IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025 for MBA Course - Dates, Eligibility, Personal Interview

IIM Sambalpur will release the admission criteria for MBA for the academic year 2025–27. Those interested in taking admission will have to apply through CAP 2025. Based on the CAT score, candidates will be shortlisted for PI. Shortlisted candidates will be notified through email about the PI venue and date and other details regarding the PI. Candidates applying for CAP should check the detailed criteria for IIM Sambalpur MBA admission.

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1. IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025
2. IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025 - CAP Important Dates
3. IIM Sambalpur admission 2025 - CAP Registration Process
4. Short Listing Criteria for the PI Process - CAP Cutoff
5. IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025
6. IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025 - Shortlisting for PA process
7. IIM Sambalpur shortlisting criteria for PA process
8. IIM Sambalpur Fee Structure 2025
9. IIM Sambalpur Placement Report 2024

IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025

IIM CAP Personal Interview date is in the second week of February 2025 and will be conducted online. The admission criteria for IIM Sambalpur consist of three stages for the academic batch of 2025–2027. IIM Sambalpur will consider the CAT 2024 score when shortlisting candidates for Personal Appearance (PA).

Read the full article to know all the details pertaining to IIM Sambalpur admission criteria 2025, such as important dates, eligibility criteria, selection criteria, detailed IIM Sambalpur 2025 admission process, CAT 2024 cutoff, fees, etc.

IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025 - Overview

In order to participate in the admission process at IIM Sambalpur, one would have to fill out the application form. Shortlisted candidates will have to appear for all the selection rounds, which will be conducted by IIM Sambalpur.

IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025 - CAP Important Dates

Prior to registering for admission to the institute, candidates must check the IIM Sambalpur admission criteria 2025 which includes the important dates related to the admission process.

IIM CAP 2025 Important dates

IIM Sambalpur admission 2025 - CAP Registration Process

Prior to filling out the registration form for CAP 2025, candidates should read all the instructions carefully. After submitting the CAP 2025 registration form, candidates won't be able to modify any information in the filled-out CAP application form. Keep all the following documents ready before filling out the CAP registration form:

• Scanned copy of the photograph (file size should be less than 100 KB)
• Scanned copy of signature (file size should be less than 100 KB)
• Photo ID proof
• CAT 2024 scorecard
• Class 10 and 12 mark sheet with a pass certificate
• Documents related to graduation
  • Bachelor's mark sheet of all semesters/ years
  • Candidates who have completed their graduation before 2020 will have to carry a degree certificate
  • The provisional degree certificate is required for those candidates who have completed their graduation in 2022 but have not received their degree certificate
  • Those who are in the final year of their bachelor's will have to upload a certificate as per CAT 2024 format, which will be obtained from the competent authority
  • Marksheet and certificate of any other master's degree or professional qualification as mentioned in the CAT form
• Work experience-related documents
  • Training and apprenticeships will not be considered work experience
  • Experience certificates from all the past companies will be considered. The certificate must be on companies letterhead with the seal and signature of the competent authority
  • A service certificate is required from the competent authority and a signature for those who are currently working. Otherwise, they need to provide a joining or offer letter with a first-month payslip and payslip for the latest two months
  • If a candidate is a proprietor or partner of a firm, then-candidate has to provide the document proof such as income tax for the relevant periods and a certificate of registration for doing business from the municipal corporation or appropriate authorities such as an 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 a candidate has worked or working in an unorganized section, then in such case, they have to provide the cash voucher along with a bank statement as proof of the salary and GST registration of the firm with an experience certificate
• Candidates will have to provide a valid caste certificate (NC-OBC/ SC/ ST) as per the given format on the CAT website. In the case of NC-OBC, it should be valid for the next six months from the date of registration
• In the case of DAP/ PwD, candidates will have to provide a certificate (format is available on the CAT website)
• In the case of the EWS category, the certificate should be valid for 2023-24
• Co-curricular and extra-curricular certificates

Short Listing Criteria for the PI Process - CAP Cutoff

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IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025

IIM Sambalpur admission criteria 2025 comprises three stages primarily. The first one is the shortlisting of the candidates on the basis of the CAT score. The admission process of IIM Sambalpur is divided into three stages:.

1. CAT Exam (CAT 2024 score)

2. Shortlisting of candidates for the Personal Appearance (PA) process

3. The Personal Appearance (PA) process is composed of Written Analysis (WA) and Personal Interview (PI)

4. After completion of the above-mentioned rounds, IIM Sambalpur will prepare the Final Selection List (FSL) on the basis of the CAT score, PA, and profile score which includes Work Experience (WE) as assessed during the PA process, Authorities will also consider Past Academic Performance (PAP) and any other criterion.

IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025 - Shortlisting for PA process

The 9 IIMs (Jammu, Bodhgaya, Raipur, Kashipur, Sambalpur, Ranchi, Trichy, Sirmaur, and Udaipur) are adopting the Common Admission Process (CAP) for Personal Appearance (PA). Last year CAP round was coordinated by IIM Raipur.

Common Admission Process (CAP) 2025, candidates' performance in PI of CAP 2025 or at IIM Sambalpur will be considered in preparing the final merit list. Only those candidates will be considered who will appear for the PI for IIM Sambalpur or CAP 2025.

Check last year's IIM Sambalpur Cutoff percentile for eligibility for Personal Appearance (PA) process in the three sections and the total CAT percentile (Category-wise)

IIM Sambalpur shortlisting criteria for PA process

Candidates are required to meet the requirements mentioned in the above table for shortlisting for Personal Appearance (PA) process. The shortlisting will be done by the CAP conducting body for the common pool of IIMs.

** In the case of female candidates who fall under the General category, the cutoff percentile for the PA process is 80 with a sectional cutoff of 65 percentiles. This means, getting a minimum sectional or overall CAT percentile does not guarantee a call for Personal Appearance (PA) process. Within this pool of eligible candidates, the final list for the Personal Appearance process will be decided on the basis of merit and as per IIM Sambalpur requirements. The PA process comprises WAT and PI and it will be conducted by IIM Sambalpur.

IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025 - Criteria for preparing the merit list

IIM Sambalpur criteria for preparing the merit list are as follows:

*Candidates' CAT score will be divided by the maximum CAT score among those who will apply to IIM Sambalpur and attend the Personal Appearance (PA) process. Candidates must ensure that the CAT scaled score will be considered, not the CAT percentile.

1. CAT 2024 Score- IIM Sambalpur will consider CAT 2024 score

2. Personal Appearance- For PA, IIM Sambalpur will consider the following factors:

Those who will not be able to obtain minimum scores in the Personal Appearance (PA) process will not be considered for the merit list. The minimum PA score will be decided by IIM Sambalpur at its discretion.

3. Profile- It contains the weight of 50%. Check the breakup

IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025 - Academic Profile weights

IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025 - Academic Profile Scoring Pattern

IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025 - Work experience weights

*Only completed months will be considered

IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025- Gender Diversity

IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025 - Reservation

IIM Sambalpur follows the Government of India’s reservation policy. Check the category-wise reservation policy defined by IIM Sambalpur.

IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025 - Offer Acceptance fee and Withdrawal

After releasing the final merit list, those who will get the admission offer from IIM Sambalpur and need to accept the offer within the prescribed date and send along the offer acceptance and the amount of the offer acceptance. If a candidate wishes to withdraw the offer within the stipulated withdrawal date, the offer acceptance amount will be refunded after deducting the processing charges.

If a candidate applies for withdrawal after the specified date, no refund will be made. For those who will accept the offer, the offer acceptance amount will be adjusted in the Term fee. For those who want to withdraw their admission after registration, No refund of offer acceptance will be admissible.

IIM Sambalpur Admission Criteria 2025 - Previous year cutoff

IIM Sambalpur Fee Structure 2025

After the declaration of the final result, IIM Sambalpur will release its fee structure for the academic batch of 2025–27. Check the detailed fee structure of IIM Sambalpur for the previous batch (2024-2026) to get an idea.

IIM Sambalpur detailed fee structure for MBA

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IIM Sambalpur Placement Report 2024

The final IIM Sambalpur placement report has been announced for MBA batch 2022-2024 at the official website. More than 100 companies participated in the IIM Sambalpur placement for this season. Some of the prominent recruiters were Vedanta, Bajaj Allianz, Deloitte, ICICI Bank, Berger Paints, Ernst &Young, Amul, ICCI Prudential, Gartner, HDFC Bank, ZS Associates, Tata Steel, Infosys, Cognizant, Accenture, Capgemini, BYJU’s, Amazon, Tredence Analytics, Tresvista, Reliance Retail, L&T, Tech Mahindra, etc.

The highest domestic annual salary package was offered at Rs 23.5 LPA, while the highest international package was at Rs 64.15 LPA. The average package offered was Rs 14.21 LPA, while the median package for MBA batch 2022–24 was recorded at Rs 16 LPA.

IIM Sambalpur final placements 2022-24 batch

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