IIM Kozhikode Courses & Fees 2026: UG, PG, Doctorate, Certificate Courses

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

 

IIM Kozhikode offers a two-year Executive Post Graduate Programme in Executive Management (EPGP), which is also popular as E-MBA. Candidates with some experience can gain a lot of benefits by pursuing MBA from IIM Kozhikode. It is one of the top Management institutes of the country. Along with the experienced faculty, candidates also get great exposure by studying in an IIM. For the Management category courses, IIM Kozhikode has been ranked on number 3 under the top 100 colleges of Managemen in India by NIRF. At the completion of the course, candidates will receive a degee of MBA from reputed IIM Kozhikode. The institute has received Global recognition from AMBA, EQUIS and Business Incubator and Entrepreneurship Centre support through IIMK LIVE.

Check below the more reasons to join the flagship programme (MBA) at IIM Kozhikode:

 

IIM Kozhikode has concluded the summer placements of the batch 2024 with good internship opportunities. The highest stipend offered stood at INR 7 lakh per month, whereas the average stipend offered stood at INR 2.68 lakh per month. The key highlights of IIM Kozhikode summer placements for the batch 2023 and 2024 are tabulated below:

Particular	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)
Highest stipend	INR 7 lakh	INR 7 lakh
Average Stipend	INR 2.63 lakh	INR 2.68 lakh
Median Stipend	INR 2.50 lakh	INR 2.6 lakh
Total recruiters	142	147

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. 

To get admission in Indian institute of Management Kozhikode CAT is mandatory for admission in PGP programme. But on other programmes, such as EPGP the college considers EMAT, GMAT or GRE scores. There is no direct admission available at IIM Kozhikode. Hence, a valid entrance exam score is mandatory for admission

IIM Kozhikode conducts the application process for all courses in online mode. The step-wise application process is given below:

1. Go to the official website: iimcat.ac.in.
2. Click on "New Registration" and register by entering a few basic details.
3. Login with the ID and fill out the application form.
4. Upload the required documents.
5. Pay the application fee via credit/debit card or net banking.

To get admission in IIM Kozhikode, students need to check the eligibility first. Eligible students can then apply online. The institute selects students on an entrance basis mainly. Students have to appear for the accepted exam + counselling + other selection rounds. Selected students have to pay the admission fees to complete the process.

IIM Kozhikode cutoff 2026 are not out yet. In 2025, IIM Kozhikode overall category cutoff was 97. IIM Kozhikode CAT cutoff for Quants, VA-RC and, DI-LR were also 97. 

Since IIM Kozhikode admission is totally entrance based and there is no direct admission allwed at IIM Kozhikode. The admission preparation starts with preparing for the relevant entrance exam. The first step would be to check the last year cutoff of their respective entrance exam. The next step would be to check the previous year question paper. Candidates can take help from mentors and coaching centres. 

It is a great institute with excellent placement records. IIM Kozhikode concluded its final placement process for its 24th batch of PGP along with the batches of PGP- Finance (PGP-F) and PGP Liberal Studies and Management (PGP-LSM). It achieved 100% placements in just three days. Over 159 recruiters participated and presented 559 offers to students. The highest and median package offered during the 2023 placement drive was INR 67.02 LPA and INR 27 LPA, respectively. The top recruiters were top companies like Deloitte, Adani, EY, Amazon, Microsoft, etc.

IIM Kozhikode  conducts the admission process for all the UG, PG, diploma, and PhD courses in online mode. Interested candidates can fill the admission forms through the official website. The admissions to IIM Kozhikode are now open for certain courses. Candidates can go to the website for updates around IIM Kozhikode admissions.

While compared to other IIMs, IIM Kozhikode is ranked 3rd among all Management institutes of India with 2 IIMs above it and 18 IIMs below it (NIRF 2025). While in terms of placements, academics, extracurricular activities, etc. the following are the stand out features:

IIM Kozhikode	Other IIMs
Academics
4 specialisations or elective clusters	6 to 8 specialisations or elective clusters
Placements
INR 28.18 LPA	INR 15 LPA - INR 35 LPA
Extracurricular Activities
8+ Student-Run Clubs	Depends on the IIM

 

For admission in EMBA course at IIM Kozhikode, aspirants must hold a bachelor's degree with at least 50% aggregate. Further, candidates who do not have any UG degree must pass CA/ICWA/CS with minimum 50% aggregate in order to apply for the programme. Apart from this, students are granted admission based on EMAT score, followed by a personal interview.

IIM Kozhikode faculty is skilled and have years of experience in their field. Please find the list below for Marketing Management faculty at IIM Kozhikode:

Aishwarya Ramasundaram	Anandakuttan B Unnithan
Atanu Adhikari	Deepak S Kumar
Dharun Kasilingam	Ekta Srivastava
G. Sridhar	Geetha M
Gladys Stephen	Joffi Thomas
Joshy Joseph	Keyoor Purani
Nivedita Bhanja	Omkumar Krishnan

IIM Kozhikode has several partnerships with international institutes to provide students global exposure. Some of them are, Nantes School of Management, France; ESSCA School of Management, France; Leeds University Business School, UK and IESEG School of Management, Lille.