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Admission/Selection Process for Candidates for PGP at IIMA through CAT-2025

The selection of the candidates for admission to the 2026-28 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 CAT-2025 score, have applied to the programme and satisfy the eligibility criteria for the programme described as below.

Stage I: Online Registration 

(i)  Interested applicants who fulfil the above-mentioned eligibility criteria will fill out the registration form that aims at evaluating the applicant’s proficiency in academics as well as in extra-curricular activities. 

(ii) The eligible applicants will pay a non-refundable registration fee of Rs. 4500/- (Four thousand five hundred Only)  

Stage II: IPM Aptitude Test (IPM AT 2025)

(i) All the interested applicants will undergo IIM Rohtak’s IPM Aptitude Test that will examine the aptitude, logical reasoning, and proficiency in English of the applicant

(ii) IPM Aptitude Test will comprise of following sections:

Note: Each question will carry 4 marks. There will be a negative marking of 1 mark for each wrong answer. All the questions will be multiple-choice questions.

(iii) In case the candidate also selects the Integrated Programme in Law (IPL) option while registering for IPM, such candidates will also appear for the fourth section as following:

Note: Each question will carry 4 marks. There will be a negative marking of 1 mark for each wrong answer. All the questions will be multiple-choice questions.

Stage III: Online Personal Interview (PI)

(i) The shortlisted applicants will be called for a Personal Interview on the basis of minimum eligibility criteria and IPM AT Score.

(ii) The announcement of Call for Personal Interviews (PI) will be done in the First Week of June (Tentative).

(iii) The candidates during their personal interviews will be judged on the basis of their academics, general awareness, and communication skills.

(iv) The interviews are proposed to be held in the Second Week of June (Tentative)

Stage IV: Announcement of Selection List and Offer Acceptance

(i) The Final Merit List will be generated based on the composite score of IPM, Past Academics, and Personal Interview.

(ii) The institute will tentatively announce the merit list by the first week of July. The offer of admission to the candidate will be made strictly on the basis of merit/ rank list and availability of seats in each category (General, EWS, NC-OBC, SC, ST & DAP) as per reservation rules of Govt. of India.

Stage V: Provisional Admission to IPM

(i) All selected candidates will receive a provisional offer letter for admission from ipmadmission@iimrohtak.ac.in on their registered email ID shortly after the merit list declaration. A candidate receiving an admission offer from IIM Rohtak (IIM-R) and accepting the offer within the stipulated date needs to deposit Rs. 1,00,000/- as the OAA i.e. Offer Acceptance Amount (or as mentioned in the Offer Letter) through the institute’s admission portal only. An automated receipt and a text message of the transaction will be shared by the associated bank on the registered email ID/ mobile no. of the candidate.

(ii) On acceptance of the admission offer and payment of OAA, the candidate will receive his/her confirmation letter for provisional admission to IPM Batch VI (Session 2025-30) on his/her registered email ID. The paid OAA will be adjusted with the First Year Programme Fee. Such candidates will be required to pay the 1st instalment of the First Year Programme Fee (as mentioned in the confirmation letter)  through the institute’s admission portal only. If a candidate fails to pay the 1st instalment of First Year Programme Fees by the stipulated date mentioned in the admission confirmation letter, the seat will be cancelled. 

(iii) The fee structure for IPM Batch is available on the institute’s website.

Stage VI: Reporting for joining the IPM Batch

(i) Final selected candidates who have deposited OAA and got a confirmation letter for provisional admission will be required to report physically (on the stipulated date and time) on the Institute campus for registration, followed by physical verification of educational documents and other testimonials as per checklist (in case of online registration, the documents will be verified virtually).

(ii) The academic session will tentatively begin in the first week of August 2025.

(iii) The hostel room allocation to the candidate will be done on a sharing basis. Hostel rooms for the DAP category candidates will be arranged on the ground floor. 

Note:

(i) The admission criteria for IPM Batch may be changed before the declaration of the results

(ii) The information in this document is applicable only for the admissions cycle IPM Batch. IIM Rohtak reserves the right to change, modify or adopt any new admission process that it deems necessary at any point.

(iii) Any dispute concerning Admission for the IPM Batch would be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts within the territorial jurisdiction of the city of Rohtak only.

(iv) You will receive all admission offers in the form of a letter duly signed by the Controller of Examinations of IIM Rohtak sent from ipmadmission@iimrohtak.ac.in.  Any offer received from any other email is completely invalid and is not official. All admissions to IIM Rohtak are provisional till you have completed all formalities upon reporting to the institute.

(v) If at any point of time it is found that the information provided by the candidate is false, incorrect, or misrepresented, the admission offer will stand cancelled. 

(vi) IIM Rohtak reserves the right to change, modify or adopt any new admissions process that it deems necessary at any point.

The candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (in case of the candidate belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with Disabilities (PwD) category, this is relaxed to 45%), of any of the universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a university under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. The bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent. The percentage obtained by the candidate in the bachelor’s degree would be based on the practice followed by the institution/university from where the candidate has obtained the degree. In case of the candidate being awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence would be based on the equivalence certified by the institution/university from where they have obtained the bachelor's degree. In case the institution/university does not have any scheme for converting the CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by IIMA by dividing the obtained CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the resultant by 100.

A candidate appearing for the final year bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed the degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. Such a candidate must produce a certificate from the Principal/Head of the Department/Registrar/Director of the Institution/University certifying that the candidate is currently in the final year/is awaiting final results and has obtained at least 50% marks or equivalent (45% in case of the candidate belonging to SC/ST/PwD category) based on latest available grades/marks. Such a candidate, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme provisionally only if they submit a certificate latest by June 30, 2026 from the Principal/Head of the Department/Registrar/Director of the Institution/University (issued on or before June 30, 2026) stating that they have completed all the requirements (the result may, however, be awaited) for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the certificate. Their admission will be confirmed only when the candidate submits the marksheet and a certificate of having passed the bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification referred to in the certificate issued by the Principal/Head of the Department/Registrar/Director of the Institution/University with at least 50% marks (45% in case of the candidate belonging to SC/ST/PwD category). It is mandatory for a final year student, who is provisionally admitted, to submit the marksheet and degree certificate of the final year bachelor’s degree examination held on or before June 30, 2026 (including supplementaries, if any), to be eligible for admission to the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) 2026-28 Batch. The deadline for submission of the marksheet and the certificate is December 31, 2026. Non-fulfillment of this condition will automatically result in the cancellation of the provisional admission. IIMA would not allow any candidate to join its PGP in case the candidate is unable to complete all the requirements for a bachelor’s degree on or before June 30, 2026.  

(a) General, NC-OBC and EWS Category: Minimum 60% in standard X/ SSC and standard XII/ HSC or equivalent examinations, Maximum 20 years of age as on June 30, 2025

(b) SC,ST and PWD (DAP) Category: Minimum 55% in standard X/ SSC and standard XII/ HSC or equivalent examinations, Maximum 20 years of age as on June 30, 2025

(c) Reservation will be applicable as per GOI norms after meeting the minimum eligibility criteria.