Ph.D. in Management 

at IIM Shillong, Shillong

The application fee for PhD at IIM Shillong is INR 3,000. The programme fee structure is mentioned below:

IIM Shillong accepts valid scores of GMAT, GRE, CAT, GATE or JRF (NET).

The below mentioned category candidates are exempted from appearing for entrance examinations but are required to produce two letter of references from their senior:

• PGP post graduate from IIMs or any other Institute or University featured in the list of Top 50 institutes ranked by NIRF with 6.5 CGPA and minimum 5 years of work experience after post-graduation.

Or

• Candidates with atleast 10 years of managerial work experience.

Candidates seeking admission in PhD Programme of IIM Shillong should have the below-mentioned eligibility:

• Post graduate degree with a minimum of 60% aggregate and a bachelor's degree with atleast 55% aggregate.

Or

• A five year integrated Master's Degree with atleast 55% marks in bachelor's and 60% marks in Master's.

Or

• Professional Qualification such as CA, ICWA, CS with a minimum of 55% aggregate in BCom.

IIM Shillong provides various programmes and specialisations to students. For obtaining IIM Shillong admission, candidates are required to appear for the prescribed entrance tests. Students can visit the official website of the IIM Shillong to learn more regarding the eligibility details for their preferred course choice. Accepted exams include the CAT exam.

IIM Shillong Executive MBA or PGP Ex Programme is a one year residential programme. The eligibility and selection criteria for the programme is mentioned below:

The final CAT cutoff for IIM Shillong admission ranges between 90 to 93 percentile.

The IIM Shillong qualifying CAT 2022 cut off was 90 percentile with a sectional cutoff of 75 percentile. Candidate who secure the required CAT percentile are invited for further rounds of selection, the WAT and GP-PI round. In 2023 admission process of all IIMs, WAT was not conducted.  

For final admission, the college assess the performance of the candidate in CAT & GD-PI round, and the profile of the candidate. 

The following weightage is given to the different components to make the final admission offer:

IIM Shillong admission 2024 is open. For admission to its flagship courses PGPM/ MBA, the institute accepts CAT scores. Aspiring candidates must qualify for the CAT scores before the admission process. IHM Shillong shortlists candidates based on CAT scores, work experience, academic performance, and several other factors. IIM Shillong admission to PGP Executive programmes is based on CAT, WE-MAT, GMAT, entrance exam scores, followed by the PI rounds.

NIRF ranked IIM Shillong Management courses in 2023 rankings. Below are the NIRF rankings:

As per the official website, the admission criteria of IIM Shillong varies from course to course.
Admission to IIM Shillong PGP is done through CAT/GMAT. Domestic candidates seeking admission to IIM Shillong must have a valid CAT score to get shortlisted for the GD-PI round.  IIM Shillong PGP Admission Process starts with the CAT Registration process. The final admission offers are made after conducting multiple selection rounds. Candidates seeking admission to IIM Shillong PGP will have to go through a multi-step admission process. For admission to IIM Shillong courses, other than PGP, candidates are required to appear for the relevant entrance exam accepted by IIM Shillong for that particular course.

Interanational candidates interested to get into IIM Shillong must have a GMAT score of not less than 640 to get shortlisted for the personal interview round.

The answer to this question of whether an average student can get into IIM can be both yes and no depending on the definition of an average student.

• Based on Academics (Class 10/ Class 12/ Graduation): While a student with average scores in Class 10, Class 12 and graduation with a good CAT score certainly has good chances of getting a call from IIM-A, chances are less for someone with an average CAT score.
• Based on student category (General or Reserved): While it is tough for a General category average student to grab a seat at IIM due to high score requirements, a reserved category student can get admission being at average scores as well.
• Based on past work experience, diversity and other factors: Gender and academic diversity is also a factor on which students are shortlisted at IIM. IIMs judge the past academic category based on the degree obtained by the students before MBA and then a weightage is allotted based on that. For Engineers, the percentage for scoring the highest marks is higher as compared with other streams
• Performance in selection rounds: Once you make it to the final selection rounds, i.e., AWT/PI process, it can be considered a fresh start. At this stage, students can forget their past average-ness but definitely require good grasp over the past subjects as academics-related questions are asked in the interview.

Based on the above factors, it can be considered that while getting into top Management institutes, such as IIM is extremely tough, the past performance, CAT performance, student category and a lot of factors can be the reasons for a student to receive that final call.