The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on Wednesday extended the  deadline for submission of entrance test application forms for OPENMAT. As per an official statement, the deadline has been extended to August 21. The OPENMAT is scheduled to be held on September 24.

Admission to the varsity’s management programmes is done through OPENMAT entrance test held twice a year. Candidates are required to fill up an application form to apply for OPENMAT examination. The deadline has been extended to August 21, N P Singh, Registrar of Student Evaluation Division of IGNOU, said in the release.

Following the filling up of the form, candidates are required to send the form to IGNOU headquarters on or before the last date. “Students need to send the form by Registered/Speed Post so as to reach the IGNOU HQ on or before the last date. No other document is required to be submitted along with this form,” Singh said.

The programmes being offered this session are Masters in Business Administration (MBA), Post-Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management, Post-Graduate Diploma in Financial Management, Post-Graduate Diploma in Operations Management, Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management and Post-Graduate Diploma in Financial Markets Practice.