MICAT 2026 Exam Dates (OUT): Check Registration, Admit Card, Exam & Result Dates

Candidates aspiring for MICAT exam have to fill and submit the registration form before a specified deadline. MICAT registration deadline for both exam phases will vary. MICAT exam registration for first exam phase ends in the third week of November. Whereas, MICAT registration for the second exam phase concludes in the third week of January.

MICAT 2026 registration for first exam phase will conclude on November 20. While the MICAT registration for second exam phase will conclude on January 29.

Exact dates to apply for MICAT exam changes across admission sessions. The exam date and application schedule is published over the official website with the exam details. Candidates must keep track of the MICAT exam dates and registration schedule to avoid missing any deadlines.

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, conducts MICAT twice in one admission cycle. Candidates can appear for both or either of the exam phases. MICA, Ahmedabad will consider best of two scores during the selection process. However, the MICAT scores are valid for one admission cycle only. Candidates who wish to get admission in PGDM batch 2026-28 must apply for MICAT 2026. The registration process starts on the official website.

MICA conducts the MICAT exam in two phases. The first phase of the MICAT exam is conducted in the first week of December. The MICAT Phase 2 exam is conducted in the first week of February.

Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad, conducts the MICAT exam in two phases. Candidates can apply for both the phases of the MICAT exam. Candidates are also allowed to apply for either of the exam phases. MICA shortlists candidates based on the best of two scores in the MICAT exam phases.  Candidates who do not take both the phases are shortlisted based on their MICAT score.

Candidates who did not apply for the first ohase of MICAT can also apply for MICAT-2. The registration process for both MICAT I and MICAT II remains the same. However, candidates who filled the form for MICAT I get a few details filled automatically while applying for MICAT II.

Yes. Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, commenced MICAT registration in September. Candidates aspiring for MICA PGP admission were able to apply for MICAT-I exam until November 20. MICAT II registration will close on January 29.

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad starts the MICAT Phase 1 registration in the month of September. The registration for the first phase concludes in the third week of November. For the second phase, registration concludes in the last week of January.

No, MICAT exam is conducted on a predefined date by the Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad. Candidates do not get the facility to choose an exam date. However, candidates may choose to appear for any one of the exam phases for MICAT depending upon the MICAT schedule.

MICAT-1 and MICAT-2 will be conducted in the first week of December and the second week of february respectively. Candidates aspiring for second phase MICAT exam have to fill the registration form for the same.

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, conducts MICAT in two phases. Admit card for both phases of the MICAT exam is released separately on the official website. Typically, MICAT admit card is released three to four days before the exam date. Based on the MICAT timeline and event schedule, MICA will release the MICAT (I) admit card on November 29, for the exam to be held on December 2. MICAT (II) admit card is scheduled to release on January 24, for the exam that is to be conducted on January 27.

For updates on MICAT admit card dates, download process, etc, check MICAT Admit Card

Candidates can download MICAT admit card until the exam date. MICAT hall ticket is required on the exam day.

Candidates can find the MICAT exam dates mentioned on the official exam website. Additionally, the MICAT dates are mentioned on the hall ticket. 

Typically, Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, releases the MICAT exam dates and event schedule in the month of September. As per the event schedule trends, candidates are allowed to apply for the exam with the release of the exam details and event schedule. The official website of MICAT will host all details regarding the exam dates, and event schedule for registration, hall ticket download, result declaration, etc.

The schedule for all the events, including the MICAT exam dates is published with an update on the website.

The total duration of the MICAT exam is 2 hours and 15 minutes (135 minutes). Candidates will find the time slot assigned to them on their MICAT admit cards.

Since the MICAT exam is conducted in two phases, MICAT scores for both exam phases are released separately. Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, compiles the MICAT results as menntioned below:

• MICAT scores: This refers to the score of the candidate in the MICAT exam. MICAT scores are released depicting the performance of the candidate in MICAT exam.
• MICAT shortlists: This refers to list of candidates who are selected for the GE-PI rounds under the selection process. MICAT shortlists are prepared after providing a weightage of 50 per cent each to MICAT scores and scores of the candidates in CAT/XAT/GMAT.
• MICAT final merit list: This refers to the list of candidates selected for PGDM/PGDM-C admissions. Candidates get their names in the MICAT merit list based on the selection criteria which invbolves a specified weightage for MICAT scores, CAT/XAT/GMAT scores, and GE-PI scores.

