TISS - Tata Institute of Social Sciences

TISS Selection Criteria 2025 - 2027

A) Criteria for shortlisting for Online Assessment (OA)

A.1. Shortlisting for OA for MA HRM & LR and MA ODCL:

Weightage: CAT score 95% and 5% for Gender diversity (5 marks extra for female and transgender)

Minimum CAT (Percentile) Cut off for OA shortlisting for MA HRM & LR and MA ODCL: as per Table 1.

Table 1: Minimum CAT (Percentile) Cut off for MA HRM & LR and MA ODCL for OA shortlisting

A.2. Shortlisting for OA for MHA:

Weightage: CAT Score 90%, 5% Gender diversity and 5% Academic Diversity

Minimum CAT (Percentile) Cut off for OA shortlisting for MHA: as per Table 2.

Table 2: Minimum CAT (Percentile) Cut off for OA shortlisting for MHA

B) Criteria for shortlisting for final merit list

C) Applications Fees:

Template for Assessing Graduation Marks (10% weight in final selection) for MA HRM & LR ,MHA and ODCL Programmes

PART I

Bachelor’s degree/integrated master’s degree is to be classified into six categories (AC -1 to AC – 6) as follows:

In particular, including

1. Economics/ Economic Development and Planning
2. Any degree in Hospitality/Hospitality Studies, Catering/Catering Technology, Hotel, Travel and Tourism Management, Tourism Studies and any other related discipline.
3. Commerce (Accountancy, Auditing, Banking, Business Mathematics, Business Organisation, Finance, Insurance, Investment Analysis, Public Finance, Secretarial Practices etc.)
4. Management (Advertising, Agriculture and Food Business, Agribusiness Management, Agriculture Marketing and Cooperation, Agriculture and Rural and Tribal Development, Business Administration, Business Management, Business Studies, Commercial Agriculture and Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Management Studies, Sports Management, Real Estate and Urban Infrastructure, Renewable Energy Management, Oil and Gas Management, Production and Industrial Management)
5. Any other vocational degree in commerce and management.

AC-4

1. (All Engineering, Technology and Architecture related Areas): Including BARCH, BE, BIT, BINFTECH, BS (ENG)/ BSC (ENG), BTECH and integrated MTECH degrees (Excluding all degrees in Accessories Design/Apparel Production/Design/Fashion Communication/Fashion Design/Fashion Technology/Interior Design/Knit Wear Design/Leather Design/Jewelry Design/Footwear Design, and BS/BSC degrees in Information Technology).

In particular, including

1. Agricultural Engineering/ Dairy Technology/ Food Technology
2. Architecture
3. BE/BS (ENG)/BSC (ENG)/BTECH/integrated MTECH degrees in Biosciences, Geological Sciences, Information Technology, Mathematical Sciences and Natural Sciences

1. BE/BS (ENG)/BSC (ENG)/BTECH/integrated MTECH in all Engineering/Technology and related areas, including subjects like Chemical Technology, Electronics, Engineering Physics etc.
2. Textile Engineering/Technology
3. Others: All other fields where BE/BS (ENG)/BSC (ENG)/BTECH/integrated MTECH degrees are awarded, not explicitly included or excluded elsewhere in the list.
4. (Science and Agriculture related Areas, other than Medicine and Surgery): Including all BS/BSC and integrated MS/MSC (excluding degrees in Apparel Design, Economics, Fashion Design, Journalism, and Leather Design). Also including degrees in paramedical, veterinary degrees.

In particular, including

1. Actuarial Science
2. Agriculture (Agronomy, Soil Science, Agricultural Biochemistry, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Plant Pathology, Soil Science etc.)
3. Biosciences (Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Botany, Life Science, Zoology etc.)
4. Computer Applications (BCA, MCA)
5. Fisheries
6. Forestry
7. Geological Sciences (Geography, Geology and Geophysics.)
8. Horticulture
9. Information Technology
10. All bachelor’s/integrated master’s degrees in Mathematical Sciences (Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics etc.)
11. Natural Sciences (Chemistry, Physics etc.)
12. Paramedical/Physiotherapy
13. Pharmacology/Pharmacy
14. Planning
15. Veterinary Science/ Animal Husbandry
16. Media Science, Media Science and Technology
17. Physiology
18. Any vocational degree in science (BS/BSC)
19. Science (Others): Forensic, Home Science, Nursing and all other branches of Science not explicitly included or excluded elsewhere in this list

