IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA): Cutoff, Admission, Fees, Placement

Ahmedabad, India


Indian Institute of Management - [IIMA] ,Ahmedabad ,Gujarat

Overview

Indian Institute of Management-(IIMA), Ahmedabad is a government university located in Ahmedabad, established in the year 1961. The IIMA University has been ranked 1st by NIRF and IIRF in its 2024 rankings.

CAT scores are used to admit applicants to its 2-year Post Graduate Programme (PGP), generally referred to as the MBA. All candidates who score over the 99 percentile on the CAT examination have a good chance of being shortlisted for the IIMA interview. The CAT cutoff for IIM Ahmedabad has been continually falling around the 80th percentile.

In the 2023 placements, IIMA rang up 100 placements with an average package of ₹ 35 LPA and the loftiest package stood at INR 1.15 CPA for the 2023 batch. Top recruiters like McKinsey, BCG, and Amazon regularly hire from the institute, making it a first choice for government universities.

Quick Highlights


Particulars

Specifications

Top Recruiters

Mc Kinsey, Bain & Company, Kearney, Goldman Sachs, HUL

Fees Range

₹35LPA to 1.15 CPA

University Type

Government University

MBA Fees

25 Lakhs

NIRF Ranking 2024

1st


Ranking

IIM Ahmedabad Ranked 1st as per NIRF Ranking 2024 in the management category. The institute is ranked 53rd as per QS Global University Global MBA rankings 2024. IIM Ahmedabad secured rank 1st by IIRF 2024. Here are a few more rankings and details.

Ranking

Year

Ranked At

NIRF

2024

1st

FT Global MBA Ranking 

2024

41st 

QS World University Global MBA Rankings

2024

53rd 

QS Global MBA Ranking 

2024

9th in Asia

IIRF Rankings 2024 (Govt. B Schools)

2024

1st 

LinkedIn Top 100 MBA Ranking (Global)

2024

19

FT Masters in Management (Global)

2024

39

FT Global MBA Ranking

2023

43rd 

IIRF Rankings 2023 (Govt. B Schools)

2023

1st 

Business Today B-School Ranking

2023

2nd 

Business Today MBA Executive Ranking (AGMP-BL)

2023

1st 

Business Today 1-year MBA Ranking (PGPX)

2023

2nd 



Indian Institute of Management - [IIMA] ,Ahmedabad ,Gujarat

Programs

IIM Ahmedabad offers courses at a total fee range of ₹1.2 Lakhs to ₹33 Lakhs. Below is the table of full-time courses and part-time courses that are given.

Full-time Courses

Check the table below for details on eligibility and fees for full-time courses at IIM Ahmedabad.

Course

Fees

Eligibility

PGPM

₹25 Lakhs (Total Fees)

Graduation + CAT

PG Program

₹25 Lakhs (Total Fees)

Graduation + CAT

PGPX

₹33 Lakhs (Total Fees)

Graduation + GMAT/GRE

FDP

₹1.2 Lakhs (Total Fees)

Post Graduation


Part-time IIMA Ahmedabad Courses

Check the table below for more information on IIMA Ahmedabad part-time courses fees. The eligibility criteria for all IIMA part-time courses is a valid graduation degree.

Course

Fees

RPG

₹12 Lakhs (Total Fees)

MBA

₹20 Lakhs (Total Fees)

EPGP

₹20 Lakhs (Total Fees)

Bachelor of Business Administration [BBA]

10 courses • 3 years
--Average tuition fees
--Median salary
--Exams accepted
-Application date

Indian Institute of Management - [IIMA] ,Ahmedabad ,Gujarat

Admissions

IIM Ahmedabad Important Dates 2025

The following table represents IIM Ahmedabad Important Dates for the IIM Ahmedabad Admissions batch.

PGP -MBA

The table below provides tentative admission dates for IIM MBA program.



