IIM Admissions 2023 Sees More BCom, BA Graduates; 40% of MBA Batch 2023-25 Not From Engineering

New Delhi: As per the data shared by top IIMs in India, nearly 40% of the PGP batch admitted this year across six IIMs during MBA Admissions 2023 was from non-engineering backgrounds, which is a significant increase over previous years’ records.

At IIMs, the selection of applicants for MBA Admissions 2023 is done on the basis of marks secured in the Common Admission Test (CAT) as well as graduation marks, work experience, gender diversity, writing ability test and personal interview. 

For this year, the CAT 2023 exam is scheduled to be held on November 26, 2023. Interested candidates can register online for CAT 2023 by submitting their applications on the official website at iimcat.ac.in. The last date to register online is September 13, 2023.

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CAT 2023 Important Dates

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IIM MBA Batch 2023-25: Non-Engineering Students

In IIM Ahmedabad, the 2022-24 batch of the postgraduate program had 133 (33.5%) students from academic backgrounds other than engineering. For MBA Batch 2023-25. the number rose to 171, with a 28.6% increase. 

Along with diverse academic backgrounds, 74% of the batch also had candidates with work experience in fields as diverse as medicine, PSUs, teaching, multinational corporations, space research, non-profit organisations, government services, defence services, consultancy, start-ups, gaming, technology, banking, and law. 

Similarly, at IIM Kozhikode, the number of non-engineering students rose by 28.4%, from 218 in the previous MBA batch to 280 this year. Among the new students, 67% of the batch had work experience. 

At IIM Sambalpur, about half of the new batch are engineers. This year, the institute admitted 160 students from non-engineering backgrounds against 163 engineering students. 

IIM Bangalore was the only institute to have admitted less than 40% non-engineers, out of the six IIMs considered. In the 2023-25 batch at IIM Bangalore, just 90 students in the batch of 532 were not from other backgrounds; the rest were all engineers. 

Of the 90 students, the highest number–52–had opted for commerce subjects, while 20 were from arts and humanities. The remaining 18 students came from science, law and other disciplines.

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CAT Exam: Non-Engineering Students in IIM Batch 2023-25

The number of non-engineering students in the 2023-25 MBA batches at the six first and second-generation IIMs considered is given below.

IIMs MBA Admission 2023 Criteria: More Points to Academic Diversity

Some IIMs have taken inventive steps to counter the CAT exam’s engineering bias. Candidates from non-engineering backgrounds are given extra points to ensure fair representation of students from different streams. The points for academic diversity vary for each campus. 

As per the admission policy, IIM Lucknow assigns 5% and 2.5% weightage to academic diversity at the Writing Ability Test, Personal Interview and Final Selection Stages. This has helped increase academic diversity on campus. The institute admitted nearly 44 % of students from non-engineering backgrounds in the 2023-25 batch.

Despite scoring 99 percentile in CAT, some students are not able to get admission to IIMs as it no longer serves as the sole criterion for MBA admission. Besides CAT scores, student’s class 10th and 12th marks are also considered for admission at IIMs. 

In addition to this, the selection criteria also evaluate the graduation marks, work experience, gender diversity, writing ability test and personal interview. Engineering students also miss out due to low scores in Classes 10 and 12.

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