AC-5 (All Arts/Humanities Related Degrees, Design, Education, Fashion Design/Technology, Law and Rural Studies): Including any BA (excluding Economics, Geography and Geological Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics), BAA, BAJM, BCJ, BDES, BED, BFTECH, BJ, BJMC, BL, BM (Bachelor of Music), BMC, BMM, BMus, BSW and LLB.

In particular, including

1. Accessories Design/Apparel Design & Production/Design/Fashion Communication/Fashion Design/Fashion Technology/Fashion Merchandising and Retail Management, Interior Design/Knit Wear Design/Leather Design/Footwear Design/Jewelry Design (all degrees)

1. Arts/Humanities (Archaeology, Education, Fine Arts (Dance, Drama, Film, Music, Painting etc.), History, Languages, Library Science, Literature, Mass Communication, Media Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Public Administration, Social Work/Welfare, Sociology, etc.)
2. Education (including Physical Education and Sports)
3. Journalism/Mass Communication/Media Studies (all degrees)
4. Law (BL LLB/B.Com. LLB/BBA LLB)
5. Psychology (all degrees)
6. Rural Studies/Rural Sociology/Rural Cooperatives/Rural Banking
7. Any vocational degree in arts/education/humanities (BA)

AC-6: Any other discipline not mentioned in AC-1 to AC-5.

Note:

1. Dual bachelor’s degree holders will be classified in one of the categories AC-1 to AC-6 based on their field(s) and subjects. Applicants are requested to mention both the degrees of specialization separately in Bachelor Degree 1 and Bachelor Degree 2 for the admission to next year.
2. Final discretion on the academic category that an academic programme will be classified into rests with the Admissions Committee of TISS.
3. For candidates having undergone/completed an integrated master’s degree directly after their HSC, their classification into an academic category will be based on their academic discipline in the integrated master’s degree programme.
4. For a candidate who has obtained further higher degrees after their bachelor’s degree or their integrated Master’s degree, other than those degrees listed in Table 6, the discipline(s) of the subsequent degrees will not be taken into consideration in deciding their classification in an academic category.

PART II

Table 1: Rating Scores for the Bachelor’s Degree Examination

Depending on the candidates’ performance in the Bachelor’s Degree (Percent score in Bachelor’s Degree), the marks given in the Rating Score column will be awarded to candidates.

Notes about the marks obtained:

1. Percentages of marks of an applicant who is yet to complete the bachelor’s degree will be computed based on their available marks.
2. For a candidate having cleared CA/ICWA/CS or Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India (FIAI) of without having a bachelor’s degree, the aggregate final percentage of marks of all the levels examinations obtained would be treated as their available marks.
3. For the bachelor’s degree, the percentage of marks awarded by the candidate’s institution/university will be treated as final. If the institution/university does not award the percentage of marks, it will be calculated on the basis of the marks obtained in all the subjects listed in the marks-sheet.
4. For the bachelor’s degree, if the percentage of marks awarded by the candidate’s institution/university does not take into account marks obtained in all the subjects as mentioned in the marks-sheet(s) for all the years, the candidates must produce a certificate from the principal/head of the department/registrar/director of the institution/university certifying details of the practice at the institution/university at the time of the interview, if shortlisted for the same.
5. If any board/institution/university awards only letter grades without providing an equivalent percentage of marks on the grade-sheet, the candidate should obtain a certificate from the board/institution/university specifying the equivalent marks. The original equivalence certificate needs to be submitted at the time of interview, if shortlisted for the same.
6. For candidates having undergone/completed an integrated master’s degree or dual degree directly after their 12^th/HSC, the percentage of marks obtained as per their institute/university norms which is considered as equivalent to bachelor’s degree will be considered. For those undergoing (yet to complete) an integrated master’s degree or a dual degree directly after their 12^th/HSC, the percentage of marks, similarly obtained, for the years/semesters completed till the date of application for CAT will be considered.