Admission to Army Institute of Management Kolkata (AIMK) is for the children of eligible serving Army personnel, eligible ex-Army personnel and war widows of the Indian Army, eligible serving Indian Air Force personnel, eligible ex- Indian Air Force personnel, eligible serving Indian Navy personnel, eligible ex-Indian Navy personnel and general category.
Applicants, who have appeared in CAT-2024 can apply for the MBA Programme of Army Institute of Management, Kolkata(AIMK). Minimum qualification for admission to the MBA programme is Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with 50% marks, recognized by the Association of Indian Universities.
The institute also considers applications from candidates, who have appeared in JEMAT-2025, in the event of seats remaining vacant after exhausting all the CAT applications received. Notification regarding admission through JEMAT-2025 will be published separately on AIMK website. For admission through JEMAT-2025, the candidates must have valid JEMAT-2025 Rank card and Allotment card from MAKAUT to get direct admission to the MBA  programme of AIMK. Candidates should ideally be completing all requirements for Bachelor’s degree by 30 June 2025. Such candidates, if selected, will be admitted provisionally and will be required to produce evidence to establish their eligibility by 31 August 2025. Those, failing to comply with the above criteria, will have to withdraw from the programme.
Eligibility of the applicants under the Army Category
The admission to the AIMK, a constituent college under AWES, is for the children of eligible serving Army personnel, eligible ex-Army personnel and war widows of the Indian Army. The children of the following categories of Army personnel are eligible and they are required to submit the relevant certificate as given against the category applicable to them as proof of their eligibility for admission along with the Application Form :-
(Necessary certificates as given in the prospectus may please be attached along with the application. Please also mention the Para and Sub Para on the certificate under which you are eligible)
Candidates desirous of seeking admission to AIMK need to fill in the Online Application Form. Please visit Admission Menu and from the drop down click Apply Online sub-menu. Filling the Online Application Form is mandatory. You are requested to pay the application fees and keep your documents (softcopy) ready before filling of the Online Form. The list of documents are available below. Wards of Personnel from Indian Army, Indian Navy & Indian Air Force need to pay Rs 500/- and applicants from other backgrounds need to pay Rs 600/- towards application fees.
N.B. The above-mentioned application fees is non-refundable Candidates, who have appeared in CAT & have applied to AIMK, would be called for Group Discussion & Personal Interview (GD & PI).
The following documents are required to be uploaded at the time of applying online.
All eligible candidates with valid CAT-2024 scorecard will be called for Group Discussion and Personal Interview. If the GDPI is conducted in offline mode at AIMK campus, the candidates will have to meet their own travel expenses and cater to their own boarding and lodging. Notification regarding the mode of GDPI will be notified to the applicants via email.
After the GDPI process is over, the candidates will be notified regarding their status in the merit list via email. The GD-PI is usually conducted every year in February/ March. The exact dates will be communicated individually through email to the registered email-id of the candidate. The candidates have to produce all original documents (uploaded in the admission form) on the day of GDPI if the same is conducted in offline mode and will have to submit the photocopies of the above mentioned documents, after verification, to the admission office.
Selected Candidates will be intimated through emails only. They will be required to pay a sum of Rs 60,000/- as seat booking amount through ERP payment portal. The amount will be adjusted against the tuition fees, which has to be paid at the time of registration including fees of 1st Semester once the candidate is admitted.
In the event of a student/ candidate withdrawing before the start of the course or any date specified by the AICTE/ MAKAUT, the entire fee collected from the student, after a deduction of the processing fee of not more than Rs 1000/- (Rupees One Thousand only) shall be refunded/ returned by the institution. If a student leaves after joining the course and if the vacated seat is consequently filled up by another student by the last date of admission, the institution will refund the fee collected after a deduction of the processing fee of not more than Rs 1000/- (Rupees One Thousand only) and proportionate deductions of monthly fee and proportionate hostel rent, where applicable. In case the vacated seat is not filled, the institution will refund the security deposit and return the original documents.
The refund policy, as mentioned above, is as per AICTE/MAKAUT/AWES guidelines & the latest ruling would be effective.
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