IIM Amritsar Admission 2024: High RoI B-school with Average Salary at Rs.16.51 LPA; Drops CAT Weightage in Final Selection; Check Criteria, Cut off, Fee, Placement, Selection Process

The 15^th IIM in the country, Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar is a high RoI and highly ranked  B-school in India, as per NIRF Rankings 2023. IIM Amritsar has registered 13% hike in average salary which has gone up at Rs.16.51 LPA in Placement 2023 for MBA 2021-23 batch while the 2 years program fees, despite its increase for 2024-26 batch is Rs.17.30 lakhs. IIM Amritsar offers 2-year full time MBA, MBA-Business Analytics, MBA-Human Resource Management and EMBA Programs and CAT 2023 is the mandatory exam for admission at IIM Amritsar.

IIM Amritsar is conducting its own Online PI Round and is Not participating in IIM Common Admission Process (CAP).  Key highlights for IIM Amritsar MBA Admissions 2024 including Fees Structure, Placements, Courses Offered are as below:

IIM Amritsar Admission 2024 Highlights

Programs Offered	MBA; MBA-BA; MBA-HRM
Exams & Score Cut offs	CAT 2023 (88%ile)
IIM Amritsar MBA Fees	Rs.17,30,000
Placements 2023	Highest Package: Rs.36.25 LPA Average Package: Rs.16.51 LPA
NIRF Ranking 2023	Ranked # 51 among top 125 B-schools.
IIM Amritsar Shortlist Criteria 2024 – Components & Weightage	CAT 2023 Score: 60%; Academics:15%; Gender Diversity: 10%; Work Exp: 15%
IIM Amritsar Final Selection Criteria 2024-Components and Weightage	70% Weight to PI Score; Work Ex 10% Weight; Gender Diversity 10% Weight; Academic Diversity 10% Weight

IIM Amritsar will follow two stage selection process for the 10^th MBA batch commencing 2024. All the eligible candidates who have opted for admission to IIM Amritsar at the time of CAT 2023 registration and fulfil the admission eligibility criteria need to register on IIM Amritsar admission website. Read below all about the IIM Amritsar admission criteria 2024, key USPs of IIM Amritsar, cut offs, programs offered, Fees, Placements and more 
 

Table of Contents

1. IIM Amritsar Admission 2024-25: Key Changes in Process
2. IIM Amritsar: Key Highlights and USPs
3. IIM Amritsar Leadership
4. IIM Amritsar Programs offered
5. IIM Amritsar Fees
6. IIM Amritsar Intake
7. IIM Amritsar Placements 2023
8. IIM Amritsar Exchange of Learnings: Signs MoU with ICSI 
9. IIM Amritsar Admission Criteria 2024: Cut off, Selection Process and Weightages
10. IIM Amritsar Eligibility criteria 2024
11. IIM Amritsar Admission 2024: Important Dates

1. IIM Amritsar Admission 2024-25: Key Changes in Process
IIM Amritsar has brought many changes in the selection process as below:

1.1 Changes in IIM Amritsar Shortlisting Criteria
IIM Amritsar shortlisting criteria is as below:

1.1.1 CAT Cut Off: CAT exam score cut off is 88%ile. It is much less than the CAT cut off 94%ile as is decided for CAP participating IIMs.

1.1.2 CAT Weightage in Shortlisting: Weightage for CAT score is 60% in shortlisting and No weightage in final selection

1.1.3 Academics, Gender Diversity, Work Ex to Get High Weight: IIM Amritsar will award a high weightage of 40% to these parameters to shortlist candidates for PI round

1.2 Changes in IIM Amritsar Final Merit List Generation
Important changes in IIM Amritsar selection criteria at the final merit generation are:

1.2.1 No Weight for CAT Score: In final selection criteria, IIM Amritsar will not award any weightage for CAT 2023 score

1.2.2 PI Gets Highest Weightage: IIM Amritsar will award 70% weight to the performance in PI round to generate final merit list

1.2.3 High Weight for Diversity Factor: To improve diversity in its class room, IIM Amritsar awards 10% weight for Academic Diversity and 10% weight for Gender Diversity

1.2.4 Weight for Work Ex Applies in Final Selection Too: The 10% weight for work experience will be applied for PI round at the final merit list generation

2. IIM Amritsar: Key Highlights & USPs
Mentored by IIM Kozhikode, one of the top IIMs in the country, IIM Amritsar has following key highlights and USPs:

• 2.1 Highly Ranked: IIM Amritsar is ranked #51 in Govt of India, MHRD NIRF Ranking 2023 among top 125 management institutes. In MBAUniverse.com B-School Rankings 2024, IIM Amritsar has been ranked #31 among top B-schools in India.
• 2.2 Curriculum Design & Delivery as per Top IIMs:  The overall design, quality & delivery of MBA course at IIM Amritsar is to the standards of top IIMs. IIM Amritsar students have a rare opportunity to be taught by IIM Kozhikode faculty. The faculty members from IIM Kozhikode are delivering courses at IIM Amritsar.
• 2.3 IIM Amritsar Fees:  IIM Amritsar has a moderate fee structure at Rs.17.30 lakhs as compared to high fee at other IIMs. The fee includes hostel fees.
• 2.4 IIM Amritsar Placements 2023:  IIM Amritsar placements are rising consistently. IIM Amritsar has successfully completed 100% Placement 2023 for its 7^th and large MBA 2021-23 batch of 257 students. Average salary for the batch has gone up by 13% at Rs.16.51 LPA. Highest Salary has gone up at Rs.36.25 LPA
• 2.5 Top Recruiters at IIM Amritsar: 120 companies participated in IIM Amritsar Placements 2023. Some of the top recruiters included Accenture, Amazon, Cipla, Deloitte, Adani, BMW, Cognizant, EY, CRISIL, Godrej, KPMG, McKinsey, Reliance Retail, ZS Associates
• 2.6 To Award MBA instead of PG Diploma:  IIM Amritsar will award MBA degree to the students instead of Post Graduate Diploma. The two-year, full-time, residential MBA programme is designed to Prepare students for success in career and life by becoming self-driven lifelong learners with a global perspective and entrepreneurial acumen

3. IIM Amritsar Leadership
IIM Amritsar is led by its Director, Prof. Ramamoorthy Nagarajan. An accomplished academic, Dr. Ramamoorthy received his PhD in Business and Management from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland.  He has taught a variety of courses in the management discipline  and was at the University of National and World Economy in Bulgaria as a Fulbright Scholar in 2008, a recipient of a second Fulbright grant to teach/research at the University of Applied Sciences, Valmiera, Latvia.  He has lectured at IIM Ahmedabad, the University of Applied Sciences in Austria, Burgas Free University, and University of National and World Economy (Bulgaria). 
 

4. IIM Amritsar Programs offered
The bouquet of management programs offered by IIM Amritsar has increased with the launch of EMBA. Presently IIM Amritsar offers following management and doctoral programs:

• 2 Years full time flagship MBA Program
• 2 Years full time MBA (Business Analytics) Program
• 2 Years full time MBA (Human Resource Management) Program
• 2 Years Non-Residential Executive MBA (EMBA) 
• PhD Program

5. IIM Amritsar Fees
IM Amritsar fees for all the MBA programs have gone up. The fee may be revised further for 2024-26 batch before batch commencement. Program-wise IIM Amritsar MBA fees is as below:

MBA Program	IIM Amritsar MBA Fees
2 Years Full Time MBA	Rs.17,30,000
2 Years Full Time MBA (Business Analytics)	Rs.17,30,000
2 Years Full Time MBA (Human Resources)	Rs.17,30,000

• The fees covers Tuition, Books & Case Material, Library, IT & Computer, Hostel & Electricity, Medical & Students' Activities.
• The mess and personal expenses are not included in the above fees. The mess expense is estimated to be Rs. 10,000/- per month payable on an actual basis.
• In addition, students need to deposit Rs. 25,000/- as caution deposit before registration and  Rs.25,000/- mess deposit before registration

6. IIM Amritsar Intake
IIM Amritsar is one of the most sought after B-schools in India. It represents Mini India as the students from all the states take admission here and add to its cultural, academic and gender diversity. The Program wise IIM Amritsar seats are as below:

MBA Programme	IIM Amritsar seats
MBA	240
MBA-Business Analytics	90
MBA-Human Resource	60
Total	390

The size of Batch 2024-26 may go up for all the programs

7. IIM Amritsar Placements 2023
IIM Amritsar has successfully completed the final Placement 2023 for its 7th and larger MBA 2021-23 batch of 257 students. Not only it has broken its past record and surpassed the salary packages of its last batch, but despite the large batch size of 257 students, the institute has also achieved 100% placement with much higher offers that many well established top MBA colleges have not been able to achieve.

IIM Amritsar has achieved an Average salary figure of INR 16.51 LPA which is an increase of 13% over last year. Highest salary in IIM Amritsar placement 2023 has gone up at Rs.36.25 LPA.

