Common Management Admission Test is a National level examination which is approved by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).  The main reason for initiating CMAT is to reduce the burden on students, who otherwise have to take so many state level and universities' own exams.

CMAT is similar to MAT , the MAT exam will get you admission in B-Schools, this exam is taken by around 4 Lakh students per year. IIM's and othe deemed universities will be conducting seperate exams for MBA admission.  

Application Procedure: 

There are 4 simple steps while you register for CMAT 2012.

Step 1- You will have to register as a NEW USER. Read the instructions carefully, accept the declaration and proceed.

Step 2- Self registration: You need to enter few basic details. Submitting this page will generate a unique 8 digit password. This password will be shown on your screen and this will be sent to you via e-mail and sms. Then whenever you wish to login to the registration portal, you will come as an EXISTING USER and login with your e-mail id and this unique 8 digit password. This will completes your self registration

Step 3- Payment Process: You can do the payment in either of the two modes mentioned below

Mode of Payment:

i) ONLINE PAYMENT: You can select ONLINE PAYMENT mode and then do the payment using Credit card / Debit card / Net Banking

Once your payment is successfully done, you will receive a confirmation e-mail and sms. Once you have received the successful payment confirmation, you can proceed with the remaining part of registration process

ii) CASH Payment in SBI bank: You can select this option to pay by CASH at any of the designated SBI bank branch. Once you select this option and proceed, you will see a CHALLAN on your screen with your details already filled in it. You need to take 3 PRINT OUTS of this CHALLAN, fill in the details wherever required in all the copies, and walk in to your nearest SBI bank branch with CASH on the next day of generation of Challan. Cash Deposit will be accepted only from the next day of your Challan generation

NOTE: The last date to pay CASH in bank is 10th Jan 2012 and from there onwards to complete registration is 12th Jan 2012

In return to the CASH Deposit, the bank will give you one copy of CHALLAN with their stamp and a JOURNAL number written on it. Please ensure the JOURNAL number written is clearly visible before you leave the bank.

Now that you have deposited the CASH and got the acknowledgement CHALLAN, you need to wait for 48 hours. In these 48 hours, your payment will get updated in the registration portal.

You will receive an e-mail and sms confirming that your payment data has got updated in the registration portal. Then you need to re login to the portal proceed with the remaining part of registration process

Step 4- Since by now you must be done with your payment , you need to fill the remaining part of the form. Once you have filled the complete form, it is suggested that you once again check the complete data entered. You can still modify the data entered by clicking on VIEW / MODIFY

Once you are sure that all the data entered is accurate, you will have to accept a declaration and click on SUBMIT. The system will re-confirm to you for SUBMIT. Once you confirm, your form will get finally SUBMITTED and no change in the data is possible after this SUBMIT

You will see a message on your screen stating “Thank you for successfully registering for the AICTE CMAT 2012 exam. Please login from 30th Jan 2012 onwards to download your exam ADMIT CARD.
 

Important Dates for CMAT 2012

• Registration window opens: 9.12.11
• Last Date for Online Registration: 9.01.12
• Print out of Hall ticket from 30.01.2012
• Online test dates: 20.02.12 to 28.02.12
• Test Timings: 09.30 am - 12.30 pm (1st Shift)
• 02.30 pm - 5.30 pm (2nd Shift)
• Declaration of result:11.03.12 to 11.04.12

Official Website: www.aicte-cmat.in

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