NMAT 2015

NMAT is the entrance test considered by NMIMS for admission into various courses of Business Management Studies in NMIMS (Mumbai Campus, Bengaluru Campus and Hyderabad Campus)

NMAT 2015: Important Dates

The date for NMAT 2015 has been announced. The registration for NMAT-2015 are open from 2nd July for admissions in its School of Business Management for academic session 2015-16 and the students, after their formal registrations in NMAT 2015, shall be able to take online test in a window period of almost one and a half month from 07th October to 20th December 2014 with a choice of two more retakes after first attempt. NMAT 2015 Test Centers are mentioned later in the module.

It will allow choice of two retakes (i.e. 3 attempts in all) to the students if they wish to take the exam for the second and third time consecutively to better the score. In such cases, the best of three scores will be considered by NMIMS for admissions. It is the same pattern that NMIMS followed last year as well, for NMAT 2014.

The candidates appearing for the NMAT 2015 should also remember that it is not mandatory to appear for all the three or even two retakes offered by NMIMS as they will not lose out in competition with other appearing candidates if they chose to take the NMAT-2015 only once. 

Sr. No.	Activity	Important Dates
1	Registration Start Date	Wednesday, 2nd July, 2014
2	Registration End Date	Wednesday, 24th September, 2014
3	Scheduling Start Date	Thursday ,17th July, 2014
4	Scheduling End Date	Tuesday, 7th October, 2014
5	Late Registration Start Date	Thursday ,25th September, 2014
6	Late Registration End Date	Saturday, 4th October, 2014
7	Re- scheduling Start Date	Thursday, 17th July, 2014
8	Re-scheduling End Date	Wednesday, 17th December, 2014
9	Exam Delivery Start Date	Tuesday, 7th October, 2014
10	Exam Delivery End Date	Saturday, 20th December, 2014
11	Re-take Scheduling Start Date	Tuesday, 7th October, 2014
12	Re-take Scheduling End Date	Friday, 19th December, 2014
13	Announcement of results	Thursday, 22nd January, 2015
14	Registration for CD/ PI	23rd January, 2015 to 3rd February, 2015
15	Conduct of CD/ PI	11th February, 2015 to 24th February, 2015
16	First Merit List	4th March, 2015

You should not be misled by others opinion on tests being easy or difficult in any given period of the test window. Remember that the tests in NMAT-2015 will be generated randomly from a pool of questions. You may be able to improve your score provided you have prepared better and have performed better during subsequent attempt that you decide to take but there is no guarantee that your scores will improve in subsequent attempts.

Scores will be equated for all the candidates and the percentile scores will be calculated after all the candidates have taken their exam(s) and announced on a set date at NMIMS website (www.nmims.edu) and candidates will know that date well in advance.

