Admission for International Management Institute Bhubaneswar (IMI Bhubaneswar)

International Management Institute Bhubaneswar for Admission 2023-24

Admission Procedure

•Applicant should complete the online application form and submit the same along with the admission application fee which is non-refundable.

•The admission fee can be paid through Credit Card/ Debit Card/Bank transfer through the designated payment gateway. No receipts are to be sent to IMI's Admission Office in such cases.

•Payment can also be made by Demand Draft, drawn in favor of International Management Institute, payable at New Delhi for all campuses, giving the IMI Application Form number, Program, and campus reference on the reverse of the Demand Draft. In the absence of the above information, the application will be treated as incomplete and liable to be rejected. All payments by Demand Draft are to be sent to IMI, Delhi, irrespective of the Campus applied to.

•Applications complete in all respects, including the application fee, should be submitted online by midnight of Monday, May 15, 2023. Incomplete forms are liable to be summarily rejected.

•Admission test CAT: Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the Indian Institute of Management.

Selection Process Shortlisting criteria

Candidates who have appeared for the CAT 2022/ XAT 2023/ CMAT 2023 examination or furnished valid GMAT score and have applied to IMI Bhubaneswar will be shortlisted based on information provided in the application form, CAT/XAT/ CMAT (sectional and overall) or GMAT score, educational background, marks in 10th, 12th, graduation and work experience. Only shortlisted candidates will be called for the final stage of the selection process. Applicants should note that mere fulfillment of minimum eligibility criteria may not ensure consideration for shortlisting by IMI Bhubaneswar. IMI Bhubaneswar will not entertain any correspondence on this subject and decisions of the IMI Bhubaneswar Admissions Committee will be final in all matters.

Selection criteria

IMI Selection Index consisting of CAT/XAT/CMAT/GMAT score, past academic performance in graduation, class XII & X, Group discussion, Extempore speaking, Essay writing, Personal interview besides other parameters, will be considered for selection. The IMI Bhubaneswar Admission Committee reserves the right to decide on these components. The overall objective is to identify and assess the candidate’s potential for a managerial career.

Interview centers

The selection process will be conducted at centers in Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Jammu, Kolkata, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Ranchi, Raipur, Varanasi and Vishakhapatnam. Candidates should indicate their 1st and 2nd preference for the interview center in the application form. If a candidate’s preferred center is not allotted for any reason, the candidate will be informed of the change. IMI reserves the right to change any of the centers for the selection process, without assigning any reasons.

Admission Offer

•Admission offers will be based on the IMI Selection Index after the assessment has been made during the various stages of the selection process defined above. The results will be announced to the selected candidates through email. Offer letters will thereafter be dispatched to the mailing address provided in the application form and by email. Applicants are advised to provide their complete postal address and active email ID which should be valid up to June 30, 2023, for receiving important communications.

•Successful candidates, who have been admitted, will be required to pay the 1st installment of the fee within two weeks of the date of offer, failing which the offer shall stand lapsed and admission will be offered to the next candidate on the waiting list, without any further intimation. IMI will not accept any responsibility for non-receipt of any communication that is sent to the candidate’s address and mail ID provided in the Admission Application form.

Eligibility

To be eligible for admission to the PGDM Program, the participants must possess a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks or equivalent in any discipline, recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) for admission to post-graduate programs. The bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling under the 10+2 system or equivalent. The applicants to the program are selected on the basis of the IMI Selection Index score calculated based on past academic performance in 10th, 12th, and graduation; CAT/XAT/GMAT/CMAT score; written test; essay writing; group discussion; extempore, and personal interview. Appropriate weightage is given to the work experience of the applicants.