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    IIM Indore Admission Criteria 2025-27 (Released): CAT 2024 Cutoff, Selection Process, Dates, Fees
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    IIM Indore Admission Criteria 2025-27 (Released): CAT 2024 Cutoff, Selection Process, Dates, Fees

    Himanshu ShekharUpdated on 14 Aug 2025, 04:57 PM IST

    IIM Indore Admission Criteria 2025-27: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore has released the PGP admission criteria 2025-27 on its official website. According to the IIM Indore admission criteria 2025, candidates who fulfill the CAT 2024 sectional and overall cutoff percentile are eligible to participate in the PI round. The candidates will be shortlisted based on their performance in CAT exam, PI score, Diversity, Marks in Class 10 and 12. Read this article to know further about the IIM Indore selection criteria 2025.

    This Story also Contains

    1. IIM Indore Admission Criteria 2025: Overview
    2. IIM Indore Admission Dates 2025
    3. Eligibility criteria for CAT 2024
    4. IIM Indore Admission 2025: Selection Process
    5. IIM Indore Admission 2025: Reservation of Seats
    6. IIM Indore Admission 2025: Merit List
    7. IIM Indore Admission Fees 2025
    8. CAT Result 2024
    IIM Indore Admission Criteria 2025-27 (Released): CAT 2024 Cutoff, Selection Process, Dates, Fees
    IIM Indore Admission Criteria 2025

    IIM Indore Admission Criteria 2025: Overview

    In order to participate in the admission process of IIM Indore, one will have to fulfill the eligibility criteria as laid for the CAT 2024. As per the eligibility criteria, candidates will be shortlisted for PI round based on their CAT 2024 score and academic performances such as marks in 10th, 12th, and diversity score. Read the full article by Careers360 to know more about IIM Indore admission criteria 2025 such as important dates, IIM Indore admission eligibility criteria, detailed selection process, IIM Indore 2025 admission process, CAT 2024 cutoff, fees, and so forth.

    Particulars

    Details

    Institution name

    Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore

    Institution type

    Central (Public)

    Application mode

    Online

    Total number of seats

    • For PGP - 476
    • For PGP-HRM - 25

    Also Check - CAT Cutoff 2021

    IIM Indore Admission Dates 2025

    Before filling the application form of IIM Indore, one should check the complete schedule of IIM Indore admission criteria which includes the start and end date of filling IIM Indore admission form. As per last year's trend, the batch size of the PGP programme will be 476 and for PGP-HRM the batch size will be 25. After the conclusion of the IIM Indore admission form window, authorities will release the schedule for the selection rounds of IIM Indore admission criteria 2025.

    Schedule of IIM Indore Admission 2025

    IIM Indore Admission Events

    IIM Indore Admission Dates

    Last date for filling CAP 2025 application form

    January 2025

    Allocation of Personal Interview (PI) date & timing

    Second week of February 2025

    Personal Interviews week 1

    February 2025

    Personal Interviews week 2

    February 2025

    Personal Interviews week 3

    February 2025

    Eligibility criteria for CAT 2024

    Candidates must have a bachelor's degree with at least 50% marks on its equivalent CGPA (45% marks in total aggregate in case candidates belongs to Scheduled Tribe (ST) Scheduled Caste (SC) and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) category)

    IIM Indore Admission 2025: Selection Process

    IIM Indore 2025 admission criteria comprise three stages.

    • Stage 1: Eligibility Criteria
    • Stage 2: Shortlist of candidates for Personal Interview (PI)
    • Stage 3: Final Selection.
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    Check the detailed selection process of IIM Indore admission criteria 2025.

    Stage 1: IIM Indore Admission 2025: Eligibility Criteria

    Those who apply for a two-year PGP programme at IIM Indore must satisfy the prescribed eligibility criteria by IIM Indore. Apart from that, one should also satisfy the minimum sectional percentile and overall percentile in CAT 2024. Only those candidates meeting the criteria will be called for Stage 2 of the IIM Indore selection process.

    CAT 2024 Sectional and Overall Percentile Cutoff

    Category

    Quantitative Ability (QA)

    Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)

    Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

    Overall

    General

    80

    80

    80

    90

    EWS

    80

    80

    80

    90

    NC-OBC

    70

    70

    70

    80

    SC

    55

    55

    55

    60

    ST

    40

    40

    40

    45

    PwD

    40

    40

    40

    45

    Stage 2: IIM Indore Admission Criteria 2025: Shortlisting for Personal Interview (PI)

    Only those candidates satisfying the requirements mentioned in Stage I will be considered for this stage of shortlisting for Personal Interview (PI). Sufficient number of candidates for PI for each category (General, EWS, NC-OBC, SC, ST and PwD) will be shortlisted using the merit list generated based on Composite Score (CS) as mentioned in Table 2.

