IRMA Admission Process 2025-27: Know the Dates, How to Apply, Selection Process

IRMA Admission Dates 2025

Refer to the table below to know the important dates for IRMA admission dates 2025:

IRMA Admission Dates for Indians

Event	Dates
Application Form release	Ongoing
Last date to submit the IRMA application form 2025	10-Jan-2025
Personal Interview	17-Feb-2025 to 22-Feb-2025
Announcement of Final Results	Fourth week of March 2025
Last date to submit acceptance fee of INR 1 lakh	Within four working days of the announcement of final results
Last date to submit the complete admission fee	Within 7 working days after announcement of final results

IRMA Admission Dates for Foreign Nationals

Check out the table below to know the IRMA admission dates for foreign candidates:

Event	Dates
Application Form release	Ongoing
Last date to submit the IRMA application form 2025	10-Jan-2025
Online Personal Interviews	Third week of March 2025
Announcement of Final Results	Fourth week of March 2025
Last date to submit acceptance fee of INR 1 lakh	Within four working days of the announcement of final results
Last date to submit the complete admission fee	Within 7 working days after announcement of final results

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IRMA Eligibility Criteria 2025

Check out the detailed IRMA eligibility criteria below:

• Students applying for the PGDRM programme must be a graduate in any discipline from a university that is state or centrally-recognised.
• Students must have scored at least 50 per cent aggregate or equivalent CGPA. This aggregate is 45 per cent for SC/ ST/ DAP.
• Students in their final year of the examination are also eligible to apply, provided they submit proof of qualifying the final year by September 2025, failing which their candidature will be cancelled.
• Students must have scored 85 percentile or above in CAT 2024, XAT 2025 or CMAT 2025. These students will be eligible for getting shortlisted for Merit-based Calls.
• Students must have scored 80 percentile or above in CAT 2024, XAT 2025 or CMAT 2025 and should fulfil the Profile-based Call criteria.

Eligibility Criteria for Foreign Students:

• The student must be a Graduate in any stream with at least 50% aggregate or equivalent from a recognised university.
• They must have appeared in GMAT/GRE (from 2016 onwards) and have a score that meets the minimum cut off criteria set by IRMA.

Eligibility Criteria for Sponsored Candidates:

• The student must hold a Bachelor's degree, in any discipline, from a recognised university/institution.
• The student should have worked with the sponsoring organization for a minimum of two years (as of July 1, 2025) as a regular employee on a full-time basis.
• The sponsoring organization should be willing to grant uninterrupted leave to the student (if selected) for the period of study at IRMA.
• The sponsoring organization should undertake to make arrangements for payment of fee and other dues of the applicant to IRMA.
• If rejoining within three years for completing the second year of the programme to obtain a “PGDRM”, she/he must be working with the same organisation that sponsored her/him for the CRM and she/he needs to acquire a “NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE (NOC)” from it.
• There is no age limit for applying to IRMA.

IRMASAT 2025 Selection Process

The IRMASAT 2025 selection process includes two steps; i.e. Written Ability Test and a Personal Interview. Read below to know more about the two:

IRMA Written Ability Test (IWAT): Shortlisted candidates will be called for the next round of selection, where they will have to appear for a Written Ability Test. Candidates will be assigned a topic on the spot to write on in about 200-300 words. It will be a paper-based test for 30 minutes. The WAT round is designed to evaluate the candidates' rural aptitude as well as written communication skills, creative and analytical thinking skills, personal expression and overall suitability for the programme. 

Personal Interview (PI): A Personal Interview is conducted to test the student's knowledge and understanding of rural issues of the country and find out if he/she has the aptitude to fulfil the roles and responsibilities of a management professional operating in cooperatives, NGOs and development organisations. A Personal Interview is a more personalized round in which the students get to interact face-to-face with the panellists or selectors. Students are judged on their communication skills, aptitude for the rural management field and suitability for the programme.

