IIM Calcutta Admission Criteria Details You Might Want to Check Out

May 29, 2020June 1, 2020 Swarnima Rawat IIM Calcutta Admission Criteria

IIM Calcutta Admission Criteria:

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta was established in 1961 as the first IIM in the country. The IIM Calcutta was founded in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Gov of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation, and the Indian industry. IIM Calcutta is an international center of excellence in all aspects of management education. The aim of the institute is to “develop innovative and ethical future leaders capable of managing change and transformation in a globally competitive environment and to advance the theory and practice of management.” IIM Calcutta Admission criteria are important for all those candidates seeking admission therein.

IIM Calcutta offers a variety of programs. These include the following:

MBA
MBAEX
PGPEX – VLM
PGDBA
Executive Education
MDP
LDP
CMDP Office
Doctoral
Management
Operations Research & Systems Analysis
Regional Development
Sociology
CEMS MIM

Admission to IIM Calcutta is done on the basis of the following:

Merit secured by the candidate in CAT.
Candidates are shortlisted on the basis of CAT score for Personal Appearance (PA).
PA comprises of PI and WAT.
Candidates are selected on the basis of CAT score, weightage of PI and WAT and profile score.

Admission criteria:

CAT cut off percentile is mandatory for candidates to gain admission to IIM Calcutta:

Category	Section – I Quantitative Ability (QA)	Section – II Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)	Section – III Verbal Ability (VA)	Total Percentile
OPEN	≥ 75	≥ 80	≥ 80	≥ 85
NC-OBC	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 70	≥ 75
EWS	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 70	≥ 75
SC	≥ 60	≥ 60	≥ 65	≥ 70
ST	≥ 55	≥ 55	≥ 55	≥ 65
PWD	≥ 55	≥ 55	≥ 55	≥ 65

Academic profile:

Class 10^th marks
Class 12^th marks

Class 10 Marks (in %)	Points	Class 12 Marks (in %)	Points
≥80	10	≥80	15
≥ 75 and < 80	8	≥ 75 and < 80	12
≥ 70 and < 75	6	≥ 70 and < 75	9
≥ 65 and < 70	4	≥ 65 and < 70	6
≥ 60 and < 65	2	≥ 60 and < 65	3
< 60	0	< 60	0

Marks in graduation

Bachelor’s Degree Marks (in %)	Points
≥ 60	15.00
≥ 55 and < 60	10.00
≥ 50 and < 55	05.00
< 50	02.50

Components for deriving composite score:

Components	Weights	Method of Calculation
CAT 2019 Score	56	(A/B) x 56 (A = Candidate’s Total CAT 2019 score; B = Maximum CAT 2019 Score)
Class 10 marks	10	As mentioned above
Class 12 marks	15	As mentioned above
Bachelor’s Degree marks	15	As mentioned above
Gender Diversity Factor	4	4 points will be awarded to promote gender diversity
Total	100

Work experience:

Months	Points
< 12	0
12 to 18	2
19 to 24	4
25 to 30	6
31 to 36	8
37 to 42	6
43 to 48	4
>48	2

The final selection of candidates for MBA program:

Components	Weights
CAT 2019 Score	30
Personal Interview (PI)	48
Written Ability Test (WAT)*	10
Point awarded for Academic Diversity at Bachelor’s level for Non-Engineering degree	04
Work Experience	08
Total	100