IIM Visakhapatnam PG, Doctorate Courses 2025

IIM Visakhapatnam admission is based on CAT examination percentile obtained by candidates and their performance in Personal Interview. IIM Vishakhapatnam eligibility criteria for PGP/ MBA programme is a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 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). 

As you meet the minimum qualifying criteria, you are eligible to apply for admission to the PGP/ MBA programme at IIM Visakhapatnam. 

IIM Vishakhapatnam is one of the most recent IIM established in the year 2015 under the mentorship of IIM Bangalore. Accoeding to the verified Shiksha Reviews, IIM Vizag has received good reviews from alumni and students regarding the placements, infrastructure and faculty members. 

IIM Visakhapatnam has recorded 100% placements during the 2023-24 placements drive. The highest and average package offered during the 2024 placements stood at INR 43.25 LPA and INR 15.61 LPA, respectively. 

The total IIM Visakhapatnam fees for MBA programme is INR 17.82 lakh. Considering the total tuition fee and the return on investment this seems to be a good return on the investment. 

Aspirants can check below infographic for verified students reviews on Shiksha for IIM Vishakhapatnam:

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: 

IIM Ranchi accepts CAT scores, followed by a Personal Interview round for admission to the managaement courses. CAT cutoff 2024 percentile for IIM Visakhapatnam depends on the following factors:

• Difficulty level of the exam
• Number of aspirants who appeared for the exam
• Number of candidates who've passed the exam
• Number of seats in a particular institute
• Ranking of the institute

Students pursiuing MBA/ PGP at IIM Visakhapatnam can avail financial aid and various other scholarships. The quantum of financial aid depends upon various factors and financial background and need of candidates. The students at IIM Vishakhapatnam can avail even 100% financial aid as a tuition fee waiver.

IIM Visakhapatnam offers scholarships to candidates who belong to the economically weaker section of the society with an objective to help candidates to pursue their higher education. Students at IIM Visakhapatnam are also encouraged to apply for scholarships which are offered by various ministries under the government of India, state governments and other agencies. 

All PGP students with annual household income below INR 5 Lacs are eligible to apply for financial aid. Other students with severe financial difficulties arising from sudden unforeseen circumstances are also considered. IIM Vishakhapatnam scholarships are also merit-based.

In addition to the financial aid, students at IIM Vishakhapatnam can also apply for scholarships which are mentioned below:

• Ministry of Tribal Affairs scholarship (ST)
• Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment scholarship
• Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Department of Persons with Disabilities 
• Merit Cum Means Scholarship for Professional and Technical courses CS

Students at IIM Visakhapatnam have also availed following scholarships:

• IDFC First Bank Scholarship
• Madha Pradesh Scholarship for its domiciled NC-OBC students (Offline process)
• BC, MBC and DNC Scholarship Scheme of Government of Tamil Nadu.
• Telangana State Post Matric Scholarships in other states (Offline process)
• Mukhya Mantri Protsahan Yojana-Himachal Pradesh

Here is the comparison between two IIMs : IIM Visakhapatnam and IIM Kashipur for their MBA programme on the basis of multiple components, such as fee, ranking and salary packages are tabulated below:

NOTE: The fee and placement details mentioned in the above table are sourced from multiple sources. Hence, are indicative.

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:       

Admission to IIM Vishakhapatnam is conducted through CAT percentile. Based on the percentile, the Indian Institute of Management Vishakhapatnam cutoff 2023 was released for the candidates. As per the cutoff released, 92 percentile was qualifying cutoff for CAT to get an admission into IIM Vishakhapatnam. However, with the growing competition, it is quite obvious 92 percentile won't get a selection in the upcoming admission sessions. So, getting a percentile of more than 92 is crucial to get an admission in reputed IIMs. However, Candidates must score the minimum score to qualify for the CAT exam and get eligible for admission. Check out 2023 CAT cutoffs for IIM Vishakhapatnam:

IIM Visakhapatnam offers various courses under PG and doctoral level. The Institution offers a total of five main courses across multiple specialisations and various certification courses as well. PGPM, PGPEx, PGPDGM, EMBA are the flagship courses. Dcotoral level programme like PhD are offered in various specialisation including, Decision Sciences, Economics, Finance & Accounting. MGNF is the certification course offered by the institution.

A comparison of all the IIMs for their MBA programmes based on multiple components, such as NIRF ranking, fee and salary packages are tabulated below:

Note: This information is sourced from official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change.

Refer the below-mentioned table to check IIM Visakhapatnam PGP placements 2023 statistics as compared with other top IIMs such as IIM Nagpur, IIM Shillong and IIM Jammu:

In the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023, IIM Visakhapatnam secured an impressive 29th place among all the Institute and Colleges that offers Management course india. The Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam has improved its rank from 33 last year to 29 now in the NIRF ranks. Which is an indcation that IIM Visakhapatnam has overall made a vast inmprovement in the five parameters: Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR) Research and Professional Practice (RP) Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) over a year.

IIM Vishakhapatnam CAT Cutoff 2024 will be released soon after the declaration of the CAT 2024 result. For the past 3 years, the CAT percentile cutoff has remained 92. Looking at the past years' trend, there is a high probability of the CAT percentile cutoff to fall between 92-95. 

IIM Vishakhapatnam admission 2025 to MBA course is based on CAT 2024 scores followed by Writing Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI). Candidates must note that for admission to IIM Vishakhapatnam, they are required to meet both the overall CAT cut off percentile and also the sectional cut offs.

Like any other management institute, IIM Visakhapatnam admission is entirely based on CAT scores for PGP. Candidates have to follow the CAT admission procedure. Whereas, for courses like PGPEX and PhD application can be directly submitted through IIM Visakhapatnam official website. Candidates are then shortlisted for the Interview based on overall profile. The final selection in other programmes offered at IIM Vizag will be made based on a composite score comprising the performance in CAT/ GMAT/ GRE/ IIMV Test, Diversity, Technical Knowledge and Domain Experience, SOP, Professional References and Personal Interview score.

IIM Nagpur is spread across 132 acre of land and IIM Visakhapatnam campus is also big. Both offers great placements to students. The highest package offered to PGP students in 2023 was INR 32.65 LPA whereas the highest package offered to MBA students in 2023 was INR 64 LPA. Hence, both are one of the best IIMs present in India. Which one is the best depends on what the person is actually looking for in a college or university.

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 does not charge any separate application fees for its PGP/ MBA programme. Candidates are just required to pay CAT exam application fees which is INR 2,400 for General, EWS and NC-OBC candidates. For the SC/ ST/ PwD category candidates, the application fees is INR 1,200. Also the institution has its own separate application for non-CAT courses like PGPEX, where the application fee is INR 1,000 (INR 500 for NC-OBC/ EWS and SC, ST, PwD category candidates and women candidates are exempt from the application fee).