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ICFAI Business School Kolkata provides the required facilities to students to give them well-rounded exposure. IBS Kolkata campus has air-conditioned classrooms, library and reading room, magazines and online database facilities. Apart from this, the institute also offers modern audio-visual teaching aids to students.
You can join at ICFAI Business School (IBS) Kolkata without taking the XAT, IBS also accepts the scores from the following entrance exams :CAT, NMAT, GMAT, SNAP, MAT, CMAT, CET (Maharashtra), and IBSAT. The IBSAT is the exam conducted by IBS only. You need to get minimum 55% as cut off.
The ICFAI Business School doesn't provide and management seats or reservations, you can't buy a seat in the college, you have to attend any one of the entrance exam that are mentioned above.
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IBS Kolkata has been providing placement above 95% over the past three years. The placement percentage recorded over the past three years is presented below:
Particulars | PGPM Placement Statistics (2023) | PGPM Placement Statistics (2024) | PGPM Placement Statistics (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
Placement rate | 99% | 99% | 95% |
The IBS Kolkata MBA programme has a tuition fee of INR 9.11 lakh. Comparing it to the placement figures of 2024, the MBA programme secured an average salary of INR 6.7 LPA. Even if a student is placed in the top 10% of salary packages, still the average salary package is around INR 8.77 LPA.
This means that the placements round isn’t able to fully recover the tuition fees of the programme. Candidates looking to take admission should know that top recruiters during placements are some of the most reputed companies in India, such as ICICI Bank, Deloitte Tax Services, TATA AIG, Axis Bank, etc.
Therefore, even if the salary package offered is not that high the placements are in highly reputed companies where there is a lot of scope for earning more. Candidates can make their own decisions accordingly.
Yes, ICFAI Business School Kolkata offer a scholarship to PGPM with good performance in the IBSAT exam. The scholarship is offered under the following categories:
- IBSAT 2023
- Defense personnel wards (serving or retired) from Army, Airforce, Navy, and Paramilitary forces
- Physically challenged candidates
- Wards of IBS Alumni
ICFAI Business School, Kolkata offers a large diversity of courses to students in Management field. IBS Kolkata admissions are held on the basis of entrance tests. Students seeking course admissions must clear their previous qualifying examination and appear for any of the prescribed entrance exams such as IBSAT, XAT, CAT, NMAT, among others. Students can visit the official website to learn more regarding the course-wise eligibility and specialisation details.
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For its MBA programme, ICFAI Business School Kolkata (IBS Kolkata) provides numerous scholarship opportunities, offering worthy students substantial financial support. The best scholarships are the Need-Based Scholarships, the Physically Challenged Scholarship, the Merit Scholarship, the Alumni Scholarship, the Top Rankers Scholarship, and the Ward of Defence Personnel Scholarship.
Make sure you take the IBSAT exam and do well if you want to apply for the score-based scholarships. On the IBS Kolkata website, download the scholarship application form. Before the deadline, submit it with your admissions application. Make sure you meet all the requirements by carefully going over each scholarship's eligibility conditions. Depending on the scholarship you're applying for, attach pertinent documents like income certificates, handicap certificates, or proof of your parents' military service.
Yes, 88% in XAT is stong for you to get admission to the MBA programme at ICFAI Business School Kolkata (IBS Kolkata). The MBA program's specialisations may differ slightly in terms of competition level and cutoff scores. IBS doesn't specify any XAT cutoff points, however for a comprehensive assessment, results from other recognised tests, like as the CAT or GMAT, may also be taken into account.
The quality of your essays, supporting papers, and application form may be taken into consideration during the choosing procedure. Candidates who have been shortlisted must do well in the stages of the written aptitude test (WAT), group discussion (GD), and personal interview (PI). If your XAT score was 88%, you stand a very good chance of being admitted to the MBA programme at IBS Kolkata.
No, to get admission into IBS Kolkata MBA candidates have to either appear for entrance exams, such as CAT/ XAT/ GMAT/ NMAT, and apply through their entrance score or apply for admission through the IBSAT entrance exam conducted by ICFAI Business School (IBS).
Admission into the MBA at IBS Kolkata takes place through micro-presentations and personal interviews conducted as part of the selection process. Hence, there are no direct admissions into IBS Kolkata and all admissions in the MBA programme take place through a series of selection rounds.
