Ph.D. in Finance & Accounting Management 

at IIM Sambalpur, Sambalpur

IIM Sambalpur PhD Admission process consists of four stages:

1. Shortlisting Candidate for the Personal Interview Round on the basis of CAT/ GRE/GATE/GMAT/JRF (UGC/CSIR)/ IIMSAT Scorecard
2. Personal Interview Round
3. Preparation of Merit List based for final Admission offers on the performance of the candidate in the PI Round and other Admission Criteria 

Alumni of IIMs or any University or Institute in NIRF Top 50 ranking list are exempted from taking the entrance test.

Part-time/ Distance Learning / evening/ weekend programmes are not considered for the exemption.

The table mentioned below showcases the eligibility and selection criteria of PhD at IIM Sambalpur?

The answer to this question of whether an average student can get into IIM can be both yes and no depending on the definition of an average student.

• Based on Academics (Class 10/ Class 12/ Graduation): While a student with average scores in Class 10, Class 12 and graduation with a good CAT score certainly has good chances of getting a call from IIM-A, chances are less for someone with an average CAT score.
• Based on student category (General or Reserved): While it is tough for a General category average student to grab a seat at IIM due to high score requirements, a reserved category student can get admission being at average scores as well.
• Based on past work experience, diversity and other factors: Gender and academic diversity is also a factor on which students are shortlisted at IIM. IIMs judge the past academic category based on the degree obtained by the students before MBA and then a weightage is allotted based on that. For Engineers, the percentage for scoring the highest marks is higher as compared with other streams
• Performance in selection rounds: Once you make it to the final selection rounds, i.e., AWT/PI process, it can be considered a fresh start. At this stage, students can forget their past average-ness but definitely require good grasp over the past subjects as academics-related questions are asked in the interview.

Based on the above factors, it can be considered that while getting into top Management institutes, such as IIM is extremely tough, the past performance, CAT performance, student category and a lot of factors can be the reasons for a student to receive that final call.

IIM Sambalpur placements 2025 highlights as compared with 2024 and 2023 are presented here:

Companies such as Deloitte, Accenture and ICICI Bank visited the campus during the placement drive 2025. The average package received by MBA students in 2025 stood at INR 15.65 LPA.

The salary trend witnessed during IIM Sambalpur placements over the past three years for the MBA program is presented below:

IIM Sambalpur MBA summer placements highlights for the batch of 2024-26 are presented here: