Compare Army Institute of Management, Kolkata vs IIM Udaipur (IIMU)

The admission to AIMK through the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management. CAT is the first step in the process for seeking admission to AIMK. Based on the performance in CAT, candidates will be called for Group Discussion & Personal Interview (GD/PI) to be conducted by AIMK at Kolkata. Final merit list is drawn up based on the candidate's performance in CAT & GD/PI.

The admission process is completed in the following steps:

• Interested candidates fill in the online application form.
• Applicants are shortlisted based on the eligibility criteria and called for the second round, where they are screened through a personal interview.
• Successful candidates will be intimated by the Admissions office.

Reservation Policyz

The Institute will follow the Government of India's reservation policy for EWS, NC-OBC, SC, ST and PwD.

Original Score Card submission

After receiving the offer of admission from the Institute, the candidates will mandatorily need to share their official GMAT (10th Edition)/GMAT (Focus Edition)/GRE scorecards through mba.com or Educational Testing Service (ETS), as applicable. Please note the following:

Notes

• Some candidates may be placed on a waitlist in each cycle of admission.
• By March 15, 2025, a firm decision will be communicated to all such waitlisted candidates.
• The last date of granting admission is March 15, 2025 for the Academic Year 2025-2026 and no admission will be offered to any candidate after this date.

Only students who have appeared in CAT can apply for our MBA Programme. Minimum qualification for admission to MBA programme is Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with 50% marks, recognized by the Association of Indian Universities. If the Bachelor’s degree is done through distance mode then the affiliated institute & the university must be within the same state.

Such candidate should produce Bonafide Certificate & Fee Receipt at the time of registration at AIMK. Candidates, who would be completing all requirements for bachelor’s degree by 30 June, can also apply.

Such candidates, if selected, will be admitted provisionally and will be required to produce evidence to establish their eligibility by 31 August. Those, failing to comply with the above criteria, will have to withdraw from the programme.

AIMK Eligibility Criteria

Candidates, who appeared in CAT would be called for Group Discussion & Personal Interview (GD & PI ). Two separate (one for Army and another for General) merit lists of the students will be prepared for GD & PI. The same is to be sent to the Chairman for approval. After approval, students of the merit list will be intimated individually.

Eligibility for Army Categories

The admission to the AWES Professional Colleges is for the children of eligible serving Army personnel, eligible ex-Army personnel and war widows of the Army. The children of following categories of Army personnel are eligible and they are required to submit the relevant certificate as given against the category applicable to them as proof of their eligibility for admission to AWES Professional Colleges along with the Application Form :-

The applicants must follow into one of the following categories:-

(a) Children of Serving Army Personnel, Retired/Released/Discharged/Killed in action/Died During Service/Disabled in Action/Medically Boarded out with Pension (Submit Certificate No 1):-

(i) Children of serving Army personnel with minimum 10 years continuous service in the Army

(ii) Children of ex Army personnel   granted/ awarded   regular   pension, liberalized family pension, family pension or disability pension at the time of their superannuation, demise, discharge, release medical board/ invalided medical board.  This includes wards of recruits medically boarded out and granted disability pension.

(iii) Children of ex Army personnel who have taken discharge or released after ten years of service.

(b) Adopted/Step Children and Children of Remarried Widows (Submit Certificate No 2):-

(i) Adopted Children of Army personnel if adopted at least five years prior to seeking admission.

(ii) Step Children are eligible provided they are born from a wedding where at least one parent belonged to the Army who is otherwise eligible

(c) Eligibility Criteria in Special Cases (Submit Certificate No 3):-

(i) Eligibility Criteria for Children of Ex Army Medical Corps Officers/Army Dental Corps Officers Presently Serving with Indian Navy or Indian Air Force (IN/IAF). Children of only those ex-Army Medical officers/Army Dental Corps officers presently serving with Indian Navy/Indian Air Force who have served with the Army for at least 10 years.

(ii) Eligibility Criteria for Children of APS/MNS/TA Personnel:-

(aa) Children of APS personnel classified as ex-servicemen as per Government of India, Ministry of  Defence letter No 9 (52)/88/D(Res) dated 19 Jul 89.

(ab) Children of those APS personnel who are on deputation and who have put in 10 years of service in the Army.

(ac) Children of APS personnel, who are directly recruited into APS who have completed 10 years of service and of those who as per their terms and conditions of service, retired from APS without reversion to P&T Department after completing their minimum pensionable service of which 10 years was in the Army.

(ad) Children of only those members of MNS who have 10 years service as regular members of MNS or are in receipt of pension from the Army

(ae) Children of only those TA personnel who have completed 10 years of embodied service.

• Candidates with a minimum of 10+2 years of school education and a bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification in any discipline with at least 50% marks or equivalent Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). Applicants from SC, ST and PwD categories should have a minimum of 45% or equivalent CGPA.
• A minimum three years of bachelor’s level education after completing higher secondary schooling.
• Valid GMAT Exam (10th Edition)/ GMAT Exam (Focus Edition) (Online or Centre based) score, or GRE score (at Centre or at Home), not older than 5 years from the date of the exam, or CAT score of tests taken in 2025 or later.
• Full-time work experience (after graduation) of minimum 36 months as of February 28, 2025.