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• Minimum 50% aggregate in Bachelor’s Degree*Candidates who will complete all requirements for the degree by June 2026 may also apply. Candidates in the last year of degree should have obtained minimum 50% aggregate (45% for SC/ST category) in the latest examination.
• Must have taken/ appeared for any one of the following:
  • XAT 2026
  • CAT 2025 

  • GMAT taken between 01 January 2024 to 15 January 2026 (GMAT or 10th Edition. Details here: https://mba.com/gmatfocus ). Ask GMAC to send the score by 31 January 2026. The GMAT code for GIM is 6VN-62-51.

The admission process of IIM-Sambalpur consists of:

• CAT Examination
• Shortlisting candidates for Personal Appearance (PA) process.
• Conducting the PA process composed of Written Analysis (WA) and Personal Interview
  (PI)
• Preparing the Final Selection List (FSL) based on CAT score, PA score, and profile score
  including Work Experience (WE) score as assessed during the PA process, a score for Past
  Academic Performance (PAP) and any other criterion included.

Applications for Admission to full time PGDM programmes are invited from graduates. Shortlisted candidates are invited for a further evaluation.

• Minimum 50% aggregate in Bachelor’s Degree*Candidates who will complete all requirements for the degree by June 2025 may also apply. Candidates in the last year of degree should have obtained minimum 50% aggregate (45% for SC/ST category) in the latest examination.

• The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to 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 the 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 programme 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 the issue of the certificate.
• SC/ST/PWD candidates should have a minimum of 45%. For General and NC-OBC candidates, the minimum is 50%.