IIM Visakhapatnam: Courses, Fees, Admissions 2026, Cutoff, Placements, Ranking

In the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023, IIM Visakhapatnam secured an impressive 29th place among all the Institute and Colleges that offers Management course india. The Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam has improved its rank from 33 last year to 29 now in the NIRF ranks. Which is an indcation that IIM Visakhapatnam has overall made a vast inmprovement in the five parameters: Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR) Research and Professional Practice (RP) Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) over a year.

IIM Visakhapatnam cutoff 2025 was released based on the students' performance in the CAT entrance exam for admission to the MBA/PGDM course. The institute does not release the CAT cutoff publicly; instead, it is only accessible for the candidates who appeared in the exam via login. 

Based on the estimated IIM Visakhapatnam CAT cutoff 2025, the General AI category students would need to secure a percentile of 92 (both overall and sectional) to be considered for admission to the WAT, GD and PI rounds. 

IIM Visakhapatnam does not charge any separate application fees for its PGP/ MBA programme. Candidates are just required to pay CAT exam application fees which is INR 2,400 for General, EWS and NC-OBC candidates. For the SC/ ST/ PwD category candidates, the application fees is INR 1,200. Also the institution has its own separate application for non-CAT courses like PGPEX, where the application fee is INR 1,000 (INR 500 for NC-OBC/ EWS and SC, ST, PwD category candidates and women candidates are exempt from the application fee).

The list of top recruiters during IIM Visakhapatnam placements 2025 is presented below:

The sector-wise placement distribution recorded during IIM Visakhapatnam placement 2025 is presented below:

IIM Visakhapatnam MBA admission will be made through CAT scores only. Although the CAT conducting body hasn't released any official date to conduct CAT 2024 exam, but tentatively CAT MBA registration process 2024 can tentatively begin between Aug 24 to Sep 24 and the CAT Admit card can be out between Oct 24 and Nov 24. CAT exam 2024 is tentatively scheduled to be held on Nov 24. 

IIM Vishakhapatnam is one of the most recent IIM established in the year 2015 under the mentorship of IIM Bangalore. Accoeding to the verified Shiksha Reviews, IIM Vizag has received good reviews from alumni and students regarding the placements, infrastructure and faculty members. 

IIM Visakhapatnam has recorded 100% placements during the 2023-24 placements drive. The highest and average package offered during the 2024 placements stood at INR 43.25 LPA and INR 15.61 LPA, respectively. 

The total IIM Visakhapatnam fees for MBA programme is INR 17.82 lakh. Considering the total tuition fee and the return on investment this seems to be a good return on the investment. 

Aspirants can check below infographic for verified students reviews on Shiksha for IIM Vishakhapatnam:

IIM Visakhapatnam MBA eligibility criteria is a Bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% for candidates who belong to SC/ ST/ PwD category) or an equivalent qualification recognised by the Ministry of Education, Government of India (including the Associate Membership Examination (AMICE) of the Institution of Civil Engineers (India) as an equivalent qualification). Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree/ equivalent qualification examination can also apply for admission to the MBA programme.

To qualify for IIM Visakhapatnam MBA programme CAT is mandatory. So getting into IIM Visakhapatnam without CAT is not possible. Overall candidates need to acquire a valid CAT score in order to apply to MBA programme. Candidates seeking admission to PGP programme in IIM Visakhapatnam are firstly required to apply for the CAT exam. The candidates must visit the official website of CAT to register. The registration process requires to upload required documents and submitting a fee of  INR 2,400 (General category) and INR 1,200 (Reserved category)

The salary package offered during IIM Visakhapatnam PGP placements over the past three years is presented below:

The sector-wise and domain-wise placement distribution recorded during IIM Visakhapatnam PGP placements 2025 are presented below:

The placement trend recorded at IIM Visakhapatnam over the past three years for the PGP programme is presented below:

The key highlights of IIM Visakhapatnam PGP placements 2025 are presented below:

For admission to IIM Visakhapatnam for the flagship MBA (or PGP) course, the result of CAT 2024 is expected to be declared by the third week of December 2024. The institute released the provisional CAT 2024 answer key on December 3, 2024 and the last date to raise objection was December 5, 2024. However, if the trend is not followed, the same will most probably be out by the first week of January 2024. After the release of result, the exam takers will be able to download their CAT scorecards from the official website using their login credentials for IIM Visakhapatnam admission.

Admission to IIM Visakhapatnam is conducted through CAT percentile. As per the cutoff released, 92 percentile was qualifying cutoff for CAT to get an admission into IIM Visakhapatnam. With the growing competition, it is assumed that 92 percentile won't get a selection in the upcoming admission sessions. So, getting a percentile of more than 92 is crucial. Check out 2023 CAT cutoffs:

Yes, placements at IIM Visakhapatnam are good. The overall and batch-wise average package received during IIM Visakhapatnam placements over the past three years are presented below: