IIM Visakhapatnam Placements 2026: Highest Package, Average Package, Top Recruiters

Maximum Roles were made by the Marketing domain that placed 34% of the total students during IIM Visakhapatnam summer placements 2027 for the PGP batch of 2025-27. The sector-wise roles distribution recorded during IIM Visakhapatnam summer placements 2027 for the PGP batch of 2025-27 is presented below:

The list of top recruiters during IIM Visakhapatnam placements 2025 is presented below:

Number of recruiters for 2026 placement dive is yet to be released. Earlier, 177 companies visited the campus during IIM Visakhapatnam PGP placements 2024. 

The domain-wise placement distribution recorded during IIM Visakhapatnam placement 2026 is presented below:  

"The mess offers a variety of items in the menu with delicacies from all parts of the country. College infrastructure is quite good with decent classrooms and a good library, with virtual resources also.' As stated by a verified  Shiksha reviewer, the mess food is quite good and is made according to the diverse population of the college. The food quality is quite good.

The total fees of the MBA course at IIM Visakhapatnam is INR 20.86 lakh. For the Executive MBA/PGDM programme, the total course fee is INR 8.25 Lakh. This fees has been taken from official online sources.

In the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023, IIM Visakhapatnam secured an impressive 29th place among all the Institute and Colleges that offers Management course india. The Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam has improved its rank from 33 last year to 29 now in the NIRF ranks. Which is an indcation that IIM Visakhapatnam has overall made a vast inmprovement in the five parameters: Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR) Research and Professional Practice (RP) Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) over a year.

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IIM Vishakhapatnam is one of the most recent IIM established in the year 2015 under the mentorship of IIM Bangalore. Accoeding to the verified Shiksha Reviews, IIM Vizag has received good reviews from alumni and students regarding the placements, infrastructure and faculty members. 

IIM Visakhapatnam has recorded 100% placements during the 2023-24 placements drive. The highest and average package offered during the 2024 placements stood at INR 43.25 LPA and INR 15.61 LPA, respectively. 

The total tuition fee at IIM Visakhapatnam for MBA programme is INR 19.8 lakh. Considering the total tuition fee and the return on investment this seems to be a good return on the investment. 

Aspirants can check below infographic for verified students reviews on Shiksha for IIM Vishakhapatnam:

To qualify for IIM Visakhapatnam admission to the MBA programme, CAT is mandatory. So getting into IIM Visakhapatnam without CAT is not possible. Overall candidates need to acquire a valid CAT score in order to apply to PGP or MBA programme. Candidates seeking admission to PGP at IIM Visakhapatnam are first required to apply for the CAT exam. Candidates must visit the official website of CAT to register. The registration process requires to upload required documents and submitting a fee of INR 1,200 for SC/ ST/ PwD category candidates and INR 2,400 for other category candidates. 

IIM Visakhapatnam offers admission to Management programmes on the basis of valid CAT scores. However, IIM Vishakhapatnam does not release in the public domain the CAT cutoffs and the cut off is exclusively accessible via account login of the candidates who have given this exam. For cut off details, please visit the official website or click here .

IIM Visakhapatnam has been ranked by various renowned ranking bodies. IIM Vishakhapatnam is one the best IIMs in the country. Check the rankings 2023 in this space:

In the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025, IIM Visakhapatnam secured an impressive 29th place among all the Institutes that offers management course India. The college has improved its rank which is an indcation that IIM Visakhapatnam has overall made a vast improvement in the five parameters: Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR) Research and Professional Practice (RP) Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) over a year. However, IIM Visakhapatnam PGP placements recorded during 2023 was 100%. Further, the the highest package and average package stood at INR 32.65 LPA and INR 16.61 LPA, respectively. According to the verified Shiksha Reviews, the college has received good reviews in terms of placements, infrastructure and faculty members.

Yes, IIM Visakhapatanam does provide scholarship aid to its students who wants to avail it. The scholarship are merit based. As per the scholarship, waiver of tuition fee or scholarship (as reimbursement of tuition fee paid) up to a maximum of INR 6.0 Lacs per student for Year-2 of PGP programme will be granted to the topmost two students in academic performance (i.e., the highest and second the highest CGPA) in each of the four sections  being envisaged, for the 2022-24 batch.

IIM Visakhapatnam cutoff 2025 was released based on the students' performance in the CAT entrance exam for admission to the MBA/PGDM course. The institute does not release the CAT cutoff publicly; instead, it is only accessible for the candidates who appeared in the exam via login. 

Based on the estimated IIM Visakhapatnam CAT cutoff 2025, the General AI category students would need to secure a percentile of 92 (both overall and sectional) to be considered for admission to the WAT, GD and PI rounds. 

No, candidates cannot apply for PGP admission at IIM Visakhapatnam directly after graduation. Before beginning application process, candidates need to appear in CAT in order to qualify for admission. For EPGDM course, candidates need to appear for an online proctored exam conducted by IIM Vishakhapatnam itself.

IIM Visakhapatnam admission in the PGP/ MBA programme is made through CAT exam and performance of candidates in Personal Interview round. IIM Visakhapatnam has no fixed cutoffs for admission to the PGP but candidates who wish to apply for phase 1 IIM Visakhapatnam course admission must meet the minimum percentile score, both sectional and overall. The minimum percentile score require for IIM Vishakhapatnam MBA admission varies according to the categories of candidates.

In order to apply for phase 1 admission to the MBA programme for the batch of 2024-26 at IIM Visakhapatnam, candidates must meet the minimum percentile requirement which is as follows:       

IIM Visakhapatnam offers Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) for Working Professionals. The programme is equivalent to MBA programme. Admission procedure is a three phase process in Phase 1 candidates are shortlisted on the basis the eligible criteria set by the Institution admission body. In the second phase candiates have to appear for the Executive Management Aptitude Test (EMAT) and Personal Interview. And finally in the third phase offer letter is made based on all the qulaification.

Yes IIM Vishakhapatnam does offer need-based scholarships to EMBA students who have an annual household income below 6 lakh rupees. The institute offers TFW upto 100%. Top performing students also get merit-based scholarships. Some other schemes are:

• Ministry of Tribal Affairs Scholarship
• Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Scholarship
• Aditya Birla Group Scholarship