PGP AWT PI Shortlist declared

January 06, 2025 (Tentative)

PGP Merit List Declaration 

April 14, 2025 (Tentative)

PGP Seat Confirmation

3rd Week of April 2025

Commencement of Classes

First Week of June 2025


Cutoff

For the 2024 class, the IIM Ahmedabad Cutoff has been dropped to the 80 percentile. Applicants will be considered for PI-WAT if they achieve at least 70 sectional percentile. All applicants who have been chosen for admission to IIM Ahmedabad are eligible to participate in the final screening. The CAT percentile receives 25% of the selection weight in the final admission round at IIM Ahmedabad, academics receives 15%, AWT receives 10%, and PI receives 50%. The cutoff for all the categories is as follows.

Categories

Overall Percentile Rank

VARC Percentile Rank

DILR Percentile Rank

QA Percentile Rank

General, EWS

80

70

70

70

NC-OBC, Transgender

75

65

65

65

SC

70

60

60

60

ST

60

50

50

50

PwD (General/ EWS, NC-OBC/transgender, SC)

70

60

60

60

PwD (ST)

60

50

50

50


10th and 12th Cutoff

The 10th and 12th cutoff for general, SC, ST and other categories is mentioned in the table below.

Stream in 12th Std.

General 

NC-OBC/ Transgender

SC 

ST

PWD (General, NC-OBC/ Transgender, SC)

PWD (ST)

Science

80

75

70

65

70

65

Commerce

77

72

67

62

67

62

Arts & Humanities

75

70

64

59

64

59


Bachelor Cutoff

The bachelor cutoff is mentioned in the table below.

Category

AC - 1

AC - 3

AC - 4

AC - 5

General, EWS

68.92

83.37

84.5

79.95

NC-OBC, Transgender

68.8

81.88

82.6

77.28

SC

68.25

80.18

79.41

75.7

ST

70.56

79.9

77.67

74.06

PwD (all categories)

99

81.15

77.2

74.84




Bachelor of Business Administration [BBA]

10

Courses

3 yrs

Duration

--

Total Seats

--

Tuition Fees

--

Exams

--

Eligibility

FAQs related to Admissions

IIM Ahmedabad offers several government programs, including the Post Graduate Diploma in Management( PGDM), Post Graduate Program in Food and Agribusiness Management( PGP- FABM), executive Post Graduate Program in Management( EPGP), and a Doctoral Program.

To be eligible for admission to IIM Ahmedabad, applicants need a bachelor’s degree in any field with at least 50 marks or an original CGPA. They also need to take a public - position entrance test like - CAT, GMAT, or GRE.

The admission process at IIM Ahmedabad involves several ways First, applicants need to appear for public- position tests like CAT, GMAT, or GRE. After that, shortlisted applicants go through particular Interviews and Written Capability Tests. The final selection is predicated on the candidate's performance throughout these stages.

Indian Institute of Management - [IIMA] ,Ahmedabad ,Gujarat

Placements

The placements report for IIM Ahmedabad in 2024 will be released as soon as the information is available. The maximum number of offers amounting to 26 were made by Accenture during IIM Ahmedabad Placements 2024.

Name of the Company

Number of Offers

Accenture

26

BCG

23

TCS

17

FINQ

11

Adani Group

10

Goldman Sachs

9

NAVI

9

PWC

9

Praxis Consulting

7

Essar Group

6

Microsoft

6

HUL (All PPOs)

6

JP Morgan

5

Indian Institute of Management - [IIMA] ,Ahmedabad ,Gujarat

Infrastructure

IIM Ahmedabad offers both married and single candidates hostel facilities. The hostel charges are about INR 28,500 in each term.

Terms

Fees

Term 1

INR 28,500

Term 2

INR 28,500

Term 3

INR 28,500

Term 4

INR 28,500

Term 5

INR 28,500

Term 6

INR 28,500

Total

INR 1.71 Lakhs

FAQs related to Infrastructure programs

Compared to IIT graduates, IIM graduates often earn much higher incomes.

In general, IIM fees go between the range of Rs 26 lakhs to Rs 13.2 lakhs. IIM Amritsar charges the least of all the IIMs. IIM Amritsar charges a fee of Rs 13.2 lakhs for MBA programmes.

To ease worthy students of the financial strain of completing their MBA degrees, IIM Ahmedabad provides scholarship opportunities.

Admission is provided by way to admission exams including the IPM Aptitude Test, JIPMAT, and IPMAT. After class 12, students can take these admission tests.