IGNOU OPENMAT 2009 MBA Entrance Exam Date, Eligibility

IGNOU OPENMAT 2009: With the vision of providing higher education, IGNOU was set up in New Delhi in the year 1985 and now it is imparting education to approximately 2 million students. Indira Gandhi National Open University conducts ignou openmat two times every year for admission to various degree and diploma management programs. Indira Gandhi National Open University School of Management Studies provides admission to 21 MBA courses.

Eligibility:
1. Graduate in any discipline with 50% marks for general category and 45% for reserved category. OR
2. Graduates who have successfully cleared the entrance test for admission into the management programme conducted by recognized institutions like CAT, MAT State level tests conducted by State governments etc., need not sit for the OPENMAT Entrance Test.
3. There is no age bar for any of the Programmes

Application procedure:
Student Handbook & Prospectus for Management Programme can be obtained from the Registrar (SED), IGNOU, Maidan Garhi ,New Delhi- 110068 and from all the Regional Centres of IGNOU whose addresses are available on www.ignou.ac.in by sending a sum of Rs.550/- through a Demand Draft/ IPO in favour of IGNOU payable at New Delhi/city of concerned Regional Centre or by paying Rs.500/- in cash at the respective sale counters. Please write your name and address on the back of the DD/IPO.

Last date for receipt of request for prospectus by post is 20th December, 2008.

Application form and prospectus can also be downloaded from the website: www.ignou.ac.in and sent along with a DD/IPO for Rs.550/- in favour of IGNOU payable at New Delhi by Registered/ Speed Post to :
Registrar (SED), Block-
12, IGNOU, Maidun Garhi,
New Delhi-110068

Prospectus will be sent to such applicants after receipt of Rs.550/- as explained above. Filled in form for Entrance Test ‘OPENMAT-XXV’ must reach the Registrar (SED), IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110068, by Registered Post/ Speed Post on or before 31st December, 2008.

Courses Offered:

~ Master of Business Administration (MBA)
~ Diploma in Management (DIM)
~ Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDIM)
~ Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM)
~ Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management (PGDFM)
~ Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management (PGDOM)
~ Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (PGDMIM)

Walk in Admission
Candidates who qualify entrance test can submit the registration form ( Form-2 ), which has been provided in the Student Handbook & Prospectus, along with hall ticket of the entrance test, to the respective Regional Centres before the due date.

Important Dates:
Date of exam: February, 1, 2009
Date of Submission: 31st December, 2008
Examination name : IGNOU OPENMAT – XXV – 2009
Further detail: www.ignou.ac.in

Note : Provision for on line registration for admission to the successful candidates will be made available on the university website (www.ignou.ac.in ) after the declaration of the entrance test result.

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