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Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, conducts MICAT twice in one admission cycle. Candidates can appear for both or either of the exam phases. MICA, Ahmedabad will consider best of two scores during the selection process. However, the MICAT scores are valid for one admission cycle only. Candidates who wish to get admission in PGDM batch 2024-26 must apply for MICAT 2024. The registration process is expected to commence in the first week of October. The registration process for second exam phase will commence in the third week of November.

MICAT application process includes online registration, filling up of MICAT application form (by providing certain details) uploading scanned photograph and signature, payment of MICAT application fee followed by printing the MICAT registration form. Candidates have to complete the MICAT registration online on its official website. No other mode is provided to apply for MICAT exam.Candidates aspiring to appear for both the exam phases of MICAT exam have to apply twice. Additionally, the application fee for the MICAT exam phases will be charged twice.

Section C, or Aptitude Test of MICAT exam is divided into four sub-sections. The number of questions may change with each examination cycle. Based on the previous year's exam analaysis, there were a total of 70 questions in the Aptitude Test of MICAT exam. These 70 questions were divided into four sub sections in the following weight:Divergent-Convergent Reasoning: 20Verbal Ability: 20Quantitative Ability: 20General Awareness: 10The Aptitude Test section of the MICAT exam had negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect response.

Candidates filling the application form for MICAT exam have to pay INR 2,100 as the application fee. MICAT registration fee or application fee remains the same for all the candidates, irrespective of their category. Candidates appearing for both MICAT I and MICAT II hjave to pay the application fee for both the exam phases separately. No concession in the MICAT application fee is given to the candidates applying for both exam phases.The fee mentioned here may or may not change in the upcoming exam sessions. The space will be updated based on the key developments around the exam. For the latest updates and changes around the MICAT application process, refer to shiksha's MICAT registration page.

MICAT exam is conducted for admission to PGDM, and PGDMC. Candidates who have completed a bachelor's degree programme in 10+2+3 system are eligible to apply for MICAT. The bachelor's level qualification must be completed in any stream/discipline that is recognised by Association of Indian Universities (AIU).  Candidates appearing for final year exam for the Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) are also eligible to apply.Additionally, candidates must apply and appear for any of the following entrance exams to be eliigble for PGDM/PGDMC admissions to MICA:CAT 2023XAT 2024GMAT (2022 onwards)

Appearing for CAT/XAT/GMAT, is a prerequisite to appear for the MICAT exam. Therefore, candidates who applied and appeared for CAT, XAT or GMAT are also required to apply for MICAT and appear for the exam. Submission of the application form for MICAT requires the candidates to pay the registration fee.Scores in CAT/XAT/GMAT are considered during the selection process. Besides the score in the national level exams, MICAT scores also play a part while shortlisting candidates for admission. Therefore, appearing for MICAT or any national level exam is not an optional stage in the selection process.

MICAT registration typically starts in the month of October. If the previous year's schedule trends were to be followed, MICAT application process was commence in the first week of October. However, MICA has released the MICAT 2024 registration in the month of September itself. Candidates are allowed to apply for MICAT-1 until November 2024. Candidates aspiring for admission to MICA PGP courses must abide by the MICAT registration deadline. MICA will not entertain any requests to extend the MICAT application deadline.

No, MICAT exam is conducted on a predefined date by the Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad. Candidates do not get the facility to choose an exam date. However, candidates may choose to appear for any one of the exam phases for MICAT depending upon the MICAT schedule.MICAT-1 and MICAT-2 will be conducted in the first week of December and the last week of January respectively. Candidates aspiring for second phase MICAT exam have to fill the registration form for the same.

Candidates may come across situations when they make mistakes while filling the application form. MICA does not allow duplicate form submission by the candidates. However, candidates may use a different mobile number and email ID to complete the MICAT registration with correct details. Facility foir application form correct is not provided during the MICAT application process. Candidates applying again with the same details may get their candidature rejected.Since there is no form correction facility, candidates must re check all the details before final submission of the MICAT application form.

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, conducts MICAT in two phases. Admit card for both phases of the MICAT exam is released separately on the official website. Typically, MICAT admit card is released three to four days before the exam date. Based on the MICAT timeline and event schedule, MICA will release the MICAT (I) admit card on November 29, for the exam to be held on December 2. MICAT (II) admit card is scheduled to release on January 24, for the exam that is to be conducted on January 27.For updates on MICAT admit card dates, download process, etc, check MICAT Admit Card