IEM Kolkata Placement & Salary Insights

IEM Kolkata provides good placements to its graduating students. The students are given excellent placement support every year placing them in top companies. Check out the table below to know the key highlights of the IEM Kolkata placements 2024:

NOTE: The above data is obtained from the NIRF report 2025

The institution has not released the course-wise placement packages as of yet. Meanwhile the NIRF report has been released. Check out the table below to know more:

NOTE: The above data is obtained from the NIRF report 2025

IEM Kolkata provides good placements to its graduating students.However, the institution has not released the placement report as of yet. In the meantime, check out the table below to know the median package recorded during IEM Kolkata M.Tech placements 2024:

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. 

Yes, IEM Kolkata has an impressive placement record. The table below provides the placement data for the past three years as per the NIRF Report 2025:

NOTE: The above data is obtained from the NIRF report 2025

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- 

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

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

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 does not offer any scholarships from its side to MBA students. However, central and West Bengal government offer scholarship schemes to help candidates their college course fees. 

However, if candidates fail to secure any of these scholarships, their final option includes applying for student loans.

BTech in CSE at Institute of Engineering and Management has a total fees of INR 9.45 Lacs in academic year 2026. Candidates are charged this fees in eight installments where the first installment is INR 1.4 lakh.

The other eight installments are all INR 1.15 Lacs each, charged at the beginning of each semester.

Institute of Engineering and Management is a private institution in Kolkata. The institute is ranked 6th by Times 2025 under the Engineering category, 93rd by The Week 2025 under the Engineering category, and 23rd by Times 2025 for MBA. The institute offers BTech, BBA, BCA, etc. at the UG level. At the PG level, it offers MBA, MCA & MTech. The median package offered during the 2024 placements was INR 16.4 LPA to MBA students. The median package for BTech and M.Tech was INR 6 LPA & INR 3.36 LPA, respectively. Overall it is a good institute in terms of rankings, range of courses, placements, etc.

Institute of Engineering & Management is a private institution in Kolkata. It is also known as IEM Kolkata. The institute offers BTech and MBA as flagship courses. Check below for the major highlights of the institute: The institute is ranked 6th by Times 2025 under the Engineering category, 93rd by The Week 2025 under the Engineering category, and 23rd by Times 2025 for MBA.

IEM Kolkata, under the 17 departments, offers PG and UG courses to students. These programmes are available across the Management, Engineering, and various other streams. The below-mentioned are the departments under the IEM Kolkata:

No, candidates are not offered any concession in either fees or eligiblity criteria during MBA admissions at IEM Kolkata. There are also no reservations in MBA seat intake at IEM Kolkata for candidates of any category.

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.

IEM Kolkata MBA fees is INR 7 Lacs for academic year 2026. This fees is charged in four installments in every semester of MBA course.

Each installment costs INR 1.75 Lacs for MBA fees. In addition to this, candidates also need to pay booking fees of INR 1.62 Lacs to confirm their seat. 

MBA fees at IEM Kolkata is the same for all course modes and specialisations.

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.

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.

The CAT exam is always conducted in November every year so CAT 2026 will be conducted in November this year. Students can click here to know more about the CAT examination.