IPMAT (IIM Indore)

Run by

Indian Institute of Management Indore

Admits you to

The five-year Integrated Programme in Management (BBA + MBA) at IIM Indore. Several other institutes, including IIM Ranchi, Shillong, Amritsar, Sambalpur and Sirmaur and some private management schools, use the IPM AT score for their own integrated programmes. IIM Rohtak runs a separate test.

Who can sit

Class 12 passed in the previous two years or appearing this year, and Class 10 passed. Age limit by date of birth (for the 2026 intake: born on or after 1 August 2006; five years relaxation for SC, ST and PwD).

Pattern

Computer-based aptitude test of 2 hours in three separately timed 40-minute sections: Quantitative Ability (MCQ), Quantitative Ability (short answer) and Verbal Ability (MCQ). Each question carries 4 marks with -1 for a wrong answer, except the short-answer section, which has no negative marking. Shortlisted candidates then face a Personal Interview; final merit combines the test and interview.

When

Applications usually open in February; the test is held in late April or May, interviews follow in May–June.

Limits

No attempt limit, but the age cut-off and the rule that Class 12 must be from the last two years or the current year effectively allow about three tries.

Courses it leads to

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