IEM Kolkata Placements 2025: Highest Package, Average Package, Top Recruiters

Check out the table below to know the key highlights of the IEM Kolkata placements 2025: 

NOTE: The above data is obtained from the NIRF report 2026

It depends on a student's interest to select a course. In terms of placements, all the courses offered at IEM Kolkata have decent placement record. Highest package offered in recent past was 32 LPA. 100% placement assistance is provided as well.

As per Engineering NIRF report 2026, median package offered during IEM Kolkata MTech placements 2025 was INR 3.36 LPA.

According unofficial sources, the majority of Institute of Engineering & Management Kolkata alumni are placed in the Engineering sector with a 27% share. The pie chart below illustrates the detailed sector-wise distribution of alumni:

NOTE: The sectors involved in the 'Others' category are Sales, Human Resources, and Research. 

Placements at IEM Kolkata is good. Top recruiters such as Amazon, Microsoft and Cognizant have visited the campus in recent past. Highest package offered was 32 LPA.

Candidates must verify the following documents at their allotted institutes at the time of counselling. 

• All rank holders – Class 10 admit card/birth certificate for verification of date of birth
• All rank holders – Class 10 Mark sheet 
• All rank holders –Class 12 Mark sheet 
• WB domiciled candidates - Domicile
• SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B rank holders – Respective category certificate.
• PwD rank holders – PwD
• TFW rank holders – Income certificate

WBJEE Counselling 2026 will be conducted in two rounds, namely Round 1 and Round 2, followed by the Defence quota counselling. 

BTech students at Institute of Engineering and Management can mostly apply for merit-based scholarships. However, there is also a sports scholarship offered to BTech students with national or state level event achievements.

These scholarships canhelp BTech students secure between 25% - 100% tuition fee waiver at Institute of Engineering and Management.

No, CAT is not a mandatory entrance exam for IEM Kolkata MBA admission. Candidates who wish to apply for MBA courses have the option to appear for MAT or XAT in order to qualify for admissions as well. Candidates must note that appearing for one of these exams is mandatory in order to qualify for IEM Kolkata.

No, candidates cannot get direct admission in BTech courses offered by Institute of Engineering and Management. Candidates will need to appear for IEMJEE in order to qualify for BTech admissions. Selection will be done during the following counselling rounds.

IEM Kolkata application forms are available on the institute's website. Eligible candidates can fill out the details online. There is no provision mentioned by the institute to apply offline. Candidates are advised to contact the admission team for offline form details.

Aspirants have to appear for IEMCET for admission in BBA programme of IEM Kolkata. It is conducted in online and offline mode. Selected candidates have to participate in IEMCET Counselling for a seat in the institute.

The total tuition fees for BBA is INR 4.9 lakh at IEM Kolkata. Selected aspirants have to pay the course fees to confirm their seat. Students can get up to 100% waiver on fees based on their merit.

No, PCM is not a mandatory stream to be eligible for BTech courses at Institute of Engineering and Management. However, candidates who pass from PCM stream will have a lower minimum aggregate requirement than students of other steams.

For PCM students, the highest minimum aggregate limit is 50% for BTech admissions while other streams have the same limit at 75%.

The cutoff trend has been fluctuating over the past years for IEM Kolkata admission for the General AI category. In 2024, the highest rank accepted was 44378. In 2023 and 2022, the maximum ranks admissible were 92292 and 31027, respectively. 

Note: This is the cutoff for the General AI category in the last round. Other categories, rounds, etc, will have different cutoffs. 

IEM Kolkata accepts WBJEE entrance exam rank for admission to BTech program. According to the WBJEE cutoff 2023, the last round closing rank for BTech program fell between the ranges of 398 to 92292. Among all the brances, BTech CSE was the most sought-after course specialisation. In 2022, the WBJEE rank went up to 3621 in the last round for the General AI category. 

Refer to the table below for more details about the cutoff trend of three years- 

A WBJEE rank of 20000 can get you admission to this college if you belong to the General AI category. For this category, the last round closing rank ranged from 8796 to 68436. Hence, a few courses can be availed with the attained rank. 

See below to know which courses are available for the General AI category based on the IEM Kolkata WBJEE cutoff 2024. 

Candidates must pass Class 12 with at least 60% aggregate with Mathematics/ Business Mathematics/ Computer Application/ Computer Science to apply for BCA course at Institute of Engineering and Management. Hence, Mathematics is not compulsory. However, any one of the above mentioned subjects are required.

IEM Kolkata has been ranked by many prominent bodies for engineering. Details are given below:

No, IEMJEE is not a mandatory entrance exam for BTech admissions at Institute of Engineering and Management. Candidates can also appear for WBJEE or JEE Mains to qualify for BTech courses.

Aside from BTech admission, candidates are also eligible to apply for scholarships through these scores at Institute of Engineering and Management.