The MBA 2026 admission season is in full swing. Though the IIM 2026 applications are over, management aspirants can still fill MBA applications 2026 for some of the top B-schools of India. In this article, we are listing top private colleges where MBA 2026 applications are still open such as Great Lakes Chennai as well as Great Lakes Gurgaon, BIMTECH, IMI Kolkata, Welingkar, and more. Candidates can fill in the MBA application forms open for March 2026 using their national-level management entrance exams scores such as CAT 2025, XAT 2026 , CMAT 2026 etc.
Many of these prominent institutes conduct their MBA 2026 admissions in multiple rounds, and March MBA 2026 applications typically marks one of the final or extended application phases for many institutions. Aspirants are advised to carefully check eligibility criteria, MBA 2026 application deadlines, and selection processes—including Group Discussion (GD), Personal Interview (PI), and Written Ability Tests (WAT) to ensure they do not miss the chance to secure admission to their preferred MBA programme for the 2026 academic session.
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Apart from the top MBA college admission 2026 such as the IIMs 2026 admission, here are some of the prominent management college admissions 2026 that you can still apply for. The management colleges whose MBA 2026 applications are still ongoing includes Great Lakes Gurgaon, BIMTECH Greater Noida, XIME Bangalore , JAGSOM Bangalore, IPE Hyderabad and Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham etc. In the table below we have charted out the ongoing MBA application 2026.
Top MBA Colleges 2026 | MBA 2026 Application Last Date | MBA2026 Application Link |
MBA Admission 2026 IIFM | Application Open | |
IMI Kolkata 2026 Admission | March 29, 2026 | |
IMI Bhubaneswar 2026 Admission | March 29, 2026 | |
MBA Admission 2026 Welingkar | March 20, 2026 | Closed |
MBA Admission 2026 XIME Bangalore | Application Going On | |
JAGSOM Bangalore 2026 Admission | March 31, 2026 | |
MBA Admission 2026 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | April 15, 2026 | |
IPE Hyderabad MBA 2026 Application | Application Open | |
IFMR Graduate Business School 2026 Admission | Application Open | |
MBA 2026 application Rajagiri Business School | Application Open | |
MBA 2026 application SCMS Cochin School of Business | Application Open |
Check out the video to learn more about the MBA 2026 applications open in March 2026.
The third management college whose MBA 2026 application is still open, is Indian Institute of Forest Management. It's a niche B-school which was established in 1982. It's established by the ministry of environment and forests. So this Government of India Institution is more to do with sustainability, forest management, ecology management and all and the intersection of business management, finance and these three things which is sustainability, development and forests and those kinds of things. The IIFM campus is spread over 230 acres of land. It's the 34th best B school as far as Careers360 is concerned. The IIFM placement here is 100% placement at Rs. 8.88 lakh rupees being the median salary.

While IIM Delhi 2026 MBA application is closed, IMI Kolkata 2026 MBA application as well as IMI Bhubaneswar MBA application 2026 is still open. It would be important to note the last date for the IMI Kolkata MBA 2026 Application last date is March 29, 2026. IMI Kolkata is ranked 42 best B schools in the country based on NRF ranking. The total students here are 376 of which 55% are boys and 45% are girls. So a very very good gender diversity ratio. The fee is about IMI Kolkata Rs. 14.98 Lakh rupees. In previous years IMI Kolkata placement is of is 100% with a median salary of 12.48 lakh rupees median salary.

Now if we move towards the Western part of India we have the Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research in Mumbai. This one was established in 1977. So it's a very very old institute about 49 years old in that sense. It is one of the private B schools in the country. The NIRF 2025 Ranking of Welingkar is 75. The total students is 1,422 of which 828 are male 594 are female and the fee is about Rs. 14 Lakh rupees 97% placement at Rs. 11.5 Lakh rupees median salary in 2022. Welingkar MBA 2026 Admission last date is March 20, 2026.

If we now look at management colleges in Bangalore whose application is still open, XIME Bangalore is one of them. This is an old institution established in 1991 so we're dealing with about 35 years of existence. It's a standalone private B-school. The total students of 541 of which 47% are boys and 53% are girls and the XIME Bangalore placement here is about 97.4% while the XIME Bangalore Median salary is Rs. 9.34 Lakh rupees. The last date for XIME Bangalore MBA application 2026 is March 24, 2026

Apart from XIME Bangalore , JAGSOM is another well known B-Schools which has their MBA 2026 application still open in Bangalore. The JAGSOM Bangalore MBA fee is Rs. 17.5 LPA and their median salary is Rs. 10.11 LPA.

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was established in 1994. It's a private B school of course. With the NIRF 2025 ranking of 26th best B-school in the country which even surpasses some of the IIMs highlights the reputation of it. In Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham 2024 placement 92 % of the graduates were placed with a median salary of Rs. 7.6 LPA.

IFMR Graduate Business School which is the part of the KREA University has their MBA 2026 application ongoing even in March 2026. The IFMR Business School 2024 placement was 100%. And the IFMR 2024 median salary was Rs. 13.1 Lakh. Apart from the IFMR median salary, the gender diversity of this management institutions stands at 65% boys and 30-35% girls.

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