National Aptitude Test (NAT) 2011, the all-India level common entrance test for admission into courses in various streams — management and allied programs like BBA, BCA, MBA, MCA, PGDBM, Hotel Management etc. —will be held on May 22nd, 2011.

First held in 2005, NAT is conducted by SRDE’s Association of Higher Education Institutions (SAHEI), established under the aegis of Society for Research & Development in Education (SRDE) every year in an effort to facilitate a single window system for the students seeking admission in non-science streams such as management and other professional programmes available in different institutions on the panel of SAHEI.

About 55 Institutions across the country are conducting admissions to their professional courses through NAT scores. These institutions comprises of eight Universities including the prestigious Uttarakhand Technical University and Himachal Pradesh University that have also decided to consider NAT for admission to their various colleges.

Conducted by different higher education institutions, NAT facilitates admission to candidates at both the 10+2 level and 10+2+3 level through NAT-UG (Under-graduate) and NAT-PG (Post-graduate) tests respectively. The NAT 2011 bulletin will be available across the branches of Syndicate Bank and other prominent outlets on a cash payment of Rs.650. This includes the cost of the form, bulletin and examination fee. NAT has been recognized by over 130 Universities and Institutions till date.

NAT has also been recognized by the Himachal Pradesh University for granting admission to candidates to its regular MBA programme in all its affiliated colleges. G.J.University of Science & Technology has also recognized the NAT scores for admission to their MBA/MCA programmes under distance mode as well. Several other State Govt. Universities are in the process of recognizing NAT scores.