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MBA Program

Eligibility Criteria

VGSoM’s MBA MBA Program Admission

Program Selection Process

Master of Business Administration (MBA) is the flagship the admission of such candidates to the program will The selection of candidates for admission to the 2023-25 batch of MBA at VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur is a two-step process.
postgraduate program of Vinod Gupta School of Management be provisional, only if (s)he submits a certificate latest The applicants being shortlisted based on criteria to be called for Online Personal Interview(PI). Final admission to MBA
(VGSoM), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. by May 31, 2023 from the competent authorities of his/ program is offered on the basis of a cumulative score of the application rating (AR), performance score in CAT 2022, and
It is a 2-year (spanning over four semesters) full-time her university/college/institute (issued on or before May the candidate’s performance in Online Personal Interview process.
residential program offered by Indian Institute of Technology 31, 2023) stating that the candidate has completed all
Kharagpur at VGSoM. More details of theprogram can be the requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/
seen at:https://som.iitkgp.ac.in/MBA/ equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the Short-listing for Online Personal
certificate.
Minimum Academic Eligibility Criteria for Admission to Interview(PI)
MBA 3. Admission to reserved category candidates will be as per
Government of India rules.
Candidates seeking admission to the MBA Programme of The applicants are short-listed for Online Personal Interview on the basis of CAT 2022 score, past academic performance,
the Institute should have Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ 4. Applicants must be in good health. In case of any and other criteria, if applicable, as mentioned below. The applicants must have the minimum CAT 2022 percentile as
Technology or Master’s degree in Science, Economics or discrepancy found in the certificate of medical fitness following (ref. Table 1) for being considered:
Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor’s to be submitted during registration, the opinion of the
level)* with the following criteria: Institute Medical Officer will be final Minimum CAT-2022 Percentile for shortlisting
1. A candidate must have any of the following: 5. Candidates belonging to PwD category seeking
admission to MBA are required to appear before a
• Bachelor’s degree of minimum 4-year medical board on or before October 31, 2023 at IIT
duration in engineering, technology, Kharagpur. The decision of the Medical Board is final 90 80 75 75 75
pharmacy, medicine, or similar disciplines; and becomes binding to the candidate
OR Master’s degree in Science/Economics/ General/EWS NC-OBC SC ST PwD
Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at 6. Selection of applicants whose results in the qualifying
Bachelor’s level); with: degree examination are yet to be declared will be
provisional, subject to the condition that all parts of the
• GE/NC-OBC:Minimum of 60% marks (or CGPA examination must be completed in all respects before
of 6.5 on a 10-point scale) Overall CAT 2022 scaled score out of 20, application rating (AR) out of 20 and Gender Diversity Factor (GDF) will be added
the date of joining the Institute and the marksheet/ to get the score for short-listing of the applicants to be called for PI. 4 marks will be given to all female applicants for GDF.
• SC/ST/PwD:Minimum of 55% marks (or CGPA of certificate as evidence of passing the qualifying The application rating looks at the applicants’ academic performances (marks obtained) at various stages of academic
6.0 on a 10-point scale) examination are to be submitted latest by October 31, progression, such as secondary (10th/matriculation), higher secondary (12th/intermediate), undergraduate (bachelor’s
2023
• For both the above cases, if the CGPA is on a degree), and postgraduate (master’s degree, if any), along with professional work experiences. Although in the online
different scale than 10.0, the eligibility of the *Please Note:A 5-year integrated Bachelor’s and Master’s application, the portal captures sectional scores and percentile as part of CAT 2022 performance, the same is not used for
candidates will be calculated corresponding to degree would be considered as equivalent to a 4-year application rating. The details regarding the scores for application rating for various qualifications/degrees/work experience
the equivalence stated above Bachelor’s degree for the Admission process and the are provided below:
candidate would not get separate points in their Application The performance in academic programs such as B.Tech./B.E./B.Pharma./Dual degree BTech-MTech/Dual degree BTech-MSc
2. Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor’s
degree/equivalent qualification examination and those Rating (AR) score for the above-mentioned integrated will have the following rating score (rating score C) for calculation of application rating. Alternatively, an applicant with BA/
who have completed degree requirements and are Master’s degree BSc/B.Com, followed by MA(Eco)/MSc/MCA/M.Com (with Mathematics/Statistics as a subject at bachelor’s level) will be
awaiting results can also apply. However, if selected, getting the following score (rating score D and E) in application rating.

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