IGNOU MBA 2023 Admission, Eligibility, Application Form

IGNOU MBA Admission 2023- Eligibility Criteria, Application form, Examination Pattern

The candidates will have to qualify for an entrance exam to be eligible for IGNOU MBA admission. The entrance examination will be conducted by NTA on behalf of IGNOU. The entrance examination for IGNOU MBA admissions is IGNOU OPENMAT XLVIII.

National Testing Agency (NTA) will commence the registration process for IGNOU MBA admission 2023 from its official website www.ignouexams.nta.nic.in. The registration process will start most probably in February 2023. The interested candidates must check the eligibility criteria before applying for IGNOU MBA admission. The candidates can check the important details about MBA admission at IGNOU from this article such as eligibility, application form, entrance test, etc.

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Overview of IGNOU MBA Admission 2023

University	IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University)
Application Process	Online mode
Conducting Body	NTA (National Testing Agency)
Examination Duration	3 hours
The difficulty level of the test	Moderately easy

Courses Offered by IGNOU School of Management

Master’s Degree Programs

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Master of Business Administration (Banking & Finance)

Advance Diploma

PG Diploma in Financial Mgmt.
PG Diploma in Human Resource Mgmt.
Post-Graduate Diploma in Operations Mgmt.
Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing Mgmt.
Post Graduate Diploma in International Business Operations
Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Markets Practice

Important Dates for IGNOU MBA Admission 2023

The registration process will commence from	Last week of February 2023
End date for registration	3^rd week of March 2023
Correction window will be available	Last week of March 2023
Admit cards will be available from	2^nd week of April 2023
OPENMAT XLVIII	4^th week of April 2023
Declaration of the results	It Will be updated soon

Who is eligible to apply for IGNOU MBA Admission 2023?

The eligibility norms for IGNOU Admission 2023 vary as per the course in which you wish to enroll. The eligibility requirements for some of the necessary courses are prescribed down hereby:

Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA): Aspirants must pass their class 12th examination board from a recognized board in order to be eligible.
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW): Candidates having passed 10+2 or BPP from Indira Gandhi National Open University can apply.
MA (Economics/ History/ English/ Psychology/ Hindi): Applicants must have passed a graduation degree from a recognized university.
MCA (Master of Computer Application): Aspirant having a bachelor’s degree of 3 years’ duration will be eligible for admission. Also, such candidates should have studied Mathematics as a subject at 12th or bachelor’s level.
MBA (Business Administration): A degree of Graduation in any discipline is required with at least 50% marks.
B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education): Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in Science/ Commerce/ Social science/ Humanities and they must have attained at least 50% marks in order to apply.

IGNOU MBA Admission 2023- Application Form

All the candidates have to visit the official website of NTA (National Testing Agency).
You need to fill in the basic information which is required to generate the application number.
Login to the website once again and register by entering the details for the entrance exam.
You also have to upload the necessary documents as specified by the admission authority and also select the center for your preference.
Do not forget to pay the registration fee to complete the application process.
Make sure you take the printout of the application form after successful submission of it.

Application Fee- IGNOU MBA Admission 2023

The application fee is compulsory for all the candidates appearing for the IGNOU MBA course. Without payment of the application fee, the application procedure will be considered incomplete. The application fee can be paid online mode from net banking or Debit/Credit Card. The application fee for the categories is given below-

The candidates who belong to General and OBC candidates have to pay Rs. 800/- as the application fee.
The application fee for reserved categories (SC/ST/EWS) is Rs. 600/-.

Examination Pattern

The question paper of the entrance exam will be divided into four parts- General Awareness, Reasoning, English Language, and Quantitative Aptitude.
The examination test will be organized online mode.
The candidates will get one mark for each correct answer and there will be no negative marking in the entrance test.
The total duration of the entrance test will be 3 hours.
There will be a total of 200 questions in the question paper of the entrance test.
The distribution of marks for each section is as follows-

Section	No. of questions
English Language	50
Quantitative Aptitude	50
Reasoning	70
General Awareness	30

Syllabus

Syllabus for the English Language

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Comprehensions
Basic grammar corrections
Synonyms & Antonyms, etc.

Syllabus for Reasoning

Family Tree
Critical Reasoning
Coding-Decoding
Causes & Effects relation, etc.

Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude

Trigonometry
Geometry
Basic Algebra
Ratio & Proportion
Permutation Combination, etc.

Syllabus for General Awareness

The balance of trades
Business Industry Statistics
Indian Treaties with other Countries
Affairs related to World Economy
Import-Export, the balance of payments
Current affairs of India like the Constitution, History, Achievements, Famous Personalities, etc.

If you have any more queries, you can visit the official website www.ignouexams.nta.nic.in, also to get further queries related to IGNOU MBA admission 2023.