in minutes |
|
I |
Language Skills |
32 |
30 |
|
II |
Quantitative Skills, Data Interpretation & DS |
48 |
55 |
|
III |
Logical Reasoning |
40 |
35 |
|
|
TOTAL |
120 |
120 |
The candidate should note that it is important for them to perform well relative to other candidates in each of the 3 sections of the test as the score of each section and the overall score will be used to shortlist the candidate for the second stage of the selection process as well as in the final ranking. There will be a penalty for wrong answers (0.25 marks for every wrong answer).
The NMAT will be conducted at the following centers (cities):
|
Test center Code |
City |
Test center code |
City |
|
1 |
Ahmedabad |
11 |
Indore |
|
2 |
Allahabad |
12 |
Jaipur |
|
3 |
Bangalore |
13 |
Kolkatta |
|
4 |
Bhopal |
14 |
Lucknow |
|
5 |
Bhubaneshawar |
15 |
Mumbai |
|
6 |
Chandigarh |
16 |
Nagpur |
|
7 |
Chennai |
17 |
New Delhi |
|
8 |
Cochin |
18 |
Patna |
|
9 |
Guwahati |
19 |
Raipur |
|
10 |
Hyderabad |
|
|
The venue (School/College) at each centre will be communicated to the candidates in due course of time through the website. You are required to download the call letter from our website www.nmims.edu. No separate call letter will be mailed.
Note: The NMIMS reserves the right to cancel any venue of examination for any reason and the applicant will have to take the test at any of the other venues available. The NMIMS’s decision in this regard will be final.
Mumbai: V.L. Mehta Road, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai 400056; Tel: 91-22-26134577/26143177/42355555.
Bengaluru: 080-91-40855555, 40855500.
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