IIM Amritsar Admission 2024: Application (Soon), Dates, Eligibility, Pattern, Syllabus

IIM Amritsar 2024 Application Form will be Releasing soon for Various Courses. Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Amritsar is the 15th IIM set up by the Ministry of Education, (earlier Ministry of Human Resource Development) with the support of the Government of Punjab. After the registration of IIM Amritsar Society on July 27, 2015, the first batch for the class of 2015-17 was enrolled in August 2015.

The institute is attracting over 12 lac average placement and was ranked between 26-30 among the Top Public B-Schools by an Outlook magazine. IIM Amritsar is providing a 2-year-long MBA (PGP) program. The institute follows a two-step process for MBA admissions where the first step consist of choosing Candidate in PI-WAT on the basis of section-a sensible CAT score as well as various other components.

 The 2nd stage makes up of calculating for the cumulative score for the purpose of final selection. The minimum qualifying score needed for the CAT is 85%. A merit list will be prepared in accordance with the combined score secured by the candidate in different criteria such as- past academic performance, work experience, gender & academic diversity, and the score secured in CAT under which a number of Candidate will be invoked to the PI-WAT.

The final selection will be held as per the candidate’s performance at PI and WAT, which will carry a weightage of 25% and 10% respectively. Admission will be done on the basis of the overall score obtained in different components. The institute provides an edge towards students when it comes to placings since the intake is quite limited. Below in this article, Candidate will get the detailed information regarding the IIM Amritsar 2024 latest updates, Important Dates, Application Form, Eligibility criteria, and Admission procedure.

IIM Amritsar 2024 Notification – Application Soon

IIM Amritsar 2024 Important Dates

Below we have provided the IIM Amritsar 2024 Important Dates and events for the Candidate:

For MBA

For Ph.D

IIM Amritsar 2024 Application Form

IIM Amritsar 2024 Application Form will be Releasing soon for Various Courses. To apply for admission to MBA (PGP) at IIM Amritsar, Candidate must register for the CAT exam through the official CAT website.

How to Apply Online Application Form

• Create a user id and password to register.
• Log in using the registration credentials.
• Fill in the application form
• Personal Details
• Academic Qualifications
• Work Experience
• Select the test center.
• Pay the fees.
• Submit the form.

Application Fees:

Rs. 1900/- (Rs. 950/- about the reserved category Candidate). The fee can be paid through debit/credit card through the payment gateway.

IIM Amritsar 2024 Eligibility Criteria

• The minimum eligibility to receive MBA is a Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 50% marks [45% in case of the Candidate belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons With Disability (PWD) categories] or equivalent from any recognized university.
• Applicants must possess minimum work experience of 6 months.

MBA Selection Criteria

Admission to MBA (PGP) is a two-stage selection that consist of a minimum category-wise force on the score in CAT followed by WAT and Personal Interview for the selected Candidate.

Initially, the Candidate must take the CAT exam held at the All India level. Candidate must secure a minimum in cross-section cut off assigned for every category in order to get selected for the next stage of the admissions process.

Stage I:

Selecting Candidate to the PI-WAT Only those Candidate who secured a pre-determined minimum percentile score in every section and the total score of CAT will be selected for the PI-WAT round. Candidate obtaining the positive raw score in every section of the CAT will only be considered.

Below we have provided the minimum percentile score requirement for CAT:

The candidate’s proportion score in 10th and 12th board exams are first adjusted by dividing each subscore by the 90th percentile score obtained at their particular board. The same criteria is being tracked for calculating the score for the Bachelor’s degree.

Below we have provided the the shortlisted Candidate, scores that would be adjusted as per the following norms:

The above-mentioned process facilitates the drawing up of the ranking list according to which a number of Candidate will be invited for the PI-WAT based on the basis of their rank.

Note:

Candidate applying for PI/WAT rounds after you remove the minimum requisite CAT percentile will have to appear for the Personal Interview (PI) and Written Analysis Test (WAT) undertaken by the Institute.

The PI (35% weightage) and WAT (15% weightage) rounds sway the scores of the Candidate on the final merit list.

Admissions for Post Graduate Program in IIM Amritsar are done based on the ranks of students in a final merit list.

Stage II: WAT-PI

All the Candidates will be required to take a WAT on a topic provided by IIM Amritsar. The Writing Analysis Test (WAT) will be done for a duration of 20 minutes to test for the candidate’s command over the appropriate language. During the Personal Interview, the panel will evaluate the candidate’s academic background, quality of work experience, and other personal traits.

Pre-PI scores and PI-WAT scores will be used cumulatively in the final phase to select Candidates for the program. The final selection will be based on the merit list which will be prepared because of the following:

Final Merit List