MBA Entrance Exam

No, IIM Amritsar accepts only CAT score for admission in MBA programme. Candidates willing to take admission in MBA programme at IIM Amritsar must fulfil the following requirements:

• Candidate should have UG degree in any domain with a minimum of 50% aggregate (45% for reserved categories).
• Candidates should appear for CAT exam and must obtain a valid score to become eligible for further admission rounds.

The qualifying CAT cutoff of IIM Trichy is the minimum percentile that candidates must meet to be eligible for the Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) round while the final CAT cutoff is the percentile that candidates must obtain to participate in the WAT/GD-PI round. The former is released with the admission criteria of the institute before the CAT exam while the latter is released after the declaration of CAT result. Read more on IIM Trichy cutoff.

Post Graduate Diploma Course Business Administration requires a valid score of CAT/GMAT/GRE, but in case if the candidates don’t possess any of these scores, he/she can appear for the Institution Entrance Test known as Indian Institute of Management Test. The test is conducted by University online, so it can be taken from anywhere within the convenient of the candidate. A valid score from the IIMU test will be considered instead of CAT/GMAT/GRE score.

No, CAT is not mandatory for admission to PhD/FPM in IIM Lucknow. It is one of the accepted examinations. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow admit candidates to FPM course with a valid score of GATE/GRE/GMAT or JRF/SRF (UGC/CSIR/ICAR) exams. Further, apart from this, it is also necessary that each aspirant fulfil the course-specific eligibility requirements. Candidates shortlisted based on exam score are also required to go through an interview round.

No, it is not mandatory, as individuals meeting the institute's specified criteria are excused from taking the exam. Additionally, the subsequent candidates are also exempted from participating in the IBSAT exam:

CAT with a percentile of 60 and above
GMAT with a score of 500 and above
NMAT by GMAC with a score of 150 and above
XAT with a score of 60 and above

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.

Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad, conducts the MICAT exam in two phases. MICAT 2026 exam is expected to be held in the first week of December 2026, and in the last week of January 2027.

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.

No, MICA conducts a common exam for PGDM and PGDMC admissions. Candidates filling out the MICAT application form have to choose the priority of the course. Candidates have the choice to opt for the PGDM-C and/or PGDM programme. those who choose to opt for both the programme must mark the programme of their first preference as priority 1 and the other programme of second preference as priority 2. The allotment of seats will be made based on the number of seats, score of the candidate, GE-PI performance among other factors.

MICAT exam is conducted in two phases. Typically, the exam date for first exam phase lies in the first week of December. While the second phase of MICAT exam is held in the last week of January. The registration for both exam phases is done separately. Therefore, candidates are issued a separate admit card for both exam phases. Candidates completing the registration before the last date are issued the MICAT hall ticket online. The admit card download is hosted over the official exam website on distinct days.