IIM-Ahmadabad to admit more non-engineering graduates from 2014

08-Aug-2013

With CAT-2013, there may be lesser number of engineers among new students given admission at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad.

In a significant change in its admissions policy, the premier management institute has decided to increase the number of students from non-engineering background to 18% from the current 4%.

Further, under the new system, the number of students without work experience or a postgraduate degree is also set to increase in the personal interview round at IIM-A as the institute will not give any points for work experience or for a master's degree. Currently, fresh graduates constitute around 27% of a new batch.

IIM-A has proposed two major changes in CAT-2013 that will have considerable impact on the composition of the batch: the formula for calculating the application rating has been changed, and a provision for direct shortlist for the written analysis and personal interview (WA-PI) round for top performers in the five academic categories has been included.

IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta both have higher percentage of non-engineers as part of their current batches as compared to IIM-Ahmadabad.