IEM Kolkata Placements 2025: Highest Package, Average Package, Top Recruiters

Check out the table below to know the key highlights of the IEM Kolkata placements 2025: 

NOTE: The above data is obtained from the NIRF report 2026

It depends on a student's interest to select a course. In terms of placements, all the courses offered at IEM Kolkata have decent placement record. Highest package offered in recent past was 32 LPA. 100% placement assistance is provided as well.

As per Engineering NIRF report 2026, median package offered during IEM Kolkata MTech placements 2025 was INR 3.36 LPA.

According unofficial sources, the majority of Institute of Engineering & Management Kolkata alumni are placed in the Engineering sector with a 27% share. The pie chart below illustrates the detailed sector-wise distribution of alumni:

NOTE: The sectors involved in the 'Others' category are Sales, Human Resources, and Research. 

Placements at IEM Kolkata is good. Top recruiters such as Amazon, Microsoft and Cognizant have visited the campus in recent past. Highest package offered was 32 LPA.

IEM Kolkata does not offer any scholarships from its side to MBA students. However, central and West Bengal government offer scholarship schemes to help candidates their college course fees. 

However, if candidates fail to secure any of these scholarships, their final option includes applying for student loans.

WBJEE Counselling 2026 will be conducted in two rounds, namely Round 1 and Round 2, followed by the Defence quota counselling. 

No, PCM is not a mandatory stream to be eligible for BTech courses at Institute of Engineering and Management. However, candidates who pass from PCM stream will have a lower minimum aggregate requirement than students of other steams.

For PCM students, the highest minimum aggregate limit is 50% for BTech admissions while other streams have the same limit at 75%.

No, candidates cannot get direct admission into IEM Kolkata MBA courses. Candidates who wish to apply for MBA must appear in one its accepted entrance exams and receive a valid score.

Selections will be done based on these scores for MBA at IEM Kolkata.

Candidates must verify the following documents at their allotted institutes at the time of counselling. 

• All rank holders – Class 10 admit card/birth certificate for verification of date of birth
• All rank holders – Class 10 Mark sheet 
• All rank holders –Class 12 Mark sheet 
• WB domiciled candidates - Domicile
• SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B rank holders – Respective category certificate.
• PwD rank holders – PwD
• TFW rank holders – Income certificate

A WBJEE rank of 20000 can get you admission to this college if you belong to the General AI category. For this category, the last round closing rank ranged from 8796 to 68436. Hence, a few courses can be availed with the attained rank. 

See below to know which courses are available for the General AI category based on the IEM Kolkata WBJEE cutoff 2024. 

Yes, candidates can apply for lateral entry into the BTech courses offered by Institute of Engineering and Management. Lateral entry for BTech courses will be based on the same IEMJEE as well as following counselling round. Currently, eligibility criteria for lateral entry BTech admissions is unknown.

No, CAT is not a mandatory entrance exam for IEM Kolkata MBA admission. Candidates who wish to apply for MBA courses have the option to appear for MAT or XAT in order to qualify for admissions as well. Candidates must note that appearing for one of these exams is mandatory in order to qualify for IEM Kolkata.

IEM Kolkata MBA last date for admission was scheduled on last date of February. This date is commonly scheduled as deadline for MBA admissions at IEM Kolkata every year.

Candidates who failed to apply within this time period must wait for next year's admissions to open. Registration for its accepted entrance exams will soo begin.

While filling out WBJEE application form, candidates need to pay fee online i.e., through net banking/credit card/debit card. No other mode of payment will be accepted by authorities. WBJEE application fee is INR 500 for General Male Candidates), INR 400 (for general female and SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/EWS/TFW Male Candidates) and INR 300 (for SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/EWS/TFW female candidates and Third Gender General Candidates). For SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/EWS/TFW Third Gender category candidates, the application fee is INR 200. If candidates does not pay application fee, their applications will be rejected by authorities.

Institute of Engineering and Management is a private institution in Kolkata. The institute is ranked 6th by Times 2025 under the Engineering category, 93rd by The Week 2025 under the Engineering category, and 23rd by Times 2025 for MBA. The institute offers BTech, BBA, BCA, etc. at the UG level. At the PG level, it offers MBA, MCA & MTech. The median package offered during the 2024 placements was INR 16.4 LPA to MBA students. The median package for BTech and M.Tech was INR 6 LPA & INR 3.36 LPA, respectively. Overall it is a good institute in terms of rankings, range of courses, placements, etc.

The CAT exam is always conducted in November every year so CAT 2026 will be conducted in November this year. Students can click here to know more about the CAT examination. 

No, candidates are not offered any concession in either fees or eligiblity criteria during MBA admissions at IEM Kolkata. There are also no reservations in MBA seat intake at IEM Kolkata for candidates of any category.

Institute of Engineering and Management conducts IEMJEE for admission in BTech programme. For all other courses, the institute conducts IEMCET. The test is conducted in online or offline mode.  Aspirants can appear for any of these entrance exam or get admission via state-level counselling.

Candidates must pass Class 12 with at least 60% aggregate with Mathematics/ Business Mathematics/ Computer Application/ Computer Science to apply for BCA course at Institute of Engineering and Management. Hence, Mathematics is not compulsory. However, any one of the above mentioned subjects are required.