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    B-Schools ranking according to clusters. Compare!
    • B-Schools ranking according to clusters. Compare!

    B-Schools ranking according to clusters. Compare!

    Team Careers360Updated on 30 Nov 2025, 01:08 PM IST

    B-school Ranking 2025 is a formidable venture. With over 2000 schools of different hues forming the universe, identifying a manageable set of institutions to evaluate is in itself a tough task. We tabulated the past rankings obtained by B-Schools in leading magazines. We attempted to generate a manageable cluster by reducing the diversity that these magazines represent by using a novel methodology. The result is a table of tables of the top 10% of B-Schools in the country. Here’s how the schools stack up alphabetically within the clusters.

    B-Schools ranking according to clusters. Compare!
    B-Schools Ranking According to Clusters

    B-Schools Ranking - Methodology

    To arrive at a CLUSTER-BASED grouping of leading Business Schools in India, in addition to the Careers360 ranking we began by tabulating the B-School ranking of four magazines namely Business India (BI), Business Today (BT), Business World (BW) and Outlook (OL) for the period 2005 to 2010. While BT and OL 2009 rankings are perception-based; BI, BW and OL (2005-10) rank based on objective parameters. A total of 190 schools constituted the universe.

    From this set, we short-listed those who appeared at least thrice in one or multiple rankings, including Careers360. We eliminated institutions that were not ranked at all by any objective criterion (a threshold of A and above was maintained in the case of BI ranking). By this methodology, we short-listed 173 B-Schools. Another 17 schools, which appeared in the universe, but did meet the criterion partially, were also included since we felt these institutions do have the potential to be in the Top-100 list. These institutions were then classified based on the following approximation into eight major groupings.

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    Rankings and their corresponding levels

    Magazine

    Top

    Tier 1

    Tier 2

    Tier 3

    Business India

    1 – 15

    16 – 50

    51 – 75

    76 – 125

    Business World

    1 – 15

    16 – 30

    31 – 60

    61 – 100

    Business Today

    1 – 7

    8 – 20

    21 – 30

    31-100

    Careers360

    1 – 10

    11 – 25

    26 – 40

    41-50

    Outlook

    1 – 15

    16 – 30

    31 – 50

    51 – 75

    Top MBA colleges in India

    Tier 1 MBA colleges in India

    Tier 2 MBA colleges in India

    Name of the institute

    Location

    Accurate Institute of Management and Technology

    Greater Noida

    Army Institute of Management

    Kolkata

    Balaji Institute of Modern Management

    Pune

    Birla Institute of Technology Mesra

    Ranchi

    Calcutta University, Dept, of Business Management

    Kolkata

    Christ College Institute of Management

    Bangalore

    College of Management Studies (GITAM)

    Visakhapatnam

    FORE School of Management

    New Delhi

    Gitam Institute of Foreign Trade

    Visakhapatnam

    IBS Bangalore

    Bangalore

    IBS Gurgaon

    Gurgaon

    IBS Mumbai

    Mumbai

    Institute for Technology and Management (ITM)

    Navi Mumbai

    Institute of Business Administration & Training (IBAT)

    Bhubaneswar

    Institute of Business Management & Research

    Indore

    Institute of Business Management & Technology

    Bangalore

    Institute of Health Management Research

    Jaipur

    Institute of Management Studies

    Ghaziabad

    Integrated Academy of Management and Technology

    Ghaziabad

    Jagan Institute of Management Studies

    New Delhi

    Karunya School of Management

    Coimbatore

    Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management

    New Delhi

    Mount Carmel Institute of Management

    Bangalore

    NCRD's Sterling Institute of Management studies

    Mumbai

    Osmania University, Dept of Business Management

    Hyderabad

    Prestige Institute of Management & Research

    Indore

    Punjab College of Technical Education

    Ludhiana

    Rourkela Institute of Management Studies

    Rourkela

    School of Communication & Management Studies

    Cochin

    School of Management Sciences

    Varanasi

    SIES College of Management Studies

    Mumbai

    ST.Joseph’s College of Business Administration

    Bangalore

    Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology

    Pune

    VIT University, Dept of Business Management

    Vellore

    Xavier Institute of Social Service

    Ranchi

    Tier 3 MBA colleges in India

    Name of the institute

    Location

    Allana Institute of Management Science

    Mumbai

    Anna University, Department of Management Studies

    Chennai

    Balaji Institute of Telecom & Management

    Pune

    Bhadruka Institute of Foreign Trade & Management

    Hyderabad

    Bharti Vidyapeeth

    Pune

    Delhi School of Professional Studies & Research

    New Delhi

    EMPI Business School

    New Delhi

    Gian Jyoti Institute of Management & Technology

    Mohali

    Guru Nanak Institute of Management & Technology

    Ludhiana

    Institute of Management Development & Research

    Pune

    Institute for Integrated Learning in Management

    New Delhi

    Institute of Finance & International Management

    Bangalore

    Institute of Science & Management

    Ranchi

    Institute of Technology and Science

    Ghaziabad

    Institute of Technology and Science

    New Delhi

    International School of Business and Media

    Pune

    J K Business School

    Gurgaon

    Jagannath International Management School

    New Delhi

    Jankidevi Bajaj Institute of Management Studies

    Mumbai

    Jansons School of Business

    Coimbatore

    K. S. R Business School

    Tiruchengode

    KIIT School of Management

    Bhubaneswar

    LBSIMT

    Bareilly

    M.S. Patel Institute of Management Studies

    Baroda

    Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management

    Haryana

    MKM Institute of Management studies

    Jaipur

    Mumbai Educational Trust's Institute of Management

    Mumbai

    N.L. Dalmia Inst. of Mgt Studies & Research

    Mumbai

    National Institute of Management and Technology

    Ghaziabad

    National Institute of Management Calcutta

    Kolkata

    New Delhi Institute of Management

    New Delhi

    Punjabi Univ., Punjab School of Management Studies

    Patiala

    Sinhgad Institute Management

    Pune

    Siva Sivani Institute of Management

    Secunderabad

    Sona School of Management

    Salem

    Sri Venkateswara University, SBM

    Tirupati

    Thiagarajar School of Management

    Madurai

    Tirpude College, Department of Management Studies

    Nagpur

    Vasantrao Patil Institute of Mgmt Studies & Research

    Miraj

    Xavier Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management

    Secunderabad

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