IIM Banglore

Introduction

IIM Banglore is one of the top B-schools in the country and was established in the year 1973. It has also been recognized as an institute of national importance recently in the year 2017, under the IIM Act. The institute has a picturesque campus and wonderful infrastructure to support the top talents of the country that come in every year for pursuing various degrees in the field of management.

Also read : IIM Ahmedabad

List of Contents

1. Location
2. Ranking
3. Courses Offered
4. Admission Procedure
5. Fee Structure
6. Campus
7. Placement Statistics
8. Useful Links

Location

Bangalore is the fastest growing city in India, along with the likes of other metro cities like Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, and Kolkata. Hence it is easy to find flights to Bangalore at any time of the year from all over the country. Private bus and train services are also available in abundance from the Southern states of the country frequently and are quite inexpensive as well.

The nearest airport is located at a distance of 45 kms from the campus and travel time is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

The Bangalore city railway station is the closest to the campus and is at a distance of 13 kms from campus, and takes about 30 minutes to reach the campus.

Google map link to reach the campus:

http://maps.google.co.in/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

Ranking

IIM Bangalore is one of the very few IIMs which even feature in the global rankings. It has been consistently appearing in the international rankings as well as the national rankings that are accredited by various reputed bodies. IIM-B comes in 2^nd place in the NIRF 2021 rankings which is announced by the Ministry of Education, GoI. The following are the international rankings that IIM-B has obtained in the year 2021.

Courses Offered:

The following are the various degree-granting courses offered in IIM Bangalore for a wide variety of aspirants ranging from freshers to executives. These programs are tabulated as under:

Apart from these programs, there are two certificate programs also, that are offered at IIM Bangalore.

• N. S. Ramaswamy Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (NSR Pre-doc)
• Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship

Admission Procedure

The most sought-after course in IIM Bangalore is the PGP program which is the main flagship course in that college. We shall look into the admission process of this program in detail in this section.

For admission into the PGP program and PGP-BA program, students will have to take the CAT (Common Admission Test) which is held once a year (turn by turn) by different IIMs across the country.

Refer here for PGP admission procedures and PGP-BA admissions. (Both courses have similar admission procedures, the only difference being, PGP-BA admissions have a less CAT score requirement compared to the flagship PGP program.

In brief, after the CAT exam, aspirants will have to appear for an interview based on shortlisting from various criteria like the performance in 10^th, 12^th exams, UG score, and sometimes work experience factor as well. The weightage for each of these factors varies every year depending upon the candidate pool available to the college.

After the interview, a final shortlist will be released by IIM Bangalore which is independent of other IIMs, and this can be considered as the official admission call.

For admission to the Ph.D. program refer here.

For admission to the EPGP program refer here.

IIM Banglore : Selection Criteria

There are two stages of selection:

1. Shortlisting candidates based on their CAT Scores, 10th and 12th board marks, graduation programs for WAT/GD/PI.
2. Final Selection on the basis of WAT/GD/PI.

The first basis of shortlisting candidates is through their CAT Score, 10th and 12th board marks, and graduation programs. Along with the overall CAT Score, section-wise scores are also considered while shortlisting candidates.

Minimum CAT Score Requirement (In percentile):

The first list of shortlisted candidates for the interview stage is prepared on the basis of the following criteria:

1. Class X Marks
2. Class XII Marks
3. CAT Score
4. Bachelors Marks
5. Work Experience / Professional course
6. Gender Diversity

The maximum score for Work Experience is 8 which is awarded at a work experience of 36 months or more.

These components have the following weightage in the final selection procedure:

The 2 points for Gender Diversity are only applicable to the pre-PI round. Once shortlisted, this parameter will not be applicable.

The CAT Score weightage of 40 is divided into the three sections of the examination as follows:

Final Selection Criteria

For the final selection, the shortlisted candidates are required to take a Written Ability Test (WAT) for a topic provided on the spot. The time provided for this task will be 30 minutes.
Then later, an interview will be conducted, and during the interview, the candidate’s academic performance and prior work experience will be judged.

The final selection will be made on the following basis:

1. CAT Score
2. Class X Marks
3. Class XII Marks
4. Graduation Score
5. Work Experience
6. WAT
7. PI

These components have the following weightage in the final selection procedure:

IIM Banglore:Fee Structure

The current fee for the 2021-2023 batch is tabulated as follows:

The students can either opt to live on campus or choose to live off-campus depending upon their convenience.

Campus

IIM Banglore is located in100-acre state-of-the-art campus situated in South Bangalore on the Bannerghatta Road, in Bilekahalli. The college has a wide range of infrastructure facilities ranging from amazing classrooms to spacious libraries, music rooms, and well-maintained spacious hostels with single rooms for all the students who choose to study here.

The library is excellently maintained by the college and has access to many online databases for research purposes like Bloomberg, CRISIL, Gartner, Industry Outlook, Euromonitor International, MarketLine, India Business insight, and so on.

There are multiple sports facilities like the cricket stadium, football fields, and courts for tennis, badminton, basketball, volleyball, and other indoor games as well. By providing all these facilities IIM-B aims to develop a strong sense of passion and character and improve the overall personality of all the students who study here.

Moreover, for accommodation purposes, there are 10 hostel blocks, an executive block, and one accommodation for executives in the MDC. The hostels have 24-hour Wi-Fi connectivity, automatic washing machines, and recreation rooms, as well.

Placement Statistics

IIM Bangalore has had phenomenal placement records for many years in the past, even in the COVID era as well. The institute witnessed an increase of nearly 10.7% in the 2021 PGP placements compared to the year 2020. A total of 662 offers were made for 513 students, out of which 505 offers were accepted and 8 students have opted out to pursue their own business ventures. Out of all the sectors consulting companies made the most number of offers taking nearly 28% of the total candidate pool in the year 2021.

When it comes to the EPGP batch, the statistics are tabulated as under for the year 2021:

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