IIM Calcutta Admission Criteria 2025-2027: Application Form, Process, Fees

IIM Calcutta Admission Dates 2025

The schedule for IIM Calcutta admission criteria is given below under important dates. Check the dates mentioned in the table for IIM Calcutta admission criteria 2025-27.

IIMC Admission Dates 2025

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IIM Calcutta Admission 2025: Eligibility Criteria

Students must fulfil the eligibility criteria before filling out the MBA application form for IIM Calcutta. Check the complete eligibility criteria below:

• Students must have a Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 50% in aggregate or equivalent CGPA (45% for SC/ ST candidates). Candidates belonging to the Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe, and Person with Disability categories will be given 5% relaxation.

• Candidate must have completed the graduation from any university/institute incorporated by an Act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

• The percentage of marks obtained by the applicant will be calculated based on the practice followed by the institute/university from which the student has graduated. In case the university/institute does not provide the conversion policy then the equivalence will be achieved by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result by 100.

• Candidates appearing for the final year examination of the qualifying exam are also eligible to apply for the CAT 2024 and IIM Calcutta admission process. However such candidates will be required to submit the required documents by June 30, 2025, from the principal/registrar of his/her university/College/Institute stating that the candidate has completed all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.

• Also, candidates must produce the certificates of mark sheets or the other requirements not later than December 31, 2025, failing to which the candidature will stand cancelled.

IIM Calcutta Admission Criteria 2025 for MBA programme

Candidates will be shortlisted for the Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) based on their CAT 2024 score, past academic performance, gender diversity, and other criteria which are listed below:

Stage 1- Minimum CAT percentile cut-offs to be considered for PI

In stage 1, the student will be required to score the minimum sectional as well as the overall percentile in CAT 2022 to get shortlisted. Check the table below:

Table 1- Minimum requirement of CAT percentile for Stage I

Candidates who will score above the minimum CAT 2024 percentile mentioned in the respective category will be considered for the calculation of the composite score which is mentioned in stage 2.

Stage 2- Shortlisting for PI

Candidates satisfying the criteria of Stage-I will be called for Personal Interview (PI) based on the composite score derived using the components and the corresponding weights as specified in Table 2.

Table 2- Components and corresponding weights for deriving composite scores for PI

After deriving the composite score, the cutoffs will be decided in each category for short=listing candidates for Stage II of the selection process of IIM Calcutta. The number of candidates to be short-listed in Personal Interview (PI) in each category totally depends upon the batch size.

Allotting points of marks secured in Class 10 and 12

Table 3: Points for marks secured in Class 10 and Class 12

To calculate the marks (in%) obtained in Classes 10 and 12, the Board will consider whether to consider the percentage of the total marks of all the subjects appearing in the mark sheet/ grade paper.

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Computation of Percentages at Bachelor’s level

The aggregate of the marks obtained by the candidate in the graduation degree will be computed as per the norm followed by the respective institute from which the candidate has graduated. In case the institute/university does not provide any method of calculation of CGPA then the equivalence will be obtained by dividing the marks obtained by the candidate by the maximum CGPA and multiplying the result by 100.

If a bachelor’s degree is not completed

In case a candidate has to appear for the final examination, he/she can fill out the CAT application form, and the aggregate marks obtained in the previous semesters will be taken into consideration and points will be allotted as mentioned in the table above.

Dual degree

The percentage of marks to be considered will be as specified in the degree certificate.

Stage 3- Final selection

The final selection of the candidates for the MBA program will be based on the weightage of the components as per the table below:

IIM Calcutta Composite Score Calculation

Final Selection for MBA Programme

The final selection list will be based on merit in each category; Based on the criteria, the candidate will not automatically be eligible to get admission to IIM Calcutta.

Reservation policy

IIM Calcutta will apply the reservation policy as per the Government of India for admission to Central Educational Institutions (CEI)

IIM Calcutta Fees 2025-27

IIM Calcutta will announce the fee for the academic year batch 2025-27. The expected fee for IIM Calcutta is Rs. 27 lakhs which is non-refundable. The IIM Calcutta fee will include the tuition fees and the cost of books, materials, economy airfare of study guides, and accommodation. Students must note that personal charges such as food, and electricity will not be covered under the fee structure of IIM Calcutta

IIM Calcutta Placements

IIM Calcutta successfully conducted its placement drive for its 59th batch. The IIM Calcutta Placement recorded 100% placements with participation from 194 firms that extended 529 offers for the batch of 467 students. The average package during the IIM Calcutta placements was Rs. 29.28 lakhs per annum. Check the highlights of IIM Calcutta placements in the table below:

IIM Calcutta Final Placements - Highlights

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