IMS Ghaziabad MBA Courses & Fees 2026: Eligibility & Highlights, Placements, Cutoff, Admission, Ranking, Scholarship, Seats

IMS Ghaziabad offers a PGDM course for a duration of two years in a trimester system. Post Graduate Diploma in Management is a flagship full-time course approved by AICTE and NBA. IMS PGDM course is equivalent to MBA by AIU. PGDM at IMS Ghaziabad is offered in six specialisations at the PG level, check the list below:

• Finance & Banking Management
• Operations & Supply Chain Management
• Data Analytics
• Marketing Management
• Human Resource Management
• International Business (IB)

Senior executives, entrepreneurs and domain experts give guest lectures to share their knowledge and experience with IMS Ghaziabad students. First-hand knowledge of industry trends and understanding about the expectations of different sectors is also a result of these programs. Very importantly, you can network with industry professionals.

It is the placement cell that offers career counselling, need-based education and organisation support. CRC organises campus interviews for student placements and corporate lectures. Industry interaction and training is also provided by the placement cell. 

This council aims to create a structured ecosystem for design thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship amongst PGDM students. It promotes experiential learning with workshops, expert lectures, ideation, challenges, hackathons and startup bootcamps.

This is the pre-incubation stage that refines raw ideas into structured concepts with clear value propositions. It supports early-stage ideas through:

• Faculty and industry experts membership
• Design thinking
• Problem identification sessions
• Prototype conceptualisation and validation 
• Ideation workshop and startup orientation programs

IMS Ghaziabad admission is based on entrance exam like CAT/XAT/MAT/CMAT scores. After registration, the institue shortlists candidates based on their score. Selected candidates are further called for WAT and GDPI. Admissions are granted to those applicants who have fulfilled all the requirements and whose name appears in the merit list of successful applicants. Applying for admission does not ensure that the candidate will be called for GD-PI process or get admission. The discretion of the admission committee of the Institute will be finalising in all such matters.

Some of the prominent recruiters at IMS Ghaziabad include Gartner, EY, Mondelez International, ANZ Bank, Colgate, PwC, Wipro, Blackstone, Dabur, ITC, Accenture, etc. See the table below to know more:

IMS Ghaziabad Placements: Top Recruiters
Nestle	Zomato
Himalaya	LG
KPMG	Asian Paints
PwC	MRF
Poylcab	LG
EY	Aditya Birla Capital
JK Tyres	HDFC Bank
Shiprocket	MRF
Deloitte	Adani Wilmar Ltd.

During IMS Ghaziabad placements 2025, the highest number of students were placed in the FMCG/CD (24.55%) sectors, followed by the Research & Consulting (21%) and Banking (18%) sectors. For more clarity on the percentage and the number of students placed across all the sectors during 2025 placements, check out the table below:

Sector	Placement Percentage
FMCG/ CD	24.55%
Research & Consulting	21%
Banking & NBFC	18%
Service	10.91%
Logistics	10%
Automobile	5%
Manufacturing	5%
E- Learning	2.73%
Retail	2.73%
Real Estate	0.91%

PGDM is a two-year full-time course approved by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) and equivalent to MBA by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). PGDM is a flagship course of the institute, which is highly rigorous, comprehensive and practice-oriented by design. Talking about placements, As per the latest report, the institute recorded 100% placements for its MBA/PGDM batch 2023. The the highest and average domestic package offered during the IMS Ghaziabad placement 2023 stood at INR 20 LPA and INR 8.25 LPA respectively. Further, the the highest international package offered stood at INR 28 LPA.

IMS Ghaziabad offers a PGDM programme to students at the PG level for a duration of 2 years. It is offered in full-time mode and in several specialisations. Some of the popular specialisations offered under PGDM programme are International Business, and Big Data Analytics.

IMS Ghaziabad offers a two-year full-time MBA course at the PG level. The MBA programme is offered in five different specialisations, including Finance, Operation Management, Marketing, Business Analytics and Human Resource. PGDM is a two-year full time course. The college also offers FPM course. 

IMS Ghaziabad PGDM admissions are entrance based. Candidates can apply with a valid score of CAT/ MAT/ CMAT/ XAT. The minimum eligibility criteria for the same is having a UG degree of a three year duration with atleast 50% aggregate marks. Its selection process includes a Written Aptitude Test, Group Discussion, and Personal Interview.

The application fee is INR 1100 to be paid in full with application submission. Candidates are selected based on their entrance exam scores, WAT, GD and PI scores along with work experience. To confirm offered seat in the course at the college, shortlisted candidates must pay the admission fee and verify their documents. 

As per unofficial online sources, the alumni of IMS Ghaziabad are working in various sectors such as Consulting, Operations, Product Management, Engineering, HR, etc. Out of all these, the majority of alumni are involved in the Sales sector. See the below infographic for sector-wise distribution of IMS Ghaziabad alumni:

NOTE: The ‘Others’ category represents the combined data of multiple domains, including Media and Communication, Customer Success and Support, Programme and Project Management, Consulting and Quality Assurance.

IMS Ghaziabad has signed MoUs with various organisations and companies. Institute of Management Studies Ghaziabad has collaborated with Humanistic Management Network, Switzerland, Northern Illinois University, USA, Fort Hays State University, USA, University of Fredericton, Canada, IGMA, Dubai, BRICS CCI School of Analysis, CSC Academy, IBM, Jamia Hamdard University, MCX, Habitat, Mata Sundri College of Women, Qualytics Consulting, ACT 21 Software, and others.

IMS Ghaziabad MBA admission is based on scores of CAT, CAMT, MAT or ATMA. IMS Ghaziabad  MBA cutoff will be released after the CAT exam results are out.

The Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad provides Ph.D. course in various specialisations. The selection process includes academic performance + work experience + research publications + PI. Moreover, the Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad also has research collaboration with Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi.