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MBA Seats 2025: Wondering about taking admission to the MBA program of Top B-Schools and want to know which college is more feasible to take admission in? Being an MBA aspirant, the first thing one looks for is the number of intakes in the flagship programme in order to assess the chance of securing an admission. Other factors that are taken into consideration are the selection process of the top B-Schools.
Many top B-schools like IIMs accept only CAT score while the other top B-Schools may accept CAT, CMAT, MAT, XAT, or MAH CET scores for admission. Read this complete article by Careers360 to know in detail about the MBA seats in top B-Schools in India and the number of seats offered by them.
The number of MBA seats available in top B-schools varies depending on the institution and the specific MBA/ PGDM program. Top B-schools typically have a highly competitive admission process, hence the number of seats are limited to maintain a high-quality educational experience. Check out the seat intake of IIMs and other top B-schools in India.
B-School | Seats (Tentative) |
412 | |
385 | |
462 | |
46 | |
60 | |
436 | |
XLRI Jamshedpur | 360 |
375 | |
60 | |
451 | |
120 | |
200 | |
235 | |
150 | |
335 | |
240 + 35 international student intake | |
80 | |
120 | |
210 | |
15 | |
240 | |
120 | |
210 | |
420 | |
400 | |
480 | |
180 | |
PGDM-120 | |
360 | |
180 | |
210 | |
93 | |
620 | |
120 | |
180 | |
180 | |
720 | |
120 | |
1100 | |
246 | |
460 | |
240 | |
IMNU, Ahmedabad | 240 |
60 | |
180 | |
60 | |
240 | |
240 | |
285 | |
120 | |
120 | |
120 | |
300 | |
180 | |
100 | |
300 | |
420 | |
240 | |
180 | |
240 | |
180 | |
240 | |
360 | |
180 | |
735 | |
300 | |
240 | |
181 | |
240 | |
180 | |
50 | |
60 | |
180 | |
126 | |
60 | |
60 | |
60 | |
160 | |
60 | |
350 | |
300 | |
360 | |
180 | |
239 |
Note - The number of seats will be updated as and when authorities releases the notification.
If we talk about total MBA seats in India 2023 by IIMs then the count is 5100. Apart from IIMs, there are many government and private B-schools that have their own seat intake for MBA programs. We can not get the exact total number of MBA seats in India because there are more than 1000+ B-schools in India offering MBA/ PGDM program.
There are several factors which are taken into consideration for final admission to top B-Schools. Some of the important components are:
Note - The components may vary from institute to institute.
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Some of the popular B-schools include IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Lucknow, DMS IIT Delhi, IIM Indore, SIIB Pune, IIM Rohtak, IIM Raipur, and many more.
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are a bunch of 21 prestigious institutions renowned for their management courses. Collectively, they offer around 7,700 seats for PGDM and MBA programs.
List of top B-school offering one year MBA in India are listed below.
On Question asked by student community
Hello Amgothu
With 305 marks in ICAR PG and being from ST category, your chances of getting an AIEEA (CAT) seat is good, especially in plant sciences and less competitive subjects
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As you said you by mistakenly done that, you don't need to get worry regarding that ,
Just inform the help desk and carry the correct certifications , the state certificate will not disqualify you .
The steps you can follow is -
1. You can check if the correction window is available or not
2. Contact the CAT desk immediately.
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In CAT registration, you cannot create a new user ID with the same mobile number, even if you use a different email ID. Each mobile number and email can be linked to only one account. If you already registered once, the system will not accept a duplicate with that number. To register again, you must use a new mobile number and new email ID. If you lost your old login, you can recover it through the forgot password/user ID option on the CAT portal.
Yes, you can fill the CAT form even if you currently have a backlog. CAT eligibility requires you to be in your final year of graduation or already graduated backlogs don’t stop you from applying.
While filling the form:
Enter the aggregate percentage/CGPA of marks you have obtained up to the latest semester for which results are declared (in your case till 4th semester).
There will be an option to mention that you have a backlog.
If you clear the backlog later, you’ll just need to show the updated marks during admission.
Hello Aspirant,
Yes, you can apply for the CAT exam as a final-year student. You must declare your backlog on the online application form. You do not write about it on the final-year student certificate; that document is to certify your enrollment status. You must clear all backlogs before the final admission process to any MBA college.
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