PGDM at MICA, Ahmedabad Offline Course

• MICAT – I
  Regn. Opens : September 2025.
  Reg Close :November 22,2025 at 11:50 pm
• MICAT - II
  Reg Opens : November 25, 2025.
  Reg Close : January 29, 2026
  at 11:50 pm

Update your score options in the online application form which you would like to submit (i.e. CAT 2024, XAT 2025 & GMAT 2023 onwards). After receiving your CAT score, XAT Registration No. and GMAT score, please update the details on our website on or before January 29, 2026. (Please mention your XAT Registration number only and we will collect the score from XLRI).

• Section A: Psychometric Test
• Section B: Descriptive Test
• Section C: (has 4 sub-sections) – Divergent and Convergent Thinking; Verbal Ability, Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation and General awareness

• MICAT I : December 6, 2025 (Saturday)
• MICAT -I Score card live : December 24, 2025
• MICAT II : February 13, 2026 (Friday)
• MICAT -II Score card live : February 28, 2026

Admission to MICA happens through a 3-stage filtering process comprising of – CAT/XAT/GMAT performance, Performance in MICAT written exam and performance in Group Exercise (GE) and Personal Interview (PI)

Detailed below are the steps for preparation of the Final Merit List:

Step 1: Section A (Psychometric test) is first checked. This section is a qualifier.

Step2: Those who qualify through section A, their relative performance on CAT/XAT/GMAT is considered. A minimum cut-off in CAT /XAT total percentile/GMAT score shall be considered (Best of the three scores is considered.)

Step 3: Those who qualify based on the CAT/XAT/GMAT performance, their Section C (all sub-sections) of MICAT will be assessed.

• Section C scores are normalized. The evaluation uses percentile and raw scores for each sub-section and requires a minimum cut-off.
• Those who qualify through section C, their performance in Section B is evaluated.
  NOTE: Both Sections C & B have a sectional cut-off (percentile and raw scores).
• Those who qualify through Steps 1, 2 and 3 will be considered for GE & PI short listing. Short listed candidates will be called for GE and PI at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata or Mumbai.

Step 4: Candidates who appear in GE & PI MUST be RECOMMENDED by majority number of the interview panellists, to be considered for the final merit list

NOTE: All those who meet the criteria described above, their final composite score shall be created based on the following weightage:

• CAT/XAT/GMAT: 35%
• MICAT: 25%
• GE: 10%
• PI: 20%
• 10th,12th, Graduation: 5% (10th-1.75%; 12th-1.75%; Graduation-1.5%) (Kindly go through Grade calculation method for more information*)
• Extra-Curricular, sports, academic diversity, gender diversity etc: 5% (This Information will be filled separately at the time of GE & PI)

Offer letters will be sent to candidates who feature in the final merit. If you do not accept the offer by the date mentioned in the offer letter, your name will automatically be removed from the merit list of the program.