Joint Management Entrance Test – JMET

JMET Exam Schedule 2010

Appearing for Joint Management Entrance Test – JMET 2010 is the first step in the process of seeking admission to the Post-Graduate Programmes in Management offered by IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee to the 2-YEAR FULL TIME Post-Graduate Degree Programmes in Management offered by IISc and the IITs for the academic year beginning July/Aug 2010.

JMET 2010 is only a qualifying examination. Candidates have to apply separately to the Institutes of their choice. They are also advised to look up the details provided in the brochure about the programmes available in the participating Institutes. There is no limit to the number of programmes a candidate can apply to, so long as he or she meets the eligibility criteria.

Syllabus for JMET 2010

JMET 2010 will be of 3 hours duration. The test will consist of 120 questions (objective / multiple-choice type) in the following four sections:

1. Verbal Communication

This section aims to test the candidate’s comprehension of and interpretative abilities in English as a language of business. Given the potential manager’s decision-making roles, this section seeks to examine the candidate’s felicity with common forms of English expression, grammar and usage in business that would enable him/her to extract essential information from a variety of data, and arrive at an informed decision.Regular analysis of business articles and non-fiction prose, besides a firm grasp of communicative English grammar would be helpful in preparing for this section.

2. Logical Reasoning

This section consists of analytical reasoning, argument analysis, and analysis of explanation questions.

3. Quantitative Ability

This section aims to test the candidate’s understanding of Basic Mathematics (Numbers; Operations; HCF and LCM; Fractions, Decimals and Percentages; Ratio and Proportion; Roots and Power; Logarithms; Progressions; Elementary Geometry and Mensuration; Elementary Trigonometry; Introductory Set Theory), Linear Algebra (Equations and Inequalities; Matrices; Determinants; Simultaneous equations and solutions; Elementary Linear Programming; Elementary differential calculus involving functions of one variable; Elementary integral calculus), and Probability and Statistics
(Types of Data; Frequency Distributions; Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion; Probability Concepts: Basic Outcomes, Events, Sample Spaces; Probability Calculations: Counting Rules using Permutations and Combinations, Unions and Intersections, Complementary Events, Mutually Exclusive Events, Conditional Probability and Independent Events; Binomial, Poisson and Normal Random Variables; Correlation and Simple Linear Regression) for their use in business applications such as Partnership and Shareholding;
Present Worth and Discounts; Depreciation; Demand and Supply; Cost and Revenue, and common applications such as Banking Transactions; Inventories; Mixtures; Time and Work; Time and Distance; Pipes and Tanks; Estimation of time, distance, area, volume, effort, etc.

4. Data Interpretation

This section aims to assess the ability of the examinee to make valid interpretations from a given data set.

The section also assesses the ability of the examinee to understand data in different representative forms such as simple tables, histograms, pie charts, graphs, scatter diagrams, etc. Although involved calculations are not expected, simple data manipulations would be required.

There is negative marking for incorrect answers. For a wrong answer to a question, 25% of the marks allotted to that question will be deducted. Moreover, for a candidate to be qualified in JMET 2010, he/she should, not only, secure certain minimum marks in the test paper, but also, should necessarily obtain certain minimum marks in each of the four sections stated above.

Commencement of submission of data for ONLINE Application: September 07, 2009 (Monday) at 8:00 AM

Last date for submission of Application Form

Submission of data for Online Application (website closure): Friday October 09, 2009 at 6:00 PM

Receipt of completed Online Application Form at IIT Kanpur GATE Office: Friday October 16, 2009

Date of Test: Sunday December 13, 2009

Announcement of Results: Monday January 4, 2010

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JMET 2010 Notification – Joint Management Entrance Test 2010 Dates

What is JMET – Joint Management Entrance Test ?

Appearing for Joint Management Entrance Test 2010 (JMET 2010) is the first step in the process of seeking admission to the Post-Graduate Programmes in Management offered by IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee to the 2-YEAR FULL TIME Post-Graduate Degree Programmes in Management offered by IISc and the IITs for the academic year beginning July/Aug 2010

JMET 2010 is only a qualifying examination. Candidates have to apply separately to the Institutes of their choice. They are also advised to look up the details provided in the brochure about the programmes available in the participating Institutes. There is no limit to the number of programmes a candidate can apply to, so long as he or she meets the eligibility criteria.

JMET 2010 IMPORTANT DATES

Commencement of submission of data for ONLINE Application	Monday	September 7, 2009 at
Last date for submission of Application Form
Submission of data for Online Application (website closure)	Friday	9 Oct 2009 (6.00pm)
Receipt of completed Offline and Online Application Form at    IISc Bangalore Office	Friday	October 16, 2009
Date of Test	Sunday	December 13, 2009
Announcement of JMET 2010 Results	Monday	January 4, 2010

The application fee is Rs.350/- for SC/ST/PD candidates and Rs. 750/- for all other candidates. After applying  ONLINE,  there are some documents that you will have to post to the “Chairman, GATE Office, IISc Bangalore-560012“.

JMET 2010 ELIGIBILITY

Programmes & Eligibility

A list of Management Programmes and eligibility criteria to apply for these programmes in individual Institutes are given below. Please refer to pages 19 to 46 for further details. Candidates who satisfy the eligibility criteria listed against the Management School/Department of each Institute can appear for the JMET examination. Check out Complete Details

Students in their final year of qualifying degree course are also eligible to apply. Such candidates, if selected, will be admitted provisionally, and their continuation in the programme is subject to the completion of all requirements for the qualifying degree and submission of provisional degree certificate on or before the date stipulated by the admitting Institute.

* IISc Bangalore : Department of Management Studies
* IIT Bombay: Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management
* IIT Delhi : Department of Management Studies
* IIT Kanpur : Department of Industrial & Management Engineering
* IIT Kharagpur : Vinod Gupta School of Management
* IIT Madras : Department of Management Studies
* IIT Roorkee : Department of Management Studies

JMET 2010 Examination

Candidates will be required to appear in a single paper of three hours duration. The examination will be held from 10:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs on Sunday, December 13, 2009. The question paper will be in english only.

Before applying for JMET 2010, candidates must assure themselves that they are eligible to seek admission to the specific programme they are interested in. The eligiblity criteria for  admission to the various management schools are different in various Institutes. For more details, the candidates are required to contact the Institutes to which they are interested in seeking admission.

After qualifying JMET 2010, a candidate has to apply separately to each of the schools / departments of management in various IITs wherein she / he wishes to seek admission. The application duly filled in and signed must reach the concerned Institute by January 30, 2010.

Group Discussions (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI) for candidates seeking admission will be held at the respective Institutes.

The profiles of various schools / departments including the admission procedures are given in the following

IIT Bombay: Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management

IIT Delhi : Department of Management Studies

IIT Kanpur : Department of Industrial & Management Engineering

IIT Kharagpur : Vinod Gupta School of Management

IIT Madras : Department of Management Studies

IIT Roorkee : Department of Management Studies

NOTE:
LAST DATE FOR THE RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION BY ALL THE ADMITTING INSTITUTES: JANUARY 30, 2010.