IMI Kolkata: Admission 2025, Fees, Courses, Cutoff, Ranking, Placement

International Management Institute (IMI) Kolkata is a premier business school approved by AICTE and accredited by NBA. It was ranked 70th among the Top MBA Colleges in India by NIRF 2023. The flagship program at IMI Kolkata is the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), with admissions based on scores from entrance exams such as CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, and ATMA. Final selection for the PGDM program is determined by a composite score that includes the entrance exam score, academic background, Written Ability Test (WAT), and Personal Interview (PI).

In addition to the PGDM, IMI Kolkata offers a Fellow Programme in Management (FPM)/Ph.D. in both full-time and executive modes, an International Student Exchange Program, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Financial Markets (PGCFM). For FPM admissions, candidates must have a valid CAT score. If not, they are required to take the Research Aptitude Test (RAT) conducted by IMI Kolkata. Final selection for FPM is based on a research presentation and personal interview.

The PGCFM is a collaborative program between IMI Kolkata and NSE Academy Ltd. It is an 11-month weekend course designed for working professionals. Admission to the program is based on academic qualifications and relevant work experience.

IMI Kolkata Highlights

• Ranking: IMI Kolkata has been ranked 70th among the Top Management Colleges Ranking released by NIRF 2023 and ranked 63rd by Business Today (BT) 2023 in Top B-Schools.  IMI Kolkata is ranked 22nd among private colleges by IIRF Ranking 2024. 
• Accreditation: The PGDM program of IMI Kolkata is accredited by NBA, Association Of Indian Universities. The institute is approved by AICTE.
• MBA Selection Criteria:  Admission to PGDM is granted as per CAT/XAT/MAT/CMAT Score. The weightage of the Entrance exam in final selection is 35%. Academic Score has a weightage of 15% and Work Experience has a weightage of 5%. Apart from this, IMI Kolkata gives preference to candidates’ Personal Interviews (30%), Extra-Curricular (2.5%), Gender Diversity (2.5%), WAT (10%). Check What is the usual CAT cutoff for IMI Kolkata?
• Intake: The total intake in IMI Kolkata is 290 out of which around 40% of the enrolments comprise women candidates.
• International Exchange Program: IMI Kolkata has internal exchange collaborations with manifold foreign Colleges/Universities such as ESC Rennes School of Business, IDRAC Business School and University of Tours in France, Sichuan University, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences in China, Emporia State University, USA, Xunta De Galicia, Spain, College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph, Canada
• Placements 2024: The highest salary stood at 20.38 LPA and the average salary stood at INR 11.71 LPA. 

IMI Kolkata Courses

IMI Kolkata Cutoff 2024 (Expected)

IMI Kolkata Placements 2024

IMI Kolkata completed its 2024 placement drive successfully. Major recruiters included ICICI Bank Limited, Deloitte, PwC Acceleration Centres & many more. The participating batch achieved 100% placements. The highlights of IMI Kolkata Placements 2024 are as follows:

IMI Kolkata Summer Placements 2024

The summer internship placement drive for the PGDM 2022-24 batch has been concluded. Many companies visited and made internship offers like ICICI Bank, Anahat, Gartner, Outlook Group, etc. The following are the highlights of the 2024 summer internship placement drive:

• Among all the recruiters, more than 34 recruiters participated for the first time.
• The highest stipend of INR 1 Lakhs per month was offered.
• The average stipend stood at INR 44K per month and the median stipend stood at INR 46K per month
• The average stipend for the top 25 percentile students stood at INR 79.5K per month, INR 64.8K per month for the top 50 percentile students, and INR 53.5K per month for the top 75 percentile students.
• The highest number of internship offers were made in the FMCG / FMCD sector (30%).
• Analytics & Reporting was the domain offering the highest stipend.

IMI Kolkata Ranking

IMI Kolkata Scholarship

• Interim Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Performance: scholarship not exceeding 1 Lakh in the two-year period to a maximum of 3 students per batch enrolled
• Scholarship for Economically Weaker Section scholarships students having family income less than Rs. 8 lacs P.A shall be eligible for Scholarship up to 5% seats of the total intake of the institute under Economically Weaker Section. 
• 100% tuition fee waiver for meritorious students sanctioned for the 1st year after the enrolment of the student in the PGDM program.
• Merit-based (CAT/XAT/CMAT/MAT): sanctioned INR 1.5 lacs to students scoring 60-69.99 percentile and INR 2 lacs to those scoring 70 percentile and above
• Scholarship based on Extra-Curricular Activities
• Special Consideration for SC/ST/OBC (NC)/Physically Challenged Candidates
• Wards of Armed forces: 1.5 lacs sanctioned to Armed forces service people and front line COVID-19 warriors. Check IMI Kolkata Scholarships

IMI Kolkata Notable Alumni

• Dhruv Chakravarty, Consultant, Reflexions Digital Pvt. Ltd
• Abhishek Pal, SAP Supply Chain Function Lead, TCS
• Nimesh Shukla, Founder & CEO, SunEncore
• Neha Modi, Marketing Manager (Digital & Loyalty), Spencer’s Retail Ltd.
• Abhimanyu Mazumdar, Management Consultant, Mott MacDonald

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