College conducts an admission process in Class VIII. Candidates are studying in Class VII and the age of the candidate must be between 11.5 and 13 years at the time of commencement of term. The written examination consists of a test paper consisting of three parts: English (125 Marks), Mathematics (200 Marks), and General Knowledge (75 marks). Candidates have to score at least 50% in each subject to qualify. Candidates are then shortlisted through the written test and called for Viva-Voce which is of 50 marks, and have to pass a medical test. Alumni Alumni of the RIMC are called "Rimcollians". Rimcollians have held exalted positions in the Armed Forces, many becoming the Chiefs of Staff in the Indian and Pakistani Armed Forces. The cadets enrolled at RIMC are known as "Rimcos" to distinguish them from the alumni. A rare distinction of the RIMC is that some of its alumni have also headed the Armed Forces of Pakistan, a feat made possible by Rimcollians of the pre-partition Subcontinent era. The RIMC has produced five Army Chiefs, four of the Indian Army - General K. S. Thimayya, General Sundararajan Padmanabhan, General G. G. Bewoor, General Vishwa Nath Sharma, and one of the Pakistan Army - General Gul Hassan Khan. It has also produced four Air Chiefs, two of the Indian Air Force - Air Chief Marshal N.C. Suri, Air Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa, and two of the Pakistan Air Force - Air Marshal Asghar Khan and Air Marshal Nur Khan. Other senior officer include Lt. Gen Khwaja Wasiuddin (MGO Pakistan Army), Maj General Muhammad Anwar Khan (Pakistan Army Engineer), Lt. General Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (Indian army Later Pakistan Army), Lt. Gen. Fazle Haq (former Governor North West Frontier Province, Pakistan), Air Marshal D.C.Kumaria, Maj Gen Balbir Singh Malik (Sword of Honour 1955 IMA, former commandent Armoured Corps of Indian Army), Maj Gen Dewan Misri Chand, Maj Gen Kunwar Zorawar Singh, Maj Gen M R Rajwade, Maj Gen Karam Singh, (Indian Army, Dogra Regt, Ex - Dy Adjutant General), Lt Gen H M Khanna, (Indian Army - GOC-in-C Command), Lt Gen N S Brar, (Indian Army - Artillery, GOC Corps; Administrative Member Armed Forces Tribunal), Lt Gen S.K.Singh, (Indian Army - Infantry, VCOAS), Lt Gen Gautam Dutt, (Indian Army - Engineers, Engineer-in-Chief), Lt Gen CP Mohanty(Indian Army, VCOAS), Lt Gen AS Bhinder(Indian Army, GOC-in-c), Lt Gen JS Varma (Indian Army, GOC-in-c).