Compare IIFM Bhopal vs XIMB Bhubaneswar

Entrance Exams

Apply and appear for any if the entrance exam CAT 2025/ XAT 2026/MAT 2025/MAT (FEB) 2026/CMAT 2025 & 2026. IIFM will use CAT/XAT/MAT/CMAT score for short-listing the candidates. 

Apply to IIFM Online through www.iifm.ac.in/admission and remit the fee through Debit Card/Credit Card/Net Banking. • Application fee Rs. 1500/- for GEN/NC-OBC/DA/ EWS category and Rs. 1000/- for SC/ST. • Last date for receipt of application is 31st December 2025.

Personal Interviews

Based on the scores of qualifying exam, candidates will be called for Personal Interview which will be conducted offline mode in the following centres viz. 1) Ahmedabad  2) Bhopal  3) Delhi  4) Guwahati  5) Chennai  6) Bengaluru  7) Kolkata

Applicants are required to take any one of the Admission Tests:

a) XAT to be conducted by XLRI, Jamshedpur, January 04, 2026, OR

b) CAT to be conducted by IIMs on November 30, 2025, OR

c) GMAT conducted or to be conducted in 2024 or 2025, OR

d) XGMT (XIM General Management Test) to be conducted by XIM University on January 25, 2026.

Applicants opting for XAT/CAT/GMAT are required to follow the XAT/CAT/GMAT advertisements respectively and apply in time. Registering for XAT/CAT/GMAT is a prerequisite for applying to XIM University’s MBA-BM program, if not opting for XGMT.

A candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Differently Abled (DA) (it may also be referred to as Persons With Disability (PWD) categories), 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 Human Resource Development, 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. If selected, such candidates will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if he/she submits a certificate latest by June 30, 2025 from the Principal/Registrar of his/her College/Institute (issued on or before June 30, 2025) 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.