IIM Visakhapatnam: Placements, Fees, Cutoff, Rankings, Admissions, Courses, Reviews

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.

IIM Visakhapatnam does not charge any separate application fees for its PGP/ MBA programme. Candidates are just required to pay CAT exam application fees which is INR 2,400 for General, EWS and NC-OBC candidates. For the SC/ ST/ PwD category candidates, the application fees is INR 1,200. Also the institution has its own separate application for non-CAT courses like PGPEX, where the application fee is INR 1,000 (INR 500 for NC-OBC/ EWS and SC, ST, PwD category candidates and women candidates are exempt from the application fee).

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.

Fees for insurance, convocation expenses and alumni activities along with some facilities charges are all covered under Student Welfare fund fees at IIM Vizag. This fees is INR 80,000 for PGP students which is charged on yearly basis intwo equal installments.

No, IIM Visakhapatnam does not require candidates to possess work experience for full-time PGP course. However, EPGDM applicants must have a minimum of five year work experience.

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 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 .

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. 

Placement percentage for batch 2026 is yet to be released. Earlier, IIM Visakhapatnam recorded 100% placements to its PGP students of batch 2024 and 2023.

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

If a candidate receives an invitation of personal interview from two different IIMs for same course, they should go to that one whose campus is easier to reach. 

Candidates who appear and clears PI round at one IIM will be considered for final admission at another IIM as well.

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.