Armed Forces Programme 

at IIM Ahmedabad, Vastrapur

All the courses offered by IIM Ahmedabad are career-oriented. However, every program offered at IIMA has different objective. The PGP program of IIM Ahmedabad is the flagship program, which purely suits students who want to build their career in Core Management. Further, the PGP FABM program will suit students who want to build their career in the field of Agriculture. The PGPX program is meant for students with work experience.

The key highlights of IIM Ahmedabad placements over the past three years for PGP, PGP FABM and PGPX programs are presented below:

IIM Ahmedabad admissions is based on entrance. Therefore, candidates must qualify the eligibility criteria and secure valid scores in CAT entrance exams. Moreoever, candidates ae required to apply for admission through the official website of IIMA. The percentile of CAT for IIM Ahmedabad reached up to 99.6 in the past years which shows how rigorous it is for a student to get admission to this Institute. Candidates are shortlisted for these programmes based on course-specific entrance exams, followed by shortlisting processes which generally comprise a Personal Interview (PI) round.

To conclude, seeking admission to IIM Ahmedabad is challenging but not difficult. 

The batch placement record for IIM Ahmedabad are given below:

The salary package offered during IIM Ahmedabad PGPX placements over the past three years is presented below:

Further, the salary package offered during PGP and PGP FABM placements over the past three years is presented below: 

Note: The mean package is considered as the average package in the above-mentioned table. Further, the Maximum Earning Potential is considered for the salary packages shown above.

Find below the IIM-Ahmedabad hostel fee:

NOTE: The fee mentioned here is as per an unofficial source. Hence, is indicative.

The qualifying cut-off requirement for a General category student at IIM Ahmedabad is 80 percentile. However, that doesn’t guarantee that the student will surely get shortlisted for the interview on this score, this cut-off is only to separate the eligible candidates from the rest of the applications. After segregation, there are a variety of other factors taken into consideration before preparing the final list of students who receive the interview calls. 

Yes, IIM Ahmedabad is certainly costly. IIM Ahmedabad total fees ranges between INR 64,000 and INR 33 lakh. The fees vary depending on the programme and specialisation selected by the students. The fee for certain programmes certainly falls in the higher end of the spectrum. Students need to pay INR 25 lakh as IIM Ahmedabad MBA fee. However, considering the fact that IIMA is one of the top-rate IIMs and limitless oppurtunities students can experience at the institute, it might be considered a worthwile investment. Further, the institute also offers financial aid to its students. 

Accepting CAT as the primary exam for MBA admission, IIM Ahmedabad does not release CAT cutoffs in the public domain and are exclusively accessible only via account login to candidates who have appeared for the CAT exam. Candiadtes seeking admission to IIM Ahmedabad must meet both the qualifying as well as final cutoff to be eligible for further rounds. To check IIM Ahmedabad CAT cutoff, candidates must visit the official website of IIMCAT and login through their ID and password. For more insights on IIM Ahmedabad cutoff 2024,  click here.

IIM Ahmedabad offers several PG and doctoral-level programmes in the field of Management, such as PGP, PGP FABM, MBA PGPX, ePGP, ePGD-ABA and PhD to the students along with a Faculty Development Programme to the students. Apart from all these courses, IIMA offers a full-time Business Management course (Armed Forces Programme) of six-month duration (from October to March every year) with an aim to impart the officers of the armed forces with contemporary global Management practices through case-study, classroom studies, business presentations and industry visits.

IIM Ahmedabad's selection criteria is entrance-based for the offered courses. Students need to meet both the basic eligibility and clear the selection rounds as well. Check out the table below to know about the selection criteria for IIM Ahmedabad: