IIM Udaipur Admission Criteria 2019-21: Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Udaipur has released the admission criteria for its 9th Post-Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) for 2019-21 batch. The IIM Udaipur admission criteria 2019 is for the candidates who will apply for the admission to IIM Udaipur at the time of registration. The institute hasn't made changes in the CAT cutoff this year for all categories. However, the weightage given to each step of the final selection criteria has been changed this year. CAT score has got maximum weightage in the final merit list followed by candidate's profile and Personal Appearance (PA) process. Like most of the IIMs, IIM Udaipur considers performance in Common Admission Test (CAT), WAT & PI and candidate’s profile for the final selection. All the stages of the admission criteria 2019 of IIM Udaipur is explained in this article. Let’s have a look at IIM Udaipur admission criteria 2019-21 in detail.
Shortlisting candidates for Personal Appearance (PA) process.
Conducting PA process – Written Analysis (*WA) and Personal Interview (*PI). Apart from IIM Udaipur, the PA process will be common to IIMs which are participating in the Common Admission Process (CAP).
Final merit list will be created on the basis of CAT score, PA score and profile score.
Stage 1: IIM Udaipur Admission Criteria 2019 – Criteria for shortlisting candidates for PA (WAT/PI) Process
The following table shows overall and sectional minimum CAT cutoff percentile (category-wise) for eligibility to PA process.
Category-wise Minimum CAT 2018 Percentile
Category
DILR
VARC
QA
Aggregate
General
80
80
80
90
NC-OBC
60
60
60
78
SC
50
50
50
60
ST
30
30
30
40
DAP
30
30
30
40
*VARC – Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
*DILR – Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
*QA – Quantitative Analysis
The Admission Committee of IIM Udaipur will decide the number of candidates who would be called for Personal Appearance (WAT & PI) process on the basis of criteria prepared for each category. However, if the actual number of short-listed candidates were found to be less/more than the required number of candidates to be called for WAT & PI process category-wise, then the overall, as well as section-wise minimum score, would be decreased/increased to get the desired number of candidates.
For Common Admission Process (CAP) 2019, the performance of candidates in WAT, GD and PI of the participating IIMs would only be used for preparing the merit list. The scores of older IIMs would not be considered for merit list.
Stage 2:IIM Udaipur Admission Criteria 2019 – Criteria for preparing the Merit List
The criteria for preparing merit list is given below:
Criteria for preparing the Merit List
S.No.
Components
Weightage (in Percentage)
1.
CAT score
55 percent
2.
Personal Appearance (WAT & PI)
21 percent
3.
Profile
24 percent
*CAT Score of the candidate divided by Maximum CAT Score among candidates who have applied to IIMU and attended WAT & PI. It is clarified that the CAT Score would be used and not the CAT Percentile.
Let’s have a look at each selection factor in detail.
1. CAT score gets maximum 55 percent weightage.
2. Personal Appearance process has two components – WA and PI. The weightage given to each component is the same as last year and the same is given in the table below:
Weightage to Personal Appearance components
Components
Weightage (in Percentage)
WA
6 percent
PI
15 percent
Candidates who do not obtain the minimum score in the PA process would not be considered for the merit list. The minimum scores would be decided by IIM Udaipur.
3. Profile gets a significant weightage on the merit list. The Profile of a candidate is the breakup of three components – Academic Profile, Work Experience and Diversity. This year, the weightage to the Diversity factor has been reduced to 8 percent from 10 percent last year. The weightage given to each part is given in the table below:
Weightage to Profile components
S.No.
Components
Weightage (in Percentage)
3.1
Academic Profile
10 percent
3.2
Work Experience
6 percent
3.3
Diversity
8 percent
3.1 - Academic Profile carries the following weights:
CA/CS/ICWA – 2 percent
Under- Graduation – 4 percent
12th Standard – 2 percent
10th Standard – 2 percent
Academic Profile Points
Range of Marks (%)
10th
12th
Graduation
<= 60
0.2
0.2
0.4
60.01 to 64
0.4
0.4
0.8
64.01 to 68
0.6
0.6
1.2
68.01 to 72
0.8
0.8
1.6
72.01 to 76
1.0
1.0
2.0
76.01 to 80
1.2
1.2
2.4
80.01 to 84
1.4
1.4
2.8
84.01 to 88
1.6
1.6
3.2
88.01 to 92
1.8
1.8
3.6
92.01 >=
2.0
2.0
4.0
3.2 – Work Experience carries the following weights:
Scores for Work Experience
Months
Score
6 or Less
0
7 - 12
2
13 - 24
4
25 – 36
6
37 – 60
3
60 or More
0
As mentioned by IIM Udaipur, only the relevant experience in terms of completed months will be considered.
IIM Udaipur follows Government of India’s reservation policy. Below given table explains the weightage for different categories.
Category
Percentage Reservation
SC
15 percent
ST
7.5 percent
NC-OBC
27 percent
DAP
5 percent
General
45.5 percent
IIM Udaipur Admission Criteria 2019-21: Offer Acceptance and Withdrawal
A candidate receiving admission offer from IIM Udaipur and accepting the offer within the stipulated date needs to send Offer Acceptance Form along with Offer Acceptance Fee of Rs. 50,000. If a candidate subsequently wishes to withdraw the offer within the withdrawal date specified in the offer letter, Offer Acceptance Amount will be refunded after deducting Rs. 1000 as processing charges. No refund will be admissible if a candidate applies for withdrawal after the date specified in the offer letter. If a candidate registers for the programme, his/her Offer Acceptance Amount will be adjusted against Term I Fee. In the event of withdrawal from the Programme after registration, no refund of Offer Acceptance Amount or Term Fee will be made.
IIM Udaipur reserves the right to make changes in the shortlisting and selection criteria if considered necessary at any point.
