S P Jain Aptitude Test

SPJAT is an MBA entrance exam conducted by S.P. Jain School of Global Management for admissions to its Master of Global Business (MGB) course and Global Master of Business Administration (GMBA). The institute was established in the year 2004 and currently has its campuses established in Mumbai, Dubai, Sydney and Singapore. Through SPJAT Exam candidates can seek admission to post graduate courses with international exposure. The exam is golden ticket to grab rich learning experience with highly lucrative placement opportunities without any restrictions to national boundaries.

Important Dates of SPJAT Exam

Candidates willing to appear in the entrance exam of SPJAT must be aware of the important dates of the exam. The SPJAT exam important dates are mentioned below to help the candidates keep track of all the important events related to the exam.

Events	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round
Last date to register	Last week of April	2nd week of June	2nd week of July
Call for Interviews	1st week of May	2nd week of June	2nd week of July
Final Interviews	2nd week of May	3rd week of June	Last week of July
Admission Offer Letter	3rd week of May	1st week of July	1st week of August
Final Admission & Fee Payment	2nd week of July	Last week of July	3rd week of August

SPJAT Exam Eligibility Criteria  

An MBA aspirant with Bachelor’s degree from a recognized institute can apply for the MBA programme conducted by SP Jain Institute. Final year candidates pursuing Bachelor’s degree can also apply for the course and college. The bachelor’s degree must be in English. The institute accept the score of SPJAT (S P Jain Aptitude Test) MBA entrance exam to grant admission to its affiliated colleges.                                          

SPJAT Exam Application Process

To register for SPJAT, candidates are required to submit application form for the program in which they are interested. On submission, the initial status will be shown as ‘Screening in Progress’. If a candidate possess a valid SPJAT score, the institute will shortlist them directly for the Evaluation Round. If not, then the status will change to ‘Shortlisted for Aptitude Test’, which indicates that the candidate can login to student portal to register for SPJAT and needs to pay application fee to book the slot for Evaluation round. In case any glitches comes in the way of registration, then send an email to the exam organising body @ mgb@spjain.org / gmba@spjain.org

Application Fee for SPJAT Exam

An applicant needs to pay fee of Rs. 2800/- to register for the evaluation round in order to book the slot. The fee that is payable in international currency will automatically convert to INR at the prevailing exchange rate. Students can pay the test fee by means of a CREDIT CARD (an international Visa or MasterCard). Payment from any other mode will not be accepted.

SPJAT Exam Test Centres

The SPJAT is generally conducted at various test centres across India. At present there are 13 test locations wherein candidate can choose to appear for the test. The exam centre can be chosen at the time of filling the application form. However, right to allot the final exam centre which is mentioned on the admit card rests with the exam conducting body. The institute can change the exam centre anytime according to availability of seats. 

SPJAT exam will be conducted at the following test centres: 

Ahmedabad	Bangalore	Chennai
Chandigarh	Delhi	Indore
Hyderabad	Jaipur	Kolkata
Mumbai	Pune	Nagpur
Kochi	-	-

SPJAT Exam Admit Card

Applicants will receive the hall ticket by Email. After receiving the Email, click on the link provided below and provide login details to find out the date of online test. Read the instructions carefully that are mentioned on the Admit Card.                                                             

SPJAT Exam Pattern

SPJAT exam aims to analyse and test the IQ of aspirants and hence questions from subjects such as mathematical ability, logic and reasoning capacity, English reading and comprehension ability and general knowledge are featured in the exam.

Questions in general knowledge section are based on current events and test the business awareness. The duration of SPJAT Exam is 60 minutes (1 hour). The test consists of 40-45 questions. The format of the test varies from time to time but the sections remain the same. SPJAT Exam is conducted in online mode and there is differential negative marking scheme in the exam.                                      

SPJAT Exam Syllabus

Candidates can expect questions from the following sections in SPJAT Exam.

Mathematical Ability

In this section, except questions from the topics enlisted below:

• Percentages and its applications
• Numbers and its applications
• Geometry and its applications
• Ratio and its applications
• Algebra

Logic and Reasoning Capacity

Under the Logic and reasoning capacity section, questions from topics mentioned below are usually seen to test the logical and analytical skills of aspirants:

• Blood Relations
• Arrangements
• Data Structures
• Series
• Puzzles
• Coding-Decoding
• Direction Sense

English reading and Comprehension ability

The English section, aims to test the grammatical skills and knowledge of vocabulary among the aspirants. You can expect questions from these topics:

• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Critical Reasoning
• Reading Comprehension

General Knowledge

The subject in itself is a test of the general awareness of the current happenings and static GK of the candidates. Questions from below mentioned topics are generally asked in the exam:

• Awards and winners
• Famous Personalities
• Economy
• Business
• Politics
• Science
• Geography
• History                                                 

SPJAT Exam Results

The result of SPJAT Exam is generally released in the month of April, May, June and July for admission to all the four campuses. In order to access the admit card, follow the steps mentioned below:

• Visit the official website of SP Jain Institute i.e. www.spjain.org
• Click on the ‘SPJAT result’ tab
• Enter the Application number and password
• SPJAT Exam scorecard will appear on the screen
• Take a printout of SPJAT scorecard and keep it safe for future correspondence.

Based on the marks secured in SPJAT exam, a merit list is prepared and those candidates who have their names on the merit list are further called for the evaluation round. In the evaluation round various the essay writing, case studies, and Personal Interview takes place.

SPJAT Exam Cut-offs     

SPJAT Exam cut-off is announced by SP Jain School on the official website of the institute i.e. www.spjain.org. Candidates can check the cut-off by as soon as it is made available for them to access on the website. Cut-off of SPJAT exam is the minimum marks that a candidate needs to obtain in order to qualify the test.

SP Jain institute provides an overall cut-off score along with sectional cut-off. Candidates are required to obtain 80 percentile or above in the SPJAT exam to qualify. Based on the percentile, candidates are shortlisted for the selection or evaluation process. Shortlisted candidates need to appear for essay writing rounds, analysing case studies and panel interviews. 

Institute Accepting SPJAT Scores

There are four campuses of SP Jain School of Global Management in which aspirants can apply to pursue MBA programme. The lists of all the campuses in which an exam taker can apply after getting a decent percentile in SPJAT Exam are as under:

Institute	Location
SP Jain School of Global Management	Mumbai
SP Jain School of Global Management	Dubai
SP Jain School of Global Management	Singapore
SP Jain School of Global Management	Sydney

Similar Exams

Other MBA entrance exams that are similar to SPJAT are as under:

• Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET)
• NMAT by GMAC
• XAT
• IIFT
• IRMA
• MICA

Aspirants can appear in any of the above mentioned university level/institute level MBA entrance exam to seek admission to premier MBA institutes in India.

Conducting Body

The S P Jain School of Global Management conducts S P Jain Aptitude Test to grant admission to its four premier campuses located in Mumbai, Dubai, Sydney and Singapore.