IIM Sambalpur admission criteria for its flagship 2 years MBA programme and executive MBA programs is different. IIM Sambalpur accepts CAT exam score to shortlist the candidates and participates in IIM Common Admission Process (CAP) comprising PI round for new IIMs. IIM Sambalpur announces its admission policy after the beginning of CAT registration process and before release of CAT exam result. Important details of IIM Sambalpur admission process are:

All the candidates who have registered and applied for CAT exam, who have opted for admission in IIM Sambalpur in the CAT application form, and score the required cut off percentile, will be considered for next stage of IIM Sambalpur Admission process for flagship MBA programme. The approach of IIM Sambalpur for MBA admission is based on following points:

• Applying and Appearing in CAT Exam
• Short listing based on CAT score for Personal Interview (PI)
• The PI process will be common to IIMs which are participating in the Common Admission Process (CAP)
• The PI ropund may also consist of Writing Ability Test (WAT) but for the last few years No WAT is conducted in CAP round
• Merit List is prepared based on CAT score, PI score and Profile score of the candidates