Press I All India Council for Technical Education

Press Note
Sub: Common Management Admission Test management programs

(CMAT)-2012 for admission in all

AICTE in its mission to reduce the burden of students in attending to multiple examinations launches the first national level Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2012 for facilitating institutions to select suitable students for admission in all management programs approved by AICTE for year 2012-13. The initiative has been taken to address the issue of physical, mental and financial stress being imposed on the students through number of entrance examinations being followed by the institutions for admission into all Management Programmes in AICTE approved institutions based on the relevant judgment of the Honble Supreme Court. The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2012 will be conducted online in 61 cities from 20th February to 28th February, 2012 and scores awarded will be used for admission in the post graduate management programs both at Degree & Diploma level at national level 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 scores 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 for nine days from 20th to 28th February in two shifts at 61 cities/locations. CMAT will be a computer based test for three hours duration. The common admission test will reduce the burden on candidates due to appearance in multiple tests. CMAT scores will help students seek admissions in all management programmes (4 lakh seats) in AICTE approved Institutions / University Departments. Further details of CMAT will be available on www.aicte-cmat.in

Important Dates for CMAT 2012 Registration window opens on Last Date for Online Registration Print out of Hall ticket Online test dates Test Timings Declaration of result Print out of Score Cards 9.12.11 9.01.12 From 30.01.2012 20.02.12 to 28.02.12 09.30 am - 12.30 pm (1st Shift) 02.30 pm - 5.30 pm (2nd Shift) 11.03.12 From 11.03.12 to 11.04.12

Pattern of examination for CMAT Type of Questions Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation Logical Reasoning Language Comprehension General Awareness Number of questions 25 25 25 25 Maximum Marks 100 100 100 100

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 Agra Ahmadabad Allahabad Ambala Dehradun Delhi Dhanbad Dharwad Durgapur Jabalpur Jamshedpur Jaipur Jammu Jodhpur Mysore Nagpur Noida Panaji Patna

Amritsar Aurangabad Bhuwaneshwar Bangalore Bareilly Bhopal Chandigarh Chennai Coimbatore Cuttack

Ghaziabad Gulbarga Gurgaon Guwahati Gwalior Hardwar Hisar Hosur Hyderabad Indore

Kanpur Kochi Kolhapur Kolkata Kota Kozhikode Lucknow Ludhiana Madurai Mumbai

Pondicherry Pune Rajkot Raipur Ranchi Shimla Siliguri Surat Trichurapalli 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.

Press II All India Council for Technical Education

Press Note to be released on 08.12.2011

Sub: Registration Window for AICTE conducted Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2012 Opens on December 9, 2012 Registration Window for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2012 conducted by AICTE opens on December 9, 2012 for online registration of candidates to appear in the computer based test to be organized from 20- 28 Feb 2012 in 61 cities. AICTE in its mission to reduce the burden of students in attending to multiple examinations launches the first national level Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2012 for facilitating institutions to select suitable students for admission in all management programs approved by AICTE for year 2012-13. The initiative has been taken to address the issue of physical, mental and financial stress being imposed on the students through number of entrance examinations being followed by the institutions for admission into all Management Programmes in AICTE approved institutions based on the relevant judgment of the Honble Supreme Court. The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2012 will be conducted online in 61 cities from 20th February to 28th February, 2012 and scores awarded will be used for admission in the post graduate management programs both at Degree & Diploma level at national level 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 scores of CMAT-2012 for allotment of students in the AICTE approved management institutions for academic year 2012-13 in line with the interim orders issued by the supreme court in a writ petition for admission procedure for management programs in AICTE approved institutions for 2012-13 stating that the interim orders will not come in the way of AICTE amending its regulations to introduce All India Entrance Examination of AICTE in place of State level examinations by the respective State Governments. 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 for nine days from 20th to 28th February in two shifts at 61 cities/locations. CMAT will be a computer based test for three hours duration. The common admission test will reduce the burden on candidates due to appearance in multiple tests. CMAT scores will help students seek admissions in all management programmes (4 lakh seats) in AICTE approved Institutions / University Departments.

Further details of CMAT will be available on www.aicte-cmat.in Important Dates for CMAT 2012 Registration window opens on Last Date Registration Print out of Hall ticket Online test dates Test Timings Declaration of result Print out of Score Cards for Online 9.12.11 9.01.12 From 30.01.2012 20.02.12 to 28.02.12 09.30 am - 12.30 pm (1st Shift) 02.30 pm - 5.30 pm (2nd Shift) 11.03.12 From 11.03.12 to 11.04.12

Pattern of examination for CMAT Type of Questions Number of questio ns 25 25 25 25 Maximum Marks

Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation Logical Reasoning Language Comprehension General Awareness

100 100 100 100

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 Agra Ahmadabad Allahabad Ambala Amritsar Aurangabad Bhuwaneshwar Bangalore Bareilly Bhopal Chandigarh Chennai Coimbatore Cuttack Dehradun Delhi Dhanbad Dharwad Durgapur Ghaziabad Gulbarga Gurgaon Guwahati Gwalior Hardwar Hisar Hosur Hyderabad Indore Jabalpur Jamshedpur Jaipur Jammu Jodhpur Kanpur Kochi Kolhapur Kolkata Kota Kozhikode Lucknow Ludhiana Madurai Mumbai Mysore Nagpur Noida Panaji Patna Pondicherry Pune Rajkot Raipur Ranchi Shimla Siliguri Surat Trichurapalli 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.