The Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) is probably the second most important MBA entrance exam after CAT according to Prof Arks Srinivas, CEO, VistaMind Education. Though SNAP and NMAT compete very closely with XAT in terms of the number of people writing the exam yet the fact that XLRI Jamshedpur which is among the top 5 management institutes in the country and a few other institutes select students only on the basis of XAT makes this exam a coveted exam to crack.

After getting the last date extended from December 10 to 15, the CMAT 2017 registration will finally close tomorrow without any scope of any further extension in the last date to apply beyond December 15. CMAT 2017 offers you the opportunity to get admission into JBIMS, GIM, Great Lakes among other 600 B-schools running AICTE approved MBA/PGDM programmes. There are more than 600 B-schools in India who will accept CMAT 2017 score for admission to AICTE approve d MBA/PGDM programme 2017-19.

The online admission process at SDMIMD Mysore is open now. Candidates seeking admission to PGDM programme 2017-19 at SDMIMD need to appear in CAT 2016; XAT 2017; CMAT 2017 or GMAT as these are the exams, scores of which are acceptable to SDMIMD.http://sdmimd.ac.in/pgdm-admissions

MAH-CET 2017 exam dates have been announced by Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) Maharashtra. MAH-CET 2017 will be held on 2 consecutive days on March 4 & 5, 2017 for admission to MBA/MMS/PGDM 2017-19 batch in JBIMS Mumbai, SIMSREE, K J Somaiya and more than 400 other top B-schools. The registration dates to apply for MAH-CET 2017 are yet to be announced.

Result for the candidates who appeared in NMAT by GMAC exam from October 7 to November 20 has been declared. To view their score they need to login with their NMAT by GMAC ID & password to access their result. Once the final percentile score is announced, your scores will be sent to the schools that you elected to share you scores.

The wait is finally over! The much awaited The Hindu BusinessLine (HBL)-MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings 2017 is out now. IIM Calcutta has emerged as the new No 1 B-school, edging out IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore. XLRI, MDI and SPJIMR are Top 3 non-IIM B-schools on the rankings. While top 3 IIMs have similar student profiles, academic rigour, research and placements, IIM Calcutta is the only Indian B-school that has earned all the top three Global Accreditations AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA.

MAT 2016 paper based exam held on December 11 although had no surprise element, the Data Analysis & Sufficiency and Critical Reasoning sections were reported a bit tricky and consumed more time than expected. Not only this, a few of the questions in GK section also turned to be a little trickier and time consuming. The overall MAT in paper based form remained moderate and of same level of difficulty as was the MAT September 2016 exam.

24 hours remain to register online for XAT 2017 as the registration process closes on December 11 and with banks closed on second Saturday & Sunday, you can apply and remit your fee online only as it will not be possible to deposit cash with IDBI Bank or get DD prepared from any bank. By the time the Banks re-open next week, the last date to apply for XAT 2017 will be over.

The last date to register and apply for XAT 2017 exam, to be held on January 8, 2017 will end on December 11, 2016 with late fee. The last date to apply without late fee was over on November 30.

MAT 2016 December exam in paper based format is tomorrow on Dec 11 and if you are still confused on any point of preparation or test taking strategy, here are the last minute tips and guidance from experts.

To assess where you stand on your preparation and how much you would score in the exam, you should take MAT mock http://www.mbauniverse.com/mat-mock-register.php

MBA job market appears to be going up as the first good news of wrapping up Placement 2017 in just 3 days has come from IMI New Delhi. The placement 2017 at IMI New Delhi started on November 28 and ended on November 30.
It is also good news for CAT 2016 examinees exploring admission chances in IMI New Delhi which will be closing the PGDM 2017-19 admission process on December 12. IMI New Delhi is the first PGDM B-school which has completed its final placement 2017.