MAT Cut-off

AIMA MAT releases the results phase wise. The exam is held in multiple sessions in February, May, September and December phases. So the results are released for all the sessions of a particular phase on the same day. The MAT February result of all sessions are released in March. The MAT May results are released in June and the MAT September result is released in October and MAT December results are released in January. Candidates who appear for the exam, can download their scorecard for their exam session from the AIMA MAT website. AIMA does not release cut offs for admission through MAT. It has no role in the MAT cut off determination. The participating institutes determine MAT cut offs on their own and as per their selection parameters and criteria.

MAT score is accepted by lot of MBA colleges across India. Candidates can find a college of their percentile range among the 800 MBA colleges that accept MAT score. If you have scored in the MAT percentile range of 70-80 percentile, you can seek admission in the following colleges. These are some of the popular MBA college that accept MAT score of 70-80 percentile. Institute of Business Management and Technology
Jaypee Business School
EMPI Business School
Delhi School of Business
FIIB Delhi
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Usha and Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management
SCMS Cochin School of Business
IES Management Colleges and Research Centre Mumbai
Globsyn Business School, Kolkata
Calcutta Business School, Kolkata
GITAM School of International Business Visakhapatnam
GITMA Hyderabad Business School Hyderabad
Durgadevi Saraf Institute of Management Studies Mumbai
Rajalakshami School of Business Chennai
ABBS Bangalore.

MAT score is valid for admission to a number of private MBA colleges in Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Candidates can appear for a MAT session as per the admission cycle of their preferred college. Some of the popular MBA colleges which accept MAT score in the range of 60-70 percentile are listed below. Adarsh Institute of Management and Information Technology Bangalore
Fortune Institute of International Business, Delhi
EMPI Business School, Delhi
MIT School of Business Pune
Apeejay School of Management (ASM), Delhi
Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata
IMS Ghaziabad
Calcutta Business School, Kolkata
SCMS Cochin School of Business Cochin
IES Management College and Research Centre, Mumbai
ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai
International Institute of Management Studies, Pune
Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar
ITM Business School, Chennai
International School of Business and Media Bangalore
Accurate Institute of Management and Technology, Noida.

MAT score is accepted by a lot of private MBA colleges in Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Some of the popular MBA colleges which accept MAT score in the range of 50-60 percentile are listed below. Admission process of these colleges include group discussion and Personal Interview . School of Management Sciences Varanasi
Greater Noida Institute of Management
Deviprasad Goenka Management College of Media Studies Mumbai
International Institute of Business Studies Kolkata
St Josephs Institute of Management Trichy
Development Management Institute Patna
Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Harihar
Rajalakshmi School of Business Chennai
Gurunanak Institute of Management Studies Mumbai
Madhya Pradesh Birla Institute of Management Bangalore
MITCON Institute of Management Pune
Vyasa Business School Bangalore
GRG School of Management Studies Coimbatore
Jagan Institute of Management Studies Jaipur
Vanguard Business School Bangalore.

The participating colleges decide MAT cut off for admission to their MBA/PGDM programmes. Generally, the top MBA colleges' cut off range is around 90-95 percentile. Cut offs of Tier 2 colleges is usually between the range of 80-90 percentile and for Tier 3 it is 50-70 percentile. These cut offs are determined by the colleges on the basis of certain parameters and may change year on year. The three main factors that determine MAT cut off are listed below:
1. Difficulty level of MAT exam
2. Total number of students applying
3. Seat intake capacity of any institute
4. Previous year's cut offs
Admission to MBA/PGDM courses through MAT is based on the cut offs. This is the standard procedure for MBA Admission in private B-schools and top government institutes as well. MAT being a national level MBA entrance exam follows the same process.