Cusat invites applications for MBA Travel & Tourism

The Cochin University of Science and Technology has invited applications for admission to MBA Travel and Tourism (self-financing) Programme. The admission is based on a Management Aptitude Test. The online registration will commence from 24-07-2009 at 4.00 p.m.The eligibility is a degree in any subject recognized by the university with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. The registration fee is Rs.750/- + bank charges for general category candidates and Rs.375/- + bank charges for SC/ST students.

The mode of payment has to be through demand draft. The DD taken from State Bank of India or State Bank allied banks drawn in favour of Registrar, CUSAT payable at Ernakulam only will be accepted.

The test centres are Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kozhikode. If the number of candidates in a particular test centre (other than Ernakulam) is less than 100, such centre/centres will be cancelled and the candidates who have chosen the cancelled test centres will have to attend the test at the Ernakulam centre.

The candidates who have already appeared for the Management Aptitude Test of CAT 2009 also have to register again for considering them for the Admission to MBA Travel and Tourism. No registration fee is required for these candidates.

The admission will be from the students of Keralite and non-Keralite category. A total of 10% of seats will set apart for students on all-India basis and the remaining for Keralites.

Candidates who have appeared/are apprearing in full for the final qualifying examination can also apply. However, this provision is not applicable to the candidates appearing for compartmental/improvement examinations.

The tution fee is Rs 25,000/- per semester. The date of commencement of online submission of applications is 24.07.2009, 4.00 p.m. Last date for receipt of duly completed confirmation page downloaded from the website is 06.08.2009. The date for downloading Admit Card from the website is 10.08.2009. The date of examination is 16.08.2009 Sunday from 10.30 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. The confirmation page of the online application along with the demand draft should reach the Director, IRAA Unit, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi-682 022 on before 06.08.2009 either by Speed post or Registered post, said the IRAA Director in a press release. The complete details can be had from the Cusat websites www.cusat.ac.in / www.cusat.nic.in