MAT 2.0 Explained: Check Dates, Eligibility Criteria, and Other Important Details

This article will give information about the important dates, eligibility requirements, and the list of participating business schools across India offering admission through MAT 2.0, which is scheduled to be held in September 2025.

Aug 12, 2025, 15:47 IST

MAT 2.0 Explained Check Dates, Eligibility Criteria, and Other Important Details

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is a uniform national-level exam that has been helping aspirants seek admission to the various Business Schools across India in MBA and related programs since 1988. In 2003, the Government of India’s Ministry of Education approved the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) as a national-level test.

The Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is administered by the All India Management Association (AIMA) and is a new-age admission exam with reduced exam sections, shorter exam duration, and improved topic focus. The MAT 2.0 that will be conducted on September 21, 2025, and September 28, 2025, will offer admission to all those aspirants appearing in the exam to over 600 business schools participating in the exam across India.

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The Management Aptitude Test (MAT) 2.0 will be conducted in two stages, which are the Paper-Based Test (PBT) and the Computer-Based Test (CBT). Each paper has a different exam date and registration date. Below is the list of important dates for the MAT 2.0 exam, which is scheduled to be held in September 2025:-

Paper-Based Test (PBT) of MAT 2.0
Dates	Events
15 September 2025	Online Registration for PBT will conclude
18 September 2025	The admit card for PBT will be available around 5 P.M.
21 September 2025	PBT Exam Date
Computer-Based Test (CBT) of MAT 2.0
22 September 2025	Online Registration for CBT will conclude
25 September 2025	The admit card for CBT will be available around 5 P.M.
28 September 2025	CBT Exam Date

List of Participating B-Schools of MAT 2.0 of September 2025

The Management Aptitude Test (MAT) 2.0, which will be conducted in September 2025, has over 600 Business Schools participating in offering admissions to their MBA and postgraduate courses through this exam. The All India Management Association (AIMA) has divided these participating business schools in the MAT 2.0 September 2025 exam into four zones, namely, North, South, East, and West.

Any aspirant desirous of seeking admission to these participating business schools has to qualify for a certain eligibility criterion that is set by the All India Management Association (AIMA). The candidate has to be a graduate from any discipline from a recognised university, and those aspirants who are appearing or will be appearing for their final graduation exams are also eligible to appear for the MAT 2.0 exam.

Below is the list of the participating business schools in the MAT 2.0 exam, which is scheduled to be held in September 2025, distinguished between the four zones:-

North Zone Participating Business Schools of MAT 2.0:-

Here is the list of the participating business schools of the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) 2.0 that is scheduled to be held in September 2025:-

AIMA-Centre for Management Education	Birla Institute of Management Technology
Christ University - School of Business and Management	EMPI Institutions
GD Goenka University	GNIOT Institute of Management Studies (GIMS)
IILM Academy of Higher Learning	IILM University
Institute of Management Studies	International Institute of Health Management Research
Jagannath International Management School	Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow
Lovely Professional University	Jaipuria Institute of Management, Ghaziabad
Management Education & Research Institute (MERI)	Jaypee Business School
New Delhi Institute of Management	Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida

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South Zone Participating Business Schools of MAT 2.0:-

Here is the list of the participating business schools of the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) 2.0 that is scheduled to be held in September 2025:-

Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies	Administrative Staff College of India
Acharya Institute of Management and Sciences	Institute of Insurance and Risk Management
Institute of Health Management Research	Alliance University
Azim Premji University	International Institute of Business Studies
NITTE School of Management	Badruka School of Management
CMR University	National Institute of Technology, Surathkal
Thiagarajar School of Management	Christ University
Institute of Public Enterprise	St Joseph's Institute of Management

East Zone Participating Business Schools of MAT 2.0:-

Here is the list of the participating business schools of the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) 2.0 that is scheduled to be held in September 2025:-

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Institute of Management Science	Netaji Subhas University
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University	Birla Global University
Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna	NERIM Group of Institutions
Pailan College of Management &Technology	Future Institute of Engineering & Management
Haldia Institute of Technology	International School of Management Patna
KIIT- School of Rural Management	Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management
Institute of Engineering & Management	Institute of Business Management and Research
International Management and Analytics School Kolkata	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology

West Zone Participating Business Schools of MAT 2.0:-

Here is the list of the participating business schools of the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) 2.0 that is scheduled to be held in September 2025:-

ATLAS SkillTech University	Institute of Rural Management
ITM Vocational University	Christ University - School of Business and Management
Dr D Y Patil B School	ITM Skill University
Kirloskar Institute of Management	IIEBM, Indus Business School
IILM Academy of Higher Learning	NICMAR University
St Kabir Institute of Professional Studies	Suryadatta Institute of Management

The Management Aptitude Test (MAT)2.0 is conducted four times a year, that is, February, May, September and December, and this paper is conducted in two modes, one is PBT (Paper-Based Test) and CBT (Computer-Based Test). The scores obtained in the MAT exam have a validity of one year, and the best scores are taken into consideration if the candidate appears in multiple attempts of the paper.

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