The Personal Interview is conducted offline. Students can choose two preferred cities while filling out the IRMA 2025 application form. The offline PI round will be conducted in 13 cities as follows:

IRMASAT Personal Interview Cities for Indian Candidates
Anand	New Delhi
Bangalore	Bhopal
Bhubaneshwar	Guwahati
Hyderabad	Jaipur
Kolkata	Lucknow
Mumbai	Patna
Pune	-

Note: For foreign candidates, the Personal Interview is done telephonically.

Selection Criteria for IRMA 2025 Admission

For IRMASAT Admissions 2025, IRMA will select candidates under two categories:

1. Merit-cum-profile based call
2. Merit-based call (Non-Profile Based Call)
   Candidates who fulfil the following criteria may be shortlisted for Merit-cum-profile based calls:

• Graduation in: Development, Agriculture, Dairy, Public policy, Sustainability, Veterinary Sciences, Food Technology
• Work experience in the Development Sector, Dairy, Public Policy
• Excellence: Graduation from top universities and colleges

A minimum qualifying percentile has been fixed for the selection of candidates for IRMASAT 2025 and GA and PI. Candidates of the General Category, who score 80 percentile or above in CAT 2024/CMAT 2025/XAT 2025 are eligible to be shortlisted for IRMASAT 2025 and IWAT and PI process under merit-cum profile-based call. Candidates of the General Category, who score 85 percentile or above in CAT 2024/CMAT 2025/XAT 2025 and fall in the Non-profile based call criteria are eligible to be shortlisted for IRMASAT 2025 and GA and PI process. Cut-off for the candidates of reserved categories will be decided separately at the appropriate time.

IRMASAT 2025 Final Selection Criteria

Check the table below to know the final selection criteria weightage. This year GA will not be a part of the selection process and the weightage of GA will be assigned to the online personal interview. 

Parameters	Weightage
CAT 2024/CMAT 2025/XAT 2025	35%
Personal Interview	35%
IWAT	5%
Academic Performance	5% (Class 10: 1.5%, Class 12: 1.5%, Graduation: 2%)
Gender Diversity	3.5%
Regional Diversity	5%
Sports Diversity/Extra-Curricular Activities	1.5%
Discipline Diversity	2%
Academic Pedigree	3%
Work Experience	5%
Total	100%

IRMA Admission Process: Important Points to Remember

The below-mentioned points are important for the students looking for admission at the Institute of Rural Management (IRMA):

• Candidates will be shortlisted based on scores obtained by them in CAT/XAT/CMAT (whichever is higher)
• Shortlisted candidates have to appear for the IWAT and Personal Interviews 
• 3.5% weightage will be given for gender diversity where 3.5% weightage is given to women and transgenders and 0% to male candidates
• If a candidate provides valid proof of having passed their Class 12 or Class 10 from a school located in an aspirational district, they will get two marks in their final score. The candidates belonging to the northeastern states will be provided three marks, provided they submit a valid domicile certificate. 
• If a candidate provides a government-issued certificate of their participation in sports at different levels they will be awarded marks corresponding to the level of their participation. They will be given 1.5% weightage. 
• Candidates from any discipline except Engineering will be given the benefit of Academic Diversity
• Only full-time paid employment experience after completion of graduation will be considered as of September 30, 2024. A benefit of 5% will be given to such candidates. Check the table below to know more:

Experience (in Months)	Score (Maximum 5 marks)
<=6	0
7 to 12	1
13-18	2
19-24	3
25-30	4
31-36	5
37-42	4
43-48	3
49-54	2
55-60	1
>60	0

Documents Required While Filling IRMASAT 2025 Application Form

The following list of documents will be required for filling the IRMASAT application form 2025:

• Scanned or digital copy of your photograph and signature (Maximum size: 512 KB)
• Scanned copy of your latest OBC (Non-creamy) / SC / ST / DAP category certificate as applicable (Maximum size: 1 MB)
• Scanned copy of your mark sheets of Class 10, Class 12 and Graduation. Also upload your graduation certificate, sports certificate, extra-curricular certificate and work experience certificate (whichever is applicable) (Maximum size: 1 MB).
• Valid CAT 2024, XAT 2025 or CMAT 2025 score
• Sponsored applicants are required to upload a sponsoring certificate as per the format available on the IRMA website

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• IRMA Application Form 2025
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