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IPMAT 2024

IPMAT Eligibility Criteria 2024 - Academic Qualification and Age Limit

IPMAT 2024 Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to appear for the IPMAT Exam, candidates must meet the requirements set by the conducting body, which include:

  • Age Limit: General candidates must have been born on or before August 1, 2004, while SC/ST/PwD candidates have a relaxation of 5 years, and their date of birth cannot be before August 1, 1999.
  • Exam Qualification: Candidates must have passed their 10+2 or equivalent level examination in 2022/2023, or they must appear in 2024.
  • Marks Qualification: General candidates need at least 60% marks in class 10/SSC standard and 12/HSC, while SC/ST/PwD candidates need a minimum of 55% marks with a relaxation of 5%.
  • Marks Calculation: The percentage of marks in both 10 and 10+2 levels will be based on all subjects mentioned in the mark sheet.
  • Foreign Candidates: Candidates who have completed their 10 or 10+2 level from international boards such as IGCSE are also eligible to apply.
  • Other Criteria: IIM Indore reserves the right to decide the eligibility of candidates using parameters such as equivalence, percentage marks, recognition of the qualifying examination, intake, and more.

Note that candidates who are likely to complete their 10+2 level or equivalent by July 31, 2024, can also apply provided they fulfill the above eligibility criteria.

IPMAT Reservation Policy

The reservation policy for IPMAT adheres to the guidelines set by the Government of India, which mandates a percentage of seats to be reserved for different categories. These categories include 27% seats for candidates belonging to the “Non-Creamy” layer of Other Backward Classes (NC-OBC), 15% for Scheduled Caste (SC), 7.5% for Scheduled Tribe (ST), up to 10% for Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs), and 5% for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwD)

  1. Blindness and low vision
  2. Deaf and hard of hearing
  3. Locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy,
  4. Autism, Intellectual Disability, Specific Learning Disability And Mental Illness,
  5. Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (1) to (4), and
  6. Other ‘specified disabilities’ mentioned in ‘The Schedule’ of the RPwD Act 2016.