IIM Kozhikode PG, Certificate Courses 2025

For admission to a two-year MBA/ PGP course at IIM Kozhikode, candidates must fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria in the first place. Candidates who passed graduation with minimum 60% aggregate from a recognised university are eligible to apply for MBA course. However, there is a five percent relaxation for reserved category candidates and they must obtain a minimum of 55% aggregate in their final graduation. Further, candidates who do not hold any graduation degree must score minimum 50% aggregate in obtain CA/ICWA/CS to qualify for the eligibility. 

Find below the minimum eligibility requirements as per various parameters:

Category	CAT Percentile	Sectional Percentile	Class 10 & 12 Percentage
General	85	75	60
OBC/ EWS	75	65	60
SC	65	55	55
ST/ PwD	55	45	55

 

Qualifying CAT cut off percentiles of an IIM is the minimum percentile (sectional as well as overall) required by candidates to be eligible for the Written Ability Test (What) and Personal Interview PI round. These are only eligibility score and not the score for selection. The final CAT cut off percentiles are the scores on the basis of which a candidate is actually selected for the What-PI round. The qualifying CAT cut offs are released publically before the CAT exam and result as a part of selection criteria for the MBA/PGP batch of that year. The qualifying cut offs for CAT are release category wise - General, NC/OBC. General-EWS, SC/ST, PwD. The qualifying cut offs percentiles of General category candidate is higher than then rest. The final CAT cut offs are not released publically. The cut offs are estimate on the basis of candidate's selection for What-PI. The final CAT cut offs for General category candidate is also higher than then rest.

Check domain-wise average stipend offered at IIM Kozhikode below:

Domain	Batch 2024
Operations	3.07 lakh
Consulting	3.49 lakh
General Management	2.55 lakh
Sales and Marketing	2.47 lakh
Finance	2.32 lakh
IT/ Analytics	2.08 lakh

 

The highest package offered during IIM Kozhikode PGP placement 2025 was 81 LPA. The highest package offered to PGP BL students in 2025 was 36.45 LPA. The highest package was offered to a student from Finance domain. 

The below mentioned table showcases IIM Kozhikode 2023 placement statistics in comparison to other top IIM such as IIM Indore, IIM Lucknow, IIT Shillong and IIT Rohtak:

IIM Name	Highest Package (2023)	Average Package (2023)
IIM Kozhikode	INR 67.02 LPA	INR 31.02 LPA
IIM Indore	PGP and IPM- INR 114 LPA	PGP and IPM-INR 30.21 LPA
IIM Lucknow	- PGP & PGP ABM: INR 65 LPA (international)/ INR 1 crore per annum (domestic)	- PGP & PGP ABM: INR 32.2 LPA
IIM Shillong	INR 71.30 LPA	INR 26.96 LPA
IIM Rohtak	INR 36 LPA	INR 18.73 LPA

A total of 13 international offers were made in 2025 for the PGP Course.

As per the latest report, the participating recruiters presented 559 job offers to the batch 2023 of PGP, PGP-F and, PGP-LSM. However, in 2022, the participating recruiters offered 571 job offers to the students of the batch 2022 The total number of offers provided to students between 2022 and 2023 are tabulated below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2022)	Placement Statistics (2023)
Total offers	571	559

IIM Kozhikode alumni are working in leading national and multinationals companies such as Deloitte, Amazon, HCL, Accenture, EY, TCS, Infosys, etc. They are majorly involved in the Business Development sector. The sector-wise distribution IIM Kozhikode alumni is presented in the below pie-chart: 

Note: The domains under the ‘Others’ category includes Education, Marketing, Support, Finance, Research and Consulting.

Candidates seeking for admission to IIM Kozhikode must check the eligibility criteria for the course they want to apply at IIMK. Further, the second step is the application process. Candidates applying for Management courses must submit the scores of CAT/ GMAT/ GRE at the time of filling the application form. Further, the institute also conduct EMAT for admission to E-MBA course. Based on entrance exam scores, the shortlisted students are called for Written Ability Test (WAT)/ Personal Interview (PI). However, WAT/PI rounds are not conducted for all the courses. Later on, candidates are allocated seats as per their performance in the selection rounds. 

The students of PGP, PGP-BL and FPM programmes are required to reside on campus. Residential facilities in the campus include 13 student hostels and faculty guest houses. Roobaroo is a cultural event conducted every year during the induction of the new batch to acclimate students to IIMK culture and build a good on-campus community. The Students' Council facilitates elections to the other student committees on campus. In addition to elections, the Students' Council is involved in elective bidding, hostel bidding, co-ordinating other student bodies (IGs, clubs and committees), conducting Farewells, liaising with administration and institutional development activities.

Backwaters (the annual management fest), Echoes (the annual intercollegiate cultural event), E-Summit (the annual entrepreneur meet), and Horizons (the annual management conclave) are a few major events organised by the student body. Bhooklagi is a student-based start-up operating inside the campus. It is the first and only kind of startup that's operating in any IIM. Nostalgia is the annual on-campus alumni meet and has been conducted since 2004. Sangram is an annual sports meet with IIM Bangalore, IIM Trichy, and IIM Visakhapatnam with each institute hosting the event in alternate years.

Kozhikode Marathon Executive Committee of IIM Kozhikode has organized mini-marathon runs in Kozhikode annually. Besides student committees, the institute also has student interest groups for various fields of Management such as marketing, finance, consulting and hobby clubs, photography, music, dance, theatre etc. The institute also offers placement guidance for students and organises placement processes for the summer internship and outgoing batch.

IIM Kozhikode provides a list of scholarships to its students to help them financially. The institute more than 10 different scholarship schemes. Moreover, IIMK Merit Scholarship is awarded to PGP-I and PGP-II students based on their performance during one academic year, as determined by their CGPA. IIM Kozhikode also provides IIMK Need Based Financial Assistance (NBFA) for the students.

Under the QS WUR Ranking By Subject 2023 category, IIM Kozhikode QS world ranking is 251-300 which is good when compared with the past years' ranking. In 2022, the college was ranked 351-400 and in 2021 the college was ranked 401-450.

For the first time, the Financial Times has featured IIM Kozhikode in its list of top 100 Business Schools. The college is ranked 72 by the Financial Times under the Executive Education - Open Programmes category. 

 IIM Kozhikode is one of the top-ranked colleges present in India. IM Kozhikode ranking 2023 in QS is 251-300 under the WUR Ranking By Subject 2023 category. IIM Kozhikode Financial Times Ranking 2023 is 72. This is the first time that Financial Times has ranked this college. 

Yes, an MBA from IIM Kozhikode is good. For the MBA, NIRF has given IIM Kozhikode third position for 2023. The NIRF report submitted by IIM Kozhikode clearly gives students an idea about the number of students graduating at the minimum stipulated time, the total number of students enrolled in 2022, and others. 

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode has over 100 faculty members in the fields of Economics, Finance, Accounting & Control, Humanities & Liberal Arts in Management, Information Systems, Marketing Management, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Area, Quantitative Methods and Operations Management Area, and Strategic Management. Moreover, the faculty members of IIM Kozhikode have Ph.D. degrees and 10+ years of experience. 

The UWA Global MBA is a an online MBA programme that prepares working professionals for the modern business world. The University of Western Australia and Indian Institute of Management, (IIM) Kozhikode have jointly launched a two-year online global MBA programme for students. The curriculum will have 12 modules, students have to complete first year six modules from IIM Kozhikode and second year six modules from UWA University. The University of Western Australia application fee for the programme is INR 3,500 and tuition fees is INR 5.60 L (the programme fee covers all programme materials.).

Graduates will receive a Master of Business Administration from The University of Western Australia and a Professional Certificate Programme in Advanced Business Management from IIM Kozhikode. Therefore, it's a great oppurtunity for Indian students to pursue Global MBA programme by the UWA in collaboration with Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode.

The highest package offered during IIM Kozhikode placements in the academic year 2025 stood at INR 81 LPA. The key highlights of IIM Kozhikode placements for the Class of 2024 and 2025 are presented below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
the highest package	INR 72.02 LPA	INR 81 LPA
Median package	INR 27 LPA	INR 27.5 LPA
Mean package	INR 28.05 LPA	INR 28.18 LPA
Total students	556	561
Total recruiters	123	169
Major recruiting domains	Consulting, Finance	Consulting, Finance

 

Students pursuing the IIM Kozhikode MBA/PGP programme study various subjects related to different facets of Management. Check the below video to get an idea of the subjects taught in this programme:

• Quantitative Techniques (QT)
• Managerial Economics (ME)
• Organizational Behaviour (OB-1)
• Managerial Communications
• Operations Research (OR)
• Business Law (BL)
• Economic Environment (EE)
• Information Systems (IS)

Candidates with 95 percentile or above have a high chance of selection. However, it will depend upon the cutoff marks. In order to get into IIM you need to crack CAT and as per the previous year trends the final round cutoff was 97. Candidates who meet the cutoff trends are offered admission to IIM Kozhikode MBA course. Aspirants must perform well in the CAT exam in order to get admission in IIM Kozhikode.