IIM Ahmedabad Ranking 2025

While all the courses at IIMA are full-time and residential, the PGPX is a one-year programme while PGP is for two years. The PGPX orientation is to give a general management perspective to a management executive, whereas the PGP is focused on Functional and Operational Management. On successful completion, students are given a Master of Business Administration degree.

Indeed, SJSOM IIT Bombay is on par with IIM Ahmedabad.

This is because:

• The chance to learn from some of India's most brilliant academics at IITs, NITs, IIITs, BITs, and COEP.
• SJMSOM has always given a high percentage weightage to the CAT score (70% in the Interview Shortlist and 45% in the Final Shortlist), which means that the batch is mostly made up of some of the brightest minds in the country who have aced their CAT examination (General Trend >98% in CAT for General Category students).
• Placements and roles available - Not only are placement figures available, but so are the roles available at IIT Bombay. The roles and compensation are comparable to the best B-Schools.
• Industry Connect -
• General Management Firms - TAS, Adani Group, Reliance Industries
• FMCG: Hiring from campuses has been a regular practice for all of the dream FMCG companies, including HUL, P&G, ITC, L'Oréal, Nestle, Colgate, Mondelez (Cadbury), Marico, Kimberly Clark, Asian Paints, Godrej, Reckitt, Britannia, and so forth.
• Consulting and strategy: SJMSOM has a long history of working with companies such as PwC US Advisory, PwC India, Kearney, Deloitte, Infosys Consulting, Accenture Strategy, GEP Worldwide, and Axtria.
• Healthcare & Others - Johnson & Johnson, Dr. Reddy Laboratories, Haleon, Castrol etc.
• BFSI - This cohort has been at a sharp upward trajectory with companies like JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Nomura, ICICI Nank, Yes Bank, Indus Valley Partners, Fidelty Investments, Edelweiss etc.
• Teaching and Curriculum: SJMSOM, IIT Bombay, has some of India's top professors and an exceptionally well-structured curriculum. Case pedagogy is used, and lectures from visiting faculty members from prestigious academic institutions and organizations provide excellent exposure to the current trends in the industries.
• It also boasts of a rich alumni base. Some notable alumni include; Rajeev Ranjan - Managing Director (MD) at, McDonald’s India

The average packages offered and the NIRF ranking trends for top ranked IIMs for their flagship MBA (or PGP) programme are presented in the following table:

Internationally, IIMA has been ranked 29 by the QS Masters in Management Rankings (MBA) and 44 by the QS Global MBA Rankings. Nationally, IIM Ahmedabad ranks 1 by the NIRF 2022 and The Week 2022. IIM Ahmedabad, being an elite Management institute, has received several international and national rankings in recent years. A few top accolades received by IIMA are enlisted below: