nirmauni.ac.in MBA Admission Common Admission Test CAT 2015 : Nirma University

University : Nirma University
Announcement : MBA Admission Common Admission Test CAT 2015

Home Page : http://www.nirmauni.ac.in/IMNU/AdmissiondetailsFT

MBA (Full Time) Admissions :
Number of Seats Available: 240
Upto fifteen percent of seats are allocated for admission to NRI/NRI sponsored students. In addition to this, fifteen percent seats are also allocated to Persons of Indian Origin (PIO)/Foreign Students/Children of Indian workers of Gulf countries and South East Asia, i.e. 15% of total seats is available for admission under the Supernumerary category.

Eligibility:
A three-year bachelor’s degree (10+2+3) or equivalent in any discipline from a recognized university with at least 50% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA.

Candidates appearing in the final year of the Bachelor’s Degree can also apply provided they furnish the proof of having met with the minimum eligibility criteria by September 30, 2016. The candidates who fail to meet the minimum eligibility criteria by the time will be asked to withdraw from the programme. The tuition fee paid by such candidates will be forfeited.

Application and Entrance Test (Common Admission Test) :
Entrance Test :
Applicants are required to appear for the Common Admission Test [CAT 2015] conducted by Indian Institute of Management (IIM). The CAT examination will be conducted at different centres all over the country on November 29, 2015 [refer CAT Bulletin for further details at iimcat.ac.in/]. Institute of Management will receive the test scores from IIM for those candidates who have appeared in the CAT examination and have also applied to IMNU.

IIMs have no role either in the selection process or in the conduct of the programme.

Foreign students/NRI/Person of Indian origin/Gulf Countries and South East Asia candidates can be considered for admission on the basis of their GMAT scores also [not taken before January 2015].

However, NRI sponsored candidates will be considered for admission only on the basis of CAT scores. GMAT scores will not be considered for NRI sponsored categories.

Application Form:
Online Application Form:
Applicants should complete the online application form and submit the same along with a non-refundable admission processing fee of Rs.1,500/- . Candidate applying under categories such NRI/NRI Sponsored/Foreign students/Person of Indian origin holding foreign passport/Gulf Countries and South East Asia candidates should make payment for Rs.5,000/-.

The payment should be made online by credit card/debit card/net banking.

A candidate who has applied for admission under general category can convert the application in any other category in which she or he is eligible. In such case, the candidate is required to make a payment of an additional processing fee of Rs.3500/- or US$ 80 and submit it along with a written application referring the original application form No. on or before the last date.

Mode of Payment:
The payment should be made online by credit card/debit card/net banking.

Last Date for Submission:
The last date for submission of completed application is January 04, 2016 for general category. For NRI/NRI sponsored and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO)/Foreign Students/Children of Indian workers of Gulf countries and South East Asia categories, last date of submission will be announced soon.

All communications with regard to admission should be directed to:
Deputy Registrar
Institute of Management
Nirma University
Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway
Ahmedabad – 382 481 (Gujarat) INDIA
Email: admissions.im@nirmauni.ac.in

Important Dates:
Application Begins October 12, 2015
Last date for submitting the form January 04, 2016
Short-listing of the Candidates January/February 2016
Personal Interview March 2016
Final Selection April 2016
Commencement of the Programme End of June 2016

Selection Process :
Candidates shortlisted on the basis of their performance in different components of Common Admission Test will be called for Personal Interview. The interview and the test will be conducted at 5 selected cities viz, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata and Pune.

The candidates will be be finally selected for admission based on the candidates’ performance in the CAT, Personal Interview, Academic Performance in X, XII and graduation and work experience.

The following weightage will be given for each component of the selection criteria and composite scores will be computed based on the selection criteria.

Common Admission Test: 60%
Personal Interview: 20%
Written Communication Test: 10%
Academic Performance: 10%

An additional score up to 5 points will also be given for full-time relevant work experience in a professional organization.

While computing the score of the Academic Performance, the marks obtained in SSC, HSC and Graduation shall be taken into account with 15% weightage for SSC marks, 25% weightage for HSC marks, 40% weightage for graduation marks (only the aggregate marks obtained in the examinations upto pre-final year will be considered for computing the merit, for example in case of a 3 year degree programme first and second year examinations’ marks will be counted and in case a four year degree programme first, second and third year examinations’ marks will be counted) and 20% weightage for overall academic consistency.