Yes there is a category wise reservation in CMI also . For admission to all the courses  of the Institute, a mechanism is followed in order to ensure reservation for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Physically Challenged (PC) categories (referred collectively as reserved categories

Hello Aryan,

The main subject asked in CMI's entrance exam for UG is Mathematics. It is a test of aptitude to do Mathematics. The questions asked is of 12 standard maths, topics involved in entrance exam of CMI includes algebra, trigonometry , geometry, calculus, complex numbers and roots of unity.

CMI conducts an entrance exam every year in the month of May for the admission in its various programmes.

Question paper is divided into two parts, namely Part A and Part B:

Part A consists of 10 Questions where a student is required to write only the answer and not

CMI does not disclose the particular cutoff for admission. However, when the exam is over, answer sheets of all the students are checked and then the top x students are selected for admission to its various programmes (UG, PG, etc.) [where x = no. of students to be selected (decided

Following are the cases in which a student get scholarship in CMI:

• If (s)he is admitted in CMI through an Olympiad  (Direct admission for Olympiad Qualifiers)
• If (s)he performs very well in the entrance exam (Such students are notified by email)
• If  (s)he is unable to pay the academic fee,

Following is a list of the courses which CMI offers:

Undergraduate Programs

(1). B.Sc Hons. in Mathematics and Computer Science

(2). B.Sc Hons. in Mathematics and Physics

Postgraduate Programs

(1). M.Sc in Mathematics

(2). M.Sc in Computer Science

(3). M.Sc in Data Science

(1). Ph.D in Mathematics

(2). Ph.D in

Since CMI is a national Institute and it invites applications from all over India for its Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs, it offers equal opportunities to all the students irrespective of their state and hence CMI does not have any state quota (offering equal opportunities to the students of all the

No, Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI) does not offer direct admission to the KVPY Scholars.

CMI offers admission in two ways:

(1). Direct admission to the olympiad qualifiers (INMO, IMO qualifiers)

(2). Students qualifying the CMI's entrance exam held in May each year

KVPY scholars has to qualify the entrance exam

CMI's Entrance exam question paper can be found at its website.

Still I am providing you with the direct links for UG2019 question paper and its solutions. Here it goes:

https://www.cmi.ac.in/admissions/sample-qp/ugmath2019.pdf

https://www.cmi.ac.in/admissions/sample-qp/ugmath2019-solutions.pdf

No, there is not any particular requirement in 12th board to get admission in CMI's Undergraduate Programs.

However one has to pass his/ her 12th Board Exams with sufficient marks and has to qualify its entrance exam (or ateast one of olympiads INMO, IMO, IPhO, etc.) to get admission.

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