NMAT 2015: The Admission Procedure and Admission Test of following full time MBA - Mumbai & PGDM - Bengaluru / PGDBM - Hyderabad Programmes for academic year commencing from June 2015. Name of the program Number of Seats MBA Two year full time programme having concentration in any one of the following area: Finance Information Systems Marketing Operations & Decision Sciences 500 MBA Human Resource 60 MBA Pharmaceutical Management 60 Bengaluru Campus Number of Seats PGDM 120 Hyderabad Campus Number of Seats PGDBM 60 NOTE: For NMAT 2015, candidates can apply for more than one Program NMAT 2015: Eligibility Criteria for Admission for Indian Candidates S. No. Name of Program Eligibility Criteria 1 MBA (Mumbai Campus) Full Time Bachelor's Degree (10+2+3/4) in any discipline from a recognized University with minimum 50% marks in the aggregate in first attempt. Those candidates who have cleared their graduation by doing a part-time course or through distance learning, correspondence courses, externally, open school are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply. 2 MBA HR Selection process is separate (Mumbai Campus) Full Time Bachelor's Degree (10+2+3/4) in any discipline from a recognized University with minimum 50% marks in the aggregate in first attempt. Those candidates who have cleared their graduation by doing a part-time course or through distance learning, correspondence courses, externally, open school are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply. 3 MBA Pharmaceutical Management - Selection process is separate (Mumbai Campus) Full Time Bachelor's Degree (10+2+3/4) in Pharmacy, Science, Life Sciences, MBBS, BDS, BHMS, BAMS, B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biotechnology from a recognized University with minimum 50% marks in the aggregate in first attempt. Post Graduate degree holders in Economics, Psychology and Sociology can also apply. Candidates with B.Tech. or B.E. in Bio-Tech. or Bio- Medical are also eligible to apply. Those candidates who have cleared their graduation by doing a part-time course or through distance learning, correspondence courses, externally, open school are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply. Candidates working in Pharmaceutical Companies for more than two years are preferred. 4 PGDM -Bengaluru Campus PGDBM - Hyderabad Campus Full Time Bachelor's Degree (10+2+3/4) in any discipline from a recognized University with minimum 50% marks in the aggregate in first attempt. Those candidates who have cleared their graduation by doing a part-time course or through distance learning, correspondence courses, externally, open school are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply. Other Important Information regarding Admission for Indian Candidates For all the full time programs candidates who are appearing for the final examination are eligible to apply (Provisional admission subject to clearing the final examination in first attempt and in the stipulated duration as per the respective University/Institution awarding the degree with 50 % aggregate marks) and also producing all the necessary documents, in original, within the given stipulated time. For all the Full Time programs candidates with two years and more years of post-qualification work experience will be preferred. At the time of admission, the candidate should have cleared all the trimesters / semesters.      Those candidates who have passed, or, have appeared for graduation examination from a University where Grade Point Average is given, such candidates must produce in writing from the University concerned about the equivalent percentage for the GPA/CGPA obtained. It is sole responsibility of the candidates to ascertain whether they possess the necessary and requisite qualification for the admission at NMIMS. If at any stage, it is found that a candidate does not satisfy the eligibility criteria or the information furnished by him/her in the online registration is incorrect, his/her application for the admission to the Program, even if selected, will stand cancelled. Candidates appearing for NMAT, Group Discussion & Personal Interview will do so at their own risk, eventually, forfeiting their admission for want of meeting the eligibility criteria. In such cases candidate will forfeit all the payments like NMAT registration charges, GD-PI registration charges, Program fee etc. NMIMS reserves the right to alter the terms of eligibility without intimation to the applicants. NMAT 2015: Test Centers in India NMAT 2015will be conducted at 18 centers located TEST CENTRES North Chandigarh, Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow West Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Nagpur South Bengaluru, Chennai, Cochin, Hyderabad Central Bhillai, Bhopal, Indore East Bhubaneswar, Guwahati Kolkata, Patna IMPORTANT: Venue details are provided to the candidates through confirmation e-mail sent after the candidate has successful registered and scheduled. No separate call letter will be mailed. Group Discussion & Personal Interview for shortlisted candidates will be conducted in Mumbai only. The final merit list will be prepared on the basis of the application data in terms of academic marks obtained, work experience, marks obtained in NMAT and GD/PI. The result for NMAT 2015 will be declared on the website as per the important dates available on the website.  Shortlisted candidate is required to download the call letter from the official website www.nmims.edu. Candidates are advised to visit the NMIMS website www.nmims.edu to know the details of various steps of selection process. All communication to the candidates will be through NMIMS website only. NMAT 2015: Information for International Candidates International candidates will include the following: Candidates holding passports issued by foreign countries and people of Indian origin who have acquired the nationality of foreign countries. Candidate who has Indian Passport but is working out of India continuously for more than two years (as on 20th October, 2014). Sons & daughters or spouses of NRI who have been physically out of India or are out of India for a period of two consecutive years (as on 20th October, 2014). Non Resident Indian candidates who have studied and passed the qualifying examinations from Universities in foreign countries. This will include the candidates studying in Universities situated in foreign countries but will not include the candidates studying in India in a foreign University campus located in India. NOTE: GMAT score will be accepted from the above mentioned candidates in lieu of NMAT. Eligibility Criteria for Admission: Full Time Bachelor's Degree (10+2+3/4) in any discipline from UGC recognized University with minimum 50% marks in aggregate in first attempt. The candidate must have completed graduation in the stipulated duration as per the respective University/Institution awarding the degree. Those candidates who have cleared their graduation by doing a part-time course or through distance learning, correspondence courses, externally, open school are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply. Valid GMAT score of 600 and above (GMAT score for last 3 years up to 20th October, 2014 will be considered) for the international candidates. Admission is subject to getting clearance for the candidate's Government (if required) and a student visa from the Indian Embassy in your country. For all the Full Time programs candidates with two years and more years of post-qualification work experience will be preferred. Selection Process: For the candidate based in India at the time of Group Discussion & Personal Interview - Group