FORE School of Management PGDM Admissions 2025
Applications Deadline - 31st January 2025 | AICTE Approved | Ranked #53 by NIRF 2024 | Highest CTC: 70 LPA | Avg. CTC: 16.01 LPA
HPU MAT exam 2025: Himachal Pradesh University Management Aptitude Test or HPU MAT is the management entrance test conducted by the Business School of Himachal Pradesh University for admission to its MBA programme. This year HPU MAT examination was held on June 10, 2025, and the HPU MAT result came out on June 21, 2025. Earlier The Himachal Pradesh University Business School has released the HPU MAT exam notification on the official website. The authorities will conduct the GD/ PI rounds for subsidized seats and non-subsidized seats after the declaration HPU MAT exam result. Around 3,000 candidates appear for the offline HPU MAT exam (paper-pencil) every year. The HP University, Shimla offers around 50 (15 Subsidized + 35 Non-Subsidized) seats through the HPU MAT test. HPU MAT syllabus comprises 4 sections mainly, General Knowledge, English language skills, Reasoning and Numerical skills, and Business Environment Awareness.

| Full Exam Name | HP University Management Aptitude Test |
| Short Exam Name | HPU MAT |
| Conducting Body | Himachal Pradesh University Business School |
| Frequency Of Conduct | Once a year |
| Exam Level | State Level Exam |
| Mode Of Application | online |
| Mode Of Exam | online |
| Mode Of Counselling | online |
| Participating Colleges | 4 |
| Exam Duration | 2 Hours |
HPU MAT HP University Management Aptitude Test (session 2025)
HPU MAT 2025 results was declared on June 21, 2025, in online mode after the HPU MAT exam. The test-takers can easily check and download it from the official website. The HPU MAT 2025 results display the overall score of the candidates. Qualified candidates will be called for the selection rounds – Group Discussion and Personal Interviews.
HPU MAT 2025 application form window was opened in online mode from April 11 to May 24, 2025, for HPU MAT registration 2025.
To fill out the HPU MAT 2025 application form, candidates are required to have a scanned copy of their passport size photograph & signature, a scanned copy of the candidate’s parent’s signature, passing certificate(s) and mark sheet (s), and a valid mobile number & email address.
| Category | For Subsidized Only | For NonSubsidized only | For Both (Subsidized & Non-Subsidized) |
| General | 1000/- | 1000/- | 1500/- |
| SC/ ST/ EWS | 500/- | 500/- | 750/- |
| State | City |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
| Andhra Pradesh | Chirala Chittoor Guntur Kakinada Kurnool Nellore Ongole Rajahmundry Srikakulam Tirupati Vijayawada Vizianagaram Visakhapatnam Eluru Kadapa |
| Telangana | Hyderabad Karimnagar Khammam Warangal |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun |
| Assam | Dibrugarh Guwahati Jorhat Silchar Tezpur |
| Bihar | Arrah Aurangabad Bhagalpur Darbhanga Gaya Hajipur Muzaffarpur Patna Purnea |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Bilaspur Raipur |
| Haryana | Bahadurgarh Faridabad Gurgaon Ambala Hisar Karnal Kurukshetra Panipat Yamuna Nagar |
| Delhi | New Delhi |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad Greater Noida Agra Aligarh Allahabad Bareilly Bulandshahr Gorakhpur Jhansi Kanpur Lucknow Mathura Meerut Moradabad Muzaffarnagar Unnao Varanasi |
| Goa | Panaji |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad Anand Gandhinagar Himatnagar Jamnagar Mehsana Rajkot Surat Vadodara |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur Hamirpur Kangra Kullu Mandi Shimla Solan Una |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu Samba Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro Dhanbad Hazaribagh Jamshedpur Ranchi |
| Karnataka | Belgaum Bangalore Bidar Gulbarga Hubli Mangalore Mysore Shimoga Udupi Davanagere Hassan Mandya Dharwad |
| Kerala | Alappuzha Kannur Kochi Kollam Kottayam Kozhikode Malappuram Palakkad Thiruvananthapuram Thrissur |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal Gwalior Indore Jabalpur Sagar Satna Ujjain |
| Maharashtra | Amravati Aurangabad Chandrapur Dhule Jalgaon Kolhapur Latur Mumbai Thane Navi Mumbai Nagpur Nanded Nashik Pune Ratnagiri Solapur |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