    IIM Admission Criteria 2025: Computation of Composite Score (CS)

    Components

    Score

    10th standard/ SSC score

    39* [Zcandidate-Zmin/Zmax-Zmin]

    12th standard/ HSC score

    20* [Zcandidate-Zmin/Zmax-Zmin]

    CAT 2024 sectional score

    • VARC: 10* [Candidate’s score in VARC/Highest score in VARC]
    • DILR: 10* [Candidate’s score in DILR/Highest score in DILR]
    • QA: 15* [Candidate’s score in QA/Highest score in QA]

    Gender diversity factor (DF)

    6

    Composite score

    =Sum of the above score (Max 100)

    *Z candidates, Z min and Z max tends for 10th/ SSC score and 12th/ HSC score are computed using normalization process

    Those who will get shortlisted for PI round will be intimated after the completion of stage 1. IIM Indore will conduct admission interviews in Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Indore, and Mumbai. IIM Indore reserves all the right to change the interview centres at any time.

    Shortlisted candidates will have to appear for Personal Interview (PI) round. If a candidate fails to attend any round, then in such case, they will not be considered for stage 3. IIM Indore will also expect a consistent and minimum performance in the various parameters of Personal Interview (PI), which will be decided by the admission committee.

    Those who will not meet the minimum performance in any PI parameter will not be considered for the next stage of the selection process.

    Stage 3: IIM Indore Admission 2025: Final Selection

    Those who will satisfy the Stage 2 requirements will only be considered for the final selection round of IIM Indore. Category wise IIM Indore merit list will be generated on the basis of the Final Composite score after that provisional admission offers will be made accordingly by the authorities adhering to the reservation norms.

    IIM Indore Admission 2025: Calculating Final Composite Score (FCS)

    Components

    Score

    10th/ SSC

    5* [Zcandidate-Zmin/Zmax-Zmin]

    12th/ HSC

    5* [Zcandidate-Zmin/Zmax-Zmin]

    CAT 2024 sectional score

    • VARC: 20* [Candidate’s score in VARC/Highest score in VARC]
    • DILR: 20* [Candidate’s score in DILR/Highest score in DILR]
    • QA: 10* [Candidate’s score in QA/Highest score in QA]

    PI score

    45* [Zcandidate-Zmin/Zmax-Zmin]

    Gender diversity5

    Final composite score

    Sum of above scores (Max 100)

    IIM Indore Admission 2025: Reservation of Seats

    As per the Government of India (GOI) requirements, a total of 27% of seats are reserved for Other Backward Class (OBC) those who belongs to the “Non-Creamy” layer (NC-OBC), and a total of 15% for those who belongs to Scheduled Caste (SC), and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates, up to 10% for those who belongs to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and 5% persons for Persons with Disabilities.

    As per the Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act 2016), “person with benchmark disability” means a person with not less than 40% of a specified disability where the specified disability has not been derived in measurable terms and it also includes the disabilities which have been defined in measurable terms, as certified by the authorities. “Specified Disability” tends for the disabilities as specified in the schedule of RPwD Act 2016.

    The categories of disability are:

    • Blindness and low division
    • Locomotor disability includes leprosy cured, cerebral palsy, acid attack victim, dwarfism, and muscular dystrophy
    • Deaf and hard of hearing
    • Intellectual disability, Autism, mental illness, and specific learning disability
    • Multiple disabilities from amongst person under clauses (1) to (4)
    • Other “Specified disabilities” mentioned in “The Schedule” of RPwD Act 2016

    IIM Indore Admission 2025: Merit List

    After the conclusion of the final selection rounds, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore will release the final merit list which will consist of all the names of shortlisted candidates. When a candidate finds their name on the merit list will have to accept the offer by paying an amount of acceptance fee. For this check the details fee structure of the IIM Indore PGP programme 2025-27.

    IIM Indore Admission Fees 2025

    Candidates will have to pay an amount of acceptance fee after accepting the admission offer and the same will be adjusted against in the first installment. Candidates can make their fee payment in one go or in the three term-wise installments which have to be paid 7 days prior to their registration. Late payment of fees also will be allowed for a late fine.

