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IIM Shillong prepares its students for success in the global market in multiple ways. All these are described below:Its rigorous academic curriculum for the PGP and other Management courses develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills in the studentsThe college offers an international exchange programme and numerous internship opportunities to the students. While the international immersion programme is offered in optional mode, it is considered extremely beneficial for budding Managers and entrepreneurs by enabling in them vast understanding of Business Management from different cultural perspectivesExperiential learning via case studies, simulations, and live projectsA diverse mix of students that fosters cultural awareness and collaborationA strong alumni network of successful business leaders working at top orgnaisations such as Deloitte, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Microsoft, IBM, etc.Additionally, IIM Shillong's location in the Northeast of India provides students the chance to gain experience of working in a beautiful yet dynamic and emerging market

As per the official website, the admission criteria of IIM Shillong varies from course to course.Admission to IIM Shillong PGP is done through CAT/GMAT. Domestic candidates seeking admission to IIM Shillong must have a valid CAT score to get shortlisted for the GD-PI round.  IIM Shillong PGP Admission Process starts with the CAT Registration process. The final admission offers are made after conducting multiple selection rounds. Candidates seeking admission to IIM Shillong PGP will have to go through a multi-step admission process. For admission to IIM Shillong courses, other than PGP, candidates are required to appear for the relevant entrance exam accepted by IIM Shillong for that particular course.Interanational candidates interested to get into IIM Shillong must have a GMAT score of not less than 640 to get shortlisted for the personal interview round.

The admission procedure for IIM Shillong MBA 2024 involves two steps. Firstly, candidates with a valid CAT 2023 will be selected for the Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI). Those who score above the minimum cutoffs in both the sectional percentile ranks and the overall percentile rank, with a positive raw score in all sections of CAT 2023, will move on to the next stage. The minimum CAT cutoff percentile ranks for IIM Shillong 2024 are provided in the table below:Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - IIM Shillong : CAT percentile Cutoff (General-All India)Section202020212022Overall909292Quants709292VA-RC709292DI-LR709292

The consulting and strategy sector had the highest share which stood at 28.11%. The domain-wise placements recorded at IIM Shillong are presented below:Sectors Placement distribution (2025)Consulting & Strategy 28.11%Finance 18.05%Sales & Marketing 20.71%IT & Analytics 10.65%General Management 18.05%HR & Operations 4.44%  

The domain-wise list of top recruiters that were part of IIM Shillong MBA placements 2025 is presented below:DomainsTop Recruiters (2025)IT & AnalyticsCognizant, Microsoft, Tiger AnalyticsFinanceIBM, HSBC, Goldman SachsSales & MarketingITC, Adani Wilmar, FedExHR & OperationsDE Shaw & Co., Tata Steel, Aditya Birla CapitalConsulting & StrategyEY, Deloitte, PWCGeneral ManagementLTIMindTree, JSW, Indigo

IIM Shillong provides good placements to its students of PGP and PGPEx. The highest package for PGP stood at INR 71.50 LPA and for PGPEx it was INR 35 LPA. The table below provides the IIM Shillong placement statistics recorded during the recent yaers:ParticularsPlacement Statistics (2023)Placement Statistics (2024)PGP Placement Statistics (2025)Highest packageINR 71.30 LPA (PGP)INR 35 LPA (PGPEx)INR 71.50 LPA (PGP)INR 71.5 LPA (PGP)INR 35 LPA (PGPEx)Average packageINR 26.96 LPA (PGP)INR 24.40 LPA (PGPEx)INR 26.10 LPA (PGP)INR 26.44 LPA (PGP)INR 24.38 LPA (PGPEx)Median packageINR 26.09 LPA (PGP)INR 22.80 LPA (PGPEx)INR 25.67 LPA (PGP)INR 25 LPA (PGP)INR 25 LPA (PGPEx)Top 10% average packageINR 39.68 LPA (PGP)INR 43.15 LPA (PGP)INR 41.13 LPA (PGP)Top 20% average packageINR 35.35 LPA (PGP)INR 38.43 LPA (PGP)INR 38.53 LPA (PGP)Top 50% average packageINR 30.82 LPA (PGP)INR 32.39 LPA (PGP)INR 32.33 LPA (PGP)Companies participated63 (PGP)42 (PGPEx)87 (PGP)141 (PGP)New recruiters26 (PGP)46 (PGP)54 (PGP)Total shortlistingN/A181 (PGPEx)NATotal offersN/A30 (PGPEx)NAPPO/ PPI85 (PGP)87 (PGP)75 (PGP)

As per the records, 141 companies participated in the 2024-25 PGP placements. This included 54 new recruiters. Earlier, 87 companies were part of PGP placements 2024 and 46 new recruiters were witnessed. Looking at the past three years' data, an increasing trend was observed in the number of recruiters and first-time recruiters. To know the exact numbers refer to the below table:ParticularsPGP Placement Statistics (2023)PGP Placement Statistics (2024)PGP Placement Statistics (2025)No. of recruiters6387141No. of new recruiters264654

The highest package offered during IIM Shillong placements 2025 for the PGP batch stood at INR 71.50 LPA. Since last year the highest package has remained constant. From 2023 to 2025, an improving trend was observed in IIM Shillong highest package for PGP, which is presented below:CourseHighest Package (2023)Highest Package (2024)Highest Package (2025)PGPINR 71.30 LPAINR 71.50 LPAINR 71.50 LPAIn addition to this, the institute has disclosed the PGPEx highest package for 2025 stood at INR 35 LPA. The highest package for PGPEx has also remained the same since last year:CourseHighest Package (2024)Highest Package (2025)PGPExINR 35 LPAINR 35 LPA