Post Graduate Programme (PGP) 

at IIM Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam

To qualify for IIM Visakhapatnam MBA programme CAT is mandatory. So getting into IIM Visakhapatnam without CAT is not possible. Overall candidates need to acquire a valid CAT score in order to apply to MBA programme. Candidates seeking admission to PGP programme in IIM Visakhapatnam are firstly required to apply for the CAT exam. The candidates must visit the official website of CAT to register. The registration process requires to upload required documents and submitting a fee of  INR 2,400 (General category) and INR 1,200 (Reserved category)

For admission to PGP at IIM Visakhapatnam, candidates are shortlisted based on the valid CAT scores. IIM Vishakhapatnam admission is conducted in phase wise manner. Find below the IIM Vishakhapatnam admission process 2025:

STEP 1: IIM Visakhapatnam application process is carried out in online mode. Candidates need to complete CAT registration for admission to PGP. Once the CAT exam results are announced, candidates are required to fill out detailed online application form separately for IIM Vishakhapatnam MBA admission.

STEP 2: Candidates who fill out the online application form and meet the minimum percentile will be considered as 'Qualified Confirmed Candidates'. IIM Visakhapatnam then calculate the weighted scores based on CAT, Class 10, Class 12, Bachelor's degree, Diversity and Wok Experience and will give the Interview calls and candidates will then be required to appear for the Personal Interview round.

STEP 3: IIM Vishakhapatnam then calculate the 'Final Aggregate Score' based on various parametres like Personal Interview, CAT, Class 10, Class 12, Bachelor's degree, Diversity and Work Experience and give the final shortlist for PGP.

STEP 4: The selected candidates can confirm their seats/ admission by paying the required amount of IIM Visakhapatnam fees for MBA.

Note: Candidates who are shortlisted and interviewed by IIMs Bangalore, Kozhikode, Lucknow or Indore (only for their PGP/ PGPM programme) will not be required to appear for the Personal Interview at IIM Vizag. For these candidates, the average of their Personal Interview scores from the aforementioned IIMs will be used to calculate their Personal Interview score for IIM Visakhapatnam.

IIM Visakhapatnam MBA eligibility criteria is a Bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% for candidates who belong to SC/ ST/ PwD category) or an equivalent qualification recognised by the Ministry of Education, Government of India (including the Associate Membership Examination (AMICE) of the Institution of Civil Engineers (India) as an equivalent qualification). Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree/ equivalent qualification examination can also apply for admission to the MBA programme.

IIM Visakhapatnam admission in the PGP/ MBA programme is made through CAT exam and performance of candidates in Personal Interview round. IIM Visakhapatnam has no fixed cutoffs for admission to the PGP but candidates who wish to apply for phase 1 IIM Visakhapatnam course admission must meet the minimum percentile score, both sectional and overall. The minimum percentile score require for IIM Vishakhapatnam MBA admission varies according to the categories of candidates.

In order to apply for phase 1 admission to the MBA programme for the batch of 2024-26 at IIM Visakhapatnam, candidates must meet the minimum percentile requirement which is as follows:       

IIM Visakhapatnam offers various programmes at the postgraduate and doctoral level to the students. IIM Vishakhapatnam is one of the 21 IIMs providing MBA education in the country. The college is most famous for its two year, full-time PGP or MBA programme. IIM Visakhapatnam placements has been exemplary throughout the past few years. IIM Visakhapatnam placement rate recorded in 2023 for PGP batch was 100%. IIM Vishakhapatnam highest package and average package of PGP batch for 2023 stood at INR 32.65 LPA and INR 16.61 LPA respectively. Apart from this, the average package of students with work experience stood at INR 18.32 LPA during IIM Visakhapatnam PGP placements 2023. Check IIM Vishakhapatnam Placements. 

IIM Visakhapatnam accepts CAT scores for admission to the management courses. However, the institute does not release the CAT cutoffs in the public domain and is exclusively accessible only via account login to candidates who have appeared for the exam. IIMs accept both sectional and overall cutoff for admission. CAT 2024 cutoff will be tentatively declared in the month of Jan. Considering the previous year trends, the final CAT cutoff 2024 is expected to be in the range between 92-94 for IIM Visakhapatnam. 

The estimated qualifying CAT cutoff 2024 is 80 for the General category students. 

Roles in the Analytics domain emerged as the top recruiting domain wherein 25% recruiters placed students during placement drive 2024. The role-wise companies visited during IIM Vizag PGP placements 2024 is presented below: