IIM Udaipur admission criteria for PGP 2016-18 announced

IIM Udaipur has announced the admission criteria for its PGP Batch (2016-18). According to the official notice, the admission process of IIM Udaipur will consist of:

1. CAT Exam scores
2. Short listing candidates for Personal Appearance (PA) process.
3. Conducting the PA process – Written Analysis (WA) and Personal Interview (PI). A common PA process will be conducted for the six new IIMs – Kashipur, Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Tiruchirapalli and Udaipur. The CAP will be conducted by IIM Kashipur.

 

When compared to last year, the weightage of CAT score has been increased in final selection process from 50% to 55%. The weightage for WAT has been reduced from 10% to 6%, while that of PI is down to 15% from 20%. Gender and academic diversity is up to 5% from 3%.

The final merit list based on CAT score, PI & WA score and Profile score:

 

1. Criteria for Short listing for PA (WA & PI) process

The cut-off percentile marks for eligibility for PA process is:

	Verbal & Reading Comprehension Percentile Rank	Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Percentile Rank	Quantitative Aptitude Percentile Rank	Overall Percentile Rank
SC	60	60	60	75
ST	50	50	50	65
DAP	50	50	50	65
NC-OBC	72	72	72	81
General	80	80	80	90

“IIM Udaipur Admission Committee will decide the number of candidates who would be called for PA process on the basis of criteria prepared for each category. However, if the actual number of short-listed candidates were found to be less (more) than the required number of candidates to be called for WA & PI category-wise, then the overall as well as section-wise minimum score would be reduced (increased) to get the desired number of candidates,” informed the official website. 

“In case any of the older IIMs (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Kozhikode, and Lucknow) are willing to share their WA & PI score with the six new IIMs, the common candidates who have applied to new IIMs, need not to appear for WA & PI process separately, else they have to appear. The common candidates will be intimated the names of older IIMs sharing WA & PI scores with new IIMs,” further informed IIM Udaipur.

2. Final Merit List 

The criteria for preparing the merit list will be as follows

CAT Score	Personal Appearance	Candidate’s Profile
55	21 (Written Analysis : 6% Personal Interview : 15%)	24 (Academic Profile: 8% Work experience: 6% Gender Diversity: 5% Academic Diversity: 5%)

*CAT Score of the candidate divided by Maximum CAT Score among candidates who have applied to IIMU and attended WA & PI. CAT Score would be used and not the CAT Percentile. 

The following marks will be awarded to candidates for the academic scores:

Range Of Marks	For 10th class	For 12th Class	For Under Graduation
<= 60	0.2	0.2	0.4
60.01 to 64	0.4	0.4	0.8
64.01 to 68	0.6	0.6	1.2
68.01 to 72	0.8	0.8	1.6
72.01 to 76	1.0	1.0	2.0
76.01 to 80	1.2	1.2	2.4
80.01 to 84	1.4	1.4	2.8
84.01 to 88	1.6	1.6	3.2
88.01 to 92	1.8	1.8	3.6
92.01 >=	2.0	2.0	4.0

 

Score for Work Experience:  

Months	6 or Less	7-12	13-24	25-36	37-48	49-60	60 or more
Score	0	2	4	6	3	3	0

* Only completed months will be considered 

 

Gender Diversity

Gender	Score
Male	0
Female	5

Scores for Academic diversity: 

Academic Disciplines = 5, Else 0

Arts/Humanities: Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Languages, Liberal arts, Law, Library and Information Science, Mass Communication and Journalism, Music, Philosophy, Performing Arts (Dance/Drama/Theatre), Literature, Physical Education, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Social Work, Statistics, etc./div>

Commerce: Accounting, Auditing, Banking, Chartered Accountancy, Costs & Works Accountancy, etc.

Science Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Zoology, etc.

Others: Medicine, Pharmacy, and Management, etc.