IIM Calcutta Course Admission 2024 - Fees, Date, Cutoff & Eligibility

IIM Calcutta Admission Criteria 2024: The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta has released the admission criteria for MBA admission 2024 on their official website - iimcal.ac.in. Just after the declaration of the CAT 2023 result, IIM Calcutta will commence its selection process by shortlisting the candidates for the Personal Interview round followed by a Writing Ability Test. IIM Calcutta admission criteria will consist of CAT 2023 score, academic performance, work experience, and gender disparity weightage.

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IIM Calcutta offers a two-year full-time MBA programme consisting of - a core curriculum (compulsory credit and noncredit courses), a summer internship (compulsory industry training), and elective courses (optional) which help the individual acquire business management skills and boost their career prospects.

IIM Calcutta Admission Criteria 2024- Eligibility criteria

According to the conducting authority of CAT 2023, the exam is scheduled for November 26 and results for the same are expected to be out in the second week of January 2024. Candidates are requested to note that merely appearing for the CAT exam does not guarantee their admission into IIM Calcutta, they need to fulfil certain conditions which are as follows-: 

• Candidates must acquire a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or Institution.

• Candidates belonging to the unreserved category need to score at least 50% or equivalent CGPA in their respective graduating field.

• Students from reserved castes such as ST/SC and Pwd are awarded a relaxation of 5%, they are required to score 45% or equivalent CGPA in their graduation to apply for MBA in IIM Calcutta.

• In case a candidate is awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the conversion of grades/ CGPA to a percentage of marks would be based on the procedure certified by the college/ institution/ university from where a bachelor’s degree has been obtained. In case the college/ institution/ university confirms that they do 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 by 100.

• For candidates who have completed an integrated master's or dual degree directly after their 12th/ HSC, the percentage of marks obtained as per the college/ institution/ university which is considered equivalent to the bachelor’s degree will be considered. In case the dual degree for UG and PG marks are not separated by the college/ institution/ university, the PG marks shall be considered as a UG mark for eligibility and used for deriving composite scores in any stage of the admission process.

• Candidates who will appear for their last semester examination or those who completed their graduation and awaiting results can also apply for an MBA in IIM Calcutta. If they get selected they have to submit a certificate by his/her Principal or Registrar of college stating that the student has completed all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification before June 30, 2024. After submitting the certificate, candidates will be allowed to join the programme provisionally.

• Candidates yet to complete the integrated masters or dual degree directly after the 12th/ HSC, the aggregate percentage of marks obtained in all the years/semesters till Aug 3, 2023, will be considered.

• Candidates who graduated in the years 2020 to 2023, for which the universities didn’t conduct the exam or provide CGPA but just awarded pass or pass marks are also eligible to apply. All they have to do is, need to submit a certificate from the Principal/ Registrar of his/her college/ university stating that they did not conduct the exams or did not award marks or CGPA but awarded only pass or pass marks or promotion in one or more years/semesters.

• Candidates who did not receive their graduating results at the time of registration are required to submit the certificates and mark sheet along with their photocopies to the university itself. If not submitted before December 31, 2024 could result in the cancellation of the admission.

• IIM Calcutta has various stages for shortlisting the candidates so mere fulfilment of minimum eligibility criteria does not guarantee admission to the institution.

IIM Calcutta Selection Criteria 2024

The selection process of IIM Calcutta is divided into 3 respective stages;

• Stage 1: Eligibility Based on CAT percentile

• Stage 2: Shortlisting for Personal Interview and Writing Test

• Stage 3: Final Selection Criteria

Stage 1 - Minimum CAT cutoffs to be considered for PI and WAT

In this stage, candidates will be shortlisted based on their CAT 2023 score. Officials of IIM Calcutta have set the minimum required score to get selected, only those candidates who achieve the score will be allowed to appear for stage 2. The table below illustrates the overall and section-wise percentile required to clear the first stage of the IIM admission process.

NOTE: The actual percentile may vary and can be much higher than the percentages mentioned above depending upon the number of candidates being called for personal interviews in each category.

Stage 2 - Shortlisting for Personal Interview and Written Ability Test

In stage 2 of the IIM admission process, shortlisted candidates from stage 1 are selected for the Personal Interview round followed by the Written Ability Test. The shortlisting will be based on the combined score derived from various parameters and their corresponding weights including CAT 2023 score, percentage in class 10th and 12th and gender diversity factor. Here’s the table explaining the importance of each factor in the admission process.

Points given based on marks scored in class 10th and 12th are as follows-: 

NOTE: IIM Calcutta will consider marks of every subject mentioned in the mark sheet irrespective of whether the board considers them for calculation or not.

After calculating the scores from various parameters, the cutoff will be released to seek the most eligible candidate for IIM’s MBA program.

Stage 3 - Criteria for Final Selection for the MBA Programme

In the last stage, the candidates who were shortlisted for the Interview round and Written test will be assessed again with other parameters such as work experience, academic background etc. This is done so that the most appropriate and eligible candidate should be selected and be part of India’s most renowned university.