MICA (Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad) has released the notification, regarding the admission procedure, for 2019 -2021 batch. Previously, MICAT 1 was scheduled on the same day as IIFT 2018. Due to the clash the date for MICAT 1 has now been changed to Dec 01, 2018. For MICA, an aspirant requires a minimum cut off score in CAT/XAT along with MICAT.
What is MICAT?
MICAT is conducted by Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA) every year for admission into its courses. The exam is conducted twice in a year, in the month of December and February. The candidate can appear for both the exams. The better score in the two is counted.
Eligibility Criteria
- Bachelor’s degree in any discipline or equivalent qualification from a recognised university
- Final year students can also apply
- A valid CAT/XAT/GMAT score
Important Dates
| EVENTS | DAYS AND DATES |
| MICAT – I Registration opens | Thursday, August 23, 2018 |
| MICAT – I Registration closes | Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 11:50 pm |
| Issue of MICAT- I Call Letters/Admit Card | Monday, November 26, 2018 |
| MICAT – I | Sunday, December 01,2018 |
| MICAT -I Score | Tuesday, December 18,2018 |
| MICAT – II Registration opens | Thursday, January 3, 2019 |
| MICAT – II Registration closes | Wednesday, January 30, 2019. at 11:50pm |
| Issue of MICAT- II Call Letters/Admit Card | Monday, February 04, 2019 |
| MICAT – II | Saturday, February 09, 2019 |
| MICAT – II Score | Tuesday, February 19, 2019 |
| GE & PI Shortlist | Tuesday, February 19, 2019 |
| GE & PI at Delhi and Kolkata | Thursday-Saturday, March 7, 8 & 9, 2019 |
| GE & PI at MICA, Ahmedabad | Tuesday & Wednesday, March 12 & 13, 2019 |
| GE & PI at Bangalore & Mumbai | Saturday-Monday, March 16, 17 & 18, 2019 |
| Final results | Monday, March 25, 2019 |
Exam Fee:
The Application fee for MICAT 1 is Rs 1985/-
Mode of Exam
MICAT is a computer based test (CBT) and is conducted twice in an year across 48 cities in the country.
MICAT Exam Pattern:
The exam pattern of MICAT is as follows:
| Part 1 | Psychometric test | 25 minutes |
| Part 2 | Ability, Quantitative Ability, General Awareness and Divergent-Convergent Reasoning | 105 minutes |
| Part 3 | Descriptive Test | 35 minutes |
- The total duration of the test is 165 minutes
- Each part has individual time limits
- A candidate needs to qualify in the Psychometric test only then the performance in the further sections will be assessed
- There is no negative marking for questions in Part 1 and Part 3 for Part 2 there is a negative marking of ¼th of the allotted marks.
Last year’s break up of questions is as follows
| Section | No of Questions | |
| Part 1 | Descriptive Test | 4 |
| Part 2 | Verbal Ability | 25 |
| Quantitative Ability | 25 | |
| General Awareness | 25 | |
| Divergent-Convergent Reasoning | 30 | |
| Part 3 | Psychometric Test | 36 |
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