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Cycle update · 20 September 2026

What Changed in MBA Admissions: 20 September 2026

By Piyush Agarwal, 10 years in direct admissions counselling · 20 September 2026

The short answer

On 20 September 2026, KMAT's MBA paper sat 2-4 pm and AIMA's MAT computer test sat the same day. ISB's PGP Round 1 closed, with late applications rolling into Round 2 on 6 December. SIIB Pune unblocked on siib.ac.in with a full 2027 calendar. Masters' Union Round 1 still closes 27 September at Rs 38,56,692.

What changed?

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KMAT 2026 — the MBA paper sat today; admit-card and mock dates are no longer TBAAs of 15 September the official key-dates page marked both the admit card and the mock/practice test as TBA, five days before the examThe official key-dates page now prints Admit Card Tuesday 15 September 2026 and Practice Test 17 and 18 September 2026, with the online MBA test Sunday 20 September 2026, 2 to 4 pm (MCA 10 am-12 pm). Registration ended 6 September. No result date is printed yet. The homepage counter shows 159 MBA member institutions; the about paragraph still says 189
MAT September 2026 — the computer test sat today; December candidate dates still unpublishedAIMA's testing page printed CBT on 20 September with scores due by the last week of September; December had only a B-school-side registration linkRe-checked today: the September CBT sitting is the session that just ran. The official MAT page still prints four sessions a year including December, and still offers only the B-school registration link for December 2026 — no candidate schedule. mat-december-2026 stays unbuilt until AIMA prints those dates. Scores for September remain due by the last week of September
ISB PGP Class of 2028 — Round 1 closed todayRound 1 20 September 2026, Round 2 6 December 2026, Round 3 17 January 2027; fee Rs 34,48,000 + GST + Rs 20,000 depositThe official application-deadlines page re-opened today still prints those three dates. Applications submitted after 20 September roll automatically into Round 2. The fee page re-read today still prints Rs 34,48,000 + GST for shared accommodation, single-instalment, plus a Rs 20,000 refundable deposit, marked indicative. The main PGP landing page still carries stale 'Class of 2026–27 are closed' copy — the deadlines page governs
SIIB Pune — unblocked on the sibling hostnamesiib.edu.in DNS-dead yesterday; profile queuedsiib.ac.in serves. The institute prints the full 2027-29 calendar (own form closes 18 December 2026, before the SNAP result), intake 150/60/30 across IB, Agri and Sustainability, and fee tables whose instalment arithmetic we make explicit: IB Rs 5,15,500 per semester, Agri Rs 3,24,500, Sustainability Rs 3,23,000. Profile published today
SIDTM Pune — the third Symbiosis campus that prints a 2x discretionary quotaNo SIDTM profile; SIBM Bengaluru and SIBM Hyderabad were the two printed 2x Discretionary Quota Seats linesThe programmes page prints sanctioned intake 180, a 2027-29 calendar (institute form 11 January 2027, programme starts 7 June), academic fees Rs 4,22,500 per instalment, and Discretionary Quota Seats at double the open-category academic fee for the entire duration, paid to the institute. Profile published today
SSBF Pune — the banking-and-finance SNAP door, with the same fee-label trapNo SSBF profileThe school prints SNAP-only entry, intake 150, form close 17 January 2027, SNAP scaled to 50 of 100, and a 2026-28 table whose 'per annum' label sits over Rs 4,67,500 per semester (Rs 9,35,000 a year). Profile published today
Masters' Union — weekly fee watch holds; Round 1 seven days outRs 38,56,692 total, Round 1 closes 27 September 2026 11:59 pmRe-opened today: the total stands at Rs 38,56,692 (admission Rs 90,000 + tuition Rs 37,66,692). Round 1 still closes 27 September; MU-BAAT 28 September-4 October; interviews 7-15 October; decisions 18-19 October
IIM Jammu — tenth day darkiimjammu.ac.in NXDOMAIN through day 9; cap2026.iimj.ac.in down with itThe domain still does not resolve today (tenth consecutive day). The CAP 2026 consortium portal named in IIM Bodh Gaya's policy stays unreachable with it. Profiles stay queued; existing CAP pages are untouched
SNAP mock — two days to applyFirst official SNAP 2026 mock on 24 September; application must be complete by 22 SeptemberRe-confirmed on snaptest.org today: the mock still runs 24 September, and the application still has to be complete by 22 September — two days from this digest

What should you do now?

  1. If you sat KMAT or MAT CBT today: do not pay anyone who claims to 'know the score' before the official result. KMAT has no result date printed yet; MAT September scores are due by the last week of September on AIMA's own page.
  2. If ISB is on your list and you missed today's Round 1 close: the deadlines page says the application rolls into Round 2 (6 December 2026). Confirm on the official page, not a consultant's WhatsApp.
  3. If SNAP is your exam: complete the application by 22 September if you want the 24 September mock, and diarise the second deadline for every Symbiosis campus — SIIB's is 18 December, before the result.
  4. If anyone offers a SIDTM 'management quota' seat: the institute's own page prints Discretionary Quota Seats at double the open-category academic fee, paid to the institute. Ask for that paperwork, not an agent's.
  5. If Masters' Union is on your list: Round 1 closes 27 September — seven days. The fee has printed Rs 38,56,692 all week.

Where does this fit?

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