IIM Indore MBA Admission 2025: Check Cut Offs, Fees, Placements, Selection Process

Table of Contents

1. IIM Indore: Key Highlights and USPs
2. IIM Indore MBA Programs: Key Highlights, Specializations offered
3. IIM Indore MBA Fees
4. IIM Indore Placements 
5. IIM Indore MBA Eligibility Criteria – Stage 1
6. IIM Indore Shortlist Criteria for Personal Interview (PI) – Stage 2 
7. IIM Indore MBA Final Selection Criteria – Stage 3 

1. IIM Indore: Key Highlights and USPs
Let’s start with why IIM Indore is considered one of the top MBA programs in India. 

IIM Indore Accreditation: Triple Crowned with Three International Accreditations: IIM Indore is the triple crowned IIM and is the 2nd IIM to achieve this rare feat after IIM Calcutta. IIM Indore has earned three renowned international accreditations- AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business); EQUIS (EFMD Quality Improvement System) and Association of MBAs, London (AMBA—UK based accreditation agency)

IIM Indore Ranking: Highly Ranked: IIM Indore is one of the top ranked management institutes in India. In the Govt. of India, MHRD NIRF Ranking 2024, IIM Indore is ranked # 8 among top 125 Management Institutes in India. IIM Indore is also ranked #9 in MBAUniverse.com B-School Rankings 2025.Awards MBA Degree instead of Diploma: IIM Indore is now empowered with the legal authority to award MBA degrees. The MBA programme is also recognized by the AIU

IIM Indore Seats: IIM Indore admits more than 650 students every year in its different Management programs including MBA, MBA-HRM, IPM 4th year students joining MBA, Doctoral Programme. The largest batch of 659 students has been admitted in 2023.

IIM Indore Fee: IIM Indore has increased its fee for PGP program to Rs. 21,17,222. 

IIM Indore Placements 2024: IIM Indore successfully placed all students from its PGP and IPM batch of 2024. Over 150 recruiters participated in IIM Indore Placement 2024. The highest package offered stood at INR 100 LPA. The average package at INR 25.68 LPA, which was lower than last year. The consulting cohort (25%) made the maximum number of offers, followed by the finance cohort (19%).

IIM Indore Himalaya Outbound Programme: IIM Indore conducts Himalaya outbound programme for PGP-II students.  While participants are adequately prepared for a corporate career, their ability to motivate themselves to perform in an unfamiliar ambience and work as a team is enhanced by encouraging them to undergo an outbound exercise and simulation conducted in serene locations at various altitudes in the Himalayas

Experiential Learning with Industry Engagement: Students visit a company once a week in the first year of the Programme. They are required to carry out a study on various industries and key players in the industry. This enhances their exposure to organizations and provides them a backdrop for analyzing the managerial contexts of different cases. The second year of the new curriculum features a large number of domain concentrations which consist of both regular courses taught by industry faculty and workshop courses taught by industry practitioners.

IIM Indore Faculty: IIM Indore has 85+ well-qualified internal faculty complemented by carefully selected adjunct faculty with considerable industry or domain expertise. An initiative to blend theory and practice is the hiring of professors of practice, which allows industry professionals with 15-20 years of experience to become a part of the IIM Indore full-time faculty. These professors of practice are already making a difference with case-writing projects on SBI, Godrej and BHEL, and a new consulting practicum to be offered in the second-year PGP.

IIM Indore Director: IIM Indore is led by its Director, Prof. Himanshu Rai, who took charge as the Director of IIM Indore on December 31, 2018. Prior to this he taught at IIM Lucknow. 

2. IIM Indore MBA Programs: Key Highlights, Specializations offered
Following key management programmes are offered by IIM Indore

3. IIM Indore MBA Fees
The total programme fees payable by PGP students of Resident Indian Category at IIM Indore is Rs 21,17,222. The Fee for NRI candidates is Rs. 31,17,222. The course fee includes access to lectures, computer facilities, library etc. It also includes alumni fee and lodging. Laptop computer, text books, Hostel Fees, Insurance, personal expenses on boarding, travel, clothes and laundry are extra.
Fees for other programs like Post Graduate Programme in Human Resource Management (PGP-HRM) is lower. 

