AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA) Entrance Exam

The AIMS (Association of Indian Management Schools) conducts the AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA) exam every year for management admissions. The ATMA exam is conducted for the eligible students to get admission to different management courses in various partnering B-Schools and colleges across the country. Each year the ATMA exam is conducted five times for the benefit of students. The students interested in taking up this ATMA exam should apply for the same through online mode.

What is AIMS?

The Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) was founded in 1988 as a registered society. AIMS is a non-profit professional organization which has grown into a powerful network of over 740 top management schools of national and international repute in the country including IIMs, Christ University, ISBR, Xavier Institutes, Welingkar, MDI, S P Jain, ICFAI, IFIM and NMIMS. The AIMS is the sole governing body that conducts the ATMA exam across the country.

What is the ATMA Exam?

The ATMA Exam is conducted by AIMS for management course admissions in different colleges across the country. The interested students are required to clear the ATMA test in order to get admission to management courses across the country. 

The ATMA is a single window entrance test that provides admission to the candidates into various management programmes according to the scores secured by the candidates. The candidates will be able to get admission to the business schools and participating institutes according to their ATMA rankings. The ATMA is the national level entrance exam that is conducted both in offline mode and online mode.

Application for ATMA Exam

The ATMA exam is conducted five times a year and the aspirants should apply for the ATMA exam online. To get all the notification information about the ATMA exam Please click here. 

The students are required to fill the online form with the correct details and pay the fees online. Once the form is filled and the fees are paid the students are required to take the printout of the form and the fee receipt should be for future reference. The students will receive a unique username and password on their registered email and mobile number and this has to be carefully kept for future reference. The students in order to download admit cards have to login with their unique username and password for downloading the admit card.

Mode of ATMA Exam Pattern

The ATMA exam consists of 2 modes, the online and offline mode. The ATMA exam paper will have 180 multiple choice questions (MCQs), that consists of six major sections and the students are required to choose the correct answer from the 4 alternatives.

• Analytical Reasoning Skills
• English Comprehension
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Verbal Ability
• Logical Reasons
• Data Interpretation

The students have to choose between online or offline mode for ATMA while filling up the application form. The students should fill the online application form without any mistakes and keep the filled form for their future reference with them. The students are required to pay the fees online and keep the receipt for future reference. The students will get the unique user’s name and password after the payment of fees. The students should keep this carefully to download the ATMA admit card. 

Online Mode

The online mode is conducted by AI and Human proctored online exams. The students have to login with the user name and password that they have received on their registered emails and mobile numbers. The students should take their ATMA exam from their homes due to Covid-19 guidelines. They should have access to a computer with high-speed internet connectivity and a high-resolution webcam. The students should keep his/her webcam on throughout the exam duration.

Offline Mode

The students have to login with the user name and password that they have received on their registered emails and mobile numbers to download their hall tickets.  While in the offline mode the students should attend the computer-based exam in the respective exam centres specified in their hall tickets.

Important dates for ATMA Exam

Top Management Colleges in Bangalore Accepting ATMA Scores

Some of the top colleges and B-Schools that accept ATMA scores in Bangalore are:

• Christ University
• XIME
• WE School: L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management
• Indus Business Academy (IBA)
• AIMS School of Business (AIMS)
• PES University
• Kristu Jayanti College (KJC)
• M S Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies
• Acharya Bangalore B-School (ABBS
• St. Joseph Institute of Management
• GIBS Business School
• Adarsh Institute of Management and Information Technology
• IIBS
• ITM
• CMR University
• CMR Institute of Management Studies
• ISBR Business School
• IFIM College
• Krupanidhi College