IPMAT 2023 will be conducted by IIM Indore for admission in the Five-Year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM). It is conducted for students who have graduated from 12th/Higher Secondary or equivalent and wish to pursue a career in Management. The IPM program at IIM Indore is a cross-disciplinary management program that has a blended course of management studies from undergraduate to Postgraduate. It consists of 15 terms which will be covered over 5 years with internship projects at the end of every academic year. The program can be categorized into two segments. The first segment focuses on foundation courses whereas the second segment focuses on management courses. The first 3 years of the course represent the BBA Course while the final 2 years represent the MBA Course for the students. Students will be awarded a B.A (Foundation in Management) + MBA degree on successfully completing the entire 5-year program.
The test pattern comprises three sections, and different weights are allocated to them as shown in the table.
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Section |
Time |
Weightage |
No of Questions |
|
Quantitative Ability (SA) |
40 minutes |
25% |
15 questions |
|
Quantitative Ability (MCQ) |
40 minutes |
25% |
30 questions |
|
Verbal Ability |
40 minutes |
50% |
45 questions |
Total duration of 2 hours will be provided to answer a total of 90 questions distributed in three sections.
The online application process for IPMAT 2023 will be open from March first week. A detailed catalog of the deadlines is given below, as shared by the official website of IIM Indore.
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Milestone |
Date/ Deadline |
|
IPMAT Application start date |
6 March 2023 |
|
IPMAT Application last date |
14 April 2023 |
|
Exam Date |
16 June 2023 (2 to 4 PM) |
|
Announcement of Interviews |
End of June 2023 |
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Final Announcement of the result |
Second week of July 2023 |
The eligible candidates needs to submit their application online (visit www.iimidr.ac.in)
The admit card for IPMAT 2023 will be issued by IIM Indore. As a general trend, the admit card is made available for download around the second week of April 2023 for all candidates who have completed the application procedure. The IPMAT 2023 Admit cards are released only in the online mode on the official website. It is advisable to keep extra copies of the admit card as they will further be needed for the counseling process as well.
In order to be accepted into the IPMAT 2023 Program, candidates need to fulfill certain eligibility criteria. The IPMAT 2023 Eligibility Criteria for IIM Indore is mentioned below:
Qualifying Exam: All candidates who have completed their higher secondary education (10+2) or equivalent exam from schools across India in 2022 or appearing in 2023 are eligible to give the IPMAT Exam.
The sanctioned intake for IPM 2023 batch (domestic applicant) is 150 for IIM Indore for which the candidate must clear the IPMAT 2023 as well as the interview rounds.
Both the sections in the test have 45 questions each, for a total of 180 marks. The syllabus incorporates the following topics.
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Quantitative Techniques |
Verbal Ability |
|
|
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Category |
Quantitative Ability (SA) |
Quantitative Ability (MCQ) |
Verbal Ability |
|---|---|---|---|
|
General |
20 |
43 |
112 |
|
EWS |
8 |
29 |
86 |
|
NC-OBC |
8 |
21 |
70 |
|
SC |
4 |
14 |
50 |
|
ST |
4 |
8 |
34 |
|
PwD |
4 |
8 |
34 |
Students who aspire to get into the 5 years Integrated Programme in Management have to appear and qualify in 2 tests, based on which a student is offered admission into the IPMAT Programme. Candidates will be selected based on their overall performance in the aptitude test and personal interview.
As part of the selection procedure, candidates will have to undergo the 'Aptitude Test' by IIM Indore which will test the Aptitude and Proficiency in English of the candidate.
The candidates have to obtain minimum qualifying marks as per the cut-off that is prepared by IIM Indore to move on to the next stage. Those candidates who qualify for this test are allowed to appear for Personal Interview (PI).
The questions will be multiple choice questions with 4 marks for every right answer and a negative marking of -1 for every wrong answer.
IPMAT Aptitude Test Structure
Section No. of Questions
Quantitative Ability (SA) 15 questions
Quantitative Ability (MCQ) 30 questions
Verbal Ability (MCQ) 45 questions
Candidates who are shortlisted will proceed to the second stage, i.e. Personal Interview (PI).
Category wise distribution/reservation of seats:
|
Category |
Percentage % of reserved seats |
|---|---|
|
SC |
15% |
|
ST |
7.5% |
|
NC-OBC |
27% |
|
Person with disabilities (PwD) |
05% |
|
Economically weaker sections (EWS) |
04% |
Candidates belonging to NC‐OBC, SC, ST, and PwD categories need to produce valid Caste certificate(s) in support of their reservation category and candidates belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) need to produce a valid document ascertaining the eligibility of the candidate to apply under EWS category.
IPMAT Indore Fees
The counseling for IPMAT will be in offline mode.
A list of counseling locations is given below:
The following documents are required for the IPMAT 2023 counseling.