All three types of performance indicators mentioned above, including the MICAT scores, MICAT schortlists and MICAT final merit list are released separately on the official website.

MICA releases the MICAT results for phase I and phase II exams separately. Candidates can find the MICAT result dates on the official website. As per the MICAT dates released on the official website, candidates are able to check the MICAT results within 30 - 40 days of the exam date. Candidates can also check the MICAT result declaration dates from the official website. Additionally, candidates can find the MICAT result dates mentioned on shiksha's MICAT results article.

MICA will release the final results soon after the completion of the Group Exercise and Personal Interview rounds. The MICAT final results are tentatively scheduled to be declared in the month of April.

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad conducts the MICAT exam as a computer based test from centres. Candidates need to appear at the allotted test centre to take the computer based MICAT exam. At the MICAT exam centre, each candidate is allotted a computer system. Candidates have to log in with the credentials to take the exam. Once the candidate logs in to the computer system, the responses will be recorded against a test taker ID. Further, this test taker ID will be helpful in evaluating MICAT scores.

The duration of the MICAT exam may change from year to year. MICA, Ahmedabad, does not specify all the details of the MICAT exam pattern. However, based on the previous year's trends MICAT exam will have to be completed within a time frame of 135 minutes. These 135 minutes are divided across three sections, that is Psychometric Test, Descriptive Test, and Aptitude Test. Additionally, candidates need to take the section in the prescribed order only. However, the choice of navigation is provided within the Section-C whiel answering questions in the sub-sections.

Section C of MICAT is the Aptitude Test. This section has four sub sections with around 70 questions. The Aptitude Test section of the MICAT exam had negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect response.

Psychometric test of MICAT exam helps in screening candidates for the programmes offered by Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad. MICAT's Psychometric Test helps assess candidate's behavioural and psychological attributes to find whether an individual is right fit for the course or not.

Psychometric Test in MICAT involves 150 questions. These questions are objective type questions or onw word answer questions with two or more options. Candidates may find True/False type questions. MICA typically analyses the following attributes of a candidatre using the Psychometric Test:

• Science v/s Art
• Openness to Creativity
• New Ideas
• Deductive & Inductive Logic
• Decision Making

The Psychometric Test is a preliminary test to assesses a candidate's behavioral and psychological traits before their aptitude is assessed in the MICAT exam. The goal of this section is to determine whether a candidate is good fit for the programme offered by the institute. The questions in this section may have two options among true or false. Alternatively, candidates may find questions that have four options. Answers marked by a candidate in each question will help analyse candidate's readibility to pursue the course from MICA.

The psychometric section of MICAT is not a pass/fail test. However, candidates who do not perform well in this section will not be evaluated for further sections of the MICAT exam.

MICAT selection criteria requires applicants to have a valid score in CAT/XAT/GMAT. Score in the national level exam has a weightage of 20 per cent while preparation of merit list. Additionally, the MBA exam score helps shortlisting candidate for the GE-PI. Candidates have to meet the CAT/XAT/GMAT cutoff scores to be assessed for their performance in Section-B. Candidates whpo do not meet the cutoff score are not evaluated for Section B as well as Section C. Therefore, appearing for the national level MBA entrance exam is mandatory to participate in the MICA PGDM admission process. 

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, does not release MICAT syllabus. However, names of the section are released to help candidates prepare for the test. Candidates can prepare for the MICAT exam based on the general syllabus prescribed for each section of the exam. Psychometric test does not have a syllabus as it does not have any right or wrong answers; the section helps assessing a candidate's behaviour and approach towards the PG degree on offer. To prepare for the Aptitude section of the MICAT exam, candidates can refer to the books prescribed for any other MBA entrance exam.

MICAT exam has a total of three sections. Out of these three sections, third section includes four sub sections to test candidate's aptitude. The overview of the sections in the MICAT exam is mentioned below:

1. Psychometric Test
2. Descriptive Test
3. Aptitude Test
   1. Divergent-Convergent Reasoning
   2. Verbal Ability
   3. Quantitative Ability
   4. General Awareness

MICA does not release detailed syllabus for MICAT exam. However, the topics under the Aptitude exam syllabus are similar to that of any other competitive exam conducted for PG admission.

The MICAT exam is conducted in two different months for its two phases. The first phase is usually held in the month of December, while the second phase is conducted in February.

MICA GE-PI shortlist declaration is released with the declaration of MICAT 2 scorecard. Candidates whose names appear in the shortlist must participate in the GE and PI rounds for final admission.