ICFAI Business School (IBS), Kolkata

ICFAI Business School, Kolkata offers a large diversity of courses to students in Management field. IBS Kolkata admissions are held on the basis of entrance tests. Students seeking course admissions must clear their previous qualifying examination and appear for any of the prescribed entrance exams such as IBSAT, XAT, CAT, NMAT, among others. Students can visit the official website to learn more regarding the course-wise eligibility and specialisation details.

Yes, electives are introduced in the third and fourth semesters of the course. There are eight elective subjects a student has to choose in the last two semesters to complete the credits necessary for the course. Each group of electives gives eight credits.

Students of the MBA programme can use the electives to curate a master’s programme for them as they see fit and according to their goals. The electives give the students a chance to build their portfolio while studying at the university.

The Summer Internship Programme (SIP) at IBS Kolkata is 14 weeks long and starts after the end of the second semester. It helps students bridge the gap between the professional world and academic institutions by giving them hands-on experience in the job market.

The summer internship programme is necessary as it forms an integral part of the pedagogy of the institution. SIP is necessary as it is part of the evaluation framework of the course and is part of the training curriculum at the institution.

No, to get admission into IBS Kolkata MBA candidates have to either appear for entrance exams, such as CAT/ XAT/ GMAT/ NMAT, and apply through their entrance score or apply for admission through the IBSAT entrance exam conducted by ICFAI Business School (IBS).

Admission into the MBA at IBS Kolkata takes place through micro-presentations and personal interviews conducted as part of the selection process. Hence, there are no direct admissions into IBS Kolkata and all admissions in the MBA programme take place through a series of selection rounds.

The highest salary package offered in IBS Kolkata MBA placements 2024, was INR 10 LPA. It is important to note that the average salary of the top 10% of students placed was close to INR 8.77 LPA, which means a lot of students were offered similar salary packages offered as the highest salary package offered.

This makes the return on investment on IBS Kolkata MBA if a student does exceptionally well in the programme and gets placed in the top 10% salary packages offered, as the total fees of the IBS Kolkata MBA programme stand at INR 9.11 lakh.

According to the university website, top recruiters at IBS Kolkata MBA Placements 2024 were ICICI Bank, Deloitte Tax Services, TATA AIG, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra, etc. In the placement round 2024 99% of the students got placed and these companies emerged as the top companies for those students.

In the placement round, the 2024 average salary stood at INR 6.7 LPA. Calculating the salary packages of the top 25% of students who got placed, the average salary among them stood at INR 8.43 LPA. If students are looking to be placed in top companies in India, with a decent salary package should apply for IBS Kolkata.

Yes, wards of IBS Alumni can avail scholarship to do an MBA at IBS Kolkata. To be eligible for the scholarship, the candidate’s parent/guardian should be an alumnus of any IBS university in the country. In addition to that, candidates will only be eligible if they clear the IBSAT entrance exam.

The scholarship amount can only be adjusted in the program fees and can’t be used for any other purposes. The scholarship amount for a candidate is INR 2 lakh and can be adjusted in the programme fees for both years.