| Odisha | Angul Balasore Bargarh Baripada Berhampur Ganjam Bhubaneshwar Cuttack Dhenkanal Jharsuguda Rourkela Sambalpur |
| Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Punjab | Amritsar Bathinda Fatehgarh Sahib Jalandhar Ludhiana Mohali Pathankot Patiala Phagwara Sangrur |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer Alwar Bhilwara Bikaner Jaipur Jodhpur Kota Sikar Udaipur |
| Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai Coimbatore Dindigul Krishnagiri Madurai Nagercoil Namakkal Perambalur Salem Thanjavur Tiruchirapalli Thoothukudi Tirunelveli Vellore |
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun Haldwani Haridwar Roorkee |
| West Bengal | Asansol Bardhaman Berhampore Durgapur Hooghly Howrah Kalyani Kolkata Siliguri |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
Applications Deadline - 31st January 2025 | AICTE Approved | Ranked #53 by NIRF 2024 | Highest CTC: 70 LPA | Avg. CTC: 16.01 LPA
Applications Deadline - 25th January 2025 | Average CTC 12.02 LPA | Highest CTC 20.38 LPA | Median CTC 12.48 LPA
The HPU MAT 2025 entrance exam was an offline test (paper-pencil medium).
The duration of the HPU MAT exam is two hours and is composed of 200 multiple-choice questions divided into four sections - English Comprehension & Language, General Intelligence & Critical Reasoning, General Knowledge & Business Awareness, and Numerical Ability & Data Interpretation.
Each section has around 50 questions and each question carries 1 mark. The exam doesn’t have negative markings. Candidates are advised to attempt all the questions. The exam is conducted at multiple centres across Himachal Pradesh including Mandi, Palampur, Shimla, Chandigarh, Dharamshala, etc.
Candidates are advised to prepare according to the HPU MAT exam pattern 2025. It'll allow them to strategies their preparation.
HPU Business School issued the admit card for the HPU MAT 2025 exam online mode from June 4 , 2025. To download the HPU MAT 2025 admit card, candidates have to visit the official website and log in with their HPU MAT registration id and password.
To appear for the exam, candidates must carry the HPU MAT admit card 2025 to the exam centre. No candidate will be allowed to appear for the exam without the admit card. Keep a copy of the admit card until the completion of the admission process as it’s required at every stage.
The HPU MAT cutoff 2025 will be released after the declaration of the result. It’s the minimum mark a candidate needs to score to get shortlisted for the admission process. HPU Business releases the cutoff for all categories including General, SC, ST, and Subsidised & Non-Subsidised seats.
The candidates who meet the HPU MAT 2025 cutoff criterion enter the selection process that includes GD and PI. Overall performance in the exam and the selection rounds leads to final admission.
The cutoff of HPU MAT 2025 depends on various factors such as the total number of candidates appearing for the exam, the number of candidates qualifying for the entrance exam, the difficulty level of the question paper, and the total number of seats available.
| HPU MAT 2025 cutoff for subsidized seats | |||
| S.No | Category | Number of seats | Cutoff |
| 1 | Open to all | 12 | 26.75 |
| 2 | Internal category | 30 | 22.75 |
| 3 | SC | 09 | 20.25 |
| 4 | ST | 05 | 20.00 |
| 5 | Person with Disability | 02 | 08.00 |
| 6 | EWS | 06 | 19.75 |
| 7 | Single girl child | 02 | 19.00 |
| HPU MAT 2025 cutoff for non-subsidized seats | |||
| S.No | Category | Number of seats | Cutoff |
| 1 | Non-Subsidized | 60 | 14.25 |
| 2 | HPU Ward | 03 | 18.00 |
The selection process for HPU MAT 2025 will take place after the results and cutoff are announced. Based on the cutoff, candidates will be shortlisted in the first stage. The HPU MAT 2025 selection process consists of Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI). Then, the shortlisted candidates will appear for GD and PI.
| Weightage for Admission 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Matriculation, 10+2, and Graduation | 30 Marks |
| HPU Management Aptitude Test (HPU MAT) | 50 Marks |
| Group Discussion (GD) | 10 Marks |
| Personal Interview (PI) | 10 Marks |
| Total | 100 Marks |
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