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

IFMR offers good placements for its MBA course annually. In 2023, the institute recorded 100% placements for its MBA cohort of 2021-23. A total of 55 recruiters participated in the placement process and placed all 184 students in new-age job roles. The highest and average package offered during IFMR placements 2023 stood at INR 22.90 LPA and INR 13.50 LPA, respectively. The top recruiters of IFMR MBA placements in 2023 included Barclays, Deloitte, Wells Fargo, EY, HSBC India, Morgan Stanley, NOMURA, TVS NEXT, Societe Generale, Axis Bank, Cognizant, Accenture, JPMC, etc.

As per the latest report, 95% of the MBA batch 2023-25 was placed. The highest and average package offered during IFMR placements in 2025 were INR 21.32 LPA and INR 12.04 LPA, respectively. The key highlights of IFMR placements for the Class of 2023 to 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

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

 

IFMR Chennai offers Integrated MBA programme at the UG level. Aspirants who have completed Class 12 can apply for UG programmes. The minimum aggregate required for Integrated MBA is 60%. Hence, aspirants with 75% in Class 12 can get admission provided they also meet the subject and selection requirements.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.