MBA from IITs - Eligibility, Dates, Selection Process 2026, Seat Intake, Fees & Average Salary

IIT MBA admission process -IIT offers MBA programmes and many aspirants prefer them over IIMs or other top MBA colleges as they have lower fees and lower cutoffs. The MBA programmes are also ranked among top 10 in NIRF rankings. Know all about MBA from IITs including, application dates, fees, eligibility, CAT cut offs, rankings and placements.

MBA from IITs - MBA courses offered by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) are very popular among management aspirants. Many aspirants opt for MBA from IITs over newer IIMs or other top MBA colleges as the IITs hold a good record in MBA rankings, placements and Return on Investment (ROI). Low fees and low CAT cut offs are also major reasons for students choosing IITs for an MBA course over a popular but private B-School. Infact, many IITians who appear for CAT prefer to go back to their home college over joining an IIM despite high CAT percentile.

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Out of 23 IITs, seven institutes offer various MBA programmes through their respective Departments of Management Studies. All these seven IITs are ranked among top 50 MBA institutes in India. While, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay are ranked among top 10 in the NIRF-MHRD ranking of best MBA institutes in India, other four IITs are ranked among top 50 MBA institutes in India.

For admission to 2026 MBA batch, the application process at IITs will start in January 2026 after the declaration of CAT 2025 result. The main criteria of selection for MBA programmes offered by IITs is CAT score. So, if you wish to pursue MBA from IITs, you must clear CAT exam with a good score.

While the MBA admission process for these IITs is common, courses, fee and placements are different. In this article, you will read all about MBA from IITs, including dates, selection process, eligibility, fees, ranking and latest placement data.

Admission Process

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• IIT Jodhpur MBA Admission Criteria and CAT Cut Offs
• IIT Dhanbad MBA Admission Criteria 2025 and CAT Cut Offs
• IIT Kharagpur MBA Admission Criteria and CAT Cut Offs
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MBA from IITs: Admission/Application Dates 2026

Application process for admission to IIT MBA programmes is online. The below table indicates application dates for IIT MBA admissions 2026:

Why MBA from IITs?

MBA aspirants may ask, “why pursue an MBA degree from an engineering institute?” There are many reasons why one should considered pursuing MBA from IITs; some of them are listed below:

• CAT percentile required for admission to IITs is much lower than that required for IIMs and other top MBA colleges in India. For example, IIT Delhi MBA cut off is 98 percentile while IIT Bombay MBA cut off is 97 percentile, much below than that of IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Indore and others.
• All the seven IITs offering MBA are ranked among to 50 MBA institutes in India (2025) by NIRF-MHRD - IIT Delhi (Rank 4), IIT Kharagpur (Rank 12), IIT Madras (Rank 13), IIT Bombay (Rank 14), IIT Roorkee (Rank 22), IIT Kanpur (Rank 27) and IIT-ISM Dhanbad (Rank 46). IIT Jodhpur has made an entry in the top 100 this year, at Rank 98.

• The IITs offer niche and upcoming MBA specialisations such as Business Analytics (IIT-IMS Dhanbad) and MBA Telecom (IIT Delhi).
• Average fees of MBA courses at IITs is under INR 10 lakh. The fee is to be paid in instalments, semester-wise. There are provisions of scholarships and education loans too.
• Average salary offered to students graduating from these institutes is INR 13 lakh per annum. Since, there isn't much gap between the fees and average salary offered in campus placements, the return of investment or the ROI of the MBA degree is good.

MBA from IITs: Eligibility Criteria and Selection Process

Of these seven institutes, only three institutes – IIT Delhi, IIT Madras and IIT Kharagpur – admit students from non-engineering background for its MBA programmes, while others accept applications from candidates with Engineering/Science/Commerce backgrounds. Check below, eligibility criteria and selection process of IIT MBA courses:

CAT Cut off for IIT MBA Admission 2025

The IITs accept CAT score for admission to MBA courses. Given below is the table for CAT cut off for General category students. For Reserved category student, the cut off percentile in much lower.

Qualifying CAT cut off for IIT MBA Admission

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Final CAT Cut off for IIT MBA Admission

The table below mentions expected IIT Delhi CAT cut offs (final) for MBA admission 2025 to IIT's Management department. These cut offs are mere estimations and the actual cut offs could be higher.