IBS Kolkata has highly educated faculty. Most of the faculty members are PhD and higher degree holders. Some of the faculty members of IBS Kolkata are as follows:
- Durga Rani Sinha, Director Corporate Relations (PGDM (IIM-C)
Kumar Satyaki Ray, Associate Dean & Dy PCO (PhD, PGDBM, BSc)
- Sujoy Kumar Dhar (PhD, MBA, MSc, BA Hons)
The ICFAI Business School accepts IBSAT, XAT, CAT, GMAT and NMAT as entrance exams for admission into MBA. The XAT minimum cut off for admission to ICFAI Business School (IBS) Kolkata campuse for MBA is more than 60 percentile or in terms of score you need to get more than 17 XAT score.
Yes, IBS Kolkata provides international placements to its students. The highest international package offered during the placement drive 2025 was INR 12.5 LPA.
The placement rate recorded over the past three years during IBS Kolkata placements is presented below:
Particulars | PGPM Placement Statistics (2023) | PGPM Placement Statistics (2024) | PGPM Placement Statistics (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
Placement rate | 99% | 99% | 95% |
The salary trend witnessed during IBS Kolkata placements is presented below:
Particulars | PGPM Placement Statistics (2023) | PGPM Placement Statistics (2024) | PGPM Placement Statistics (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
the highest domestic package | INR 8.5 LPA | INR 10 LPA | INR 9 LPA |
the highest international package | NA | NA | INR 12.5 LPA |
Average package | INR 7.41 LPA | INR 6.7 LPA | INR 7.09 LPA |
Top 10% average package | INR 8.42 LPA | INR 8.77 LPA | INR 9.07 LPA |
Top 25% average package | INR 8.34 LPA | INR 8.43 LPA | INR 8.6 LPA |
Companies such as PwC, LTI Mindtree, ICICI Bank, Deloitte and Intellipaat have visited the campus in recent past during IBS Kolkata placements.
Yes, ICFAI Business School Kolkata offers scholarhips of worth INR 10 Crores. The scholarships are given on the basis of IBSAT 2023 to the below mentioned personnels:
- Toppers in IBSAT 2023
- For wards of IBS Alumni
- For Physically Challanged candidates
- Wards of Defence Personnels (In-service/retired) from Army, Airforce, Navy and Paramilitary Forces
IBS Kolkata provides off-campus accommodation on sharing basis in the vicinity of the campus. In addition to this, ICFAI Business School Kolkata houses library, and other amenities such as smart classrooms, auditorium and food courts.
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Answered 2 months ago
The ICFAI Business School Kolkata requires a bachelor's degree with a 50% aggregate for PG admissions. PhD candidates must have a master's degree in a relevant discipline. Entrance exams are required for most courses. Refer to the table below for course eligibility and selection criteria:
Course | Eligibility |
|---|---|
XAT, with 50% aggregate with English as the medium of instruction -Applicants must have completed at least 15 years of education | XAT, CAT, NMAT, IBSAT+ Micro Presentation + Personal Interview |
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a year ago
It could be a good option for a fresher to pursue a PGPM from ICFAI Business School (IBS), which is very good at industry contact and placement in the future. But the worth of the degree totally depends on the industry and role you are targeting. Losing an on-campus job or switching careers can be m
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a year ago
If we compare the tuition fees of IBS Kolkata, IBS Pune, and IBS Bangalore, Kolkata and Pune have a similar tuition fees of INR 9.09 lakh, whereas IBS Bangalore has a higher tuition fees out of three of INR 12.06 lakh.
If we compare the highest salary package offered during placements in 2023 of the
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Answered a year ago
Scholarships are only available for candidates who have appeared for the IBSAT entrance exam. The difference in scholarships depends on merit and the category of students passing the IBSAT exam. The scholarships that IBS Kolkata provides are:
· Scholarships for Toppers in IBSAT
· Scholarsh
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Answered a year ago
According to the university website, top recruiters at IBS Kolkata MBA Placements 2024 were ICICI Bank, Deloitte Tax Services, TATA AIG, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra, etc. In the placement round 2024 99% of the students got placed and these companies emerged as the top companies for those students.
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