7.1 IIM Amritsar Placement 2023: Key Highlights

• 100% Placement for the Large 7^th Batch 2021-23
• Average Salary up by 13% at Rs.16.51 LPA from Rs.14.63 LPA last year
• Average salary for Top 25% students has gone up at Rs.20.57 LPA from Rs.18.54 LPA last year
• Median Salary in Placement 2023 was Rs. 16 LPA
• Highest Salary in Placement 2023 was Rs.36.25 LPA
• 120 Marquee Companies with several New companies participated in placement 2023
• Top Recruiters include Accenture, Amazon, Cipla, Deloitte, Adani, BMW, Cognizant, EY, CRISIL, Godrej, KPMG, McKinsey, Reliance Retail, ZS Associates among others
• Roles Offered include roles in Product Management, Consulting, Brand Management, Data Analytics, Digital Marketing, Operations, Equity Research, Risk & Financial Advisory, and Human Resource Management, among others. Read More

8. IIM Amritsar Exchange of Learnings: Signs MoU with ICSI 
IIM Amritsar has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). The collaboration aims to foster an enriching partnership for imparting knowledge and skills in the areas of Joint Academic Research, Joint Workshops, Professional Development Programme for Company Secretaries, sharing resources and International Conferences besides awarding the toppers of programs of IIM Amritsar with ICSI Signature Award Gold Medal and a scholarship to pursue the Company Secretary Course. 
 

9. IIM Amritsar Admission Criteria
IIM Amritsar Admission 2024-25 will have following two stages

Stage-1: IIM Amritsar Shortlisting Criteria
IIM Amritsar will shortlist eligible candidates as per its admission policy and cut offs as below:

Stage-1.1: IIM Amritsar Cut off
IIM Amritsar cut off is applied as minimum eligibility criteria to consider the candidates for shortlisting for final selection round based on CAT cut off and other parameters. CAT 2023 percentile score cut offs for the MBA 2024 admission will be applicable only to those candidates who score the minimum cut offs. IIM Amritsar shortlists the candidates if they clear the minimum cut offs. Only candidates with positive scores in all sections of the CAT 2023 exam are considered for the admission process.

Category	Section 1 (VARC)	Section 2 (DILR)	Section 3 (QA)	Overall
General	75	75	80	88
EWS	75	75	80	88
NC-OBC	60	60	65	78
SC	50	50	55	55
ST	35	35	35	40
DAP	35	35	35	40

VARC=Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension,  DILR=Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning;  QA=Quantitative Ability

The actual candidates shortlisted in stage 1 are based on CAT overall percentile score subject to the fulfillment of minimum eligibility criteria. Please note that actual cut off of candidates who receive a call for interview could be higher than the minimum eligibility criteria mentioned above.

Stage-1.2: IIM Amritsar Shortlist for Final Selection Round: Components & Weightage
Apart from CAT score cut offs, IIM Amritsar will shortlist the candidates for PI round, based on following components and will award weightage to each component as per its admission policy

Components	Weightage Percentage
CAT 2023 Score	60%
Class 10 Marks	10%
Class 12 Marks	5%
Gender Diversity	10%
Work Experience	15%
Total Weightage	100%

The above process results in a list of candidates ranked in order of merit based on the above criteria. From the ranking list prepared by the process outlined above, a reasonable number of candidates will be called for PI based on the order of their rank.

Stage-2: Final Selection at IIM Amritsar
The stage-2 shortlist for the PI round will be applicable only for those candidates who meet the required CAT 2023 percentile cut off, other requirement and successfully complete the mandatory registration, by the last date announced by IIM Amritsar, for admission to MBA 2024. On completion of PI Round at IIM Amritsar, merit list will be prepared based on following components and respective weightage:

Component	Weightage in percentage
Personal Interview (PI)	70%
Academic diversity	10%
Gender Diversity	10%
Work Experience	10%
Total Weight	100%

Source: Based on IIM Amritsar Admission criteria 2024-26 batch

The aggregate composite score for each candidate is calculated based on the following formula-

Aggregate Score = 0.6 X Pre-PI Score + 0.4 X Post-PI Score
The final offers of admission to candidates selected from each category will be made strictly on the basis of the final rank based on aggregate score calculated as per above components

Candidates Exempted from PI round 

• Candidates who receive a call for interview by any one or more of the IIMs at Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknow for their PGP/PGPM/MBA programs, are not required to appear for the personal interview of IIM Amritsar. For these candidates, their PI scores from the above IIMs are used.
• If a candidate is shortlisted for PI by IIM Kozhikode, her/his PI score of IIM Kozhikode will be used
• For all other candidates, the average of PI/WAT scores of appeared interviews from IIMs Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Lucknow are used
• Only those candidates who do not receive a call for interview from any of the IIMs at Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknow and have registered for IIM Amritsar are required to appear for PI Round.

