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IIM Ranchi Admission Criteria 2025 - The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ranchi prescribes the admission criteria for the academic batch of 2025-27 on its official website. In order to take admission in IIM Ranchi, all candidates must clear the IIM Ranchi cutoff for each of the programmes. The IIM offers various postgraduate programmes such as PGPM, PGP-HRM. Admission to these programmes is offered through CAP 2025. The admission criteria of IIMs include two stages - shortlisting candidates and conducting PI round.
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To secure admission to IIM Ranchi, candidates must stay updated with the IIM CAP admission dates.
Events | Dates |
CAP 2025 registration last date | January 23, 2025 |
Personal Interview | February 17 to March 22, 2025 |
Admission Offer Schedule (MBA 2025-27) | |
| Offer Round 1 announcement | To be announced |
| Last Date of Acceptance Confirmation | To be announced |
| Last Date to complete balance payment towards Term Fees | To be announced |
Read all the details pertaining to CAP registration before filling out online mode. Candidates will not be able to modify their CAP registration form after final submission. Prior to filling the CAP 2025 registration form, keep the following documents ready.
IIM Ranchi comes under Baby IIMs and offers admissions to two programs namely PGP and PGP-HRM. The batch size of the PGP batch is likely to be 120 and 50 for PGP and PGP-HRM respectively. The admission criteria of IIM Ranchi 2025 given below are divided into two stages. After CAT 2024 exam, the admission process/stages of IIM Ranchi will begin. The list of candidates who will be selected will be published on the official website of IIM Ranchi. Candidates will also be notified about their selection through SMS or email.
Separate admission criteria of IIM Ranchi 2025 for PGP and PGP-HRM is provided below -
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A- For PGP - Stages of IIM Ranchi Admission Criteria 2025:
Stages | Details |
1 | Initial Shortlisting of Candidates for PI Process |
2 | PI Process and Preparation of the Merit List |
| 3 | Final admission |
Let us look at each stage to have a better understanding of the PGP stages as per the admission criteria of IIM Ranchi 2025:
Stage 1 - Initial Shortlisting of Candidates for PI Process
IIM Ranchi will first prepare the IIM ranchi PI short list based on the CAT results, and CAT cutoff, candidates will be shortlisted by IIM Ranchi initially. Candidates whose names are mentioned in the initial shortlist will be eligible for PI process for admission to the PGP 2025-27 as per the admission criteria of IIM Ranchi 2025.
Stage 2 - PI Process and Preparation of the Merit List
The second stage of the IIM Ranchi 2025 admission criteria includes the conduct of PI rounds. After the completion of the PI rounds, IIM Ranchi will provide the admission offer to selected candidates. The merit list will be made on the following criteria -
Basis of Preparing Final Merit List for PGP (Weightage Criteria):
S.No. | Components | Weightage |
1 | CAT Score | 50% |
2 | PI Score | 20% |
3 | Profile | 30% |
| Total | 100% | |
For a clear understanding of the above weightage criteria, let us look at each weightage criteria one by one -
IIM Ranchi will use the score of CAT 2024 for shortlisting candidates. 50% weightage is allotted to the CAT score of the candidates eligible for PI.
The weightage assigned for the Personal Interview (PI) score is 20%.
Profile
The profile criteria are given 30 percent weightage which is divided as follows -
S. No. | Profile | Out of 30 Marks |
a | Academic Profile | 20 |
b | Work Experience | 5 |
c | Gender Diversity | 5 |
Division:
As per the IIM Ranchi 2025 admission criteria, the evaluation will be based on academic performance in SSC, HSC and Graduation as shown below -
Marking Range as per academic profile:
As Per CAT% | 85 % and above | 80–85 % | 75-80% | 70-75% | 70-65% | Less than 65% |
SSC | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
HSC | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Graduation | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Duration of Work Experience | Maximum Marks |
| 6 or Less | 0 |
| 7-12 months | 1 |
| 13-18 months | 2 |
| 19-24 months | 3 |
| 24-30 months | 5 |
| 31-36 months | 4 |
| 37-42 months | 3 |
| 43-48 months | 2 |
| Above 48 months | 1 |
Under this category, female and transgender candidates will be awarded 5 marks at the time of preparing the merit list.
As per the admission criteria of IIM Ranchi 2025, the Government of India reservation policy for admission to Central Educational Institutions (CEIs) will be applied for providing admissions.
Ranchi, an Indian Institute of Management, will have the final say in categorizing an educational program that deserves an academic diversity score. IIM Ranchi reserves the right to change, modify, add, or delete any shortlist and selection criteria in the Admission Criteria document for the PGP program if deemed necessary at any time. The details in this document apply only to the shortlist, selection, and admission process for IIM Ranchi’s PGP programme for batch 2025-27.
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Candidates belonging to General/NC-OBC/EWS categories who are interested and eligible as per the IIM Ranchi 2025 admission criteria will have to pay the application fee of Rs. 2000 (tentative) to apply for the PGP-HRM. While candidates belonging to SC/ST/PwD (DAP) categories will be required to pay a fee of Rs. 1000 (tentative) as application fees.
IIM Ranchi offers invitation letters to selected candidates on the basis of the above mentioned IIM Ranchi 2025 admission criteria. Candidates who will accept the offer of IIM Ranchi will be required to make a payment of Rs. 1,00,000 as offer acceptance fees. For candidates who register themselves, their offer acceptance amount will be adjusted against Term I Fees of IIM Ranchi. The facility of withdrawing the accepted offer within the withdrawal date specified will also be provided by IIM Ranchi with the condition of deducting Rs. 1000 as processing charges.
Selected candidates will be required to pay the course fees. Last year's fee structure is given below for both PGP and PGP-HRM which can be checked by candidates for reference. For the year 2025, the fee structure of IIM Ranchi will be updated as soon as any details are available.
Particulars | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 | Total |
Admission Fees | 1,10,000 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,10,000 |
Tuition fees | 1,65,000 | 2,65,000 | 2,65,000 | 2,65,000 | 2,65,000 | 2,65,000 | 14,90,000 |
| Hostel Charges | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 1,20,000 |
Caution deposit | 20,000 | 20,000 | |||||
Alumni fees | 10,000 | 10,000 | |||||
Total | 3,25,000 | 2,85,000 | 2,85,000 | 2,85,000 | 2,85,000 | 2,85,000 | 17,50,000 |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Currently, IIM Ranchi is offering two course i.e. PGP and PGP-HRM, PGP-BA.
CAT result was announced on December 19, 2024. Candidates can download the CAT score from the official website, using CAT ID and password.
Yes, IIM Ranchi follows the Government of India's Reservation Policy for the purpose of admissions.
Yes, to take admission in any of the 21 IIMs, candidates must appear for the IIM entrance exam (CAT).
Yes, the Academic profile is given 20 marks.
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