IIM Calcutta (IIM C): Cut off, Courses, Fees, Admission 2025, Ranking, Placement

IIM Calcutta MBA fee includes different components such as tuition fees, room rent charges (for the entire course duration), cost of course material, and economy airfare of study tours, organized by the institute. The fee is INR 25 lakh, including tuition fee and accommodation fees. Candidates have to pay some amount of this fee at the time of admission for seat confirmation as directed by the institute. Further, it must be noted that the fee mentioned here is taken from the official website/sanctioning body. It is subject to changes and hence, is indicative.

Yes, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta offers various scholarships to students as financial assistance. IIM Calcutta scholarships 2024 are sponsored by multiple companies, such as Ratan Tata Trust and the Aditya Birla Group. There is T. Thomas Scholarship which is sponsored by HUL and the college also awards OP Jindal Engineering & Management Scholarships. These scholarships are largelly offered to deserving students on the basis of merit and various other criteria set by the sponsors.

CAT Exam is conducted for admission to IIMs for the MBA course, including IIM Calcutta admissions. The estimated final cutoffs are the basis on which the candidates are called for the interview round. Tabulated below are the estimated CAT 2023 cutoff percentiles for the General category for admission to top IIMs, including IIM Calcutta.

IIM Calcutta recorded 100% placements for its MBA course during placement drive 2024. Apart from this, IIM Calcutta has recorded 100% MBA placements over the past three placement drives, which is presented below:

The list of top recruiters who participated during the recent IIM Calcutta placements 2024 is presented below:

IIM Calcutta has bagged a rank between 501-530 in the QS WUR Ranking 2023 by Subject. The institute has secured 70.9 score in the Reputation criteria under the ‘QS International Trade Ranking.’ In addition to this, IIM Calcutta scored 66.1 and 43.9 in Alumni Outcomes and Thought Leadership criteria under the ‘World University Rankings - Masters In Business Analytics’ category. 

The total course fee is inclusive of multiple components including, tuition fee, caution deposit, alumni fee (if applicable), etc. Find below some fee components along with the amount for IIM Calcutta PGPEX-VLM:

NOTE: This fee is as per an unofficial source. Hence, is indicative.

MBA is the flagship programme of IIM Calcutta. As one of the popular IIMs of India, IIM Calcutta is a preferred college for MBA aspirants. Talking about placements,  IIM Calcutta recorded 100% placements during placement drive 2023-24. As per the media reports, the the highest package offered during IIM Calcutta placements 2024 stood at INR 1.2 crore per annum. Below are reviews of IIM Calcutta students:

A total of 194 companies visited the IIM Calcutta placements in 2023, of which 39 were new recruiters. The trends witnessed during IIM Calcutta Kolkata placements over the past three years with respect to the number of companies visited are presented below:

For admission to IIM Calcutta for the flagship MBA (or PGP) course, the result of CAT 2023 can be expected by the last week of December 2023 (If the CAT conducting body follows the trend as in 2022). However, if the trend is not followed, the same will most probably be out by the first week of January 2024. After the release of result, the exam takers will be able to download their CAT scorecards from the official website using their login credentials for IIM Calcutta admission.

For admission to a PhD/DPM course in IIM Kolkata, aspirant must meet the eligibility criteria. Only eligible candidates can fill out the admission form. Find below the eligibility requirements for the programme:

• First Class master's or postgraduate Diploma degree in any stream and a three-year bachelor's degree with at least 50% aggregate, OR
• CA with a minimum of 50% aggregate or CS/ CMA with a minimum of 55% aggregate along with a BCom degree, OR
• BTech degree of four years duration with 6.5 CGPA or equivalent, OR
• Non-engineering candidates, who have undergone 10+2+5 years, are also eligible to apply for the doctoral programme
• In addition, applicants must have obtained a minimum of 50% aggregate either at SSC/HSC-level
• A final-year student appearing for the Bachelor's degree examination in Engineering or Master's degree examination in any discipline can also apply. Such a candidate, if selected, will be provisionally admitted provided he completes all requirements for obtaining the degree before June 30, of the admission year. Admission of the candidate will remain provisional until the candidate produces mark sheets proving that he satisfies the eligibility criteria. The deadline for submitting the final year degree mark sheets is December 31 of the admission year.

IIM Calcutta concludes the placements for its 59th MBA batch with a 100% placement rate. The highest package offered during IIM Calcutta placements 2024 stood at INR 1.20 crore per annum. The key highlights of IIM Calcutta placements for its MBA Class of 2022, 2023 and 2024 are presented in the table below:

For MBA at IIM Calcutta, aspirants need to complete CAT application process. To submit CAT application successfully, aspirants need to pay the required application fees. Mentioned below is the category-wise application fee for CAT exam:

As per an unofficial source, admission to the certificate programmes is subject to fulfilment of the eligibility criteria. Aspirants can reach out to the IIM Calcutta admission office to get information related to the admission procedure. Moreover, some certificate courses are available in online mode, hence, details about those courses are available on the platform through which it is offered.

The table given below mentions IIM Calcutta sectional and overall cutoff 2024 across all sections and categories:

To get admission in MBA at IIM Calcutta, candidates must qualify the CAT exam and attain the required percentile. The IIM Calcutta CAT Cutoff 2023 (Overall) for the General AI Category candidates was 99. Therefore, it was not possible for candidate having cutoff percentile of 90-95 to get MBA at IIM Calcutta. 

Among the OBC AI category candidates also, the Cutoff percentile to get MBA at IIM Calcutta was 99. Thus, there is a very rare of change of getting admission at IIM Calcutta at this score. 

It is crucial that each aspirant meet the course-specific eligibility requirements. For IIM Calcutta MBA Ex course admission, candidate should hold a Bachelor's degree (3-year duration at least) in any discipline from a recognised university. Additionally, the candidate should have at least five years of experience in full-time post-qualification managerial/professional experience. Proficiency in English is also required for admission.

The below-table states the minimum eligibility requirement for both PGPEX-VLM course: 

For admission to a certificate course offered by IIM Calcutta, the aspirant must meet the minimum eligibility requirements. It may vary from one course to another. As per an unofficial source, the minimum eligibility criteria is that the applicant must be a graduate. In addition, he/she should have passed the qualifying examination with at least 50% aggregate. The documents also have to be presented during application or admission process.

The course-wise minimum eligibility criteria for admission at IIM Calcutta is mentioned in the following table:

The answer to this question of whether an average student can get into IIM can be both yes and no depending on the definition of an average student.

• Based on Academics (Class 10/ Class 12/ Graduation): While a student with average scores in Class 10, Class 12 and graduation with a good CAT score certainly has good chances of getting a call from IIM-A, chances are less for someone with an average CAT score.
• Based on student category (General or Reserved): While it is tough for a General category average student to grab a seat at IIM due to high score requirements, a reserved category student can get admission being at average scores as well.
• Based on past work experience, diversity and other factors: Gender and academic diversity is also a factor on which students are shortlisted at IIM. IIMs judge the past academic category based on the degree obtained by the students before MBA and then a weightage is allotted based on that. For Engineers, the percentage for scoring the highest marks is higher as compared with other streams
• Performance in selection rounds: Once you make it to the final selection rounds, i.e., AWT/PI process, it can be considered a fresh start. At this stage, students can forget their past average-ness but definitely require good grasp over the past subjects as academics-related questions are asked in the interview.

Based on the above factors, it can be considered that while getting into top Management institutes, such as IIM is extremely tough, the past performance, CAT performance, student category and a lot of factors can be the reasons for a student to receive that final call.