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IIM Vizag Fees 2025 - The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Visakhapatnam will release the PGP fee structure for the academic batch of 2025-27 online mode on the official website- iimv.ac.in. Term wise IIM Vizag PGP fee structure will be mentioned in the admission criteria. As of last year, the IIM Visakhapatnam PGP fee will be Rs 17,82,960. Candidates will be able to pay the IIM Vizag PGP fee in six installments.
As per the NIRF Rankings 2025, the top five management institutes in India are IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode, IIT Delhi, and IIM Lucknow. In the top 10, two more IIMs – Calcutta and Indore – have also bagged a place.
Grabbing an MBA seat in the top IIMs has been all the more difficult, especially with the introduction of CAT sectional cut-offs and addition of diverse factors such as academic performance and work experience, gender diversity and beyond.
IIM | 2020 Final selection | 2025 Final selection | What changed? |
IIM Ahmedabad | CAT 25%; PI 50%; WAT 10%; Academics 15% | CAT 25%; PI 50%; WAT 10%; Academic rating (AR) 15% (unchanged). BUT sectional cutoff raised in 2025 (higher VARC, DILR, QA minimum percentiles). | Final weightage unchanged. However, shortlisting became much stricter in 2025. Over CAT cut-off 2025 increased from 80 to 95. Sectional CAT cut-off from 70 to 85. |
IIM Bangalore | CAT - 25% PI - 30% WAT - 10% Class 10 - 10% Class 12 - 5% Work - 10% Diversity - 2% | CAT - 25% PI - 40% WAT - 10% Class 10 score - 5% Class 12 score - 5% Bachelor's degree score - 5% Work experience - 10% | CAT scores carry 25% at final stage. While a tiny weightage difference in other factors |
IIM Kozhikode | CAT - 44% PI - 44% Resume, Academic and work experience - 12% WAT - Dropped | Last year: CAT - 35% PI: 35% WAT - 20% Resume score - 10% | WAT was reintroduced and weightage for CAT scores reduced. |
IIM Lucknow | CAT 30% PI 40% WAT 10% Class 12 - 5% Graduation - 5% Diversity 5% Work experience - 5% | CAT - 30% PI - 40% WAT - 10% Academics performance - 10% Diversity - 5% Work experience - 5% | No major change. |
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Candidates who will qualify for the selection stages of IIM Visakhapatnam will be offered admission to the PGP course for the academic batch of 2025- 27. Firstly, candidates need to pay the caution deposit fee of Rs 30,000. As per last year’s the batch capacity of IIM Vizag will be around 120. Read this article by Careers360 to know all the details on IIM Visakhapatnam fees 2025.
Check out the PGP fee structure of IIM Visakhapatnam for the academic batch of 2025-27.
Component | First-year | Second year | ||||
Installment 1 (Term 1) | Installment 2 (Term 2) | Installment 3 (Term 3) | Installment 4 (Term 4) | Installment 5 (Term 5) | Installment 6 (Term 6) | |
Program fee | 2,87,160 | 2,87,160 | 2,87,160 | 2,87,160 | 2,87,160 | 2,87,160 |
Student welfare fee | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||
Total (in Rs) | 3,17,160 | 2,87,160 | 2,87,160 | 3,17,160 | 2,87,160 | 2,87,160 |
Grand Total (in Rs.) | 8,91,480 | 8,91,480 | ||||
Candidates will have to pay a one-time refundable caution deposit of Rs 30,000/- which has to be paid in addition to the fee mentioned above at the beginning of term 1.
An advance amount of Rs 29,970/- (for Mess and AC charges) will have to be paid in addition to the fee mentioned above along with each term fee.
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*Program Fee includes Tuition, Library, Internet, Case Permission Royalty, Course Material, Hostel Room Rent and Service Charge, Career Development Activities, etc.
#Student welfare fees include insurance, convocation expenses, alumni activities, student activities, etc.
As per the previous year’s IIM Visakhapatnam admission criteria, the cutoff for all the categories will be the same. IIM Vizag's admission process includes the CAT 2024 percentile, work experience, gender diversity, past academic record, and performance in selection stages based on which the final merit list will be prepared. IIM Vizag offers various courses under postgraduate management courses such as:
PGP
PGPDGM
PGP-Ex
PGCEP
EMBA
Check out the expected IIM Vizag PGP cutoff which a candidate needs to satisfy to appear for the IIM V selection process.
Category | Section 1 (VARC) | Section 2 (DILR) | Section 3 (QA) | Overall |
Un-reserved | 70 | 70 | 70 | 80 |
EWS | 63 | 63 | 63 | 72 |
NC-OBC | 63 | 63 | 63 | 72 |
SC | 40 | 40 | 40 | 45 |
ST | 30 | 30 | 30 | 35 |
PwD | 30 | 30 | 30 | 35 |
Phase 1- In the first phase of IIM Vizag admission criteria, eligible candidates who will appear for CAT 2024 and should have selected IIM Visakhapatnam as one of their preferences in the CAT form will be considered.
Phase 2- Only those candidates who meet the required CAT 2024 cutoff percentile and have applied for admission to admission to IIM Vizag by filling out the application form within the stipulated time will be considered for phase 2 of the admission process.
Phase 3- Those candidates who clear Phase 2 will be considered for the personal interview (PI).
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
As per last year’s IIM Vizag CAT cutoff, 80 percentile is required for the General category, 72 for EWS and NC-OBC, 45 for SC, and 35 for the ST category.
Going by past year trends, the total fee for the IIM Visakhapatnam PGP course is Rs 17,82,960.
As per the recent IIM Visakhapatnam placement report, the highest CTC offered was Rs 43.25 Lakh.
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