The selection of the candidates for admission to the 2025-27 Batch of the PGP at IIMA is a two-step process.

In the first step, candidates are shortlisted for Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI) from among the candidates who have a valid test-centre administered GMAT score, have applied to the programme and satisfy the eligibility criteria for the programme described as below.

Shortlisting and Selection ^[1]  Criteria  for PGP 2025-27 Batch

1.  Preliminary Screening
Candidates fulfilling the following minimum cut offs in the sectional percentile ranks and total percentile ranks in GMAT will only be considered for all subsequent stages.

Table 1: Minimum Cut-offs of GMAT Score

At different stages of the selection process ‘Application Rating’ (AR) score of an applicant will be used. An applicant’s AR score is the sum of the rating scores ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ and ‘E’. Rating scores A, B, C and D (see Tables 2-5) are based on their percentage of marks obtained in the 10^th standard, the 12^th standard (depending upon the stream, viz., ‘Science’, ‘Commerce’ and ‘Arts & Humanities’), the bachelor’s degree programme (depending upon the discipline) and work experience (as on July 31, 2024) respectively. For details of academic disciplines, please refer Table 8. Rating score E is the gender diversity score, which takes the value 0 for male candidates and 2 for all other candidates.

Table 2: Rating Scores for the 10^th Std. Examination (Rating Score A)

Table 3: Rating Scores for the 12^th Std. Examination (Rating Score B)

Table 4: Rating Scores for the Bachelor’s Degree Examination (Rating Score C)

Table 5: Rating Scores for Work Experience (Rating Score D)

Application Rating Score: AR= (A+B+C+D+E)

Normalised AR score of an applicant is equal to their AR score divided by average of the top 50 AR scores from the applicants’ pool, (the applicants’ pool in this case being defined as the group of candidates who appear for CAT-2024 and apply to IIMA.)

Notes about the marks obtained:

1. Percentages of marks of an applicant who is yet to complete the bachelor’s degree will be computed based on their available marks. At any stage of the admission process, the candidates need to provide the latest available marksheets for all completed semesters/years. Typically, at least marksheets till the previous academic year should be available. In case the marksheets for any particular semester(s)/year(s) are not submitted, IIMA may require proof from the institution/university to certify that the marksheets have not been issued. Withholding of available marksheets for any semester/year may lead to disqualification of the candidate.
    
2. For a candidate who has indicated in the application form as having completed CA/ICWA/CMA/CS; (Inter Marks (%) + Final Marks (%))/2 as entered in the application form will be used to obtain Rating Score C while computing the AR score under the AC-2 category. For a candidate who has indicated in the application form as having completed Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India (FIAI) the aggregate marks (%) as entered in the application form will be used to obtain Rating Score C for computing the AR score under the AC-2 category.
    
3. For computing the AR score of an applicant, scores in all subjects that appear in their marksheet of 10^th and 12^th Std. examinations will be considered irrespective of whether the board considers them for calculating the percentage.  
    
4. For the bachelor’s degree, the percentage of marks awarded by the candidate’s institution/university will be treated as final. If the institution/university does not award the percentage of marks, it will be calculated on the basis of the marks obtained in all the subjects listed in the marksheet. 
    
5. For the bachelor’s degree, if the percentage of marks awarded by the candidate’s institution/university does not take into account marks obtained in all the subjects as mentioned in the marksheet(s) for all the years, the candidates must produce a certificate from the principal/head of the department/registrar/director of the institution/university certifying details of the practice at the institution/university at the time of the interview, if shortlisted for the same.
    
6. If any board/institution/university awards only letter grades without providing an equivalent percentage of marks on the grade-sheet, the candidate should obtain a certificate from the board/institution/university specifying the equivalent marks which should be used for filling the application form. The original equivalence certificate needs to be submitted at the time of interview, if shortlisted for the same.
    
7. For candidates undergoing/completed an integrated Master’s degree or dual degree directly after their 12^th/HSC, the percentage of marks obtained as per their institute/university norms which is considered as equivalent to bachelor’s degree will be considered. If the institute/ university does not provide the Bachelor’s degree percentage then the aggregate percentage of the latest available marksheets for all completed semesters/ years will be considered.  

2.  Shortlisting for Analytical Writing Test (AWT) & Personal Interview (PI)

Taking GMAT percentiles in verbal, quant and total, and AR scores, a merit list will be drawn and shortlisted for AWT & PI using the Composite Score (CS). Subject to fulfilment of C1-C2 criteria, the Composite Score (CS) is calculated as below:

Criteria: C1-C2:

C1.  PT ≥ 80, PQ ≥ 70 and PV ≥ 70

C2.  P ≥ 80 (Science), 77 (Commerce), 75 (Arts/Humanities)

Where P is the average of the percentages of marks scored in 10^th and 12^th std. exams.

