The entrance test held for admission into MICA, Ahmedabad for admissions to the 180 seats of Post Graduate Diploma in Management–Communications (PGDM-C) is known as MICA Admission Test (MICAT). This Institute has designed its PGDM-C programmes to create leaders in Strategic Marketing and Communication.

MICAT Eligibility Criteria

a. The candidates must be a graduate (must have compiled with the 10+2+3 system) from any recognized University.

b. One appearing in the final year of their qualifying programme can also apply.

c. Candidates must have a valid CAT, XAT or GMAT score.

MICAT Syllabus

The syllabus for this subject includes:

• Reasoning and Verbal Ability
• General Knowledge
• Quantitative Ability

MICAT Paper Pattern

The examination will be conducted in written format.

• The exam consists of 2 phases.

• Phase 1 is subjective which will consist of 4 descriptive questions on writing arguments, story writing and essay writing.

• Phase 2 is divided into 3 parts. Part 1 is a Psychometric Test, Part 2 is reasoning and Verbal Ability and Part 3 is a General Knowledge section, where applicants have questions related to latest happenings and news.

• The total time duration for both papers combined is 125 minutes.

• The duration of Paper I is 35 minutes and that of the Paper II is 90 minutes.

• Section I consist of 4 descriptive questions.

• The Paper II Section 1 is the Psychometric Test, which includes 30 statements. Reasoning and Verbal Ability has 35 questions and General Knowledge section has 25 questions. Hence, the total number of questions to be asked in the paper is 94.

• There is no negative marking for the Section 1 and the Paper 1 of Section II. The Paper 2 and Paper 3 have 25% negative marking in case of wrong answers.