Faculty Development Programme in General Management 

at IIM Ahmedabad, Vastrapur

IIM Ahmedabad admissions is based on entrance. Therefore, candidates must qualify the eligibility criteria and secure valid scores in CAT entrance exams. Moreoever, candidates ae required to apply for admission through the official website of IIMA. The percentile of CAT for IIM Ahmedabad reached up to 99.6 in the past years which shows how rigorous it is for a student to get admission to this Institute. Candidates are shortlisted for these programmes based on course-specific entrance exams, followed by shortlisting processes which generally comprise a Personal Interview (PI) round.

To conclude, seeking admission to IIM Ahmedabad is challenging but not difficult. 

IIM Ahmedabad's selection criteria is entrance-based for the offered courses. Students need to meet both the basic eligibility and clear the selection rounds as well. Check out the table below to know about the selection criteria for IIM Ahmedabad:

The batch placement record for IIM Ahmedabad are given below:

All the courses offered by IIM Ahmedabad are career-oriented. However, every program offered at IIMA has different objective. The PGP program of IIM Ahmedabad is the flagship program, which purely suits students who want to build their career in Core Management. Further, the PGP FABM program will suit students who want to build their career in the field of Agriculture. The PGPX program is meant for students with work experience.

The key highlights of IIM Ahmedabad placements over the past three years for PGP, PGP FABM and PGPX programs are presented below:

The course-wise the highest package offered over the past three years during IIM Ahmedabad placements is presented below:

Note: The mean package is considered as the average package in the above-mentioned table. Further, the Maximum Earning Potential is considered for the salary packages shown above.

IIMs do not release the final CAT cutoff publicly and is only accessible through account login to those candidates who appear in the CAT exam. However, candidates can refer to the table below to view the estimated final CAT cutoff percentiles for top IIMs, including IIM Ahmedabad. The below cutoff percentiles are for the General AI category students. 

The course-wise average package offered over the past three years is presented below:

To be eligible for IIM Ahmedabad MBA admissions, a candidate needs to pass a bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification from a UGC-recognised university after at least 12 years of school education with a minimum of 50% aggregate or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of SC/ ST/ PwD candidates). Candidates, appearing for the final year of their bachelor's degree with final year results awaiting, can also apply. However, such candidates, if selected, will be granted provisional admission, only if a candidate submits a pre-final certificate signed by competent authorities of the previous institute/ university, the latest by June 30 of the year of admission.