IGNOU OPENMAT 2024 - Indira Gandhi National Open University OPEN Management Admission Test : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

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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.

Programs Offered

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  • Diploma in Management (DIM)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDIM)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management (PGDFM)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management (PGDOM)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (PGDMM)

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

 

IGNOU OPENMAT 2024 Important Dates

Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration

  • Yet to be released.

Last Date for Submission of Application Form

  • Yet to be released.

Date of Entrance Exam

  • July 2024 - July Session
  • January 2025 - January Session

Date of Declaration of Result

  • Yet to be released.

IGNOU OPENMAT 2023 was held on-

  • IGNOU OPENMAT 2023 was cancelled (Admission based on applications and merit)

 

IGNOU OPENMAT 2024 Eligibility

Educational Qualification

  • Graduation in any discipline with 50% marks for the General Category and 45% marks for the reserved category

OR 

  • Bachelor’s degree with 3 years of supervisory/ managerial/ professional experience.

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

  • Foreign students residing in India are eligible to seek admission in IGNOU programs that have a valid student visa for the minimum duration of the program.
  • Such students are required to remit the fee at par with foreign students (the fee structure of foreign students can be downloaded from http://www.ignou.ac.in).
  • The admission of foreign students residing in India will be processed by the International Division of the University after ensuring their antecedents from the Ministry of External Affairs/Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Important: Programmes with a fixed number of seats are not opened for foreign students.

 

IGNOU OPENMAT 2024 Syllabus

IGNOU OPENMAT consists of questions on the following topics:

General Awareness

English Language

Quantitative Aptitude

Reasoning
  • General Knowledge
  • World Organizations
  • Sports CE
  • Person, Places, Awards
  • Countries
  • Sports
  • General Economic Study
  • General Science - Biology, Physics, Chemistry
  • National CE
  • Democratic Polity
  • History of India
  • Reading Comprehension – Passages
  • Fill in the blanks
  • Pairing of words
  • Sentences
  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms
  • Sentence Improvement
  • Idioms and Phrases
  • Analogous Pair
  • Number System
  • LCM and HCF
  • Decimals and Fractions
  • Simplification
  • Average
  • Algebraic Equations
  • Geometry
  • Ages
  • Ratios
  • Percentage
  • Sets
  • Calendar
  • Table
  • Profit and Loss
  • Time and Work
  • Logarithms
  • Area and Parameter
  • Clocks
  • Discount
  • Permutation and combinations
  • Probability
  • Square root
  • Compound Interest
  • Volume and Surface Area
  • Diagrams and figures
  • Statements
  • Direction and distance
  • Logical reasoning
  • Analytical reasoning
  • Blood relations
  • Mixed and Substitution coding
  • Number Analogy test
  • Complete word Analogy
  • Number series test
  • Letter series test

 

IGNOU OPENMAT Entrance Exam 2024 Pattern

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
  • Each question from all four sections will carry one mark
  • In case of wrong attempts, no marks will be deducted for the questions.
  • It is compulsory for candidates to attempt all the questions, however, no marks will be deducted for unattempted questions

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.

 

IGNOU OPENMAT Entrance Exam 2024 Fees

  • The examination fee for taking IGNOU OPENMAT is Rs. 1500/- for the General and EWS/OBC Category and Rs. 750/- for SC/ST Category.

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]/