IIM Ranchi - Indian Institute of Management Admission Process

The interview process of IIM Ranchi is held under CAP (common admission process). The candidates who qualify for CAT are further invited to the personal interview round. The PI is conducted virtually and exact dates and information for the same is communicated to the shortlisted candidates in due course. The personal interview round is conducted to assess the candidate’s leadership skills, subject knowledge, problem-solving skills and communication abilities. After the PI round, IIM Ranchi prepares a Consolidated Merit List (CML) based on the following components and their corresponding weights:ComponentWeightageCAT Score40%PI Score30%Profile30%Total 100 % Final admission offers for IIM Ranchi are made based on CML.Note: Written ability test (WAT) will not be conducted in the 2023 admission process of IIM Ranchi

The IIM Ranchi MBA Cutoff 2023 was 92 percentile for the General Category, with sectional cutoffs of 70 percentile each.For category-wise cutoff percentile please refer to the table given below:ParticularsCutoff PercentileQuantitative Aptitude (QA)General: 70NC-OBC: 45SC: 35ST: 32.5EWS: 40DAP: 32.5Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)General: 70 NC-OBC: 45SC: 35ST: 32EWS: 40DAP: 32Verbal & Reading Comprehension (VA RC)General: 70 NC-OBC: 45SC: 35ST: 25EWS: 40DAP: 25Total Percentile (Overall)General: 92NC-OBC: 74SC: 54ST: 40EWS: 70DAP: 40Please note that the cutoffs mentioned above are the qualifying cut-offs released by IIM Ranchi.

Sure, a candidate can get admission to IIM Ranchi without CAT as long as he or she doesn't want to pursue MBA. IIM Ranchi course admissions are entrance-based. For admission to the MBA course the college accepts only CAT score, but for other courses the institute accepts GMAT/ GRE/ IPMAT etc.Only for admission to the Executive MBA course, the aspirants are required to appear just for the personal interview round. The below table showcases the courses offered by IIM Ranchi and the entrance exam accepted: Course nameEntrance exam acceptedMBACATMBA-HRCATIPMIPMATE-MBANo entrance exam accepted; only the PI roundPhD (Full-time) programmeCAT/GATE/GRE/GMAT/NET-JRFPhD (Executive) programmeCAT/GATE/GRE/GMAT/NET-JRF 

Candidates are required to take the Common Admission Test (CAT) to gain admission to the flagship programme, MBA in General Management, at IIM Ranchi. The CAT also serves as the entrance exam for the MBA-HR and MBA in Business Analytics programmes offered by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ranchi. To proceed with the admission process, candidates must meet the sectional cutoff and overall cutoff. Once they achieve the necessary CAT percentile, the shortlisted candidates will be notified of the specific dates for their Personal Interviews.For admission to the Executive MBA programme of IIM Ranchi, candidates have to go through the Personal Interview (PI) process only, the candidate must have at least 5 years of full-time work experience to be eligible for this programme.