The IPM programme at IIM Indore is a cross-disciplinary management programme that has a blended course of management studies from under-graduate to Postgraduate. IIM Indore designed the Five-Year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) for students who have graduated from 12th/Higher Secondary or equivalent. The IPM programme at IIM Indore will consist of 15 terms which will be covered over 5 years with internship projects at the end of every academic year. The IPM programme at IIM Indore can be categorized in two segments. The first segment focuses on foundation courses whereas, the second segment focuses on management courses. Students will be awarded an MBA degree on successfully completing the five years IPM programme, however, should they wish to exit after completing the first three years, a degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) will be awarded instead.
The online application process for IPMAT 2020 exam has opened on February 17, 2020. The test will be a Computer Based Test which will be conducted at the test centres only. The candidates will be required to go to the respective test centres for the exam. The application window will stay open until April 20th, 2020. A detailed catalogue of the IIM Indore IPMAT is given below:
| Milestones | Date Range |
| Updation of the Admissions Procedure for IPMAT 2020 Batch | February 2020 |
| Online application submission | Monday, February 17, 2020, to Monday, April 20, 2020 |
| IPMAT 2020 test day | September 7th, 2020 |
| Announcement of call for Personal Interviews | To be confirmed |
| Personal Interviews | To be confirmed |
| Announcement of Provisional Admissions Offers | To be confirmed |
* The calendar is tentative
IPMAT Indore Edit Window: IIM Indore will be providing a limited time window (10:00 am on Thursday, August 06, 2020 to 5:00 pm on Friday, August 07, 2020) during which a candidate can modify the following fields:
Eligible candidates should submit their application online (visit www.iimidr.ac.in)
Registration for IPM 2020 can be done by following the steps given below:
All candidates have to fulfill the below mentioned criteria to qualify for admission into the 5 year IPM Program in IIM Indore:
www.careerlauncher.com/ipm/ipmat-2020-eligibility-criteria.html
The admit card for IPMAT 2020 will be issued by IIM Indore. The admit card will be available for download on August 28th, 2020 to all those candidates who have completed the application procedure. Admit cards will only be available in online mode. It is advisable to keep extra copies of the admit card as they will further be needed for the counseling process as well.
www.careerlauncher.com/ipm/ipmat-admit-card-test-centers.html
IIM Indore Integrated Program in Management Aptitude Test. The national level test will be conducted by IIM Indore for admission to the five year Integrated Program in Management i.e. IPM
IIPMAT 2020 will in online mode, Computer based. A time duration of 2 hours will be provided to answer a total of 100 questions distributed in three sections.
SECTION |
TIME |
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS |
Quantitative Ability- MCQ |
40 minutes |
40 questions |
Verbal Ability |
40 minutes |
40 questions |
Quantitative Ability- SA |
40 minutes |
20 questions |
Marking scheme:
The syllabus incorporates the following topics.
Quantitative Ability:
In total there are 60 questions in this section for 240 marks
Verbal Ability
In total there are 40 questions in this section for 160 marks
Students who aspire to get into the 5 year Integrated Programme in Management have to appear and qualify in 3 tests, based on which a student is offered admission into the IPM Programme. Candidates will be selected on the basis of their overall performance in the aptitude test, written ability 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, Logical Reasoning, 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 Written Ability Test (WAT) and 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.
IPM Aptitude Test Structure
| Section | No. of Questions |
| Quantitative Aptitude(Short Answers) | 20 |
| Verbal Ability (MCQ) | 40 |
| Verbal Ability (MCQ) | 40 |
Candidates who are shortlisted will proceed to the second stage, i.e., Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI).
The sanctioned intake of the IPM 2020 batch for a domestic aspirant is 150 students.
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 NCâOBC, 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.
IPM Indore Fees
IPMAT cut-off is an indication of the minimum percentile score that is expected of a candidate to achieve for getting shortlisted for the further rounds of selection. IIM Indore will be releasing the IPMAT cutoff. The selection procedure also includes a Writing Ability Test and a Personal Interview.
Category |
Quantitative Ability (SA) |
Quantitative Ability (MCQ) |
Verbal Ability |
EWS |
8 |
18 |
40 |
General |
20 |
31 |
71 |
NC-OBC |
8 |
18 |
40 |
PWD |
4 |
6 |
14 |
SC |
4 |
10 |
32 |
ST |
4 |
6 |
14 |
The counseling for IPMAT will be in offline mode.
List of counseling locations is given below:
The following documents are required for the IPMAT 2020 counseling.