Admissions Calendar

IMT reserves the right to reschedule, change, withdraw any/all of the events mentioned above or introduce new one/s.

* Critical Thinking Test (CT), Group Exercise (GE) and Personal Interview (PI)

Admission Criteria

Applicants for all IMT PGDM and MBA programs must have a minimum three-year Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with minimum 50 percent aggregate marks in any discipline. Applicants who are appearing for the final-year degree examination can also apply, subject to submission of all mark sheets and pass certificate to IMT’s Academic Program office at a later date. Failing to do so will result in admission being cancelled.

IMT Ghaziabad:
To apply for IMT Ghaziabad’s two year PGDM program, applicants must be registered for CAT-2017 OR XAT-2018 OR have taken/taking the GMAT (January 1, 2014 – February 28, 2018). In the case of the candidates applying on the basis of GMAT and score is not provided, processing of application will be provisional, subject to IMT receiving the official GMAT score on or before March 15, 2018.

IMT Nagpur and IMT Hyderabad:
To apply for IMT Nagpur and Hyderabad’s 2 year PGDM program, applicants must be registered for CAT-2017 OR XAT-2018 OR CMAT-2018* ( January 20, 2018 )  OR have taken the GMAT (1st January 2014 – February 28, 2018). In case of the candidate(s) applying on the basis of GMAT and score is not provided, processing of application will be provisional, subject to IMT receiving the official GMAT score on or before March 15, 2018.

Note: CMAT-2018* ( January 20, 2018 ) test will be considered for IMT Nagpur and IMT Hyderabad Campus ONLY.

IMT shortlists applicants on basis of best score among the above mentioned tests.

IMT Dubai:
Applicants for the MBA program at IMT Dubai must have an undergraduate degree (Bachelor’s degree) from an accredited university with a CGPA of 3.0 and above on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent (50%+ overall average).
Applicants whose native language is not English are required to take an English Proficiency Test. The minimum required score for TOEFL is 550 (paper-based) and 80(internet based) or an IELTS band of 6.0.

Application Process (CT-GE-PI)

Submitting your application

To apply to IMT, an applicant must complete the online ‘Application Form’. There is one Common ‘Application Form’ for all four campuses – IMT Ghaziabad, IMT Nagpur, IMT Hyderabad and IMT Dubai (August 2018 intake).

In the ‘Application Form‘ the candidate must provide educational qualifications, contact details, etc. and at least one of the following: ID for CAT-2017 OR ID for XAT-2018 OR ID for GMAT OR Roll-No for CMAT-2018* ( January 20, 2018 ). IMT Ghaziabad will be accepting CAT OR XAT OR GMAT scores. IMT Nagpur and Hyderabad will be accepting CAT OR XAT OR GMAT OR CMAT scores. The applicant is required to fill the IDs of the entire test score he/she wishes to submit.

Note: CMAT-2018* ( January 20, 2018 ) test will be considered for IMT Nagpur and IMT Hyderabad Campus ONLY.

After completing the form, the applicant can make payment by one of three options:

1) Pay directly through Credit/Debit card or Net Banking: If the payment goes through and ‘Application Number’ is generated, the application is considered submitted. Applicants will receive a confirmation email within the next 24 hours.

2) Pay through demand draft: The applicant must make a demand draft payable to “Institute of Management Technology” payable at Ghaziabad or Delhi for the amount of Rs 2,000/-plus applicable taxes.  On the ‘Application Form‘, applicants must provide the demand draft number, name of bank, date, location of bank and amount. After providing these details, the applicant will be directed to a new window that has the details of the information submitted and the ‘tear-off’ sheet together with an ‘Application Form Number’.

Applicants should take a printout of this form and keep it for their future reference. Applicants must affix their passport-size self-attested photo to the tear-off sheet and send the demand draft along with it. Once the demand draft and tear-off sheet are received by IMT Ghaziabad, the status is automatically updated on the website. Applicants will also receive a confirmation email within the next 24 hours.

Applicants are advised to have their demand draft details ready before filling the form.

Short-listing of applicants for Critical Thinking, Group Exercise and Personal Interview process (CT-GE-PI):

This year, applicants may submit any one of test scores: CAT-2017 OR XAT-2018 OR GMAT (1st January 2014 – February 28, 2018) OR CMAT 2018 ( January 20, 2018 )(Nagpur & Hyderabad only) score. Applicants can submit more than one test score. GMAT test based candidates are required to update their test score, on or before March 15, 2018. For candidates applying on the basis of GMAT with pending scores, the processing of application will be provisional. IMT will consider the best score before making the final admit offer.

Applicants will be short-listed for CT-GE-PI round on the basis of one of the following test score available CAT 2017 OR XAT 2018 OR GMAT OR CMAT 2018 ( January 20, 2018 ) (Nagpur & Hyderabad campus) at this stage.

Applicants will be called for CT-GE-PI process only once. The candidates who have applied on the basis of more than one test score, the best score of such candidates shall be taken into the consideration at the time of Admission Offer. Please note that the CT-GE-PI process is common for all campuses.

Kindly note:
Short-listed applicants will be called for the CT-GE-PI round at the center/venue they have selected/will select in Common ‘Application Form‘ and on the date and time which they will select through the CT-GE-PI Schedule Form, which will be available on IMT’s Admissions Portal and enabled for specific time period in the month of January 2018.

Admissions Decision:
Admission decisions will be made after the CT-GE-PI process is conducted and admission offers will be made to the selected applicants.

New Admit information:
All the selected candidates will be provided information on fees, schedule, accommodation, etc.

Course start date:
All PGDM programs for academic year 2018 commences in June 2018. The IMT Dubai 2 year MBA program commences in August 2018.

Selection Process

IMT will conduct the CT-GE-PI process in February 2018 for shortlisted candidates from the IMT Common Application form for its final selection process.

I. The Critical Thinking Test
After arrival and registration of the shortlisted candidates, there will be a 20 minute long Critical Thinking Test, which will evaluate the candidate on two parameters – critical thinking and written communication skills.

II. Group Exercise
After the critical thinking test, the candidates will be formed into small groups and will perform a Group Exercise. The group will be given a problem to solve or a task to perform, which they must do together with discussion among group members. For instance, they might be asked to do a short case study, solve a puzzle, or solve a business problem. This will take approximately 30 minutes and will evaluate the candidate on five parameters – contribution of ideas, leadership potential, interpersonal skills, innovation & creativity and communication & attitude.

III. Personal Interview
After the Group Exercise, the candidate will have a personal interview of approximately 15 minutes, during which he/she will be evaluated on four parameters: academic orientation, communication skills, versatility (extra-curricular activities / general awareness), as well as values & maturity. Candidates With work experience will be additionally evaluated on the relevance of their work experience in relation to the PGDM program.

The final merit of the candidate will be a cumulative weighted average which has the Academic Scores, Work Experience and the scores obtained during the CT-GE-PI process.

Both merit and campus score cut offs will be the basis of selection for IMT campuses, i.e. Ghaziabad, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Dubai

Fees Structure

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