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Exam Adoption Grows in the Philippines, NMAT by GMAC™ Exam Now
Available for On-Demand Testing
MANILA, Philippines–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bschools?src=hash” target=”_blank”gt;#Bschoolslt;/agt;–The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a global association
of leading graduate business schools, announced today that Ateneo GSB, a
leading business school in the Asia Pacific region, will require NMAT by
GMAC™ scores from all applicants seeking admission into its business
graduate program. They are the first Philippine business school to
require an NMAT by GMAC™ score for admission.
“This is a significant milestone for GMAC in our efforts to standardize
computer-adaptive testing in emerging markets. The NMAT by GMAC™ exam
was developed to the same high-quality standards as the GMAT exam and
designed specifically to address the needs of the local market,” said Jason
Lawrence, Market Development Director, East Asia. “With the support
of leading business schools, the success of the NMAT by GMAC™ in the
Philippines and beyond will help more schools realize the benefits of
standardized testing.”
“Our partnership with GMAC will help us identify and admit the best
possible class of students each year for our school, the most important
metric to measure our success among our peer schools,” said Professor
Rudy Ang, Dean of the Ateneo Graduate School of Business. “Our
decision to discontinue our own examination and migrate to the NMAT by
GMAC™ as the exclusive test instrument for admissions to our graduate
programs is based on our belief that the GMAC assessment will be a more
reliable tool for assessing our applicants’ level of preparedness for
graduate studies.”
NMAT by GMAC™ exam launched in the Philippines in 2018 and will be
available for on-demand testing beginning in May 2019.
The NMAT by GMAC™ exam is used for admissions to some of the leading
graduate business programs in emerging markets including Philippines,
India, South Africa and Nigeria. Designed by the makers of GMAT™ exam,
the NMAT by GMAC™ exam measures the skills required for academic success
in management programs. Currently the exam is delivered in 11 countries
to help domestic schools attract the domestic candidates into their post
graduate programs.
The schools that accept NMAT by GMAC™ scores in the Philippines include:
Ateneo Graduate School of Business, De La Salle University, De La Salle
University – Dasmarinas, Asian School of Management, Virata School of
Business and University of the Philippines School of Business
Administration and Arellano University.
Candidates can log-on at www.nmat.org
to register and schedule their NMAT by GMAC™ exam and select their date
and time slot. Currently, there is one test center available inside
Ateneo GSB’s campus, in Makati.
About GMAC
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) is an association of
leading graduate business schools worldwide. Founded in 1953, we are
committed to creating solutions for business schools and candidates to
better discover, evaluate and connect with each other. We work on behalf
of the schools and the graduate management education community, as well
as guide candidates on their journey to higher education, to ensure that
no talent goes undiscovered.
GMAC provides world-class research, professional development
opportunities and assessments for the industry, designed to advance the
art and science of admissions. Owned and administered by GMAC, the
Graduate Management Admission Test™ (GMAT™) exam is the most widely used
graduate business school assessment, recognized by more than 7,000
programs worldwide. Other GMAC assessments include the NMAT by GMAC™
(NMAT™) exam, for entrance into graduate management programs in India
and 10 other countries, and the Executive Assessment (EA), specifically
designed for executive programs around the world.
Our flagship portal for graduate management education resources and
information, www.mba.com,
receives 7 million visits a year and features the School Search matching
tool and GMASS™ search service, matching candidates and business schools.
GMAC is a global organization with offices in Hong Kong, China;
Gurugram, India; Singapore; London, United Kingdom; and the United
States. To learn more about our work, please visit www.gmac.com.
Contacts
Geoffrey Basye, Director of Media Relations, GMAC
+1 (703) 668-9799
or [email protected]
