National Insurance Academy Pune Admission 2026: Last Date, Fees, Application Process, Eligibility & Courses

The National Insurance Academy Pune has a different last admission date with respect to the course and session. Applicants are expected to visit the official site regularly in order to get the most correct dates. Applications usually close in mid of late May or June. An applicant should consider applying in time to prevent stress during the last minute.

National Insurance Academy admissions are open. Candidates can apply till Mar 15, 2026 for admission. Aspirants must apply before the deadline to avoid rejection. Admissions at National Insurance Academy are entrance-based. 

Yes, the National Insurance Academy Pune admission 2025 is now open to the students till the period left. The applications can be done online on official website before the final date of the application. Entrance based admission is provided on all the courses. The applicants have to meet the eligibility criteria and hand in necessary papers.

Here are the prerequisites for admission to PGDM at NIA:

- Any graduate with not less than 50 percent marks.

- General, EWS, OBC-NC candidates have upper age limit of 28 while SC/ST/DA candidates’ age is capped at 30 as on July 1st, 2026.

- To get admitted into PGDM Course in NIA Pune, a candidate should score at least 50% in graduation.

- Selection process includes entrance examination such as CAT/XAT/or CMAT followed by GD / PI / and WAT.

 

National Insurance Academy has specified upper age limit for PGDM. Candidates belonging to General, EWS, OBC-NC category must be 28 years old or below. The age limit for SC/ ST/ PwD candidates is 30 years as on July 1, 2026.

National Insurance Academy Pune does not give admission without an entry examination. The application in the course requires CAT or CMAT scores. The students are short-listed based on their performance during the exams. Application forms are not accepted without entrance scores.

National Insurance Academy Pune does not grant admission solely on the basis of Class 12 marks. The institute offers only postgraduate programs that require a graduation degree. Candidates must also qualify in entrance tests like CAT or CMAT. The eligibility criteria focus more on postgraduate entry than undergraduate marks.

Applicants applying for PGDM admission at the National Insurance Academy should have a valid rank/score in one of the recognised entrance exams, which include CAT, CMAT, and MAT. The cut-off varies from year to year. Applicants applying for PGDM admission to the institute through CMAT should target getting a rank higher than 95.

Candidates have to pay an application fees to apply for a course. The application fees at National Insurance Academy is INR 1,500. Aspirants have to pay the fees via any of the online payment modes. 

Your class 12th marks have very much importance after 4 years of engineering during job because while your job is considered, during your interview each and every qualification that you have taken is considered and good marks show your hard work, Talent and Dedication towards your study and your seriousness about your career.

National Insurance Academy provides a scholarship of INR 1 Lacs each to meritorious, girl students and eligible students. Those belonging to the EWS category can also apply.

CAT cutoffs are usually not announced with the CAT result. The CAT cutoffs are also not released to the public.

They are published after a few days of the result announcement when the IIMs and other colleges start their shortlisting process. The IIMs opens their shortlisting window based on the CAT cut-offs two to three days after the result announcement. The CAT percentile of candidates shortlisted for the Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD), and Personal Interview (PI) can be considered the cut-off for that IIM. For example, if a candidate with a CAT percentile of 99 belonging to the General category is selected for the WAT/GD-PI of IIM Calcutta, then the CAT cut-off for IIM Calcutta is 99 percentile. Only those candidates who make it to the WAT/GD-PI round of IIMs will get to know the cut-offs.