PUMBA Placements 2025: Highest Package, Average Package, Top Companies

According to unofficial sources, a large share of Department of Management Sciences, Pune University alumni are placed in the Business Development sector with a 23% share. The other top sectors that involve the majority of alumni are Operations and Sales. The detailed sector-wise split of alumni is depicted below:

NOTE: The sectors involved in the 'Others' category are Education, Human Resources, and Customer Success and Support.

The placement rate for the Class of 2025 is yet to be released. Earlier, PUMBA has achieved 80.7% success rate for MBA Class of 2024. The highest and average package offered during PUMBA placements 2025 stood at INR 19 LPA and INR 11.23 LPA.

In 2024, more than 140 companies were a part of the SIOM placement season. Check out the table below for more information:

The placement package recorded during PUMBA MBA placements 2025 is given in the table below:

The number of students placed during PUMBA placements 2025 has not been disclosed yet. Earlier, 171 students registered for campus placements 2024 and received decent offers. 

Yes, PUMBA has relaesed its 2025 placement report. Check out the key highlights of PUMBA placements 2025 from the table below:

No, as per official sources, the Department of Management Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University (PUMBA) does not offer admission via management quota to any of its courses, including EMBA. The admissions to the Executive MBA course at PUMBA are strictly entrance-based. Candidates aspiring to take admission must register and appear for the SPPU entrance test. Listed below are the topics to cover for prepration of the test:

• Arithmetical Ability
• Data Interpretation
• Verbal & Non-verbal Reasoning
• General Mental Ability
• Logical Deduction

For more information, candidates are advised to get in touch with the admission committee. 

The basic eligibility criteria for pursuing Masters degree in Business Administration at PUMBA is  possession of undergraduate degree with minimum  50 percent in any discipline from any recognised college. Students aspiring to pursue MBA at PUMBA  should appear for common aptitude test (CAT), CMAT  or MH- CET. On the basis of cutoffs, students get admitted followed up by counselling process.

PUMBA is a part of Pune based Savitribai Phule University and known as  Department of Management sciences. PUMBA is famously known for pioneering contribution in the field of Management studies. All those students who apply for CAT and achieving more than 90 percentile can get Admission in PUMBA and for general category it hikes upto 99 percentiles. Students can also apply for MAHCET and get admission with relatively less percentiles in comparison with CAT applicants. Minimum cutoff for  PUMBA CAT for year 2023 is 70 to 80 percentile.

No, there is no such provision through which a candidate can get direct admission in MBA without taking the required entrance exam specified by PUMBA, Pune. Aspiring students must follow the guideline formed by the Department of Management Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, which is described below:

1. The candidate should possess a UG degree with a minimum of 50% aggregate (45% for reserved categories).
2. Candidates who belong to Maharashtra State have to qualify MH-CET exam.
3. The application process for MBA MH-CET is usually concluded between February and March.
4. For Outside Maharashtra Candidates (OMS), students can apply through CMAT/CAT/MH-CET.
5. Applicants, based on their score in any of the aforesaid exams, if eligible, may get the opportunity to register for the counselling process.

Getting into PUMBA can be possible through CAT, CMAT, MAT, and MAHCET exams. Based on PUMBA MBA cutoff 2024, the percentile for CAT, CMAT, MAT, and MAHCET stood at 95, 85, 80, and 99.95 for the General All India category candidates. 

PUMBA offers BBA graduates decent placement opportunities, with top companies hiring students at packages that average between 4 and 13 LPA. Prominent corporations from diverse industries come to PUMBA to hire recent BBA graduates for positions in marketing, finance, analytics, consulting, and other fields.
News say that the maximum package given to PUMBA BBA students at final placements was in the range of Rs. 12–13 LPA., and average package ranges from Rs 4-6 LPA. The top 10–20% of students are hired by prestigious companies with packages that exceeds average.
Among the top employers are HDFC Bank, IBM, Nestle, Palmolive, Tata Motors, EY, KPMG, and so forth.
Approximately 70% of students have access to international exchange programs at universities in France, Germany, Singapore, and other nations.

For admission in the MBA programme, students with a domicile in Maharashtra will have to appear in the MH-CET exam, which the Government of Maharashtra conducts. And candidates outside of Maharashtra will have to appear in any of these entrance exams, which is CMAT/ CAT/ MH-CET.

Candidates whose rank in the aforesaid exams is above the closing rank specified in the cut-off list released by the Department of Management Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, can register further for the counselling process followed by document verification and fee payment.

PUMBA offers Master of Business Administration through various National-level and state-level exams inlcuding CAT,  CMAT,  MAT,  ATMA and MAH CET MBA to fulfil the eligibility criteria for final admission rounds. The university considers CAT cutoff for admission only for students who have a valid score. Candidates not meeting the cutoff are not considered for the further admission process.

For CAT, candidates must have an overall percentile of 85. Hence, General category candidates with 86 Percentile and above in CAT exam do stand a chance to get a seat in PUMBA. The aforementioned cutoff is based on previous year cutoff and can be anticipated as future cutoffs. For more details refer to the PUMBA cutoff page here.

The fee structure for the MBA at the Department of Management Sciences is a composition of various components, such as tuition fees, hostel fees, one-time payments, etc. As per official sources, the total cost to pursue the PUMBA MBA programme ranges from INR 1.29 Lacs to INR 1.52 lakh. Check below the total tuition fee and more components for the Department of Management Sciences cost:

Note: The above-mentioned fee is as per the official sources. However, it is indicative and subject to change.

PUMBA allows admission to CAT exam scores. Considering the PUMBA CAT cutoff 2024, the needed percentile to get into the institute stood at 95. So, you can definitely get admission to PUMBA with this much of percentile.

No, as per official sources, the Department of Management Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University (PUMBA) does not offer MBA admissions via management quota. The admissions to the MBA programme at PUMBA are strictly entrance-based. For admission to the MBA course, students must appear for the MAH MBA CET exam.

For admission to the MBA PBT course, students must appear for the ATMA exam. Apart from ATMA, students can also take the SPPU exam conducted by Savitribai Phule Pune University for admission to the MBA PBT course. For more information, candidates are advised to get in touch with the admission committee.