MICA Ahmedabad Admission Dates 2027

MICA admission has two main testing stages. Students first need a valid CAT, XAT or GMAT score, and then they have to take MICAT, the institute's own admission test. For the 2027-29 batch, the admission calendar runs from September 2026 to 2027.

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Entrance tests are different for different programs. The course-wise exam requirement is given below.

MICA Ahmedabad Courses and Fees

MICA offers postgraduate programs through the School of Management and the School of Applied Creativity. The programs include 2-year residential diplomas, 1-year certificate programs, FPM and an online certificate course.

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MICA Ahmedabad Admission Process

MICA selects students in three stages. A national entrance score makes a student eligible for MICAT, MICAT performance decides the shortlist for the campus round, and the Group Exercise and Personal Interview are used for the final selection.

PGDM-C and PGDM Admission

The eligibility rules are the same for both flagship programs.

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline under the 10+2+3 system, recognised by the Association of Indian Universities
• At least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA in graduation
• Valid CAT, XAT or GMAT score
• Final-year students can apply with a certificate from their college, but they must submit final mark sheets by 31 December of the admission year

The selection process follows this order.

• Apply to MICA with a valid CAT / XAT / GMAT score and register for MICAT
• Take MICAT, which includes psychometrics, verbal ability, quantitative ability and data interpretation, general awareness, divergent thinking and descriptive writing
• Clear the MICAT shortlist for the Group Exercise and Personal Interview round at the campus
• Get selected through the final merit score based on the announced weightage

The final score gives 35% weight to CAT / XAT / GMAT, 25% to MICAT, 20% to Personal Interview, 10% to Group Exercise, 5% to academics and 5% to extracurriculars. The CAT and XAT screening cutoff has remained in the 80 percentile band across categories. This is lower than many peer B-schools because MICAT and interview rounds together carry more than half the total score. Students with 85 to 92 percentile and a strong creative profile often convert because the process is not based only on the entrance percentile.

This scoring pattern also affects the batch mix. MICA admits students from humanities, mass communication, design and liberal arts, along with engineering and commerce backgrounds. The descriptive section in MICAT gives non-engineering applicants a chance to show their strength.

FPM Admission

For the Fellow Program in Management, applicants need a Master's degree with at least 60% marks in management, communication, humanities or social science. The FPM selection process has three steps:

• Step 1: Online application and MICAT performance
• Step 2: Online screening interview
• Step 3: On-campus FPM Written Test, Individual Presentation and Personal Interview. Final selection depends on performance in all these steps and relevant professional or research experience in marketing, media and communication.

PGCM-AMC and PGCM-DMMC Admission

For both 1-year programs under the School of Applied Creativity, students need a Bachelor's degree with 50% marks in any discipline. Admission is based on the School of Applied Creativity MICAT paper and a personal interview. A student can apply for more than one program within the same school through one MICAT attempt because the paper is school-specific.

MICA Ahmedabad Placements

MICA achieved 100% placement in the 2025 placement season, with 197 students placed. The highest package was INR 45.67 LPA, the average package was INR 20.12 LPA, and the median package was INR 19.57 LPA.

More than 92 companies joined the placement process, including 91 new recruiters. The placement trends are listed below.

The summer internship process also ended with 100% placement. A total of 229 students were placed. For the two-month internship period, the highest stipend was INR 5.76 Lakhs and the average stipend was INR 1.77 Lakhs.

MICA Ahmedabad Rankings

MICA's best listed rank is #10 out of 120 in IIRF 2026 among private B-schools. In wider management rankings, it is placed in the low-to-mid thirties.

MICA Ahmedabad Scholarships

MICA offers scholarships through a merit-cum-means system, not through an automatic waiver based only on entrance scores. Each year, 25 to 30 scholarships are given across programs. The review includes income-tax returns and bank statements of all earning family members for the previous three years.

Achievements at state, national or international level in academics, sports or the arts are also considered while making the final scholarship decision.

MICA Ahmedabad Campus and Infrastructure

MICA's campus is spread over 19 acres at Shela, near Ahmedabad in Gujarat. It is a fully residential campus with red-brick buildings, open lawns and student graffiti on campus walls. More than 300 students can stay in the hostels, and every room has internet access.

The academic facilities include air-conditioned classrooms for discussion-based learning, seminar halls, an auditorium, an open-air theatre and a computer laboratory that remains accessible round the clock. The library has books, journals, advertising campaign archives and print advertisement archives. Sports facilities include a cricket ground, tennis courts, volleyball courts and a gymnasium.

Student committees play a major role in campus life. MICANVAS, the annual marketing festival, has been held since 2002. Oorja is the campus garba night. Chhota, the 24-hour canteen, and MICafe are the main student hangout spaces. MICA also offers free daily yoga sessions and counselling support in both in-person and online modes.

Students often value the access they get to faculty members and the mix of regular teachers and industry practitioners. The main limitation is scale. The campus is small for a B-school, hostel capacity is tight when compared with the total intake across programs, and Shela is away from the city centre.

MICA Ahmedabad vs SIBM Pune vs IMT Ghaziabad

Students interested in marketing and brand roles often compare MICA with SIBM Pune and IMT Ghaziabad. The three institutes fall in a similar private B-school fee range and attract recruiters from FMCG, consulting and consumer-tech sectors.

SIBM Pune has the highest average CTC in this comparison and a high SNAP cutoff of 97 percentile. IMT Ghaziabad has a larger batch and a wider sector spread, including BFSI, IT, operations and marketing. MICA's strength is specialisation. It is built around strategic marketing and communication, and its average CTC is higher than IMT Ghaziabad's even though its screening percentile is lower. The trade-off at MICA is a smaller batch and fewer options for students who want to keep finance or operations open as a career path.