IGNOU OPENMAT 2024 - Indira Gandhi National Open University OPEN management aptitude test acronym as IGNOU OPENMAT is taken twice a year by the university to admit candidates to below given various Degree/ Diploma Programme in Management.
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Master of Business Administration (MBA) program consists of 21 courses in all.
These comprise of:
All the courses in PGDIM (Eleven Courses) ie MS-1 to MS-11 |
Five courses from any one of the specialization streams | Compulsory Courses (MS-91, MS-95) and one elective course (MS-92/93/94/96/97) | Project Course (MS-100) equivalent to 2 courses |
Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration
Last Date for Submission of Application Form
Date of Entrance Exam
Date of Declaration of Result
IGNOU OPENMAT 2023 was held on-
Educational Qualification
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Note
The candidates who have successfully cleared the entrance test for admission into the Management Programme conducted by institutions like CAT, MAT, and State level tests need not appear in OPENMAT.
Eligibility for Foreign Students
Important: Programmes with a fixed number of seats are not opened for foreign students.
IGNOU OPENMAT consists of questions on the following topics:
General Awareness |
English Language |
Quantitative Aptitude |
Reasoning | |
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Exam Mode |
Computer-Based Test mode |
Exam Duration |
180 minutes |
Exam Centers |
106 test cities in India |
Type of Questions |
Objective type questions |
Total Questions |
200 MCQs |
Total Marks |
200 marks |
Test Language |
English only |
OPENMAT Papers |
Sections |
Number of questions |
Test I |
General Awareness |
30 questions |
Test II |
English language |
50 questions |
Test III |
Quantitative Aptitude |
50 questions |
Test IV |
Reasoning |
70 questions |
Total |
4 subjects |
200 questions |
IGNOU MBA 2024 Programme Selection Process
Aspiring candidates are shortlisted on the basis of their IGNOU OPENMAT scores and called for a Personal Interview followed by Group Discussion.
Based on their performance in both Personal Interviews and Group discussions, a final list of selected candidates is made.
Admission to MBA program from Dim and PGDM
Those candidates who are Non-graduates and who have successfully completed DIM would be allowed to get admission into Management Programs (MBA), without re-appearing in Entrance Test (OPENMAT), after completing Bachelor’s degree, if they so desire. In such a case they should send the re-registration form along with the mark sheet and copy of the Bachelor’s Degree to the concerned Regional Director for getting admission to MBA, within the dates prescribed by the University for re-registration. Normally the dates are 1st February to 31st March and 1st August to 1st October for respective semesters.
The students qualifying for any PG Specialization Diplomas, if desirous of pursuing an MBA, may do so by registering for other courses. However, those who have done PG Specialization Diplomas under the Direct Entry stream prior to 1997 will have to qualify OPENMAT test and apply for credit transfer by paying the requisite fee on the prescribed form to the Registrar (SR&E), IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068 as per credit transfer rules.
How to apply for IGNOU OPENMAT Entrance Exam 2024?
For appearing in this MBA Entrance Exam, a student has to fill up the Application Form for OPENMAT ENTRANCE TEST- Form 1 which is provided separately in an envelope along with this Students Handbook and Prospectus available from the Registrar (SR&E), IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi- 110068 and at all Regional Centres, Study Centres, and IGNOU ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND ASSAM RIFLES Recognised Regional Centres. Student Handbook and Prospectus are also available on the university’s website.
Aspirants can also download the form from the official website and are required to send a Demand draft of the requisite amount in favor of IGNOU.
Candidates have to send the form in the same envelope attached in the Prospectus by Registered/Speed Post so as to reach on or before the last date printed on the application form. No other document is required to be submitted along with this form.
The candidates downloading the Form from the website are required to send a Demand Draft of Rs. 550/- (Rupees five hundred fifty only) drawn in favor of IGNOU payable at New Delhi.
IGNOU OPENMAT Entrance Exam 2024 Contact Details
The Director
School of Management Studies
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi- 110068
Phone: 011-29532073
Fax: 011-29532078
Email: [email protected]/