Compare IIM Kashipur vs IIM Nagpur

The admission to the MBA offered by the institute is through the Common Admission Test and the Eligibility criteria are the same as those for CAT.

Overseas Candidate

• CAT/GMAT score (30% weight for the score exceeding the minimum required).
• Work Experience (WE) score (20% weight).
• The score for Past Academic Performance (PAP) (20% weight).
• Scores of any other component including remote interviews over telephone/video conferencing as may be decided by the Institute (30% weight).

The admission process at IIM Nagpur for the MBA (2026-28) will be carried out in 3 stages. It will consider the candidate’s performance in Common Admission Test (CAT) 2025, Past Academic Performance (PAP), Work Experience (WE), Gender Diversity (GDI), and performance in Personal Interview (PI) Process. The details are mentioned in the following sections.

• Stage 1: Candidates who have appeared for CAT 2025 will be first screened for eligibility as per the CAT cut-offs decided by the IIM Nagpur. Candidates who clear the IIM Nagpur CAT cut-off would be intimated by email and asked to fill an application form for IIM Nagpur.
• Stage 2: Candidates who meet the CAT cut-offs and have filled the application form for IIM Nagpur within the deadline will move to Stage 2, where Shortlisting Score (SS) will be calculated for all such candidates. An SS-based shortlist will be generated to call candidates for Stage 3- Personal Interview (PI) Process.
• Stage 3: Candidates who appear for the PI process will be considered for this stage, where the Final Score (FS) will be calculated. Admission offers will be sent to the candidates based on their FS.

• The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent
  CGPA [45% in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled
  Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disability (PwD) categories], awarded by any University
  or educational institution as incorporated by an Act of Parliament or State legislature in
  India or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956,
  or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government
  of India.

• Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification
  examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting
  results can also apply. However, it may be noted that such candidates, if selected, will
  be allowed to join the program provisionally, only if they submit a certificate from
  the Principal/Registrar of their University/Institution (issued on or before the date as
  stipulated by the respective IIM) stating that they have completed all the requirements
  for obtaining the Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the
  certificate.

• The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate would be calculated based on the
  practice as followed by the respective University/Institution. In the case of grades/CGPA,
  the conversion to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure as certified by
  the respective University/Institution. If any University/institution confirms that there is
  no scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be
  established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and
  multiplying the result with 100.

Overseas Candidate

• In order to be eligible to apply for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, a candidate must have
  at least a Bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks awarded by 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 the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. The equivalence of the foreign degree
  needs to be certified by the Association of Indian Universities. The percentage of marks obtained by the
  candidate for the bachelor’s degree would be calculated based on the practice followed by the
  university/institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree. In case the candidates are awarded
  grades/CGPA instead of marks, the conversion of grades/CGPA to percentage of marks would be based on the
  procedure certified by the university/ institution from where they have obtained the bachelor’s degree. In case
  the university/ institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence
  would be established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the
  result with 100
• Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who
  have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. If selected, such candidates will be
  allowed to join the program provisionally, only if he/she submits a certificate at the time of joining from the
  Principal/Registrar of his/her College/Institute stating that the candidate has completed all the requirements for
  obtaining the Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.

• An undergraduate/ bachelor's degree with a min aggregate of 50%( 45% for SC/ST/PWD quota).
• The undergraduate degree obtained by the candidate must comprise of a minimum of three years of education after the higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent.
• In case the candidate is awarded CGPA, the equivalent percentage would be based on the methodology provided by the institution/university from where the undergraduate degree was obtained.
• Candidates appearing in their final year of under graduation can also apply for the IIMs candidature, provided the Head of the Institution provides a certified document stating the concerned details.             

Candidates of the above criteria will not be eligible for admission if he/she does not submit a certificate latest by June 30, from the principal/head of the department/registrar/director of the institution/university (issued on or before June 30) stating that they have completed all of the required (the result can be awaited) for obtaining the undergraduate degree/equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the certificate.

Overseas candidate- 

• Undergraduate degree or higher (in any discipline) with a minimum of three years’ duration from a university recognized as equivalent by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent GPA.
• A valid Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) score, a minimum score of 600.