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Management Doctorate level Updated Aug 2026

All India Management Association Research Aptitude Test

AIMA RMAT is a research aptitude entrance test conducted by the All India Management Association for screening candidates seeking admission to the AIMA-AMU PhD programme in Business Administration. It is taken by working managers and management faculty who wish to pursue doctoral research in business administration.

Exam mode Online
Level Doctorate
Stream Management
Syllabus & pattern

All India Management Association Research Aptitude Test syllabus

Basics of Management

  • Business environment
  • Functions of managers
  • Human resource management
  • Marketing management and marketing mix
  • Finance management
  • Indian financial systems
  • Basic accounting concepts
  • Balance sheet and its components
  • Globalisation of business
  • Operations management
  • Statistical quality control techniques
  • Inventory costs and simple models

Research Fundamentals and Aptitude

  • Decisional and research problems
  • Steps in research
  • Primary and secondary data
  • Scales used for data collection
  • Population and sample
  • Sampling methods
  • Methods of data collection
  • Data interpretation
  • Types of variables
  • Logical reasoning
  • Research and teaching aptitude
  • Research ethics
  • Higher education system in India
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