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 2025 was conducted in two rounds, namely Round 1 and Round 2, followed by the Defence quota counselling. 

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, 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%.

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

Institute of Engineering and Management BTech admission fees differs for candidates who apply after passing Class 12th and before passing Class 12th. Candidates who are yet to appear for Class 12th board exams need to pay INR 50,000 as booking fees.

This same fees is INR 1.4 Lacs for candidates who have passed Class 12th.

While filling out WBJEE application form, candidates need to pay fee online i.e., through net banking/credit card/debit card. No other mode of payment will be accepted by authorities. WBJEE application fee is INR 500 for General Male Candidates), INR 400 (for general female and SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/EWS/TFW Male Candidates) and INR 300 (for SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/EWS/TFW female candidates and Third Gender General Candidates). For SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/EWS/TFW Third Gender category candidates, the application fee is INR 200. If candidates does not pay application fee, their applications will be rejected by authorities.

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

No, IEM Kolkata MBA admissions have been closed for academic year 2026. Last date to apply for this course was scheduled on the last day of February. Candidates who wish to apply for IEM Kolkata MBA admissions should prepare to register for its accepted entrance exam for 2027 MBA admissions.

No, candidates cannot get direct admission into IEM Kolkata MBA courses. Candidates who wish to apply for MBA must appear in one its accepted entrance exams and receive a valid score.

Selections will be done based on these scores for MBA at IEM Kolkata.

No, candidates are not required to have any work experience prior to MBA admissions at IEM Kolkata. 

Thus, candidates can apply directly for MBA courses at IEM Kolkata after they clear their UG level graduation. A valid score in any one of the accepted entrance exams will be required to apply for this course.

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 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, unlike some of its other coursese such as BTech or MTech, IEM Kolkata does not conduct any in house entrance exams for MBA admissions. Selection is done purely based on scores obtained in either CAT, MAT or XAT, all of which are national level entrance exams.

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.