    IIM Indore course fee will include access to lectures, library, computing facilities, etc. It will also include lodging facilities. IIM Indore course fee does not include the cost of textbooks. As per the past year's trend, the approximate cost of textbooks will be Rs 15,000/- per annum, which a candidate has to spend from their own pocket. Check the detailed fee structure of the IIM Indore PGP programme 2025.

    IIM Indore PGP Fees 2025: Detailed Fee Structure (In Rs)

    HeadPGP-I/IPM-lV

    Installments

    PGP-II/IPM-V

    Installments

    Academic Year2024-251/112/123/132025-264/135/14 6/15
    Course Fee10,00,0003,35,0003,35,0003,30,00010,00,0003,35,0003,35,0003,30,000
    Alumni Fee
    GST @ 18%
    11,80011,800
    Medical lnsurance Premium679679679679
    Refundable Caution Deposit **50,00050,000
    Mess Deposit ***54,00018,00018,00018,000
    Grand Total11,04,6794,03,6793,53,000 3,48,00010,12,4793,35,679 3,35,0003,41,800
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    CAT Result 2024

    IIM Calcutta will announce the CAT 2024 result in the third week of December 2024. Candidates who appeared in the IIM entrance exam can check the CAT 2024 result at the official website by using their login credentials such as CAT and password. The scorecard of the CAT 2024 scorecard contains section-wise and overall percentile. Based on the CAT score, candidates will be shortlisted for Personal Interview (PI) round. The candidates can check the shortlist which is available now at the website of IIM Indore.

    IIM Indore contact details

    The Admission Office,
    Indian Institute of Management, Indore,
    Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pitampura Road,
    Indore - 453556 (M.P), India

    Phone- 0731-2439685/ 686
    Email- pgpadmission@iimidr.ac.in

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: What is the CAT score required for IIM Indore?
    A:

    To be eligible for admission to IIM Indore, all candidates will need a CAT score of 90 percentile or even higher. Candidates must note that the overall CAT cutoff for IIM Indore is typically around 90 percentile for the General and EWS categories. 

    Q: How much is the fees for PGP at IIM Indore?
    A:

    The admission fee for the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) at IIM Indore is around Rs 21,17,158.

    Q: IIM Indore is a government institute?
    A:

    IIM Indore is an autonomous institute for management education and research in India.

    Q: Is it compulsory to avail hostel facility at IIM Indore?
    A:

    Yes, it is compulsory for candidates to avail hostel facility offered by IIM Indore and candidates will have to stay there.

    Q: Is it possible for a candidate to take admission at IIM Indore after 12th?
    A:

    Yes, a candidate can take admission at IIM Indore directly after class 12th. IIM Indore offers a five year integrated programme which is also known as IPMAT.

    Q: Is Maths compulsory subjects to take admission to the IPM course of IIM Indore?
    A:

    No, it is not mandatory to have maths in past academics to pursue IPM at IIM Indore.

    Q: Is there any scholarship offered by IIM Indore?
    A:

    Yes, IIM Indore offers scholarship which is known as Need Based Financial Assistance (NBFA) to those who pursue PGP, PGPHRM and IPM.

    Q: How is the infrastructure at IIM Indore?
    A:

    IIM Indore has 193 acres of campus. The institute is inbuilt with latest teaching aids, a strong IT backbone, rich learning resources and hostel with contemporary infrastructure.

    Q: What is the official email ID of IIM Indore for admission enquiries?
    A:

    Candidates can send their query on pgpadmission@iimidr.ac.in

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    IPMAT ( Integrated Program in Management Aptitude Test) is an entrance exam conducted by IIM Indore for the admission in its five years course Integrated Program in Management Program (IPM).

    One can directly appear for this exam just after completion of your 12th standard in any stream, you

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    No specific number of attempts is allowed for IIM Indore admission, either for the MBA (PGP) through CAT or Integrated Program in Management (IPM) via IPMAT. That being said, you need to fulfill each program's age and eligibility requirements:

    For MBA (PGP) through CAT:

    No limit on the

    IIM Indore 2025 Cutoff

    For IPMAT (5-Year Program):

    General category: 270–275 out of 360

    Section-wise:

    Verbal: 120+

    Quant (MCQ): 35+

    Quant (SA): 20+


    For CAT (MBA):

    General category: 97–99 percentile overall

    Sectional: 80 percentile in each section

    Cutoffs may vary based on exam difficulty and competition.

    Yes, it is totally possible with focused and proper preparation during the last 2 months. Totally drink the entire IPMAT syllabus that includes topics such as Quantitative Ability, Verbal Ability, and GA. Know the number of questions, total time, marking scheme, etc. Give more importance to the strong points and

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