MBA Admissions: 7 Alternate Ways to Study MBA in India

Masters in Business Management (MBA) is one of the most prestigious and reputed courses to opt for. Combined Admission Test (CAT) is a national level entrance exam that allows admission to some of the best MBA colleges in India. CAT is a challenging exam and even the competition is very high, which makes it more difficult.

However, there are many alternatives to the CAT exam to secure admission in MBA programmes in India. SAJEE by SAITMis one of them. The students that are willing to build their career in the management field can opt for any of the ways described here to get admission into the MBA course.

7 Alternate Ways to Study MBA in India

Here are the top 7 alternatives to the CAT Examination to secure an MBA seat in India.

1.    SAJEE by SAITM

St. Andrews Institute of Technology and Management (SAITM) is one of the highly reputed institutes for engineering and management courses in Delhi (NCR). The institute is affiliated with MDU and is approved by AICTE. The SAITM has recently introduced a national level entrance examination known as SAJEE (St. Andrews Joint Entrance Examination).

SAJEE is conducted by the institute for counselling students for admission into its B.Tech, BBA, BCA, and MBA Courses. The candidates need to be at least graduate in any discipline with at least 50% aggregate marks. The final admission of the candidates will be done on the basis of a personal interview and their performance.

2.    MAT Exam 2021

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is another national level entrance exam for the admission of candidates into MBA courses to many of the colleges and universities all over India. It is conducted by the All India Management Association (AIMA). Over 600 business schools all over India accept the MAT score during admission into MBA Course.

The MAT Exam is conducted four times a year and is conducted online as well as offline. The applicants can choose their mode of examination during the registration process.

3.    NMAT Exam 2021

NMAT or NMIMS Management Aptitude Test is an entrance exam conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) for the admission of the candidates into the MBA Courses. The exam allows admission to some of the top MBA Colleges in India including Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS).

Earlier, the NMAT Exam was conducted by the NMIMS University itself. However, the GMAC took over the NMAT Exam. The GMAC has also made many changes in the exam pattern and syllabus since then. The exam is conducted once a year and is held in 46 cities across the city.

4.    XAT 2021

Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) is a common admission test conducted by the Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur. The exam allows admission to some of the top MBA colleges including XLRI Jamshedpur, SPJIMR Mumbai, XIM Bhubaneswar etc. The exam is conducted once a year and the usual cutoff marks go above 95 to 97 percentile every year.

More than 160 colleges all over the country accept the XAT exam for admission to MBA courses. The highlights of the XAM Exam are provided below.

5.    GMAT 2021

GMAT is one of the popular entrance exams for admission to business schools abroad. It allows candidates to pursue their dream of pursuing an MBA from some of the famous business schools around the world. Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is conducted by the GMAC.

Clearing the GMAT Exam with a decent score will open a broad range of opportunities for the students with over 7000 courses at more than 2300 business schools around the world. It is conducted globally and is conducted in around 51 exam centres in India.

6.    CMAT 2021

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for the admission of students into many of the popular business schools in India. The selection of the candidates for admission in MBA Courses is done on a merit basis. There are a total of 1,28,922 vacancies under the CMAT Examination. More Details about the exam are tabulated below.

7.    OJEE 2021

Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) is conducted by the OJEE Committee under the Odisha Govt for the admission of students into various courses including MBA / BPharm / MCA etc.

However, this exam is limited to the Odisha state only and is conducted in online mode. The exam is conducted once a year by the board. The highlights of the exam are provided in the table below.

The candidates dreaming of getting an MBA degree can opt for any of these examinations provided here and secure their career in the management field. CAT is extremely tough and highly competitive. However, exams like SAJEE have lesser competition as compared to CAT and cracking the exam will help students to study MBA at an affordable cost.

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