IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur Answered Questions

To be eligible for IIM Ahmedabad MBA admissions, a candidate needs to pass a bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification from a UGC-recognised university after at least 12 years of school education with a minimum of 50% aggregate or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of SC/ ST/ PwD candidates). Candidates, appearing for the final year of their bachelor's degree with final year results awaiting, can also apply. However, such candidates, if selected, will be granted provisional admission, only if a candidate submits a pre-final certificate signed by competent authorities of the previous institute/ university, the latest by June 30 of the year of admission.

Candidates seeking admission to the two-year PGP of IIM Ahmedabad must appear in the Common Admission Test (CAT). CAT 2023 (considered for admission to the 2024-26 batch) will take place in November 2023. Candidates who are interested in seeking admission to the 2024-26 batch were able to apply online and register themselves on the official website of CAT after the CAT registration process is open.In general, while registering for CAT, candidates must apply for PGP of IIM Ahmedabad by selecting the option available in the online registration form. The application fee for CAT (General/ OBC category) is INR 2,400. There is no additional cost included to apply for IIM Ahmedabad.Read more: CAT application process

Internationally, IIMA has been ranked 29 by the QS Masters in Management Rankings (MBA) and 44 by the QS Global MBA Rankings. Nationally, IIM Ahmedabad ranks 1 by the NIRF 2022 and The Week 2022. IIM Ahmedabad, being an elite Management institute, has received several international and national rankings in recent years. A few top accolades received by IIMA are enlisted below:International Ranking Authority2021 Ranking2022 Ranking2023 RankingQS Masters in Management Rankings (MBA)312929QS Global MBA Rankings (MBA-PGPX)504644Financial Times Global MBA Ranking (MBA-PGPX)4862To be announcedNational Ranking Authority2021 Ranking2022 Ranking2023 RankingNIRF (Management category)111Businessworld11-The Week11-Business Today22-

IIM Ahmedabad PGP (MBA) placement process is conducted three clusters. Earlier, IIM Ahmedabad PGP placement process 2022 was conducted in two stages. The first stage was the lateral placement process where companies interviewed students with work experience and offered them mid-level managerial positions. In the second stage, PGP final placement process was conducted where companies were grouped into cohorts (domains such as Consulting, Finance, etc.) based on the profiles offered and these cohort group were invited to campus across three clusters for final placements.

Yes, IIM Ahmedabad offers a full-time Business Management course of six-month duration (from October to March every year) with an aim to impart the officers of the armed forces with contemporary global Management practices through case-study, classroom studies, business presentations and industry visits. In addition to this, the institute offers PG and doctoral level courses in the field of Management and Food and Agri-Business Management.

Meant for working professionals, candidates seeking admission must have a bachelor’s degree and at least four years of experience. On successful completion of this course, students are given a Master of Business Administration degree. For admission, it is mandatory for all eligible candidates to take a GMAT/ GRE test. In the final selection process, candidates are also required to appear for a PI round and submit an essay.

Yes, CAT 2023 dates for admission to IIM Ahmedabad are out. To apply for the CAT exam, candidates are required to create an account, fill the CAT registration form and pay the exam application fee. The 2023 CAT form have to be submitted by a certain deadline after which no application will be accepted. For 2023 CAT exam, CAT registration will go on between Aug 2 and Sep 20. The exam will be conducted on November 26, 2023. Students are required to appear for the CAT 2023 exam in Computer Based Testing mode at allotted test centres. CAT exam 2023 for IIM Ahmedabad admission will be held in three slots. These are as follows:Morning slot: 8:30 AM to 10:30 AMAfternoon slot: 12:30 PM to 2:30 PMEvening slot: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PMCandidates who are willing to get into IIM Ahmedabad must mention the college name and course preference in their CAT application form to get a call (provided the student gets a valid score in the exam).

The minimum overall qualifying cut-off requirement for a General category student at IIM Ahmedabad is 80 percentile. However, doesn’t guarantee that the student will surely get shortlisted for the interview basis this score, this cut-off is only to segregate the eligible candidates from the rest of the applications. After segregation, there are a variety of other factors that are taken into consideration before preparing the final list of students who receive interview calls. 

For admission to IIM Ahmedabad for the flagship MBA (or PGP) course, the result of CAT 2023 can be expected by the last week of December 2023 (If the CAT conducting body follows the trend as in 2022). However, if the trend is not followed, the same will most probably be out by the first week of January 2024. After the release of result, the exam takers will be able to download their CAT scorecards from the official website using their login credentials for IIM Ahmedabad admission.

Although IIMs are government institute, most IIMs are self reliant and do no depend on government for funding. Hence to attract quality professors they need to charge higher fee. Also, never in the history of IIMs any student has dropped out because of financial reasons. There are several scholarships available for students in need.