AIMS Mumbai Admission 2025: Dates, Registration, Fees, Eligibility

Atharva Institute of Management Studies (AIMS), Malad is one of the premier management institutes in Mumbai offering a variety of postgraduate management programs. The institute has a structured admission process that aims to select the best and brightest students for its courses.

AIMS usually begins the admission process in August-September for the coming academic year. The institute offers admission through some of the scores from the entrance examinations held at the national level, based on the particular course opted for. In terms of all courses, it takes scores from CMAT, MH CET, CAT, MAT, XAT, and ATMA.

The minimum eligibility criterion for postgraduate courses at AIMS is a bachelor's degree from a recognized university. Most courses require a minimum of 50-55% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA in the qualifying examination. Final-year students can also apply on a provisional basis, pending their results.

Atharva Institute of Management Studies (AIMS), Malad Application Process

The general application process for the AIMS programs would be the following:

1. Entrance Exam: Students need to appear for one of the entrance exams that are accepted - CMAT, MH CET, CAT, MAT, XAT, ATMA, or AMMI, as per the choice of program.

2. Application Form: On receiving the score of entrance examination, the applicant has to complete the AIMS application form, which is mainly available on the institute's website and can be submitted online.

 3. Documents: All candidates have to provide all the documentations that may include:

• Entrance exam score card
• Degree certificates and mark sheets, 10th, 12th, bachelor's
• Work experience certificate
• Caste certificate
• Passport-size photographs

4. Application Fee: The applicant has to pay the application fee as determined by the institute for applying.

5. Shortlisting: Based on the entrance exam score and academic performance, the institute shortlists the candidates.

6. Group Discussion and Personal Interview: On the AIMS campus, the shortlisted applicants are invited to the Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) round.

7. Final Shortlist: This will be based on the composite score drawn from the performance in the entrance exam, academic records, performance in GD and PI, and any work experience relevant to the job.

8. Offer Letter: Selected candidates will be mailed an offer letter from AIMS.

9. Fee payment and acceptance of admission: His whole payment would have been done along with submitting the originals of all his documents within the time frame considered after the date of his selection for getting his admission confirmed.

Preparation for his preferred entrance exam would be very deep, along with this, scoring a high, competitive score in the exam.

• All the details that he provided in the application form would be correct and recent.
• Relevant internships, projects or any other activity will have special importance along with mention in the application.
• Group discussions and personal interviews will be practiced and performed while applying for admission.
• Significant dates and deadlines related to the admission process.

Atharva Institute of Management Studies (AIMS), Malad Degree-wise Admission Process

MMS- Master of Management Studies:

AIMS offers 120 seats in the MMS program. The eligibility criteria include valid scores of CMAT, MH CET, or AMMI (Atharva Management Entrance Test). The duration is two years. The total fees payable are about Rs 430,000.

PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management):

Scores accepted are from CMAT, MAH CET, CAT, MAT, XAT, AMMI, and ATMA. The course duration is two years and the total fees will be around Rs 820,000. No information about the number of seats is given.

Master of Marketing Management:

AIMS offers 30 seats for its part-time MMM program. Admission details are not specified, but it is probably the same as other postgraduate courses. The program fee is around Rs 191,670.

MHRDM (Master of Human Resource Development Management):

This part-time program also contains 30 seats. No explicit admission criterion has been mentioned, though it is to be expected as per the general postgraduate admission process of the institute. Approximately Rs 191,670 shall be the amount of the fee for the course.

MFM (Master of Financial Management):

The seats are available to the extent of 60 seats in part-time MFM offered by AIMS. Information on the process for admissions has not been explicitly given; it might follow similar protocols of other postgraduate courses. The course fee is about Rs 191,670.