APPLICATION CATEGORY 1 (Candidates with a valid CAT 2025 Score)

• GN / OBC (CL) / EWS Indian national applicants:

  A full-time Bachelor’s degree of minimum 3 years OR a full-time Master’s degree of minimum 2 years with minimum 6.0 CGPA on a 10-point scale or 60% marks. All applicants must have studied Mathematics at +2 level.

• SC / ST / OBC (NCL) / PwD Indian national applicants:

  A full-time Bachelor’s degree of minimum 3 years OR a full-time Master’s degree of minimum 2 years with minimum 5.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale or 55% marks. All applicants must have studied Mathematics at +2 level.

APPLICATION CATEGORY 2 (CAT Exempted Applicants)

• GN / OBC (CL) / EWS Indian national applicants:

  A full-time Bachelor’s degree of minimum 3 years OR a full-time Master’s degree of minimum 2 years with minimum 6.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale or 65% marks from any of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) / any of the top 100 institutes according to NIRF Ranking 2025 (overall category or engineering category). Such candidates are exempted from the requirement of CAT. All applicants must have studied Mathematics at +2 level.

• SC / ST / OBC (NCL) / PwD Indian national applicants:

  A full-time Bachelor’s degree of minimum 3 years OR a full-time Master’s degree of minimum 2 years with minimum 6.0 CGPA on a 10-point scale or 60% marks from any of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) / any of the top 100 institutes according to NIRF Ranking 2025 (overall category or engineering category). Such candidates are exempted from the requirement of CAT. All applicants must have studied Mathematics at +2 level.

  Notes:

• List of Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs): Click here

• A 5-year integrated Bachelor’s and Master’s degree will be considered equivalent to a 4-year Bachelor’s degree.

• Candidates appearing in the final degree examination may also apply. Admission will be subject to fulfillment of eligibility criteria at the time of joining the program.

• Final eligibility will be verified by the Institute at the time of admission.

Shortlisting Criteria:

• A certain number of candidates will be shortlisted for further processing:

  • Applicants in category 1 will be shortlisted based on CAT score, previous academic records and work experience. The school may set an additional and/or higher criteria for shortlisting the candidates.

  • Applicants in category 2 will be shortlisted based on the previous academic records and work experience. The school may set an additional and/or higher criteria for shortlisting the candidates.

  • Shortlisting for foreign nationals/NRI candidates will be done based on GMAT score and/or previous academic records and work experience. The school may set an additional and/or higher criteria for shortlisting the candidates.

• The further process may involve online/in-person interview and/or any other criteria decided by the selection committee.

• The school reserves the right to make changes to the selection process at any stage.

Application Procedure:

• Apply only online through this portal: Apply Link

• In Admission Cycle, select July-December 2026. Mode of application: Regular Application Category: Self Sponsored For both the National-Level Admission Test marks and the National-Level Admission Test score, the CAT score must be mentioned.

• For any queries, please contact:  mba_admissions@iitmandi.ac.in Send Email

• For any technical issues please contact:  it_helpdesk@iitmandi.ac.in Send Email

Application Fee Details:

•   The application fee is non-refundable.

• GN/OBC (NCL)/EWS applicants is INR 2400/-

• SC/ST/PwD applicants is INR 1200/-

• All Female candidates is INR 1200/-

• Foreign nationals / NRIs:

  • From SAARC Countries: USD 100

  • From Non-SAARC Countries: USD 200

Important Dates:

Post Selection Process: