IIM Bangalore - Indian Institute of Management Bannerghatta Road Answered Questions

The number of offers made over the past three batches during IIM Bangalore PGP summer placements is presented below:Particulars PGP + PGPBA Summer Placement Statistics (2021-23 Batch)PGP + PGPBA Summer Placement Statistics (2022-24 Batch)PGP + PGPBA Summer Placement Statistics (2023-25 Batch)Offers made542539602Total students515530604Companies visitedNANA171Students opted out0213

Yes, CAT 2023 dates for admission to IIM Bangalore are out. To apply for the CAT exam, candidates are required to create an account, fill the CAT registration form and pay the exam application fee. The 2023 CAT form have to be submitted by a certain deadline after which no application will be accepted. For 2023 CAT exam, CAT registration will go on between Aug 2 and Sep 20. The exam will be conducted on November 26, 2023. Students are required to appear for the CAT 2023 exam in Computer Based Testing mode at allotted test centres. CAT exam 2023 for IIM Bangalore admission will be held in three slots. These are as follows:Morning slot: 8:30 AM to 10:30 AMAfternoon slot: 12:30 PM to 2:30 PMEvening slot: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PMCandidates who are willing to get into IIM Bangalore must mention the college name and course preference in their CAT application form to get a call (provided the student gets a valid score in the exam).

No, IIM Bangalore accepts GMAT/ GRE to provide admission to the EPGP course. Candidates qualifying for any of the two entrance exams can apply for the E-PGP course provided they fulfil the other eligibility criteria as well. The minimum eligibility requirements are as follows:Graduation in any discipline with a minimum of 50% aggregate or equivalent Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)Applicants from SC, ST and PwD categories must have a minimum of 45% or equivalent CGPAApplicants who have not pursued any bachelor's degree but completed their CA/ ICWA/ CS after Class 12 are also eligible to apply

IIM Bangalore offers admission to MBA course on the basis of CAT scores followed by the Writing Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI). Tabulated below are the important dates for CAT 2023: DatesUpcoming Events26 Nov '23CAT 2023 exam

Candidates seeking admission to IIM Bangalore MBA course must appear for CAT. It is mandatory for candidates to meet the sectional and overall CAT cutoff to be eligible for the Writing Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds for final admission to IIM Bangalore. For IIM Bangalore MBA admission, students need to meet both the overall CAT cut off percentile and the sectional cut offs. Candidates seeking admission to IIM Bangalore must score above the 90 percentile in CAT exam. IIM Bangalore does not release CAT cutoffs in the public domain and are exclusively accessible only via account login to candidates who have appeared for the exam. Therefore, the students must aim to score above 90 percentile.

Post Graduate Programme or PGP offered by IIM Bangalore is a two-year full-time residential course. Candidates pursuing PGP from IIM Bangalore are awarded an MBA degree. The programme lasts for six trimesters, spread over two years, with a summer project inclusive. The course is offered in two specialisations, namely General and Business Analytics. The duration of the course is spread over six trimesters across two years, with a summer project intermediary.The PGP students of IIM Bangalore are required to earn a minimum of 45 credits and a maximum of 51 credits in elective courses over three terms in their second year. The electives cover a wide array of topics. Mentioned below is a sample list of the electives offered here:Social Entrepreneurship Infrastructure Development PPPs and RegulationBusiness Analytics and Intelligence Spreadsheet Model-Business Decision Current Economic Scenario; Indian Economy and Policy Matters for BusinessGlobal Securities Markets, etc. 

The total tuition fee of PGP course is INR 24.50 lakh. This fee, however, is sourced from an unofficial source. Hence, is indicative. Other than the course fee, students are required to pay the registration fee for CAT. The application fee is INR 2,400 for General, EWC and NC-OBC category students and is INR 1,200 for SC, ST and PwD category students.

The eligibility criteria to apply for PGPPM (or MMS PPM) is a graduation degree with a minimum aggregate of 50% with a minimum of five years of work experience preferably in a Public Policy domain as on March 31 of the year of admission. Additionally, applicants need to have a valid CAT, GMAT or GRE score at the time of application submission to be considered for admission.

Students of the two-year PGP in Management have the opportunity to get double degrees by being a part of the Double Degree (DD) programme of IIM Bangalore. During this DD exchange, the selected students study at their home institution in the first academic year and are transferred to the host institution for the second academic year. The institute has collaborated with ESCP Europe Business School (Paris, France), Bocconi University (Milano, Italy) and Hitotsubashi University Business School, School of International Corporate Strategy (Hitotsubashi University, Japan) for the same.

IIM Bangalore does not release the official cutoff or score required by the students for admission to its E-MBA programme. Selection is based on multiple parameters such as past academics, work experience, GMAT/GRE score, among other factors. However, as per the official E-MBA brochure of the institute, students who got admission in the 2023-24 batch had a score ranging between 620 and 770 in GMAT. Hence, those with a score ranging between these digits can expect getting a call from IIM-B for E-MBA.