MICA Admission Test is the University level entrance examination which is conducted by the Mudra Institute of Communication (MICA), Ahmedabad. MICAT 2018 will be the qualifying examination for admission to Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Communications (PGDM-C). In order to take admission in aforesaid course, candidate must also have valid scores of any one of the entrance examination viz CAT, XAT and GMAT. MICAT is conducted twice i.e. MICAT-I and MICAT-II. All the interested candidates can get the details about MICAT 2018 from this article.
MICAT Exam Date 2018
New Admission criteria and the process will be out around the middle of September 2017. Here, we are mentioning all the events related to MICAT 2018:
| Events | Exam Dates (Tentative) |
| MICAT-I Registration Starts | 2nd week of September 2017 |
| MICAT-I Registration Closes | 4th week of November 2017 |
| Issue of MICAT-I Call Letters/Admit Card | 1st week of December 2017 |
| Exam Date of MICAT-I | 2nd week of December 2017 |
| Declaration of MICAT-I Results | 3rd week of December 2017 |
| MICAT-II Registration Starts | 1st week of January 2018 |
| MICAT-II Registration Closes | 4th week of January 2018 |
| Issue of MICAT-II Call Letters/Admit Card | 1st week of February 2018 |
| Exam Date of MICAT-II | 2nd week of February 2018 |
| Declaration of MICAT-II Results | 3rd week of February 2018 |
| GE-PI Shortlist | 4th week of February 2018 |
| GE-PI Shortlist Ahmedabad (MICA) | 2nd week of March 2018 |
| GE-PI (Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai) | 3rd week of March 2018 |
| Declaration of Final Results | 4th week of March 2018 |
MICAT 2018 Registration
- MICAT 2018 application process will be completely online.
- Application will not be accepted through any other mode.
- MICAT 2018 application form for phase-I will be released in the 4th week of September 2017 while the applications for Phase-II will be released in the 1st week of January 2018.
- Candidates are suggested to fill the application form before the last date.
- Application will be accepted only after successful submission of fee.
Registration Fee:
All the applicants have to pay Rs. 1965 as the application fee. Fee can be submitted through Credit Card, Demand Draft or cash payment Counter/cash Payment in MICA office. DD should be drawn in the favour of “MICA” payable at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Application fee shall not be refundable.
Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria prescribed for MICAT 2018 is as follows:
- Qualifying Examination: Candidate should have bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern in any discipline recognized by AIU.
- Appearing Candidates: Candidates who are in last year of bachelor’s programme are also eligible to apply.
- To be eligible for MICAT, candidates must have valid scores of CAT 2017, XAT 2018 and GMAT (2015 onwards).
MICAT Exam Pattern 2018
Candidate must be aware of exam pattern to perform well in the examination. Here is the exam pattern of MICAT 2018:
- Mode of Examination: MICAT will be held in online mode (CBT).
- Type of Questions: The question paper will have both objective and subjective type questions.
- Sections: There will be two sections in the examination.
- Number of Questions: Section-I will have 4 descriptive type questions while section-2 will have total 94 questions (30 statements from Psychometric Test, 25 questions from General Knowledge & 35 questions from Reasoning and Verbal Ability).
- Exam Duration: 35 minutes will be given to solve section-I while 130 minutes will be given to Section-II.
- Negative Marking: There is no negative marking for Section-I. Also, the paper-I of Section-II will do not have the negative marking. 25% of negative marking will be there for Paper 2 and Paper 3 of section-II.
| Section | Number of Questions |
| Section-I: Writing arguments, Essay and Story | 4 descriptive questions |
| Section-II: Psychometric Test, Reasoning, and Verbal Ability and General Knowledge. | 94 questions |
MICAT Exam Centres
Following are the exam centres of MICAT:
Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Allahabad, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Indore, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Nagpur and Mumbai, Noida, Patna, Pune, Ranchi, Vadodara, Visakhapatnam and Raipur.
MICAT 2018 Admit Card
The authority will send the MICAT admit card 2018 in the candidate’s email ID. Additionally, admit card will also be uploaded on MICA website. Candidates need to bring the printout of the admit card along with one photo ID card to the examination hall.
MICAT Result
MICAT result 2018 will be announced on the official website of MICA. Candidates who will be qualified in entrance exam will be called for further rounds of selection process i.e. GE-PI. The final result will be declared in the 4th week of March 2018.
MICAT Admission 2018
MICA Admission will be purely based on candidate’s scores in MICAT, GE & PI. Selection will be based by providing 50% weightage to MICAT 2018, 18% weightage to GE, 30% weightage to PI and remaining 2% weightage to CAT/XAT/GMAT scaled scores.
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