IIM Ahmedabad admission process

Admission Eligibility Criteria

• The first and standard eligibility criterion is holding of bachelor’s degree. Candidates are required to have a bachelor's degree with 50% or equivalent CGPA as a least percentage (candidates belonging to SC/ST/PwD category, the eligibility criterion is relaxed to 45%).
• The bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification must be a minimum of three years after the completion of higher secondary education.
• Should the candidate hold grades/CGPA instead of percentage marks; the equivalence is based on the equivalence certified by the institution/university from where the bachelor's degree is obtained from. If the certification of the equivalence is unavailable from the desired university, the equivalence is certified by IIM Ahmedabad.
• Undergraduates in their final year or undergraduates waiting for the final results are eligible to apply for admissions. However, candidates are required to present a certificate from the current university/institute’s head determining/confirming the same on his or her behalf.
• Should the candidate get selected for admission, he/she is expected to submit the official confirmation certificate from the current undergraduate university/institute latest by June 30, 2019.
• Candidates who are selected and are offered admission, are supposed to be submit their mark-sheet and degree certificate of the final year bachelor's degree examination on or before June 30, 2019. The last date to submit, however, is December 31, 2019.
• Aside from holding a graduate degree from a recognized institution, another very crucial IIM Ahmedabad Admission Eligibility Criteria is CAT score. Candidates are expected to have appeared CAT with a minimum score percentile for the consideration of admission.

IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria

IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria consist of two stages. The first stage is the preliminary screening with weightage divided between past academic records and CAT exam score (higher weightage to CAT). The second and final selection Criteria consist of Personal Interview (PI) and Writing Test Ability (WAT).

• The preliminary stage is based on the division of weightage between CAT score and academic background. CAT score builds up 70% weight and Academic Profile builds up the rest 30%.
• For getting shortlisted, a candidate must hold a minimum CAT sectional percentile score of 70 for all the three sections (individually): Quantitative Aptitude' (QA), ‘Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning' (DILR) and ‘Verbal and Reading Comprehension' (VRC).
• Along with sectional scores, a candidate must also score a minimum CAT overall percentile of 80.
• While the weightage of 70:30 is practiced, candidates with tip-top academic record are awarded with higher points during the shortlisting round.

Final Admission Selection Round Criteria

• Shortlisted candidates are automatically eligible for the Final selection round conducted by IIM Ahmedabad.
• During the final admission round, Personal Interview (PI) is given 50% weightage, 10% weightage is given to Academic Writing Test (AWT) and 40% weightage is given to CAT Score and Academic background.