Discussion & Personal Interview for short listed candidates will be conducted in Mumbai only. Call letter for short listed candidate who needs to appear for Group Discussion & Personal Interview will be uploaded on the NMIMS official website www.nmims.edu. No separate call letter will be mailed. The final decision of the University will be based on the GMAT score, Group Discussion, Personal Interview scores, work experience scores, if any, along with academic scores. For the candidate not based in India at the time of Group Discussion & Personal Interview – Short listed candidates who are based outside India during this period will be telephonically interviewed at a prefixed date and time. Compulsory Documents to be submitted at the time of admission Duly attested photo copies of Bachelor's Degree. Certificate of equivalence of the degree from competent statutory authority of the country. Mark sheet/Degrees in a language other than English should be got translated into English language and a copy of the same duly attested be attached. TOFEL or IELTS score card. GMAT score card Medical Insurance documents Copy of passport 'STUDENT VISA' endorsed to NMIMS for joining full time Program. No other endorsement is acceptable. The Visa should be valid for the prescribed duration of the Program. Proof of residence. NMAT 2015: Paper Pattern NMAT 2015 would be an objective type multiple-choice test, i.e. there will be no descriptive type questions. Also there will be no negative marking. This shall encourage the candidates to take the test in a confident manner and to take calculated risks while answering and not drop a question for the fear of deduction in marks. This system of no negative marking has been adopted by NMIMS as per the current ‘best global practices and psychometric principles’.                NMAT 2015: Section of Exam Paper Sr. No Section No. of Questions Time in Minutes 1 Language Skills 32 22 2 Quantitative Skills 48 60 3 Logical Reasoning 40 38   Total 120 120 NMAT is a comparative exam and not self – performance oriented, i.e. it is important for you 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. 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. Short listed candidates will have to appear for group discussion and personal interview which will be held in Mumbai only. NMAT 2015: CBT (Computer Based Test) The NMAT-2015 is a computer-delivered test where each candidate gets a randomly generated exam from a pool of questions. The number of questions, difficulty levels and the time limit for each of the sections is predetermined and, under normal administration conditions, are the same regardless of when and where the test is administered. The test is non-adaptive in which the computer will display questions one at a time. In NMAT 2015, candidates can choose the order of three test sections. Each section has an allotted section time and the candidate has to complete the section including answering and reviewing the questions in the given section time limit. NMAT 2015: Results NMIMS does not send any results directly to the candidates, but it will publish scaled scores every 4-5 weeks and the final percentile results on their website on a pre-set and announced date. Scaled scores - All the test forms are equated to account for any differences in overall difficulty and the raw test scores are placed on a common scale. This is done to ensure scores are comparable across test forms such that the scores are not impacted by different candidates getting different test forms. Percentile scores - The percentile rank or score shows how a candidate scored when compared to all other candidates who took the exam (e.g. all candidates who will give the NMAT-2015). For example, if a candidate is said to be at the 75th percentile, the candidate scored better than 75% of the candidates who took the NMAT-2015. NMAT 2015: Syllabus Language Skills Reading Comprehension Passages Poems Synonyms Anonyms Dictionary meanings of different words, Syntax, and correct grammar Language usage and their rules Quantitative Skills, Data Interpretation & DS Arithmetic Algebra Trigonometry 2D and 3 D Geometry, and Statistic. Line graph Bar graph Tables Pie chart. Logical Reasoning Coding & Decoding, Strong Arguments and Weak Arguments, Series, Family tree, Multi-dimensional arrangements, Puzzles NMAT 2015: Preparation Strategy Tips – NMAT is 120 minutes CBT test the most important thing is that one should ensure SPEED & ACCURACY Starts from N.C.E.R.T books and clear your basics. Do as much practice as you can by solving practice papers, sample papers etc. Find out your weak areas and work upon them. Books – MBA Entrance Gide CAT/ MAT/ JMET/ MHCET/ FMS & Others MBA Entrance Exams All India Entrance Test CAT XAT ATMA JMET MAT by Chandresh Agrawal Guide to MBA Entrance Test - MAT CAT ATMA XLRI SCMHRD NMIMS JMET Etc JMET MBA Entrance Compel Book by Chandresh Agrawal Model Test Papers JMET Joint Management Entrance Test Guide Plus Self Scorer for MBA Entrance Exams CAT XAT CET JMET RMAT Symbiosis etc. Complete Kit for MBA Entrance Exam for CAT, MAT XLRI FMS XAT JMET & All other MBA Entrance Exams by Sanjeev Verma It has three campuses for Business Management Program: Mumbai Campus Bengaluru Campus Hyderabad Campus Post Graduate Programs offered by SBM – NMIMS are: MBA Core - Started in the year 1981, this is the flagship program of the institute MBA Banking - Started in 2007 MBA Capital Markets - Started in 2006 (in collaboration with the Bombay Stock Exchange) MBA - Pharmaceuticals Management MBA - Human Resource Management PGDBM - Business Management PGDM - Post Graduate Diploma in Management (NMIMS Bengaluru and Hyderabad campuses) EPGDM - Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (NMIMS Bengaluru and Hyderabad campuses) Admissions to all these programs are through NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT) followed by Group Discussions/ Personal Interview. NMIMS Business School has been awarded CRISIL and ICRA Ratings at highest level and also accredited at highest level by NBA. It is consistently ranked in Top-7 B-Schools in India overall & in Top-4 B-Schools for intellectual capability. The median salaries & number of offers at NMIMS are steadily growing every year and there is a 100% placement track record.   The number of students aspiring for NMAT has been growing largely every year and last year it saw a new height with more than 69,000 applicants took NMAT 2014. Among the online tests in India conducted in CBT mode, NMAT has become one of the largest with an error free track record for three years by now. About NMIMS University In 1981, Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) established Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) to meet the growing demand for management education. The consistent academic quality, research focus, faculty from top national & global institutes and strong industry linkages at NMIMS have placed it amongst the nation’s prime centers of educational excellence & research. In 2003, NMIMS was declared a deemed-to-be university under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. With the legacy of 32 years, NMIMS has grown to being not only one of the top-10 B-schools in India but also emerged as a multi-disciplinary University with four campuses at Mumbai, Shirpur, Bengaluru & Hyderabad and nine constituent schools that include Management, Engineering, Pharmacy, Architecture, Commerce, Business Economics, Science, Law & Distance Learning. Today more than 12000 students and 350 full time faculty members are part of India’s most sought after academic community i.e. NMIMS Prepare well and achieve mission NMAT 2015