Note: Normalised GMAT scores are computed after taking into consideration mapping between GMAT Focus Edition and GMAT previous edition.

[1] IIM Ahmedabad reserves the right to make changes in the Shortlisting and Selection Criteria, if considered necessary at any point.

3. Final Selection

Selection at this stage will strictly be based on the shortlisting of the candidates done on the basis of their ‘Final Composite Scores' (FCS).

The FCS of a candidate who appears in AWT & PI will be computed as follows:

The normalised AWT and PI scores of a candidate are their scores in the respective field divided by the average of the top 1% scores in the same field respectively.

The following information is about the admission process followed by IIMA for its PGP subsequent to CAT/GMAT. It is therefore, important for the candidates to read them carefully.

1. Performance in CAT/GMAT is an important input in the admission process. Candidates should note that it is important to perform well in each section of the test. In addition to the performance in CAT/GMAT, IIMA uses academic performance of the candidates throughout their academic career up to the bachelor’s level for shortlisting for AWT & PI.
    
2. Please note that IIMA shortlists candidates for AWT & PI independent of the other IIMs. Hence it is possible to observe variations in the lists of the candidates shortlisted by different IIMs.
    
3. Details of the candidates shortlisted will be made available on the IIMA website (www.iima.ac.in) tentatively by the second week of January 2025 after the CAT results are published. Shortlisted candidates would also be sent AWT & PI call letters by IIMA. No communication would be sent to applicants who are not shortlisted for AWT & PI.
    
4. After the AWT & PI round, admission offers are made by IIMA to successful candidates. The final selection is based on a diverse set of attributes which includes performance in CAT/GMAT, performance in AWT & PI, academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements, work experience etc. All selected candidates for the IIMA two-year PGP must be 19 years of age as on June 30, 2025. (i.e. must be born on or before June 30, 2006).
    
5. Disclosure of information about the admission process is driven by concerns which at times conflict with each other. IIMA would like the admission process to be transparent. At the same time, IIMA would wish to protect the privacy of the individual candidates and confidentiality of the process to prevent abuse. Based on these considerations, the details of the performance of an individual are not made available to any other person. Similarly, the details of the performance of a candidate in AWT & PI, including assessment of attributes mentioned under paragraph 4 above, is not disclosed to anyone to prevent exercise of undue pressure on the panelists participating in the admission/selection process. IIMA exercises its own discretion in disclosing weights assigned to diverse sets of attributes mentioned under paragraph 4 above. To ensure that the perceived lack of transparency does not in any way affect the candidates negatively, adequate care is taken in formation of the interview panels, development of objective criteria for assessment, random allocation of candidates to interview panels and other such measures.
    
6. Candidates who appear in AWT & PI will be able to view whether they have been offered admission by IIMA tentatively during the second week of April, 2025 by visiting the IIMA website. Admission offer letter would be sent to all successful candidates. Candidates who are offered admission, need to confirm their acceptance by completing all the required formalities by the first/second week of May, 2025. Some candidates may also be placed on the waiting list initially during the second week of April, 2025. Offers to candidates on the waiting list would depend upon the number of successful candidates accepting the offer made by IIMA.
    

Note:
In the event of specific guidelines being issued by the Government of India, IIMA reserves the right to, depending on the nature of the guidelines, continue with its AWT & PI as stated above OR use an alternative selection procedure which may include calling for additional information from the shortlisted candidates, a supplementary test or any other suitable process/mechanism. Care will be taken to ensure that candidates are not put to undue inconvenience.

The exact cut-offs mentioned above are computed based on the previous years’ applicant data. It depends on various factors like the applicants’ pool, the distribution of CAT/GMAT scores etc. which may change year to year. In view of this fact the Admissions Committee of IIMA reserves the right to change the cut-offs if deemed desirable in the light of applicant data for 2025-27 Batch.
 

Table 8. Categories for bachelor’s degree/integrated master’s degree (as per CAT Application)

Note:
1. Dual bachelor's degree holders will be classified in one of the categories AC-1 to AC-6 based on their field(s) and subjects. Applicants are requested to mention both the degrees of specialization separately in Bachelor Degree 1 and Bachelor Degree 2.

2. Final discretion on the academic category that an academic programme will be classified into rests with the Admissions Committee of IIMA.

3. For candidates undergoing/completed an integrated master's degree directly after their HSC, their classification into an academic category will be based on their academic discipline in the integrated master's degree programme.

4. For a candidate who has obtained further higher degrees after their bachelor's degree or their integrated Master's degree, other than those degrees listed in Table 8, the discipline(s) of the subsequent degrees will not be taken into consideration in deciding their classification in an academic category.