IIM Ranchi Admission Criteria 2025-27 (Released): Selection, Eligibility, Process, CAT Cutoff, PI Dates

IIM Ranchi Admission Criteria 2025 - Important Dates

To secure admission to IIM Ranchi, candidates must stay updated with the IIM CAP admission dates.

IIM CAP 2025- Important dates

IIM Ranchi admission 2025- CAP registration

Read all the details pertaining to CAP registration before filling out online mode. Candidates will not be able to modify their CAP registration form after final submission. Prior to filling the CAP 2025 registration form, keep the following documents ready.

• Scanned copy of passport size photograph (less than 100 KB)
• Scanned copy of signature (less than 100 KB)
• Photo ID care document
• CAT 2024 scorecard
• 10th & 12th mark sheet with pass certificate
• Graduation related documents
  • Graduation mark sheet of all years/ semesters
  • Degree certificate required for those who have completed their graduation before 2023
  • Provisional degree certificate for those candidates who have completed their bachelor's in 2024 but not received their degree certificate
  • Those candidates who are pursuing their final year of graduation, then in such case they need to upload the certificate as per CAT 2024 format, which can be obtained from the competent authority by the following CAT website
  • Marksheet and certificate of any other degree professional qualification/ master's as mentioned in the CAT form
• Experience related certificate
  • Authorities will consider training and apprenticeship as an experience
  • Experience certificate of all past companies will be considered. The certificate must be on the company letterhead, with the company seal, and signed by the competent authority
  • A service certificate is required from the company's letterhead competent authority with a seal and signature for those who are presently working. Otherwise, provide the offer letter/ joining letter with a first-month payslip and payslip of the latest two months
  • If a candidates is proprietor or partner of such firm, then they have to provide the document proof such as income tax for the relevant periods and certificate of registration for doing a business from the municipal corporation or MSME certificate issued by the Government of India, Udyog Aadhar Registration Certificate, Partnership deed of the firm duly signed by all the partners and GST registration certificate
  • In case, if a candidate has worked or working in the unorganized sector, then candidates has to provide the cash voucher along with the bank statement as a proof of the salary and the GST registration of the firm with experience certificate
• Candidates belonging to the reserved category need to provide a valid caste certificate (NC-OBC/ SC/ ST) as per the given format on the CAT website. In case NC-OBC, it should be valid for next six months from the date of registration
• In case PwD/ DAP category, need to provide the certificate following the format given on the IIM CAT website
• In the case of the EwS category, the certificate should be valid for 2024-25. For format, visit the CAT website
• Co-curricular and extra-curricular certificate

IIM Ranchi Admission/Selection Criteria 2025

IIM Ranchi comes under Baby IIMs and offers admissions to two programs namely PGP and PGP-HRM. The batch size of the PGP batch is likely to be 120 and 50 for PGP and PGP-HRM respectively. The admission criteria of IIM Ranchi 2025 given below are divided into two stages. After CAT 2024 exam, the admission process/stages of IIM Ranchi will begin. The list of candidates who will be selected will be published on the official website of IIM Ranchi. Candidates will also be notified about their selection through SMS or email.

Separate admission criteria of IIM Ranchi 2025 for PGP and PGP-HRM is provided below -

1. For PGP
2. For PGP-HRM

A- For PGP - Stages of IIM Ranchi Admission Criteria 2025:

Let us look at each stage to have a better understanding of the PGP stages as per the admission criteria of IIM Ranchi 2025:

Stage 1 - Initial Shortlisting of Candidates for PI Process

IIM Ranchi will first prepare the IIM ranchi PI short list based on the CAT results, and CAT cutoff, candidates will be shortlisted by IIM Ranchi initially. Candidates whose names are mentioned in the initial shortlist will be eligible for PI process for admission to the PGP 2025-27 as per the admission criteria of IIM Ranchi 2025.

Stage 2 - PI Process and Preparation of the Merit List

The second stage of the IIM Ranchi 2025 admission criteria includes the conduct of PI rounds. After the completion of the PI rounds, IIM Ranchi will provide the admission offer to selected candidates. The merit list will be made on the following criteria -

Basis of Preparing Final Merit List for PGP (Weightage Criteria):

For a clear understanding of the above weightage criteria, let us look at each weightage criteria one by one -

CAT Score

IIM Ranchi will use the score of CAT 2024 for shortlisting candidates. 50% weightage is allotted to the CAT score of the candidates eligible for PI.

Personal Interview (PI)

The weightage assigned for the Personal Interview (PI) score is 20%.

Profile

The profile criteria are given 30 percent weightage which is divided as follows -

Division:

a- Academic Profile (20 Marks)

As per the IIM Ranchi 2025 admission criteria, the evaluation will be based on academic performance in SSC, HSC and Graduation as shown below -

Marking Range as per academic profile:

b- Work Experience (5 Marks)

c- Gender Diversity (5 marks)

Under this category, female and transgender candidates will be awarded 5 marks at the time of preparing the merit list.

Reservation Policy of PGP-HRM:

As per the admission criteria of IIM Ranchi 2025, the Government of India reservation policy for admission to Central Educational Institutions (CEIs) will be applied for providing admissions.

Ranchi, an Indian Institute of Management, will have the final say in categorizing an educational program that deserves an academic diversity score. IIM Ranchi reserves the right to change, modify, add, or delete any shortlist and selection criteria in the Admission Criteria document for the PGP program if deemed necessary at any time. The details in this document apply only to the shortlist, selection, and admission process for IIM Ranchi’s PGP programme for batch 2025-27.

• 15% of the seats will be reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates
• 7.5% of the seats will be reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates
• 27% of the seats will be reserved for Other Backward Classes candidates belonging to the “Non-Creamy” layer (NC-OBC)
• 5% of the seats will be reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwD)

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How to Apply for PGP-HRM?

Candidates belonging to General/NC-OBC/EWS categories who are interested and eligible as per the IIM Ranchi 2025 admission criteria will have to pay the application fee of Rs. 2000 (tentative) to apply for the PGP-HRM. While candidates belonging to SC/ST/PwD (DAP) categories will be required to pay a fee of Rs. 1000 (tentative) as application fees.

Offer Acceptance Fee and Withdrawal

IIM Ranchi offers invitation letters to selected candidates on the basis of the above mentioned IIM Ranchi 2025 admission criteria. Candidates who will accept the offer of IIM Ranchi will be required to make a payment of Rs. 1,00,000 as offer acceptance fees. For candidates who register themselves, their offer acceptance amount will be adjusted against Term I Fees of IIM Ranchi. The facility of withdrawing the accepted offer within the withdrawal date specified will also be provided by IIM Ranchi with the condition of deducting Rs. 1000 as processing charges.

Fee Structure of IIM Ranchi

Selected candidates will be required to pay the course fees. Last year's fee structure is given below for both PGP and PGP-HRM which can be checked by candidates for reference. For the year 2025, the fee structure of IIM Ranchi will be updated as soon as any details are available.

MBA and MBA-HR Fee Structure:

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