MICAT - India Education

MICAT 2022: Exam Pattern, Registration, Study Material & Question Papers

India Education

MICAT is the admission test conducted by Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) and is designed to test your aptitude and orientation towards communication as a profession.

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) is a well-known communications management school in India. It aims to train, educate and develop professionals in media and communications so that they can cater to the needs of the industry & society in India. MICA also aims to conduct research in communication as applied to the needs of the communications industry. Through such research, the intent is to create and share new knowledge in this fast growing and increasingly important field.

MICA is counted among the best marketing schools in India, and is appreciated for its curriculum and quick response to changing industry needs. Students seeking an MBA in Communications or MBA in Communications Management may find MICA’s PGDM- Communications Management to ideally suit their requirements.

MICA (PGDM - C)

The Post-graduate Program Diploma in Management (Communications) PGDM-C is MICA’s flagship program which has established a name for itself since it began in 1994. The course is considered equivalent to an MBA and sees 100% placement of its students with the best corporate companies in India and abroad. The course is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Association of Indian University (AIU). The core competency of this course is communications management.

The following specializations are offered in the second year of the program:

Brand Management
Account Planning
Marketing Research
Media Management
New Media/Digital Communication Management

Selection Process

The selection process is divided into 3 stages.

Stage 1: Each candidate who applies for the management programs in MICA has to take one of the following three exams, i.e. CAT 2016, XAT 2017 and GMAT (2015 onwards).

Stage 2: MICA Admission Test (MICAT) – All the candidates will be assessed on different sections of MICAT and are consequently selected for the GE and PI rounds.

Stage 3: All selected candidates will appear for both GE and PI.

Shortlisted candidates for GE & PI will have to go for those rounds in either of the 5 cities of Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.

Important Dates

MICAT - I Registration

Start Date : 7th October 2021
End Date : 20th November 2021

MICAT Admit Card

Start Date : 1st December 2021
End Date : -

MICAT - I Exam

Start Date : 4th December 2021
End Date : -

MICAT - I Score

Start Date : 21st December 2021
End Date : -

MICAT - II Registration

Start Date : 23rd November 2021
End Date : 16th December 2021

MICAT - II Admit Card

Start Date : 25th January 2022
End Date : -

MICAT - II Exam

Start Date : 29th January 2022
End Date : -

MICAT - II Score

Start Date : 18th February 2022
End Date : -

GE & PI Shortlist

Start Date : 1st week of March 2022
End Date : -

GE & PI - MICA Ahmedabad

Start Date : 2nd week of March 2022
End Date : 3rd week of March 2022

GE & PI - Other cities

Start Date : 4th week of March 2022
End Date : -

Final Results

Start Date : 1st week of April 2022
End Date : -

Application Form

You can apply online for MICAT 2022 from end of 23rd November 2021(Tentative). The last date for online application & payment is 16th December, 2021.

You are required to pay a non-refundable registration fee of Rs. 1965. You have 2 choices of payment modes.

Online Payment through Credit Card: You can pay the fee online directly through a Master or Visa card.

Demand Draft: You can get a demand draft made for Rs. 1965 from any bank in favour of “MICA” payable at Ahmedabad. Choose the mode of Payment as DD in “Make Payment” Tab and click “Submit”. After clicking “Submit”, the Payment advice form will load.

Take a printout of the Payment Advice form, sign and send it along with the DD to:

Admissions Office

MICA
Shela, Ahmedabad - 380058
Telephone: 02717-308313 | 308250

Exam Pattern

MICAT will comprehensively gauge abilities such as:

Analytical
Verbal
Logical Reasoning
Divergent Thinking
Written Communication Skills
Creativity
General Knowledge

Your leadership potential will also be assessed through “psychometric profiling” that will be a part of MICAT 2022.

The total duration of the exam for MICAT 2017 was 125 minutes.

Section 1 – 35 minutes – No Negative Marking

Section 2 – 90 minutes

Psychometric Test (No Negative Marking)
Reasoning and Verbal Ability (Negative Marking) – There is negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.
General Knowledge (Negative Marking) – This section has negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.

MICAT Sample Papers

MICAT Sample Paper

MICAT Sample Paper 2015

MICAT Exam Centres

Region - North

Allahabad, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Delhi, Gurgaon, Lucknow, Noida, Patna

Region - West

Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Vadodara

Region - Central

Bhopal, Indore, Raipur, Ranchi

Region - South

Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Visakhapatnam

Region - East

Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Kolkata

Contact Information

Mudra Institute of Communications (MICA), Ahmedabad

Shela, Ahmedabad - 380 058, Gujarat, India
Telephone: (91) 2717-308250
Fax: (91) 2717-308349
Website: www.mica.ac.in