4. IIM Indore Placements 
The 2024 placement report of PGP and IPM programs is as follows:

IIM Indore MBA Admission 2025 is divided into a three-stage selection process:

• Eligibility criteria
• Shortlist for Personal Interview (PI)
• Final Selection. Selection criteria for each of the stages are given as under:

Let’s understand IIM Indore MBA Admission 2025 process in detail. 

5. IIM Indore MBA Eligibility Criteria – Stage 1
The stage 1 of IIM Indore MBA Admission process is meeting IIM Indore eligibility criteria. All applicants who apply for the two-year PGP of IIM Indore must satisfy the eligibility criteria mentioned in CAT 2024 advertisement and also the minimum sectional percentile and overall percentile scores in CAT 2024 (as mentioned in Table-1). Only those applicants meeting the specified criteria will be considered for Stage-2 of the IIM Indore MBA selection process.

Table 3: CAT 2024 Sectional and Overall Percentile Cut-offs

6. IIM Indore Shortlist Criteria for Personal Interview (PI) – Stage 2 
The stage 2 of IIM Indore MBA Admission 2025 process is meeting IIM Indore shortlist criteria.

IIM Indore considers only those candidates who satisfy the requirements mentioned in Stage-I for shortlisting for Personal Interview (PI). A sufficient number of candidates for PI for each category (General, EWS, NC-OBC, SC, ST and PwD) will be shortlisted using the merit list generated based on Composite Score (CS) as mentioned in Table 2. 

Table 4: Computation of Composite Score (CS)

Note: Z candidate, Z min, Z max for 10th Standard/ SSC Score and 12th Standard/ HSC Score are computed using the normalisation process.

**For the candidates who have not received any marks for their 10th Standard/ SSC due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, the weightage allocated for this component (39%) shall be split between the CAT 2024 Sectional Scores and 12th Standard/ HSC Score on a pro rata basis.

***For the candidates who have not received any marks for their 12th Standard/ HSC due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, the weightage allocated for this component (20%) shall be split between the CAT 2024 Sectional Scores and 10th Standard/ SSC Score on a pro rata basis.

Candidates short-listed for PI will be intimated in the month of January 2025. Individual regret letters will not be sent to applicants who are not shortlisted for PI. IIM Indore will conduct the admission interviews in offline (in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata and Mumbai)/ online mode depending on the situation. 

Candidates shortlisted for Personal Interview (PI) at Stage-II will have to attend PI, failing which they will not be considered for the next stage of selection process i.e. Stage-III. IIM Indore also expects a consistent and minimum performance in the different parameters of Personal Interview (PI), which will be decided by the Admissions Committee. Candidates not meeting the minimum performance in any of PI parameters will not be considered for the next stage of selection process i.e. Stage-III.

7. IIM Indore MBA Final Selection Criteria – Stage 3 
The stage 3 of IIM Indore MBA Admission 2025 process meeting the final selection citeria. The candidates satisfying the requirements mentioned in Stage-II will only be considered for the final selection. Category wise merit list will be generated based on Final Composite Score (FCS) as mentioned in Table 3 and provisional admission offers will be made accordingly, adhering to the reservation norms.

Table 5: Computation of Final Composite Score (FCS)

Note: Z candidate, Z min, Z max for each component is computed using the normalisation process. **For the candidates who have not received any marks for their 10th Standard/ SSC or 12th Standard/HSC due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, the weightage allocated for these components shall be split between the CAT 2024 Sectional Scores, PI Scores and available marks among 10th or 12th on a pro-rata basis.

It must be noted that IIM Indore also expects a consistent and minimum performance in the different parameters of Personal Interview (PI), which will be decided by the IIM Indore MBA Admission 2025 Committee. Candidates not meeting the minimum performance in any of PI parameters will not be considered for the next stage of selection process.

To summarize, IIM Indore MBA is a top choice with the highest package of ₹1 Crore and top recruiters like HDFC Bank, PwC, and ICICI Bank. The comprehensive admission process, coupled with a diverse curriculum and industry exposure, ensures that graduates are well-equipped for leadership roles. IIM Indore MBA Admissions 2025 is open for CAT 2024 applicants. 

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