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Cycle update · 3 October 2026

What Changed in MBA Admissions: 3 October 2026

By Piyush Agarwal, 10 years in direct admissions counselling · 3 October 2026

The short answer

On 3 October 2026, three admission watches resolved: AIMA printed the MAT December 2026 schedule (PBT registration closes 14 December, test 20 December; CBT closes 21 December, test 27 December), MICA printed MICAT 2027 dates (MICAT-I 5 December 2026, registration closes 21 November), and IIM Jammu's website returned after 22 days unreachable. MAT September scores remain unposted.

What changed?

ItemBeforeNow
MAT December 2026 — the official candidate schedule is printed after thirteen empty daily checksAIMA's MAT page still promised September scores 'by last week of September' — that window expired Tuesday 30 September with no notice — and December had no candidate dates after thirteen consecutive checksAIMA's MAT page opened today prints the full December 2026 MAT block: PBT registration closes 14 December 2026 (Monday), admit card 17 December from 5 pm, PBT test 20 December 2026 (Sunday); CBT registration closes 21 December 2026 (Monday), admit card 24 December, CBT test 27 December 2026 (Sunday). Fee Rs 2,300 per mode, Rs 4,000 for both (seven score-sends with both). The result line points to the mat.aima.in applicant dashboard with no date. September scores: still unposted — the page now skips the September 2026 block entirely and carries a stale September 2025 schedule beside the new December one. mat.aima.in returned 403 today (it served yesterday) — the dashboard governs, retry across hours. New session page live: /management/mat-december-2026/
MICAT 2027 — MICA prints the full two-attempt calendar, ending the September watchMICA's pages ran the closed 2026 cycle with no 2027-29 MICAT schedule; the December MICAT-I expectation stood unconfirmed since AugustMICA's admissions page opened today runs the Academic Year 2027 cycle in full: MICAT-I registration opened September 2026 and closes 21 November 2026 at 11:50 PM, admit card 3 December, exam 5 December 2026, score 18 December; MICAT-II closes 30 January 2027, admit card 10 February, exam 12 February 2027, score 28 February. Application Rs 2,500 per programme plus Rs 500 per additional; CAT/XAT/GMAT plus the better MICAT score, then GE-PI; 50% bachelor's bar. No 2027-29 two-year fee is printed yet — the Rs 28 lakh 2025-27 figure stays the labelled reference
IIM Jammu — the website is back after 22 days unreachable, and every open question now has an official answeriimj.ac.in returned NXDOMAIN on 21 consecutive daily checks since 11 September; the CAP 2026 portal it hosts kept serving on a subdomainiimj.ac.in serves in full today. From the restored official pages opened today: the MBA Batch 2026-28 policy (gender-split shortlist table — General male 91 overall with 72 sectionals, female 89 with 71; batch around 300; final formula CAT 42, PI 30, profile 28; Rs 50,000 offer acceptance), the fee structure (Rs 22,80,756 across two years), and the official MBA 2024-26 placement report (260+ organisations, highest Rs 26.60 lakh, average Rs 16.47 lakh, median Rs 15.00 lakh; NIRF 2025 rank 35). New profile live: /colleges/mba/jammu/iim-jammu/
SNAP — the EMV-section mock application closes in two daysHomepage promotes the Ethics, Morality and Values mock: apply by 5 October, mock 7 October, question bank 8 October; 32 programmes printedUnchanged and now urgent: complete your SNAP application by 5 October — two days — to sit the 7 October EMV mock; the question bank follows 8 October. Registration for the real test stays open to 25 November, with sessions 13, 19 and 26 December and the result 12 January 2027
Watches — MDI 2027-29 window day 9; KMAT result day 13 with KPPGCA DNS day 13; SIMC dates day 10; NMAT closes in 7 days; Great Lakes Chennai still mid-rolloverMDI window watch day 8 ('PGDM Applications 2025' still titled); KMAT day 12; SIMC dates 404 day 9; NMAT closed in 8 daysMDI: mdi.ac.in's admissions page still titles itself 'PGDM Applications 2025' — nine days past last cycle's 25 September open; it can open any day. KMAT: thirteen days after the 20 September test, kmatindia.com serves but prints no result date; kppgca.karnataka.gov.in remains DNS-unresolved, day 13. SIMC's own 2027-29 dates still not republished, day 10 (the prospectus governs). NMAT registration closes 10 October — 7 days — with the separate Rs 3,000 NMIMS application due before exam day. Great Lakes Chennai's cycle page remains mid-rollover. SPJIMR's window runs to 27 November; XIM's XGMT sits 17 January 2027 with applications to 15 December

What should you do now?

  1. If MAT is your re-entry route: December registration is the door — PBT closes 14 December, CBT 21 December, fee Rs 2,300 a mode. And if you sat September: your score posts silently on the mat.aima.in dashboard; check there, not the content page, and ignore anyone selling early access.
  2. If MICA is the target: MICAT-I registration closes 21 November at 11:50 PM — 49 days — for the 5 December exam. You also need a CAT, XAT or GMAT score; MICAT alone is not enough.
  3. If IIM Jammu is on your CAP list: the official pages answer everything again — read the gender-split table for your category before an aggregator tells you a single 'cutoff'. CAT 2026 sits 29 November; the 2027-29 policy will land on the same page.
  4. If SNAP is your Symbiosis door: finish the application by 5 October to sit the 7 October EMV mock; the real registration stays open to 25 November.
  5. If NMAT is your NMIMS door: registration closes 10 October — one week. NMIMS counts only your first attempt, and the Rs 3,000 university application must be complete before your exam day.
  6. If an agent quotes an IIM Jammu, MICA or FMS 'seat' outside the printed process: all three institutions' official pages were opened today. Every one prints a single merit route. Ask the agent which document they are reading.

Three admission watches this site has run daily for weeks all resolved inside the same morning: AIMA finally printed MAT December’s candidate schedule (registration closes 14 and 21 December), MICA printed the full MICAT 2027 two-attempt calendar (MICAT-I on 5 December, registration closing 21 November), and IIM Jammu’s website came back after 22 days unreachable — with its fee, cut-off table and placement report intact. MAT September scores remain unposted three days past their promised window; the applicant dashboard is the only channel that matters. Every item above was verified on official pages or official PDFs opened today, 3 October 2026.

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