IGNOU OPENMAT - Indira Gandhi National Open University Open Management Aptitude Test

IGNOU OPENMAT 2022 will not be conducted for January 2022 session. Eligible candidates can directly apply for the MBA courses via the online registration link on or before March 31, as per the extended deadline. Earlier, the application form for MBA admissions was available until January 31, which was later extended to February 10 followed by February 21, February 28, March 5, March 15, and March 25. The registration process for IGNOU MBA admission 2022 started on December 25, 2021. Candidates filling out the online registration form for MBA admission need to pay INR 200 as a processing fee along with the semester fee. IGNOU offers admission to these semester courses which require registration and fee payment before each semester. IGNOU is yet to announce whether the MBA admission in the further sessions will be done through entrance exams or shall be based on merit.

OPENMAT is a national level entrance exam for admissions to MBA courses offered at IGNOU. NTA conducts the IGNOU OPENMAT exam twice a year in the months of July and January. Candidates can apply for admission to any of the sessions. Besides MBA, OPENMAT is considered for several other management courses offered by the School of Management Studies under IGNOU. The exam is conducted as a computer-based test for a duration of three hours. IGNOU OPENMAT question papers comprise questions from four sections including General Awareness, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning.

Latest Updates:

March 25: IGNOU MBA registration window to close on March 31. 

January 27: No Entrance Test for IGNOU MBA Admission January 2022

Check the important dates of the IGNOU OPENMAT 2022 exam in the table below:

School of Management Studies under IGNOU offers admission to various management programs as under:

Candidates need to fill out the IGNOU MBA registration form for each semester. Initially, candidates need to complete the registration for admission in the first semester of the courses. Moving further, candidates need to complete the re-registration for all subsequent semesters. The registration process for IGNOU OPENMAT or IGNOU MBA admission is as follows:

1st Step: One-time registration at ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in

2nd Step: Login using the generated credentials

3rd Step: Filling personal details along with the programme selection

4th Step: Filling academic details

5th Step: Entering address for future correspondence

6th Step: Uploading relevant documents in prescribed format

7th Step: Payment of processing fee along with the semester fee

Also Read: IGNOU OPENMAT Registration 2022

Candidates need to fulfil the following eligibility conditions to apply for IGNOU MBA admissions

Educational Qualification:

• Candidates must have completed their bachelor's degree/graduation from any discipline including Chartered Accountancy/Cost Accountancy/Company Secretaryship.

• The minimum duration of a bachelor's degree must be three years.

• General category candidates should have scored at least 50 per cent marks in aggregate of all subjects in graduation.

• Candidates belonging to reserved categories i.e. SC, ST, PWD should have obtained 45 per cent marks in graduation degree.

Age Limit:

There is no age limit for admissions, neither upper age limit nor lower age limit.

The admission in IGNOU for MBA courses is generally based on the entrance exam, which is OPENMAT. However, from July 2021 session, IGNOU has notified to not conduct the entrance exam for MBA admission for July 2021 and January 2022 admission sessions. Candidates will get admission based on their fulfilment of the eligibility conditions and fee payment.

Candidates can check the table below for IGNOU OPENMAT exam pattern followed in the previous exam sessions:

NTA had successfully conducted the OPENMAT exam in the previous sessions. NTA had been responsible for the release of the IGNOU OPENMAT admit card. Candidates who completed the application form submission before the deadline were able to download the admit card of the OPENMAT exam as per the schedule. The admit card for IGNOU OPENMAT was available on the official website of NTA. Since, IGNOU has decided not to convene OPENMAT for MBA admission January 2022 session, no admit card will be released.  

Also Read: IGNOU OPENMAT Admit Card

The result for IGNOU OPEMNAT was declared on the official website by the National Testing Agency. NTA released the IGNOU MBA scorecard online. Candidates had to enter the application number and date of birth to check the IGNOU OPENMAT result. Since there is no OPENMAT exam for January 2022 session, the admission status will be notified by the varsity on the registered email.

Earlier, when OPENMAT had been conducted for MBA admissions, candidates who qualified the OPENMAT exam had to fill out the MBA admission form before a stipulated deadline. This form required the candidate to pay the admission fee. However, as the admission is not based on the candidate's eligibility status, candidates completing the registration have to pay the semester fee along with the processing fee while the IGNOU MBA registration.

Check below the exam centres for OPENMAT 2022:

NOTE: IGNOU is offering direct admissions to all the management programmes for January 2022 session. No entrance test will be conducted.

Read More:

• IGNOU OPEMMAT Exam Pattern
• IGNOU OPENMAT Syllabus
• IGNOU OPENMAT Question Papers
• IGNOU OPENMAT Preparation

Q: When is the IGNOU OPENMAT 2022 scheduled?

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Q: How many candidates appear for IGNOU OPENMAT 2022?

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Q: How many questions are there in the OPENMAT exam?

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Q: Is the IGNOU OPENMAT 2022 application form available offline?

School of Management Studies,

Indira Gandhi National Open University,

Maidan Garhi,

New Delhi - 110068

Phone Numbers: +91-29573041, +91-29534372, +91-29532073

Email IDs: mbasynopsis@ignou.ac.in or soms@ignou.ac.in 

OR 

National Testing Agency,

IITK Outreach Centre,

Block C-20/1A/8, Sector-62,

Gautam Buddh Nagar District,

Noida-201309, Uttar Pradesh (India)

Phone No. : 0120-3946-612, 7042399521, 7042399525, 7042399526

official website: ntaignou.nic.in

IGNOU OPENMAT 2022 has been cancelled this year. Admissions into MBA programmes for January 2022 session are based on the merit of the candidate at the bachelor's degree level. IGNOU released the application form for MBA admissions on December 25, 2021. Candidates can apply until March 31 as per the extended deadline. Earlier, candidates had to complete the IGNOU MBA registration before January 31, which was extended to February 11, followed by February 21, February 28, March 5, and later to March 15. The date for the release of IGNOU MBA results is yet to be notified by the varsity. Check the space below to know the complete schedule for IGNOU MBA admission 2022.

Latest Update:

March 26: IGNOU MBA Application Form Deadline Extended to March 31

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