CMAT February 2014 15 registrations wind up

The online registration process of the Common Management Admission Test February 2014-15 (CMAT February 2014-15) concluded on Thursday, January 16, 2014. Over 70,000 candidates registered for the test, as per sources. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) had earlier extended the last date of registrations from Thursday, January 2, 2014. The first step for the online application procedure was Self Registration, followed by Payment Process and then Completing the Registration Process.

The online examination is expected to be conducted over a five-day window from Thursday, February 20 to Monday, February 24, 2014. Admit cards for CMAT February 2014-15 can be downloaded on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 and the Results are expected to be declared on Friday, March 14, 2014. CMAT February 2014-15 online test is expected to be held in two separate slots, from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm. The examination will be held in 32 cities across India.

CMAT is an all-India entrance examination conducted by the AICTE to aid different business schools (B-schools) and management institutes in India to grant admissions to candidates in various management programs that are approved by AICTE. CMAT is conducted twice in a year in the months of September as well as February to grant admissions for one academic session.

CMAT scores are used by around 11 Indian states to grant admissions for Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs under the government quota in those states. A majority of B-schools in India are expected to grant admissions into their management programs on the basis of the candidates’ CMAT February 2014-15 scores.

Several private universities grant admission on the basis of CMAT scores instead of the individual state-conducted Post Graduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET). Some of such institutes include ITM University in Gurgaon, VIT University in Vellore, Alliance School of Business (Alliance University) in Bangalore, Jaipuria Institute of Management in Noida, IPE in Hyderabad, etc.

As per AICTE’s notification, candidates who appeared in first test of CMAT held in September, 2013 can also appear for the second test to be held in February, 2014. The best out of the two scores will be taken into consideration to grant admission. The previous CMAT was held from Thursday, September 26 toMonday, September 30, 2013, the Results of which were issued on Sunday, October 20, 2013.