IFMR Krea University UG, PG, Certificate Courses 2025

Yes, you can get admission in IFMR Chennai for BBA with 60% in Class 12th.  Applicants must have passed Class XII or equivalent and achieved an overall performance of 60% or equivalent. Good BBA colleges accept admissions through GD/PI rounds and students from any stream with 50-60% marks in 12th can apply for them. Candidates must qualify for one of the entrance exams such as IPMAT, SAT, KREA Aptitude Test, CAT, CMAT, GATE, etc.

Yes,  IFMR Chennai offers BBA + MBA programme and the overall cutoff for XAT is 75 percentile. Additionally, IFMR GSB, Krea University opens Application for Integrated MBA, BBA Admission 2024 and the eligibility criteria include Krea Aptitude Test, IPMAT, and SAT

As per the latest, the highest package offered during the 2025 placement drive of the Institute for Financial Management and Research was INR 21.32 LPA. Check out the table for reference: 

Particulars	Statistics (2023)	Statistics (2024)	Statistics (2025)
Highest package	INR 22.90 LPA	INR 21.74 LPA	INR 21.32 LPA

Yes, there is BBA at Krea University. The course is offered as a integrated course with the MBA course. The programme lasts for five years and comes with a flexible exit option. Candidates are awarded a BBA degree after three years, BBA honors degree after four years, and an Integrated MBA degree after five years. The BBA curriculum provides students with an attitude, values, and qualities, develops skills, and builds the knowledge foundation for future entrepreneurs and business leaders. Admission to the BBA+MBA integrated course is entirely entrance-based. 

Yes, IFMR has a good track record of placements. As per the latest report, 95% of the MBA batch 2023-25 was placed in top companies. The key highlights of IFMR placements 2023-2025 are given below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
Highest package	INR 22.90 LPA	INR 21.74 LPA	INR 21.32 LPA
Average package	INR 13.50 LPA	INR 13.04 LPA	INR 12.04 LPA
Median package	INR 11.09 LPA	INR 13.06 LPA	INR 11.5 LPA
Placement rate	100%	nearly 100%	95%
Total recruiters	55	70	65
New recruiters	14	12	19
PPOs offered	30	23	40

Aspirants have to apply on the official website of IFMR Graduate School of Business. Candidates need to register to get the login credentials. Aspirants can then login to fill out the application form. Candidates also need to upload documents and pay an application fee of INR 1,500 to apply for Integrated BBA course.

IFMR Chennai admission has been closed for MBA course. The admission process is conducted in four rounds. The institute releases complete schedule of the admission process for all four rounds on its official website. The application window usually opens in Oct.  The admission process generally wraps up in the month of June. The classes are likely to begin in the first week of July. Candidates can visit the official website to get the latest dates around all-four rounds for the following events:

1. Application End Date
2. Interview Registation Date
3. Interview Date

The IFMR Chennai MBA fees ranges between INR 14.2 lakh - INR 29.6 lakh for both the years. The duration of the course is two years. This total tuition fee amount is inclusive of fee components such as Admission Acceptance Fee and Refundable Caution Deposit. Other than this, students have to pay for Boarding & Lodging Charges including laundry charges and Alumni Fee, separately. Candidates have to pay for the first installment of the tuition fee at the time of accepting the offer letter.

However, this information is sourced from official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change. 

IFMR Chennai offers admission to candidates based on their entrance exam scores. Candidates need to have a valid score in CAT/ XAT/ CMAT/ GMAT/ GRE/ NMAT for MBA. Further, aspirants are also called for an online interview. Candidates willing to seek Executive MBA admission at IFMR GSB, need to appear for a written test carried out by IFMR GSB faculty, followed by a PI round at L&T Construction's offices all over India. For integrated and PhD courses, aspirants have to qualify for any one of the entrance exam such as IPMAT, SAT, Krea Aptitude Test and CAT, CMAT, GATE, etc., respectively.

CMAT 2025 was on January 25, 2025, almost four months ahead of previous years. The CMAT exam is usually held in March-April, but in 2023 and 2024, it was held in May. The last time CMAT was held in January was in 2019.

The NTA announced registration dates via an official circular, which was released online on the NTA website on November 14, 2024. The CMAT 2025 exam schedule includes registration window open and close dates and form correction dates. CMAT 2025 registration has started, and the last date to apply was December 13, 2024, and the admit card was released on January 20, 2025.

IFMR Graduate School of Business offers a large diversity of courses to students in Management field. IFMR Graduate School of Business 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 NMAT, XAT, APICET, CAT, CMAT, SAT India, IPMAT, etc. Students can visit the official website to learn more regarding the course-wise eligibility and specialisation details.

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

IFMR Graduate School of Business, Chennai offers a 2-year full-time BBA program with specializations in Finance, Marketing, Data Science, Operations, OB & HR.

However, the best branches offered by IFMR is Data Science, Operations, and Marketing.

The top recruiters of IFMR Chennai in 2023 included Barclays, Deloitte, Wells Fargo, EY, HSBC India, Morgan Stanley, NOMURA, TVS NEXT, Societe Generale, and Axis. The highest and average package offered during IFMR placements in 2023 stood at INR 22.90 LPA and INR, respectively.

IFMR Chennai admissions are currently open. Candidates can fill out the application form online on the institute's website. Aspirants have to pay INR 1,500 as the application fee. The institute offers admission to aspirants based on their entrance exam scores. Aspirants also have to pass interview round for admission to some of the programmes.

The institute attracted 55 recruiters for its 2023 placement session who offered a variety of job roles to the students across sectors, such as BFSI, IT, Education, FMCG, Consulting, and E-Commerce, etc. The top recruiters of IFMR in 2023 included Barclays, Deloitte, Wells Fargo, EY, HSBC India, Morgan Stanley, NOMURA, TVS NEXT, Societe Generale, Axis Bank, Cognizant, Accenture, JPMC, etc. These recruiters placed students in various sectors and offered new-age job profiles.

Yes, IFMR accepts CAT scores for admission to MBA course. Candidates seeking for admission to MBA can qualify for CAT exam with minimum 75 percentile and submit their scores at the time of filling the application form. Apart from this, the institute also accepts scores of other national level entrance exam such as XAT, NMAT, CMAT, GRE and GMAT. Candidates can qualify for any one of the respective entrance exam in order to get the admission.

The IFMR Graduate School of Business (GSB) at Krea University in Chennai offers a BBA programme with an intake of 60 seats for admissions. Students must complete the entire admission procedure to secure BBA seats.

 The admission is based on the Krea Aptitude Test, and the entry requirements include a minimum of 60% in 10th and 12th grades. Candidates must have passed Class 10 and Class 12 with a minimum of 60% aggregate marks. Candidates must have test scores from the IPMAT, SAT, or Krea Aptitude Test. 

Candidates who want Ph.D. admissions at IFMR Chennai needs to download the application form from the Ph.D. admission section available on IFMR GSBs website. The institute does not charge any application fee for Ph.D. admission. Candidates can email the application form along with the documents required to gsb. Phdadmissionskrea. Edu. In. Candidates can also send the filled in application form along with the self-attested supporting documents to the college address. The documents required for IFMR Chennai Ph.D. admissions include Class 10 and Class 12 mark sheet, UG mark sheets (if applicable), PG mark sheets (if applicable), Date of birth Certificate Passport-size photograph, Transfer Certificate Character Certificate etc.