CIMP Patna Admission 2026. PGDM Application Open

CIMP Patna Admission 2026: The Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna  (CIMP) invites applications from eligible candidates appearing for CAT 2025, XAT 2026, MAT (AUG 2025 & onwards), ATMA 2026, CUET 2026, GMAT, and CMAT 2026 to two-year full-time residential Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) for the academic session 2026-28.

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The break-up of reservation policy is as follows: Scheduled Castes – 16%; Scheduled Tribes – 01%; Extremely Backward Class – 18%; Backward Class – 12%, Women of Backward Class – 3%.  Amongst all the categories, 50% of the total seats would be reserved for students who qualify as a Domicile of Bihar (permanent residents only) and 4% of the total seats for Persons with Disability (PWD).

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CIMP Eligibility Criteria :

• The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Differently Abled (DA*) categories], from any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
• Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. If selected, such candidates will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if he/she submits a certificate latest by June 30, 2026 from the Principal/Registrar of his/her College/Institute (issued on or before June 30, 2026) stating that the candidate has completed all the formalities/requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of certificate. 

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PGDM Application Fees: Cost of an Application Form is Rs. 1000/- (Rs. 500/- for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Differently Abled (DA)* candidates).

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Selection procedure:

• Shortlisting of the candidates will be done on the basis of Test scores (CAT 2025, XAT 2026, MAT AUG 2025 & onwards, ATMA 2026, CUET 2026, GMAT and CMAT 2026) and criteria like the previous academic record and relevant work experience. 
• Shortlisted candidates would be called to attend Group Discussion (GD) & Personal Interview (PI) during March 2026 (tentatively). Applicants will be informed about the GD / PI schedule through emails/phone.
• The final merit list would be prepared after considering weighted scores of various components like the Academic record, Test score, Work experience, and Performance in Group Discussion & Personal Interview. Final offer of admission would be declared in the third week of April 2026.

About CIMP: The Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna (CIMP) has been established as an autonomous institution, with active support from the Government of Bihar. The institute was established with the objective of contributing substantially to the academic and development credentials of Bihar, while fulfilling the primary role of training students to become effective managers. CIMP offers a two-year full-time, AICTE approved Post Graduate Diploma in Management. The institute follows most of the practices, systems and processes of leading management institutes in India.