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Is it possible for a commerce background (BA, BBA) or a non- engineer student to take admission into any of the IITs or NIT for MBA/PGDM course after clearing CAT or MAT?


Atif Ali 11th Feb, 2021
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 11th Feb, 2021

Hi

Yes, you can get admission in IIT even if you are from non engineering background.

For example,
Eligibility criteria for MBA at IIT Delhi is provided below

To be eligible
-) you must have a bachelor's degree Bachelor's degree in any discipline

-) you must have got at least 60% marks or 6 CGPA out of 10 cgpa in your graduation. In case of for the SC or ST or PwD candidates, a minimum of 55% marks or 5.5 CGPA in graduation is required to be eligible

-) those who are in the final year of their graduation are also eligible provisionally

You can check  the same on its official page the link for which is provided below

https://dms.iitd.ac.in/admission-mba /

Similarly,
IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, IIT dhanbad  also accept non engineers you can check the theme on their official website the direct link for which is provided below

IIT Roorkee :- https://www.iitr.ac.in/departments/DM/pages/Academics+_en_Admissions__en_.html

IIT madras :- https://doms.iitm.ac.in/index.php/admissions/mba-admissions/eligibility-and-selection

IIT dhanbad :- https://www.iitism.ac.in/~dms/index.php/Amdm#:~:text=Graduates%20(or%20professional%20qualification%20equivalent,a%20recognized%20University%20with%20Mathematics%2F

But yes, not all IIT offer MBA to bba /ba students
For example,
IIT kanpur eligibility criteria says that to be eligible  you need to have B.Tech. or B.E. or B. Arch. Or four year degree program leading to B. Sc. Engineering or msc maths or ma economic with maths..

You can check the same at
https://www.iitk.ac.in/ime/mba-admission-process

And,

Yes, you can do MBA from NITs as well even if you are non- engineer

For example NIT Bhopal eligibility criteria is provided below :-
-)To be eligible you need to have a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline with at least 55% marks or 50% marks for SC/ ST/ PH .
-) you need to have a valid CAT or GMAT score
You can check the same at
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/manit-bhopal-mba-admission

But yes,
Not all NITs accept non engineers.

for example,
NIT Warangal provides MBA to only engineering graduates.
For your reference NIT warangal MBA eligibility is provided below:-
To be eligible, you must
-) have first class Bachelor's degree in engineering
-) you musy have a valid CAT or MAT score
-) you should have at least 60% marks or 6.5 CGPA in your engineering or at least
55% aggregate marks or 6.0 CGPA in case of SC/ST/PWD candidates

You can check the same on its official website link is provided below

https://www.nitw.ac.in/department/sm/Admission-MBAPhD/#:~:text=Eligibity%20Criteria%20%2D,from%20an%20reputed%20institute%2Funiversity.&text=At%20least%2060%25%20marks%20in,CGPA%20on%2010%2Dpoint%20scale .

Thank you

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11th Feb, 2021
Thanks for this detailed answer😲😲😲
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harshitasharansrivastava Student Expert 11th Feb, 2021

Hi Dear,

Yes, there are many IITs and NITS offering PGDM or MBA courses to students. The seats are open for all stream students who have qualified CAT or relevant entrance exams. So, yes even if you are from non engineering background still you can get into these colleges for MBA/PGDM course if you qualify the cut off and other rounds of selection.

Good Luck

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