The triple-crowned IIM Indore, Accredited by AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA offers its flagship 2 years full time Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management leading to award of MBA degree. IIM Indore will accept only score of Common Admission Test (CAT) 2024, conducted by IIMs for MBA admission 2025. Applicants are required to qualify in CAT 2024 with minimum required sectional and overall percentile. Overseas candidates may however, apply with GMAT scores.
Last year IIM Indore considered minimum sectional 80 percentile and 90 overall percentile in CAT exam to shortlist the candidates. Similar cut off is expected to be applied this year in IIM Indore Admission Policy 2025. IIM Indore awards a high weightage to academics in shortlisting. The very purpose of keeping the CAT 2024 score weightage lower than academics is to improve the academic and gender diversity in IIM Indore Classrooms. IIM Indore provides excellent physical infrastructure for academics, residence and extra-curricular activities
IIM Indore admits more than 650 students every year in its different Management programs including MBA, MBA-HRM, IPM 4th year students joining MBA and Doctoral PhD Programme.
IIM Indore Key Highlights:
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. IIM Indore is also ranked #8 in MBAUniverse.com B-School Rankings 2024 among top management institutes in India
IIM Indore Fee: IIM Indore MBA Fee for 2 years PGP program is Rs.21.17 lakhs
High placements: IIM Indore has a consistent record of 100% placements with high salary packages. In the final placements 2024, the largest batch at IIM Indore with 594 students received offers from 150+ recruiters. The average salary for the batch was Rs.25.68 LPA and the highest salary was Rs. 1 Crore per annum. About 50% of total placements were from Consulting sector (25%), and Management & HR function (25%).
Diverse Specializations: IIM Indore offers nine specialization areas to choose from, namely Economics, Finance & Accounting, Information systems, Marketing, Organization behavior & Human Resources, Operation management & Quantitative Techniques, Strategy, Communications, Humanities & Social Sciences
Wide Range of Co-Curricular Activities: IIM Indore students participate in a wide range of extra and co-curricular activities which include IRIS (The Annual Management & Cultural Festival) and Utsaha (Rural Marketing Fair)
International Exchange: IIM Indore has exchange tie-ups with several prestigious international business schools. A large number of students visit these business schools and complete one semester there
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
Rural Immersion: Rural immersion programme is conducted to enable the participants to understand the social context in which organizations work and exist. An exposure to the rural settings of Madhya Pradesh is included in the course design
Experiential Learning with Industry Engagement: IIM Indore 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.
Unique Programme Structure: A unique matrix based structure for PGP-II wherein participants take 10% credits in ‘Industry Vertical Courses’ and 10% credits in ‘Functional Area Courses’ in addition to the general management credits.
Skill Development: Skill Development Courses including Communication, Leadership, Spreadsheet Modeling, Entrepreneurial Orientation, Innovation and Design Thinking and Sustainability are taught in a workshop-based format
Accomplished Faculty with Professors of Practice: 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 Admission 2025: Step by Step Process
Following steps are included in the IIM Indore Admission process:
Step 1: The candidate must have appeared and scored the minimum required sectional and overall percentile in CAT 2024 to be considered for first stage screening process for admission at IIM Indore
Step 2: Candidates are short-listed for Personal Interview (PI) from among the candidates who have a valid CAT-2024 score, who have applied to the programme and who satisfy the eligibility criteria for the programme of IIM Indore.
Step 3: Shortlisted Candidates have to attend PI round at the designated centre in final selection process. IIM Indore also expects a consistent and minimum performance in the different parameters of Personal Interview (PI), which will be decided by Admissions Committee.
Step 4: After the PI round, admission offers are made by IIM Indore to successful candidates. The final selection is based on a diverse set of attributes which includes Sectional performance in CAT, performance in PI, academics, among others. Category wise merit list will be generated based on Final Composite Score
Step 5: Final Admission Offer will be made to the candidates in the last week of April 2025 on the basis of Final Score arrived after awarding the weightage scores on all the components.
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