IIM Kozhikode: Admission 2026, Courses, Fees, Placements, Ranking, Cutoff

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 is ranked 3rd among the top Business School of India according to the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF 2025). 

According to me the institute provides great value for money with the course fees of its flagship PGP/ MBA programme being INR 14 Lakhs - INR 22.5 Lakhs. While its placements regularly sees average and median packages of INR 28.18 LPA and INR 27.5 LPA,  respectively (in 2025).

Compared to other Business schools it may comparatively have lesser specialisations to choose from but makes up in quality and focus alongside other metrics including infrastructure, faculty, opportunities, placements, exposure, etc.

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.

The documents needed during the IIM Kozhikode admissions is as shown here:

• Scanned copies of Class 10 & Class 12 certificates marksheets

• Scanned copy of Bachelor's degree certificate & marksheet (PG courses)

• Scanned copy of Master's degree certificate & marksheet (PhD courses)

• Copy of relevant entrance examination scorecard (CAT/ GMAT/ GRE/ etc.)

• Valid category certificate (if applicable)

• Passport-size photograph and signature

• Government-issued photo identity proof

• Work experience certificate (if applicable)

• Mandatory Undertaking Format (For EPGP)

Students must upload these documents and pay the application fees to undergo the admission process.

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

 

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

 

 IIM Kozhikode accepts the scores of entrance exams like CAT, GMAT, GRE, UGC NET, CSIR NET, and GATE for PhD admission. Apart from this, the institute conducts the IIMB Test for candidates who have not appeared for any of these tests. Candidates can apply for the following specialisations under PhD course at IIM Kozhikode:

1. Economics

2. Finance, Accounting & Control

3. Humanities and Liberal Arts in Management

4. Information Systems

5. Marketing Management

6. Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources

7. Quantitative Methods & Operations Management

8. Strategic Management

Yes, the IIM Kozhikode Executive MBA/ EPGP admissions are open. The applications are accepted for their interactive learning mode (online) program, which is a two-year program designed for working executives. Interested candidates can register and apply online through the official website. 

IIM Kozhikode admission process is entirely based on a valid scores of candidates obtained in EMAT test, which is conducted by IIM Kozhikode for its EPGP/ EMBA courses. Candidates willing to get admission to IIM Kozhikode Executive MBA course must obtain a minimum of 50% aggregate in any undergraduate course. They also have minimum of three years of work experience. Further, eligible candidates must fill an online application form on the official website of E-MBA. Aspirants can either submit their scores obtained in either CAT/ GMAT/ GRE exam or appear for EMAT, followed by a PI scores.

As per PGPBL placement report 2022, the highest, average and median package offered was INR 69.30 LPA, INR 29.06 LPA and INR 25 LPA. A total of 52 recruiters visited the campus, 62 domestic and one international offer were made. The pie chart below showcases the domain-wise placements for PGPBL  students during the placement drive 2022:

The table below showcases the domain-wise placements for PGPBL students for the year 2022:

Sectors	Statistics (2022)
Consulting	41.90%
General Management and Operations	25.80%
IT/Analytics	22.60%
Business Development, Sales and Marketing	6.50%
Finance	3.20%

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. 

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.