How Many Students Get Selected in IIM?

How Many Students Get Selected in IIM?

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IIMs are considered to be the most prestigious management institutes in the country. The number of students aiming for the IIMs every year is more than 2 lakh. However, the IIMs only select a handful of candidates i.e. approximately 5500. Among these 5500 IIM seats, a great extent of seats are reserved for the candidates who belong to the reserved categories. This makes the competition for IIM seats more fierce.

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  1. Total Candidates selected in IIM
  2. IIM Selection Criteria
  3. IIM Reservation Criteria
How Many Students Get Selected in IIM?
How Many Students Get Selected in IIM?

Total Candidates selected in IIM

The IIM acceptance rate for candidates is very low. From around 2 lakh candidates appearing for the CAT exam, only a few thousand are shortlisted for the PI round. The finally selected candidates are very few. The total number of candidates selected in each IIM varies as per the batch size of the respective IIM. The seat matrix for different IIMs is given in the table below.

Name of the IIM

Total candidates selected

Total General candidates

Total OBC candidates

Total SC candidates

Total ST candidates

IIM Ahmedabad

398

194

104

58

29

IIM Bangalore

412

193

103

57

29

IIM Calcutta

462

233

125

69

37

IIM Lucknow

436

211

113

63

32

IIM Indore

450

226

122

68

34

IIM Kozhikode

525

189

102

56

28

IIM Amritsar

240

60

33

18

9

IIM Nagpur

240

60

33

18

9

IIM Sambalpur

120

80

37

20

10

IIM Trichy

210

52

28

15

8

IIM Raipur

210

60

32

18

10

IIM Ranchi

210

60

32

18

10

IIM Vizag

120

27

37

20

10

IIM Udaipur

150

60

32

28

10

IIM Bodh Gaya

120

60

33

18

9

IIM Shillong

180

60

32

18

10

IIM Sirmaur

170

30

17

9

5

IIM Rohtak

240

60

32

18

10

IIM Mumbai

550

220

148

82

41

IIM Selection Criteria

The IIM Selection criteria for candidates aspiring to pursue any of the offered MBA/PGDM programs are listed below.

  • A candidate must have a Bachelor's degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of reserved categories).

  • Candidates must have a valid CAT scorecard.

  • The candidate should mandatorily qualify for the CAT cutoff specified by the respective IIM to send an application.

  • Candidates shortlisted for the PI round are evaluated based on their performance in the different tests. Apart from that, the overall profile of a candidate is also given significant weightage.

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IIM Reservation Criteria

IIMs have prescribed reservation criteria for different categories of candidates. The OBC category has a 27% reservation quota while the SC and ST categories have 7.5% and 15% respectively. 10% of seats are reserved for the EWS and PwD candidates. The distribution of seats in the IIMs is provided in the table below.

Category

Category-wise Distribution of IIM Seats

General

3500

OBC

809

SC and ST

538

PwD and EWS

550

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: How many seats are there in IIM?
A:

The seats across all the IIMs are approximately 5500. The seats are an individual IIM depending on the batch size issued for the particular academic session.

Q: How many get selected in IIM?
A:

From over 2 lakh CAT applicants, around 10,000 candidates get shortlisted for the PI rounds of an IIM. The final number of selected candidates in IIM is around 5500.

Q: What percentage of students get into IIM?
A:

Out of the total CAT-qualified candidates only 10-15% are shortlisted for the PI rounds. After the PI rounds are conducted along with other evaluation tests, only around 2% of the applicants receive the final admission letter from IIMs across the nation.

Q: What is the selection rate for IIM?
A:

The selection rate of all the IIMs combined comes to be less than 3% (approximately 2.17%). This is the selection rate for over 2 lakh candidates appearing for the CAT exam and the candidates finally making it to an IIM.

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