IIM Trichy PG, Doctorate, Certificate Courses 2025

Indian Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli modern amenities with state-of-the-art infrastructure to its students. Moreover, the institute is spread over an area of 175 acres on Trichy-Pudukottai highway which is about 11 km from Tiruchirappalli International Airport. IIM Tiruchirappalli provides various facilities and some of these facilities include learning resource center, computing resources, hostels, finance lab, behavioral lab, sports facility, etc.

IIM Tiruchirappalli has ranked 16th in the Management category by NIRF ranking 2024. IIM Trichy is famous for the Management programme and the highest package offered during placement 2024 to the PGPM students was INR 43.69 LPA. Moreover, the top recruiters of IIM Trichy include Accenture, Amazon, Cognizant, Deloitte, ICICI Bank, Microsoft, JP Morgan and Chase, TATA AIG, Ultra Tech, YES Bank, BMW, Piramal, etc. The institute also has good infrastructure with campus sprawling over an area of 175 acres of land.

IIM Trichy accepts CAT as the primary exam for MBA admissions, and it does not release CAT cutoffs in the public domain. The cutoffs are exclusively accessible only via account login to candidates who have appeared for the CAT exam. To check IIM Trichy CAT cutoff 2023, candidates must visit the official website of IIMCAT and login through their registered ID and password. CAT 2023 registration has closed. The last date to apply for CAT 2023 exam was Sep 21. Further, CAT exam 2023 is expected to be held on Nov 26. 

There are a total of 300 seats for PGPM programmes. The table mentions course-wise seat break up:

Courses	Seats
Post Graduate Program in Human Resources	60
Post Graduate Program in Management	240

Yes, IIM Trichy is well known for providing placement opportunities for its Management courses. During IIM Trichy placements 2024, the participating recruiters made 329 placement offers to the batch of 346 PGPM students. The key highlights regarding IIM Trichy placements for the Class of 2023 and 2024 are tabulated below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)
Batch strength	PGPM: 246 PGPM-HR: 29	PGPM: 346 PGPM-HR: 40
Total recruiters	172	PGPM: 192 PGPM-HR: 42
Total offers	PGPM: 266 PGPM-HR: 24	PGPM: 329 PGPM-HR: 29
the highest package offered	PGPM: INR 41.61 LPA PGPM-HR: INR 22 LPA	PGPM: INR 43.69 LPA PGPM-HR: INR 29.86 LPA
Average package offered	PGPM: INR 20.55 LPA PGPM-HR: INR 15.82 LPA	PGPM: INR 19.43 LPA PGPM-HR: INR 17.88 LPA
Median package offered	PGPM: INR 19.50 LPA PGPM-HR: INR 16 LPA	PGPM: INR 18.24 LPA PGPM-HR: INR 17 LPA
Top 10% average package offered	PGPM: INR 34.54 LPA	PGPM: INR 31.20 LPA
Top 25% average package offered	PGPM: INR 28.58 LPA PGPM-HR: INR 19.18 LPA	PGPM: INR 25.58 LPA PGPM-HR: INR 23.44 LPA

Check IIM Trichy placements between 2023 and 2024 below:

Course	Placement 2023	Placement 2024
Top 10% average package offered	PGPM: INR 34.54 LPA	PGPM: INR 31.20 LPA
Top 25% average package offered	PGPM: INR 28.58 LPA PGPM-HR: INR 19.18 LPA	PGPM: INR 25.58 LPA PGPM-HR: INR 23.44 LPA

The IIM Trichy median package offered to PGPM batch 2024 was INR 18.24 LPA. Further, the IIM Trichy average offered to PGPM-HR batch 2024 stood at INR 17 LPA. The course-wise IIM Trichy median offered between 2022 and 2024 are tabulated below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2022)	PlacementStatistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)
PGPM	INR 16 LPA	INR 19.50 LPA	INR 18.24 LPA
PGPM-HR	INR 14 LPA	INR 16 LPA	INR 17 LPA

The table below showcases the highest, average and median domain-wise stipend offered to PGPM students between 2021 and 2023:

Particulars	Statistics (2022)	Statistics (2023)	Statistics (2024)
Sales & Marketing	INR 1.21 LPA	INR 1 LPA	INR 3 LPA
IT & Analytics	INR 1.25 LPA	INR 1 LPA	INR 2 LPA
General Management	INR 1.51 LPA	INR 1.70 LPA	INR 3 LPA
Finance	INR 1.34 LPA	INR 1.20 LPA	INR 3.50 LPA
Consulting & Strategy	INR 1.23 LPA	INR 1 LPA	INR 2.50 LPA
Operations	INR 2.40 LPA	INR 1.36 LPA	INR 3 LPA

Indian Institute of Management, Trichy offer Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) as its flagship course. It is a two-year course offered in a full-time mode. The programme is divided into four semesters. Admission is based on multiple factors as mentioned below:

• CAT percentile 
• PI performance
• Academic performance
• Work experience
• Female candidates
• Verbal composition
• Professional qualification

Read more about the IIM Chennai PGPM course, here.

