CAT 2016: GIM Goa, Great Lakes, TAPMI, XIMB, BIMTECH - Application deadline approaching; apply today or miss the bus

Top B-schools accepting CAT 2016 scores in their admission process are closing their last date to submit the application for admission 2017. If you are planning to apply to top B-schools to explore admission opportunity in MBA/PGDM 2017, make sure that you do not miss the time line.

While Great Lakes, BIMTECH are closing the application process for their flagship programme today, the application deadlines for other top B-schools like GIM Goa, TAPMI Manipal, XIM Bhubaneshwar are also approaching fast.
Application process for MBA/PGDM 2017-19 batch in top rated Non-IIMs in India is open and is about to close. The biggest USP of these B-schools is that they will shortlist you on the basis of your overall performance in CAT 2016 and may not impose tricky condition of scoring high in each section. Your moderate score of 80 to 90 percentile in CAT 2016 may get you shortlisted by these B-schools where you will have the great learning experience along with high placement even before completing your management programme.

If you score the required percentile in CAT 2016, you may get the admission opportunity in these B-schools provided you have already applied to them before they close the process.
If you have registered for CAT 2016 and wish to pursue MBA/PGDM in 2017 from one of the top rated B schools in India without any reservation of regional or location preference, you are supposed to apply to these coveted management institutes. The condition however is to act fast and immediately apply for admission.

MBAUniverse.com brings for you a round of highly ranked Non-IIMs with their admission process open. Taking admission to these B schools is the dream of MBA aspirants but due to one or other factor they miss the opportunity.

GIM Goa: Last date Dec 15
Goa Institute of Management (GIM) Goa is one of the premier management institute where the learning and placement for both the programmes - PGDM & PGDM (HCM) are excellent. GIM Goa is a preferred MBA/PGDM destination for CAT 2016 aspirants. Great learning, high placements and comparatively moderate CAT cut offs in the range of 85-90 used in shortlisting for flagship PGDP add to the key strengths of the coveted B-school.
2 years full time PGDM at GIM Goa has consistently been ranked among top management programmes in the country. Goa Institute of Management has been ranked # 12 among private B-schools by The Week and among top 19 by Outlook.

http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/9895/GIM-Goa

• Last Date to apply: Dec 15, 2016 with CAT score; Jan 3 with XAT 2017, CMAT 2017 & GMAT scores
• Application fee: Rs. 1800/-
• Programme offered: PGDM; PGDM (Health Care Management)
• How to apply: Online
• Eligibility: Graduate with 50% marks
• Intake 2017-19 batch: 300
• Mandatory Exam: CAT 2016; XAT 2017; CMAT 2017 & GMAT
• Expected CAT 2016 cut off percentile: 90
• Fee structure: Rs.14.98 lakhs
• Average placement in 2016: Rs.9.40 lakhs

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai: Last date Nov 30 (Today)
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai is the youngest and the 7th B school in India receiving AMBA accreditation. The PGPM at Great Lakes has been consistently ranked in the top 10 one year MBA program in the country. In 2014 the program was ranked 7th by both Outlook India and Business Today

• Last Date to apply: Nov 30, 2016
• Application fee: Rs. 2000/-
• Programme offered: PGPM, 1 year fast track programme
• How to apply: Online
• Eligibility: Graduate with 2 years of work experience
• Mandatory Exams: CAT 2015 & 2016; XAT 2016 & 2017; GMAT 2014 onwards; CMAT 16 & 17
• Expected CAT 2016 cut off percentile: 85
• Fee structure: Rs.18.50 lakhs (total expenses)
• Average placement in 2016: Rs.12.11 lakhs

http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/9777/Great-Lakes

BIMTECH, Greater Noida: Last date-Nov 30 (Today)
BIMTECH is one of the highly ranked B-schools currently ranked 6th among private B-Schools and 15th overall by National HRD Network (NHRDN) & People Matters B-School Ranking 2015.

• Last Date to apply: Nov 30, 2016
• Application fee: Rs. 1500/-
• Programme offered: PGDM, PGDM (IB), PGDM (IBM), PGDM (RM)
• How to apply: Online
• Eligibility: Graduate with 50% marks
• Intake 2017-19 batch: 420
• Mandatory Exams: CAT 2016, XAT 2017 and GMAT 2016-17
• Expected CAT 2016 cut off percentile: 70
• Fee structure: Rs.11 lakhs for PGDM & PGDM (IB); Rs.8.5 lakhs for PGDM(IBM) & PGDM (RM)
• Average placement in 2016: Rs.7.35 lakhs

http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/9893/BIMTECH

TAPMI Manipal: Last date-Jan 13, 2017
T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal has started the admission application process for its 2-year fully residential Post Graduate Programs 2017-19 batch. TAPMI is consistently ranked among the top 20 Best B-Schools in the country by the most reputed ranking surveys like The Week, Outlook, MBAuniverse.com among others. TAPMI is one of the very few B-schools which are accredited by AACSB International.

• Last Date to apply: Jan 13, 2017
• Application fee: Rs. 1500/-
• Programme offered: PGDM; PGDM- BKFS; PGDM-HCM
• How to apply: Online http://www.mbauniverse.com/mba-college.php?institute_id=480
• Eligibility: Graduate in any discipline for PGDM & PGDM-BKFS; for PGDM-HCM graduate in medical and para-medical with 50% marks
• Intake 2017-19: 540
• Mandatory Exams: CAT 2016; XAT 2017 and GMAT scores (test taken in 2015 and 2016)
• Expected CAT 2016 cut off percentile: 85 to 90
• Fee structure: Rs.14 lakhs for PGDM; Rs.15 lakhs for PGDM-BKFS; Rs.9.5 lakhs for PGDM-HCM
• Average placement in 2016: Rs.9.23 lakhs

http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/9913/MBA-Admission-2017

XIM Bhubaneshwar: Last date- Dec 10
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) was established 29 years ago. XIMB is now Flagship School of Xavier University Bhubaneshwar (XUB)

• Last Date to apply: Dec 10, 2016
• Application fee: Rs. 1300/-
• Programme offered: MBA-BM; MBA-HRM; MBA-RM; MBA-SM
• How to apply: Online
• Eligibility: Graduate in any discipline with 55% marks
• Mandatory Exams: CAT 2016; XAT 2017 and GMAT (test taken in 2015 and 2016); X-GMAT on Jan 29, 2017.
• Expected CAT 2016 cut off percentile: 85 to 90
• Fee structure: Rs.15.40 lakhs
• Average placement in 2016: Rs.12.44 lakhs

http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/9717/XIMB-Admission-announces

Take decision now
You are supposed to take a decision at the earliest. The great learning experience, high ROI after completion of MBA/PGDM course at these B schools put them even better than many of the 20 IIMs. It is therefore advised that sooner the decision is taken, the better it will be for the future.