N.B. Each one of the following instructions given below is very important. Candidates are advised to go through them carefully. A few instructions may get modified in due course. Candidates should visit this link periodically to keep themselves abreast of changes, if any. Candidates shall be solely responsible for any hardship caused to them or losses sustained by them owing to their action of not reading the instructions properly or not keeping themselves abreast of changes, if any.

From 2014 onwards, IMU has switched over to Online Counselling so that the candidates need not come to Chennai physically for the Counselling which, in the past, had caused considerable hardship.

For details of the Programmes offered by IMU Campuses for Online Counselling (Seat Matrix) - please CLICK HERE.

N.B: From the Academic Year 2016-17 onwards, the Online Counselling will be restricted to admission to IMU Campuses only.  Affiliated Institutes shall admit students directly subject to their fulfilling the various Eligibility Criteria. 

For details of the various Eligibility Criteria (pass in CET, Age Criteria, Educational Qualifications and Medical requirements) for various Programmes - please CLICK HERE.

For details of the Fees for various Programmes charged by IMU - please CLICK HERE.

Candidates will be required to choose online, the Programme(s) and the IMU Campus(es) that they would like to join.

A candidate must first pay a Counselling Fee of Rs.10,000/- (non-refundable) to IMU - through the Online mode (Net Banking, Credit Card, Debit Card) only - before he can choose his Programmes / Campuses online. Candidates who have paid the Counselling Fee are exempted from paying the Admission Registration Fee of Rs.10,000/- at the time of admission.

In Online Counselling, the allotment of candidates to a Programme / Campus will be done automatically based on (i) rank in the CET, (ii) Category, (iii) choices of Programmes and Campuses, and (iv) the availability of seats. The First List of allotments will be published only after the last date for Online Counselling is over.

The candidate will be issued a 'Provisional Allotment Letter' indicating the Programme and Campus he has been allotted. 

A candidate issued with the 'Provisional Allotment Letter' will be required to pay the Programme Fee of Rs.25,000/- (non-refundable) through Online mode before the prescribed date mentioned in the Provisional Allotment Letter in order to signify his acceptance. If the Programme Fee is not paid before the prescribed time limit, then the candidate shall be deemed to be a 'drop out' and he shall forgo his seat allotment and forfeit the Counselling Fee. That is, his allotment will be cancelled and he cannot lay any claim over the seat at a later date.

Once the Programme Fee of Rs.25,000/- is paid online, the candidate will be informed about the date on which he should report before the Director of the Campus he is allotted to for (i) verification of original documents, (ii) confirmation of medical fitness and (iii) payment of the first Semester Fees in full. This is likely to be around 25.07.2016 i.e. about a week before the commencement of the Academic Year 2016-17 on 01.08.2016. Only after these formalities are completed, the Provisional Allotment will be "Confirmed". 

If, after his admission is confirmed, a candidate withdraws from the allotted Campus / Programme for any reason, then he shall forfeit not only the Counselling Fee and the Programme Fee but also the first Semester Fees already paid. He shall not be entitled to any refund under any circumstances.

IMU will draw up a Second List of selected candidates in place of the 'dropouts' vide para 9 above, i.e. those who failed to pay the Programme Fee of Rs.25,000/- within the prescribed time limit. In the Second List, some of the candidates may get upgraded i.e. they may get a Programme or Campus or both (as per their order of preference) which they could not get in the First List.

Candidates  should  note that  unless  they register  for Online  Counselling  with  multiple options, they may lose out on their chances of upgradation in the Second List. 

A candidate who has already paid the Programme Fee of Rs.25,000/- vide para 9 above will not be required to pay it again if he is selected for a different IMU Campus / Programme in the Second List. However, if a candidate who has already paid the Programme Fee of Rs.25,000/- vide para 9 above opts to join an Affiliated Institute, the amount shall not be transferable and he shall forgo the same.

Not withstanding what is stated above, if for any reason all the seats in IMU Campuses are not filled up, IMU reserves the right to hold another round of Online Counselling for the residuary seats for the benefit of candidates who may not have applied earlier. However, such late applicants cannot lay any claim to seats in better Programmes / Campuses at this stage even if their ranks are higher than those who have already been allotted the seats through (the first) Online Counselling because they are deemed to have forgone their claims by their conduct of not applying for Online Counselling in time and they shall be considered for the residuary seats only.

IMU reserves the right not to allot candidates to any Programme in any of its Campuses if sufficient number of candidates are not forthcoming to make the running of the Programme in that Campus a viable proposition or for any other administrative / academic reason.

The decisions of IMU in respect of Counselling and Admissions shall be final.

Legal disputes, if any, pertaining to Counselling and Admission matters shall fall within the jurisdiction of Chennai Courts only.