AICTE revises MBA / PDGM Admission Rules, Allows Admission On the Basis of Qualifying Exams, Get Details Here

AICTE revised MBA / PGDM Admission Rules: As per the latest update, the AICTE i.e. the All India Council for Technical Education has revised the admission rules and eligibility criteria for MBA / PDGM courses offered by others. To confirm the development, AICTE issued a formal notification that said that in the light of the prevailing situation due to COVID-19 pandemic, the council has decided to relax the admission rules and based on that now admission to MBA / PDGM programmes can be offered by affiliated institutes on the basis of candidate’s performance in the qualifying exam.

Decision Taken As Entrance Exam Couldn’t Be Held

As per the earlier guidelines of AICTE, admission to MBA / PGDM programmes, could be offered by the concerned institute only on the basis of a candidate’s performance in entrance tests. Earlier, the council use to accept scores for CAT, XAT, CMAT, ATMA, MAT and GMAT as valid scores to grant admission to the aspirants. However, for 2020 session, owing to the Coronavirus pandemic, many of the aforementioned exams have not been held. Even for the exams that have been held, some aspirants have not been able to appear for the exam. In light of this situation, the AICTE has allowed institutes to admit students to MBA / PDGM programmes on the basis of their performance in qualifying exams i.e. undergraduate courses.

Admission to be Based on Marks Based Merit List

Further providing clarity about its decision, the council informed that the admission to MBA and PDGM courses can be offered by the institutes on the basis of qualifying examination. However, to ensure complete fairness and transparency, the institutes will be required to prepare and publish merit lists for admission on the basis of marks obtained by the students in their qualifying examinations.

First Preference to Candidates Who Have Valid Entrance Exam Score

However, the option of selecting students for admission to PDGM and MBA programmes has been provided to the institutes, only after filling the necessary seats on the basis of applications received from candidates who have a valid score for any of the accepted MBA entrance exams. Only if seats are vacant after being allotted to such candidates, institutes can opt for merit list based admission process based on marks obtained by candidates in UG Exams.