10. IIM Amritsar Eligibility criteria 2024

• 10.1 IIM Amritsar eligibility criteria require that the candidate must hold a bachelor's degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (in case of the candidate belonging to SC/ST/PwD category, the eligibility criterion is relaxed to 45%
• 10.2 Candidates who graduated in the years 2020 or 2021 or in 2022, for whom the university did not conduct the exams or did not award marks or CGPA but awarded only pass or pass marks or promotion in one or more years/semesters of bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification, can also apply. Such candidates will have to submit a certificate from the Principal/Registrar of his/her University/College/Institute stating that the university did not conduct the exams or did not award marks or CGPA but awarded only pass or pass marks or promotion in one or more years/semesters, as the case may be
• 10.3 The candidate should appear in CAT 2023 exam and must score minimum prescribed
• sectional and overall score to become eligible for admission at IIM Amritsar
• 10.4 If the candidate is awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence to determine PGP admission eligibility would be based on the equivalence certified by the institution/ university from where the bachelor's degree is obtained. In case the institution/university does not have any scheme for converting the CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by IIM Amritsar by dividing the obtained CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the resultant by 100 to confirm the Admission eligibility of the candidate. 
• 10.5 A candidate appearing for the final year bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed the degree requirements and are awaiting results is also eligible to apply for IIM Amritsar Admission 2023. Such a candidate must produce a certificate from the principal/head of the department/ registrar/director of the institution/university certifying that the candidate is currently in the final year or is awaiting final results and has obtained at least 50% marks or equivalent (45% in case of the candidate belonging to SC/ST/PwD category) based on latest available grades/marks.
• 10.6 IIM Amritsar Eligibility criterion further clarifies that such a candidate, if selected, will become ineligible for the IIM Amritsar admission unless he/she submits a certificate latest by June 30, 2024 from the principal/head of the department/registrar/director of the institution/university (issued on or before June 30, 2024) stating that they have completed all the requirements (the result may, however, be awaited) for obtaining the bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the certificate.
• 10.7 It is mandatory for a final year student, who is provisionally considered eligible by IIM Amritsar and offered admission, to submit the mark-sheet and degree certificate of the final year bachelor's degree examination held on or before June 30, 2024.  The deadline to submit the mark-sheet and the certificate is December 31, 2024. 

11. IIM Amritsar Admission 2024: Important Dates
All the candidates who have registered and applied for CAT 2023 and have opted for admission in IIM Amritsar in the CAT 2023 application form, and obtain the required cut off percentile, will be considered for next stage of IIM Amritsar Admission criteria.  Important dates including IIM Amritsar last date to apply for admission 2024 are as below:

IIM Amritsar Admission criteria activity	Important dates	Remarks
CAT 2023: Mandatory Exam for Admission 2024- Application	August 2 (10 AM) to September 21, 2023	Apply for CAT 2023- tick on the IIM Amritsar MBA programme, choose preferred interview cities in the application form. No extra application fees to be paid.
CAT 2023 Exam Date	November 26, 2023	At 160+ test cities in three slots on same day
1st stage Shortlist Release	March, 2024, 1st week	Candidates are asked to fill detailed application form
Shortlist for PI Round	4th week of March 2024	Shortlisted candidates to get ready to participate in PI round
Call Letters for PI Process	1st Week of April 2024	Candidates to attend Online PI Round on the designated date
PI Process duration	2nd week of April to last week of April 2024	Participate in PI round conducted by IIM Amritsar in Online mode
Final Admission Offer	3rd week of May 2024	After receiving admission offer, confirm acceptance
Session Commencement	June/July 2024	Selected Candidates to register online and pay acceptance fee before orientation

There are many young students who wish to appear in CAT and apply for IIM Amritsar admission to pursue MBA but they are in the second year or third year of their bachelor’s degree course and are not eligible this year but can apply for IIM Amritsar admission 2025 through CAT 2024. IIM Amritsar admission 2025 process is likely to remain same as this year.

IIM Amritsar was set up by the Ministry of Human Resources Development with the support of Government of Punjab in 2015. The permanent campus of the institute is being set up under the direction and mentorship of IIM Kozhikode. IIM Amritsar started operation in 2015 with 45 students in its 1^st batch. The present batch size at IIM Amritsar has grown up to more than 300 students. During this short journey IIM Amritsar has not only launched various MBA programs but has also increased its seats significantly and is consistently getting high placements year after year.

Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more updates on IIM Amritsar