Hyderabad Business School Aptitude Test (HBSAT)

HBSAT or Hyderabad Business School Aptitude Test is conducted by Hyderabad Business School (HBS), GITAM University. An online test, it is taken by aspirants seeking admission to two-year full time Master of Business Administration (MBA) program with dual specialization. The specializations offered are:

• Banking & International Finance
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Marketing Management
• Operations & Supply Chain Management

This year the exam is scheduled to be conducted on Saturday, February 2, 2013.

Eligibility:

• A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks or equivalent in any discipline
• The Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years education after completing higher secondary schooling under the 10+2 system or equivalent
• Candidates appearing in the final year of their Bachelor's Degree or equivalent are also eligible, provided they furnish the proof of having met the minimum eligibility criteria by July 10, 2013
• Applicants may be from any discipline such as Engineering, Humanities, Commerce, and Economics, Medicine or any other branch of education
• Candidates with relevant work experience and fresh graduates awaiting results can also apply

Note:

• HBSAT is not for aspirants who possess valid MAT/GMAT/CAT-2012 scores. It should be appeared by students who have not taken any of the other valid tests and is optional for those who already possess any of the above mentioned scores.
• Foreign students and NRI sponsored candidates are also eligible and are required to take the GMAT at a test centre outside India, not earlier than November 2011, and submit such scores while applying to HBS

Test centers for GD and PI:

Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Bellary, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Gulbarga, Kozhikode, Patna, Guwahati, Jamshedpur, Raipur, Kolkata, Kathmandu, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Jalpaiguri, Pune, Trivandrum, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam and Warangal

Important dates:

• Last date for receipt of application for HBSAT: January 21, 2013.
• Date of online HBSAT exam: Saturday, February 02, 2013.