MICAT Eligibility: Criteria on Academics, Age, Other Entrance Exams

MICA conducts two MICAT exams which have 50% weight in its selection process. Both the MICAT exams are computer based tests. MICAT 1 is scheduled in December 2024 first week and MICAT II will be conducted in January 2025 last week. It is not possible to get admission in the PGDM or PGDM-C programme at MICA Ahmedabad without appearing in MICAT I or MICAT II. As such appearing in MICAT and scoring well in it, is the basic eligibility criterion for MICA admission 2025. The eligibility criteria for MICAT 1 and MICAT 2 are same. The major difference is that if a candidate appears in MICAT 1, he/she has option to improve the MICAT score by applying and appearing in MICAT 2.

• A Candidate is eligible to apply for admission for PGDM-C and PGDM programmes at MICA Ahmedabad through MICAT I or MICAT II, if he/she has a Bachelor's degree (in keeping with the 10 + 2 + 3 system) or an equivalent qualification in any discipline recognised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
• Candidates appearing for final examinations towards a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) are also eligible to apply for MICA
• It is mandatory for a final-year student, who is provisionally admitted, to submit the mark sheet and degree certificate of the final year bachelor’s degree examination held on or before June 30, 2025 (including supplementary, if any), to be eligible for admission to the PGP (PGDM-C / PGDM) batch 2025-2027.
• The deadline for submission of the mark sheet and the certificate is December 31, 2024. Non-fulfilment of this condition will automatically result in the cancellation of the provisional admission. 
• MICA would not allow any candidate to join its PGP in case the candidate is unable to complete all the requirements for a bachelor’s degree on or before June 30, 2024.

• Only those candidates who have applied and appeared in CAT 2024 or XAT 2025 or GMAT exams are eligible to apply and appear in MICAT for admission to MICA
• It is mandatory for all the applicants who qualify these MICA eligibility criteria 2025 to register and appear in MICAT without which their candidature will be cancelled.

MICA has not prescribed any minimum or maximum age to either appear in MICAT or to apply for MICA admission. A candidate fulfilling academic eligibility and has take at least one of the MBA entrance exams is eligible to appear in MICAT and for MICA admission 

While MICA requires an applicant to apply and appear in at least one of the three exams – CAT/XAT/GMAT, and also in its own admission test MICAT, which has same eligibility criteria as that of MICA admission, the best score out of CAT/XAT/GMAT will be considered in shortlisting and the better of the two MICAT exams’ score will be considered in admission. 

Candidates who demonstrate aptitude for expressing, assessing, and /or conceiving ideas that move people to action and achieve business results tend to stand a better chance of being shortlisted by MICA.

MICA offers most sought after 2 years full time PGDM-C and PGDM programmes. The candidates who wish to apply for MICA admission 2025 for either of the two programmes - PGDM-C or PGDM, have to appear in CAT, XAT or GMAT followed by MICAT. The two-year, full-time, residential programmes at MICA are AICTE approved and have been awarded equivalence to an MBA by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). It is a differentiated MBA programme that creates leadership through Creative Thinking, Communication and Consumer-Centricity.