MBA in Business Analytics 

at IIM Sambalpur, Sambalpur

IIM Sambalpur is on 58th position in the list of top 100 Management institutes in India, according to NIRF Ranking. The institute offers a two year residential MBA course admission to which is done through CAT, followed by a personal interview and the final merit list is prepared on the basis of the performance of the candidate in academics, CAT, Personal Interview and work experience, if any.

Aspirants check below infographic for students reviews on IIM Sambalpur:

Mentioned below is the comparison of IIM Sambalpur MBA with other IIMs on the basis of NIRF Ranking and Median salary offered during placements:

IIM Sambalpur admission is a three-stage process, including shortlisting based on CAT 2024, pre-personal interview shortlisting, personal interview and final merit list. In the first stage, the candidates will get selected based on the minimum pre-determined cutoff percentile in each section as well as overall in CAT 2024. In the second stage, those who are shortlisted in the first stage are then further shortlisted for the Pre-PI round. The pre-personal interview score is a score used to shortlist candidates for a PI round based on several factors such as CAT 2024, work experience, and academic profile, etc. The Pre-PI Score will be calculated out of 80 as follows:

• CAT score = 40
• Class X = 3
• Class XII = 3
• Graduation = 4
• Work Experience = 20
• Gender Diversity = 10

As per the reservation policy of the Government, following percentage of seats are reserved:

For IIM Sambalpur PGP admission 2024, the overall qualifying cutoff for General category students is 92 percentile. IIM Sambalpur Final CAT cutoff 2023 is yet to be out. Candidates must note that IIM Sambalpur final CAT cutoff 2023 will be always higher than the qualifying cutoff.

The final merit list is prepared considering various components. The weightage given to different components during the preparation of the merit list for IIM Sambalpur final admission offers is given below:

For Academic Profile, the following weightage will be allotted:

Class 10 marks- 2%

Class 12 marks- 5%

UG aggregate- 8%

The key highlights of IIM Sambalpur placements 2025 as compared with 2024 and 2023 are presented below:

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.

The list of top recruiters during IIM Sambalpur placements 2025 are presented below:

The domain-wise placement distribution recorded and salary package received during IIM Sambalpur placements 2025 are presented below:

Refer the below-mentioned table for IIM Sambalpur placement statistics 2024 as compared with other IIMs such as IIM Amritsar, IIM Sirmaur and IIM Bodh Gaya: