IIM Indore has released the IPMAT 2026 exam dates, which is scheduled for 4th May, 2026. IPMAT is conducted by IIM Indore every year in the month of May. Over 25000 students take the exam every year to seek admission in IIMs and top business schools in India right after class 12.
IIM Indore has released the IPMAT 2026 exam dates. However, it is yet to release the brief notification, which will entail all the important details that aspirants must take into consideration if they are considering taking IPMAT-Indore 2026.
IPMAT 2026 tentative timeline:
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IPMAT Indore 2026 Dates (tentative) |
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IPMAT 2026 Notification Announcement |
8th October, 2025 (released) |
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IPMAT 2026 Application Process Starts |
February, 2026 |
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Last Date To Fill IPMAT 2026 Form |
April, 2026 |
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IPMAT Form Editing Window |
April, 2026 |
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IPMAT 2026 Admit Card Release |
April, 2026 |
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IPMAT Indore 2026 Exam Date |
4th May, 2026 (released) |
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IPMAT 2026 Result |
June Beginning |
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IPM Indore Syllabus 2026 |
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The registration process for IPMAT 2026 will begin in February 2026. The eligible candidates who will fill out the IPMAT 2026 application form need to submit their IPMAT 2026 registration fee online (visit www.iimidr.ac.in)
IPMAT aspirants can follow the following steps to fill out their IPMAT-Indore application form successfully.
Step 1: Open IIM-Indore’s website and head over to the IPM section on the website.
Step 2: Click on the registration link on the website and create a User ID and password after filling in the phone number and email ID.
Step 3: Once you have the user ID, use it to fill out the correct details such as name, date of birth, nationality, contact details, qualification, etc.
Step 4: Pay the IPMAT application fee either through a Debit/Credit card, net banking, or UPI.
The Integrated Programme in Management Aptitude Test(IPMAT-Indore) 2026 for admission to the IPM program at IIM Indore will be administered as a computer-based test, conducted online.
The total duration of IPMAT 2026 will be 120 minutes, equivalent to 2 hours. The institute will follow the same exam pattern for IPMAT 2025, with each of the sections allocated specific time slots.
The breakdown of the IPMAT 2025 Exam Pattern for IIM Indore was as follows:
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Time |
Weightage |
No of Questions |
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Quantitative Ability (SA) |
40 minutes |
25% |
15 questions |
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Quantitative Ability (MCQ) |
40 minutes |
25% |
30 questions |
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Verbal Ability |
40 minutes |
50% |
45 questions |
To be accepted into the IPM 2026 Program, candidates need to fulfill certain eligibility criteria. The IPMAT 2026 Eligibility Criteria for IIM Indore are mentioned below:
*Previously, IIM Indore used to have minimum qualifying marks in Class 12 (60% for the General Category & 55% for others) for writing IPMAT. However, as per their latest admissions guidelines, they have removed those criteria.
The IPMAT Exam 2026 admit card will be issued by IIM Indore. The admit card will be made available for download around the second or last week of April for all candidates who have completed the application procedure.
The IPMAT Admit cards are released only in online mode on the official website. It is advisable to keep extra copies of the admit card, as they will be needed for the counselling process during admission as well.
Students who aspire to get into the 5-year Integrated Programme in Management have to appear and qualify in 2 stages, based on which a student is offered admission into the IPMAT Programme.
Candidates will be selected based on their overall aptitude test and personal interview performance.
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.
Stage 1: Take IPMAT Indore
Candidates must obtain minimum qualifying marks as per the cut-off that is prepared by IIM Indore to move on to the next stage.
Candidates who are shortlisted will proceed to the second stage, i.e. Personal Interview (PI).
Stage 2: Sit for Personal Interview (PI)
The interview judges the students' level of confidence, communication skills, general awareness, persuasion skills, and knowledge. This is administered by the admissions committee.
The following documents are required for the IPMAT 2026 interview.
As per IIM Indore's official website for the academic year 2025-26, below is the percentage of seats reserved for various categories in IIM Indore.
IPMAT 2026 Reservation Policy:
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Category |
Percentage % of reserved seats |
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SC |
15% |
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ST |
7.5% |
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NC-OBC |
27% |
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Person with disabilities (PwD) |
05% |
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Economically weaker sections (EWS) |
10% |
Candidates belonging to NC-OBC, SC, ST, and PwD categories need to produce valid Caste certificates (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 the EWS category.
As they say, failing to plan is also planning to fail; similarly, in this case, the preparation strategy is key to cracking IPMAT 2026.
About 7 months remain for IPMAT-Indore; candidates are highly advised to follow a structured and fool-proof preparation plan.
Below are a few helpful tips to achieve a high score and secure admission to IIM Indore with an IPM program.
IIM Indore has scheduled the exam for 4th May,2026
Although IIM Indore shares its cutoffs almost every year under RTI Information, for the year 2025, they are yet to provide this information.
IIM Indore shares its cutoffs almost every year under RTI Information, for the year 2025, these were the cutoff.
As per their official website, IIM Indore accepted 150 domestic students through IPMAT for the year 2025.
As per past year trends, the registrations for IPMAT-Indore 2026 will begin in February 2026, and the last date to apply for IPMAT-Indore will be around March 2026.
As per their official website, the highest package offered was at 1 crore per annum.