Participants are admitted to the program based on a combination of requirements. First, the candidate must hold a Bachelor's Degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under section 3 UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. The Bachelors Degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (12th) or equivalent. Diploma holders cannot apply to this program unless they also possess a Bachelors degree.

Second, applicants need to have a minimum of two years experience in the IT industry as on June 1, 2012. Since the participants draw a significant portion of their education from the rich experience of peers, we strongly discourage candidates with less experience from applying to the program.

For the PGSEM batch starting 2012, applicants must mandatorily choose any one of these three options for selection:

1.Applicants may take the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted jointly by the IIMs and indicate that they want to apply for the PGSEM in the CAT Application Form. The CAT scores will be used in their application process. A separate application has to be submitted for PGSEM between December 17, 2011 - February 4, 2012 with the CAT score (Details are provided in the section "How To Apply").

2.Applicants may take the GMAT. Applicants who have already taken the test may attach a copy of their GMAT scores along with the application. Scores of GMAT taken after Jan 1, 2009 only are valid. Applicants who are going to take the test may have the score sent directly to the PGSEM Office. The GMAT Code for IIMB PGSEM is 3904. Separate application has to be submitted for PGSEM between December 17, 2011 - February 4, 2012 with the GMAT score (Details are provided in the section "How To Apply").

3.IIMB will conduct a separate PGSEM Admission Test in Bangalore on Sunday, February 12, 2012.