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Cycle update · 4 October 2026

What Changed in MBA Admissions: 4 October 2026

By Piyush Agarwal, 10 years in direct admissions counselling · 4 October 2026

The short answer

On 4 October 2026, MDI Gurgaon's PGP 2027-29 application went live (opened 24 September, closes 28 November 2026 at 5 PM, Rs 3,000), AIMA printed a MAT December score window (by the first week of January 2027) while September scores stay unposted, SNAP's Ethics-mock application closes tomorrow (5 October), and NMAT registration closes in six days (10 October).

What changed?

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MDI Gurgaon — the 2027-29 application is LIVE, ending the ten-day watchmdi.ac.in's admissions page still titled itself 'PGDM Applications 2025' — nine days past last cycle's 25 September open, the 2027-29 window unprintedThe homepage banner reads 'Applications Open for 2 year full time PGP 2027-29 batch', the old stale-titled URL now 301-redirects, and the PGDM admissions page prints the complete cycle: application Thursday 24 September to Saturday 28 November 2026 (5:00 PM IST) on one unified form covering all five Gurgaon programmes plus MDI Murshidabad — Rs 3,000 (Rs 3,590 both campuses; Rs 8,496 NRI/foreign/OCI/Gulf). CAT 2026 is the door, with one change: a test-centre GMAT taken 1 January-28 November 2026 now opens PGDM-IB for exclusive-IB applicants. Selection weights are printed for the first time (Stage-I: CAT/GMAT 65, academics 15, diversity 10, work-ex 10; final: CAT/GMAT 35, PI 20, GD 10, WAT 5, behavioural 5, graduation 5, diversity 7.5, sports 2.5, work-ex 10). GD-WAT-PI runs February-April 2027 across six cities. The fee reprints the same Rs 26,55,310, 'subject to revision'. Profile, both MDI comparisons and the deadlines tracker updated the same day
MAT — December's score window is printed (early January 2027); September's scores stay missing, day fiveThe December block carried a result line pointing to the mat.aima.in dashboard with no date; September's promised window expired 30 September with no noticeAIMA's MAT page now prints 'Availability of MAT December '26 Score on MAT Website: By First week of January 2027'. September 2026 scores remain unposted five days past their expired window, the September block is still absent from the page, and mat.aima.in 403'd again today — the applicant dashboard remains the only channel. December registration stands: PBT closes 14 December, CBT 21 December
SNAP — the Ethics-mock application closes TOMORROWHomepage promoted the Ethics, Morality and Values mock: apply by 5 October, mock 7 October, question bank 8 October — two days leftUnchanged and now urgent: complete your SNAP application by 5 October — tomorrow — to sit the 7 October EMV mock; the question bank follows 8 October, slot timings by SMS/WhatsApp/email. The real registration stays open to 25 November with tests 13, 19 and 26 December and the result 12 January 2027; 17 institutes, 32 programmes, 79 cities hold
NMAT — registration closes in six days, confirmed on the live portalThe NMAT 2026 handout prints registration and scheduling 20 August-10 October (Rs 3,000), exam window 2 November-20 December 2026nmat.nmims.edu renders in full today and its own apply flow prints 'NMIMS MBA 2027 Application Closes: 10th October 2026' — six days — beside the programme list (MBA, MBA HR, MBA Pharmaceuticals Management, MBA Business Analytics, MBA Digital Transformation). NMIMS counts only your first attempt; the university application must be complete before exam day
BIMTECH — the 2027-29 page is fully live: four programmes, one flat feeThe BIMTECH profile carried the July-verified Rs 14,00,000 tuition against an older-cycle pagebimtech.ac.in/admissions now runs the complete 2027-29 cycle: PGDM (300 + 45 supernumerary), International Business (60), Insurance (60) and Retail (60), every programme at a printed INR 14,00,000 full course — identical for merit and supernumerary — with CAT/XAT/GMAT/CMAT (+MAT for Insurance and Retail), PI and extempore, and the 45 no-score seats reserved strictly for PIO/foreign/SAARC/Gulf/OCI applicants. The SIBM Noida vs BIMTECH comparison is live today
Watches — KMAT result day 14 (KPPGCA DNS day 14); MAT September day 5; Great Lakes Chennai still mid-rollover; SIMC dates day 11KMAT day 13 with KPPGCA DNS day 13; MAT September day 4; SIMC dates day 10KMAT: fourteen days after the 20 September test, kmatindia.com serves (32,880 bytes, unchanged) with no result date and no answer-key notice on the homepage or the key-dates page; kppgca.karnataka.gov.in DNS-unresolved, day fourteen. MAT September scores: day five, dashboard governs. SIMC's own 2027-29 dates still not republished, day 11 (the prospectus governs). Great Lakes Chennai's cycle page remains mid-rollover. SPJIMR and MDI windows both run to 27/28 November; XIM's XGMT sits 17 January 2027 with applications to 15 December

What should you do now?

  1. If MDI is on your list: the form closes 28 November at 5 PM — a day BEFORE CAT sits on 29 November. File the Rs 3,000 application before test day; do not wait for the result. PGDM-IB-only applicants can use a test-centre GMAT taken 1 January-28 November 2026.
  2. If SNAP is your Symbiosis door: finish the application by TOMORROW 5 October to sit the 7 October Ethics-section mock; the real registration stays open to 25 November.
  3. If NMAT is your NMIMS door: registration closes 10 October — six days. NMIMS counts only your first attempt, and the Rs 3,000 university application must be complete before your exam day.
  4. If you sat MAT September: your score posts silently on the mat.aima.in dashboard — check there across hours, not the content page, and ignore anyone selling early access. December registration (PBT closes 14 December, CBT 21 December) is the re-entry route.
  5. If an agent quotes an MDI, BIMTECH or Symbiosis 'seat' outside the printed process: all three institutions' official pages were opened today. MDI prints one CAT route, BIMTECH calls broker claims fraudulent, SIU debars candidates who deal with agents. Ask the agent which document they are reading.

The MDI watch is over: Gurgaon’s 2027-29 application is live with every date, fee and selection weight printed — and it closes 28 November, a day before CAT sits. AIMA quietly gave MAT December a score window (early January 2027) while September’s scores stay missing for a fifth day. SNAP’s Ethics-mock application closes tomorrow, NMAT closes in six days, and BIMTECH’s 2027-29 page rolled out completely — four programmes, one flat Rs 14 lakh fee. Every item above was verified on official pages or official PDFs opened today, 4 October 2026.

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