30 October 2020 15:08:04 IST

MICA reduces entrance test duration

While the number of sections in MICAT remains the same, the total number of questions are reduced

MICA, Ahmedabad, management school for strategic marketing and communications, has reduced its entrance exam duration —MICAT — by 30 minutes. The duration of MICAT has been reduced from 2 hours 45 minutes to 2 hours 15 minutes for the current year. Like every year, MICAT-1 will be held on the first Saturday of December — December 5.

Confirming the same, Prof Ruchi Tewari, Admissions Chair, MICA, said, “While the number of sections in MICAT remains the same — psychometric, descriptive, and aptitude section — the total number of questions will be reduced. This decision has been in deliberation for a while, and the stressful externalities propelled us into action to make a scientific analysis of data and take this decision.”

The institute has opened applications for its 2021-23 batch of the flagship two-year PGP Program (Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Communication/Post Graduate Diploma in Management). Interested can participate in the PGDM and PGDMC admission process and appear for the MICAT entrance exam, a computer-based test conducted twice a year and the better of the two scores in MICAT I and II is considered.

The application process opened on October 6, and the last date for online application for PGDM-C/PGDM MICAT-1 exam is November 25. As a practice, MICA hosts admission-related webinars to sort queries and interact with the prospective students,”Prof Ruchi added.