Details about GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)
Graduate Management Admission Test - GMAT is a standardized test, first and foremost future to aid graduate schools of business for advanced study in Business and Management. The test is a necessary part of the admission process for most MBA programmers in the US, Canada and the rest of the world. It is intended to help the graduate schools of business assess the potential of applicants for advanced revise in business and management.
Of the several thousand graduate management programs worldwide, nearly 1,700 uses the GMAT and more than 1,000 need it. In addition to that, there are more than a few institutions within India, like the Indian School of Business- Hyderabad (ISB), Great Lakes Institute of Management-Chennai, SP Jain- Mumbai & Dubai, NMIMS-Mumbai, and MICA-Ahmadabad, which think the GMAT scores for entry.
The GMAT is urbanized and administered by the US-based “Educational Testing Service” (ETS) under the direction of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a non-profit association of graduate business schools worldwide. ETS sets the questions, conducts the test, and sends each examinee the score report. For the conduct of the test, ETS has appointed Testing Agencies in various countries, which act as franchisee for ETS. In India, this agency is the Parametric Testing (P) Ltd. which administers the test at 9 centers in the country.
Test Centers
Ahmedabad Prometric Testing (P) Ltd. 301-302, Abhijeet-II, Mitha Kali, 6 Road, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad Tel no: 91-79-6561088
New Delhi Prometric Testing (P) Ltd. Senior Plaza 160-A, Gautam Nagar Yusuf Sarai, Behind Indian Oil Building New Delhi 110 049. Tel no: 011- 26512114/26531442 Fax: 265229741
Trivandrum Prometric Testing (P) Ltd. Ptc Towers 2nd Floor Ss Coil Road Thampanoor Trivandrum - 695001 Tel no: 91-471-2338662
Chennai Prometric Testing (P) Ltd. No 15, 2nd Floor, Romar House, Jagannathan Road , Nugambakkam, Chennai - 600034 Tel no: 91-44-282418757
Hyderabad Prometric Testing (P) Ltd. Avenue 1, Street 20, Plot 1672, Road 12, Banjara Hills Hyderabad - 500034 Tel no: 91-40-23308504
Allahabad Prometric Testing (P) Ltd. 119/25A, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Civil Lines, Allahabad - 211001 Tel no: 91-532-2622477
Bangalore Prometric Testing (P) Ltd. Maini Sadan, 1st Floor, No 38 Lavelle Road , 7th Cross, Bangalore - 560001 Tel no: 91-80-2292553 / 54
Kolkata Prometric Testing (P) Ltd. Flat 1/C, 1st Floor, Sukh Sagar Bldg, Sarat Bose Road , Calcutta - 700020 Tel no: 91-33-24852792
Mumbai Prometric Testing (P) Ltd. Marwah House, Saki Vihar Road , Sakinaka, Andheri (E) Mumbai 400 072. Tel no: 91-22-28573610/28573171
Eligibility
Anyone and everyone are eligible for taking the GMAT - there are no limits based on age or qualifications. The test scores are valid for five years, i.e., most universities accept scores up to five years old. But it is always better if your scores are recent
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This is out of date. Pearson VUE has been delivering the GMAT for the last two years.