PGPM-HR is one of the most popular courses of IIM Trichy. As per the latest report, the highest and average package offered to the PGPM-HR batch 2024 stood at INR 29.86 LPA and INR 17.88 LPA, respectively. The key highlights regarding IIM Trichy placements for the Class of  2023 and 2024 are mentioned in the table below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)
Batch strength	29	40
Total recruiters	NA	42
Total offers	24	29
Highest package offered	INR 22 LPA	INR 29.86 LPA
Average package offered	INR 15.82 LPA	INR 17.88 LPA
Median package offered	INR 16 LPA	INR 17 LPA
Top 25% average package offered	PGPM-HR: INR 19.18 LPA	PGPM-HR: INR 23.44 LPA

The duration of IIM Trichy DPM/PhD course is five-years. The maximum duration by which a candidate must complete the course is seven years. In the first eighteen months of the course, candidates have to complete a coursework, which includes study of general management subjects, advanced courses in the respective areas of specialisation, fundamental courses for management research, and programmes in research methodologies. Furthermore, aspirants have to earn at least a minimum of 54 credits. 

The course curriculum is curated in a way that ensures candidates understand the core subjects and are also allowed to study topics related to the chosen elective. The core subjects along with the credits in the IIM Trichy MBA course first term are:

Course	Credits
Business Statistics	03
Financial Reporting & Analysis	03
Managerial Economics	03
Marketing Management-I	03
Micro Organisational Behviour	03

The eligibility criteria for IIM Tiruchirappalli PGPM-HR admissions is that candidate should have passed graduation with 50% aggregate (45% for SC/ST candidates). Also, those candidates who are appearing for the final year of their UG degree and are waiting for results can also apply. However, if the student is selected then admission of such candidates will be provisional depending on the submission of a pre-final Certificate signed by competent authorities of the previous institute/ university, the latest by June 30 of the year of admission.

No, the CAT application form can only be filled out online on the official website iimcat.ac.in. There is no option to submit the CAT form in offline mode. Candidates will have to create an account on the CAT website once the registrations begin and fill out the CAT form through that candidate account. Candidates must also note that no other website hosts the CAT form other than iimcat.ac.in 

There is no provision of paying CAT fees in cash, challan or Demand Draft either. The CAT registration fee can be paid online only through Internet banking, credit/debit cards or mobile wallets only. The payment window will be available in the candidate dashboard as part of the CAT application form. Candidates have to simply follow the instructions to pay the fee. Candidates must note that fee payment is mandatory for CAT form filling. Until the fee is paid successfully, the form will not be accepted. Thus, candidates must check the fee payment acknowledgement slip after making the payment.

The qualifying CAT cutoff of IIM Trichy is the minimum percentile that candidates must meet to be eligible for the Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) round while the final CAT cutoff is the percentile that candidates must obtain to participate in the WAT/GD-PI round. The former is released with the admission criteria of the institute before the CAT exam while the latter is released after the declaration of CAT result. Also, the final CAT cutoff is always higher than the qualifying cutoff. 

Compare IIM Trichy and some other IIMs based on salary and fees:

College Name	Highest Package in 2023	Average Package in 2023	MBA fees
IIM Trichy	INR 41.61 LPA	INR 20.55 LPA	INR 11.8 Lacs - INR 19.5 lakh
IIM Udaipur	INR 36 LPA	INR 20.3 LPA	INR 17.5 Lacs - INR 20 lakh
IIM Shillong	INR 71.30 LPA	INR 26.96 LPA	-

According to the NIRF ranking 2025, IIM Trichy ranked 16th in Management whereas IIM Udaipur ranked 21. During IIM Trichy placements 2023, the highest and average package offered was INR 41.61 LPA and INR 20.55 LPA. Whereas during IIM Udaipur placements 2023, the highest and average package offered during placements 2023 stood at INR 36 LPA and INR 20.3 LPA, respectively. 

IIM Trichy has nearly six student housing complexes, with three floors each. In addition, there are 18 rooms per level that are connectly through lifts. Moreover, the hostel fee is INR 60,000 per academic year. It must be noted that the information presented here is taken from an unofficial source. Hence, is indicative.