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

The IFMR average package offered during the 2025 placements was INR 12.04 LPA. The IFMR average package offered to the top 10%, 25%, and 50% of students during IFMR placements 2024 and 2025 is given below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
Average package (overall)	INR 13.04 LPA	INR 12.04 LPA
Top 10% average package	INR 18.93 LPA	INR 17.05 LPA
Top 25% average package	INR 16.40 LPA	INR 15.77 LPA
Top 50% average package	INR 14.86 LPA	INR 14.16 LPA

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
Average package	INR 13.5 LPA	INR 13.04 LPA	INR 12.04 LPA

Institute for Financial Management and Research had 65 recruiters that were part of the 2024 placements. Earlier in 2023. The total number of recruiters participated during IFMR Chennai placements between 2023 and 2025 are tabulated below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
Total recruiters	55	70	65

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 admission is entirely entrance-basesd. The institute accepts various national-level entrance exams for admission. Candidates are requrired to qualify for any one of the respective entrance exam, followed by other selection rounds in order to get admission. Find below the list of entrance exams accepted by IFMR Chennai for all its courses:

Course Name	Accepted Entrance Exams
MBA	CAT/ XAT/ NMAT/ CMAT/ GRE/ GMAT
Integrated BBA	IPMAT or SAT or Krea Aptitude Test
E-MBA	Institute-level Written Test + PI
PhD	CAT/ CMAT/ GATE/ GMAT/ GRE/ NET JRF/ NMAT/ XAT
Certificate	Merit-based

 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Candidates can apply online on the college's website. The admissions to the courses is merit and entrance-based. Candidates need to visit the official website of IFMR Chennai. On its homepage, click on Apply Now. Then register by filling the required details. After, this fill in the form by addressing academic details. Candidates need to pay the application fee of INR 1,500 and submit the form.

IFMR GSB, Krea University has been ranked 60 by NIRF ranking 2022 for Management category. Moreover, the highest package offered during IFMR placements 2023 was INR 22.90. Further, the college provides modern amenities with state-of-the-art infrastructure to its students. Also, IFMR Graduate School of Business provides various facilities to the students and some of them include spacious classrooms, sports, separate hostels for boys and girls, auditorium, seminar halls, health facility, etc.

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.