IIM Bangalore FPM Courses & Fees 2026

IIM Bangalore admission to Indian students is offered via CAT and the international students need to register for GMAT or GRE.

IIM Bangalore conducts IIM-B tests for admission to Executive MBA (EPGP) and PhD courses. IIM Bangalore course admissions are entrance-based for all courses.

The table below showcases the eligibility and selection criteria for IIM Bangalore courses:

It is not possible to join IIM Bangalore directly after Class 12 since the institute mostly offers postgraduate and doctoral level programmes in the field of Management. However, a student who has completed his/ her Class 12 can complete the final graduation and then look out for admission to IIM-B. 

The institute offers MBA, Executive MBA, and other courses at PG, doctoral and certificate level courses in the field of Management. Interested applicants are required to go through the national-level entrances and then appear for the institute-level selection rounds for final admission. Admission to the flagship course, i.e. MBA of IIM Bangalore is based on a valid score in the CAT exam, followed by a Personal Interview (PI) and Written Ability Test (WAT) round. IIM Bangalore offers admission to Indian students via CAT and international students via GMAT/ GRE. IIM Bangalore conducts IIM-B tests for admission to Executive MBA (EPGP) and PhD courses. 

IIM Bangalore offers several PG and doctoral-level programmes in the field of Management, such as PGP, PGP-BA, E-PGP, PGPEM, PGPPM and PhD to the students. Apart from all these courses, IIMA offers NS Ramaswamy Pre-doctoral Fellowship (NSR Pre-doc) and Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship of one-year duration to the students. A list of all IIM_B courses is as follows:

• MBA
• MBA in Business Analytics
• EPGP
• PGPEM
• PGPPM
• PhD
• Certificate in N.S. Ramaswamy Pre-doctoral Fellowship
• Certificate in Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship

Check all IIM-B courses here.

The CAT cut offs for IIM Bangalore hovers between 97-100 percentile. The qualifying CAT cut off required for being eligible for IIM Bangalore's Written Ability test (What) and Personal Interview PI is 85 percentile for General category students, whereas for SC candidates, it is 70 percentile. For ST candidates, it is 65 percentile and for PwD candidates it is 60 percentile. Given below are the sectional and overall qualifying CAT cut offs for IIM Bangalore.

• General category: 80 VARC 75 DILR 75 Quantitative Aptitude 85 (Overall)
• NC-OBC category: 75 VARC 65 DILR 65 Quantitative Aptitude 75 (Overall)
• EWS category: 70 VARC 65 DILR 65 Quantitative Aptitude 75 (Overall)
• SC category: 65 VARC 60 DILR 60 Quantitative Aptitude 70 (Overall)
• ST category: 55 VARC 55 DILR 55 Quantitative Aptitude 65 (Overall)
• PwD category: 50 VARC 50 DILR 50 Quantitative Aptitude 60 (Overall)