IIM Nagpur: Fees, Admission 2025, Courses, Cutoff, Ranking, Placement

Ans. 62 new companies visited in the 2024 placement drive and offered most of the roles in the IT/ ITES & BFSI sector. IIM Nagpur's average package stood at INR 16.29 LPA and the highest package at INR 38.40 LPA.

Ans. The overall cut-off of IIM Nagpur is 94 percentile and the sectional is 73 percentile.

Ans. The candidates will have to appear for CAT and clear the minimum cut-off to get shortlisted for a personal interview via CAP process. The candidates who clear all these stages will get a seat in IIM Nagpur.

Ans. The highest package was INR 38.40 LPA in the 2024 placement drive at IIM Nagpur.

Ans. The average package of IIM Nagpur is INR 16.29 LPA in 2024.

Ans. Yes, IIM Nagpur is one of the newest IIMs established in 2015 and thus it is also referred to as a baby IIM.

Ans. The fee for the MBA program at IIM Nagpur is INR 18,90,000 for 2 years.

Ans. The fee for MBA at IIM Nagpur is INR 18.90 lakh, whereas the average package is INR 16.29 LPA recorded in the 2024 placement drive.

Ans. Yes. The MBA program at IIM Nagpur is a full-time residential program, thus it is mandatory for the students to live in the campus hostel.

Ans. IIM Nagpur offers various courses but the major courses include MBA, ExMBA, PhD, and Executive PhD.

Ans. The batch size for the IIM Nagpur MBA program is 260.

Ans. IIM Nagpur has been ranked 43rd by NIRF 2023 among the top management institutes in India. It has been ranked 21st by IIRF 2024 among the top govt. B-schools in India.

Ans. The sectional cut-off for the IIM CAP is 73 percentile for the general category.

Ans. Yes IIM Nagpur has its own permanent campus of 132 acres, situated at MIHAN, Nagpur. 

Ans. Yes, IIM Nagpur's new campus is ready at Dahegaon Mauza, Mihan, Nagpur. IIM Nagpur shifted to its new campus on November 2021.

Ans. Yes, IIM Nagpur has 2 types of scholarships:

• Merit Scholarship for students securing above 95 percentile in CAT.
• Need-cum-Merit scholarship for candidates with a family income of less than 5 lakhs

Ans. Life at IIM Nagpur is an amazing rollercoaster ride full of things to explore and experience. The institute focuses on not only improving grades but also on grooming an individual for the corporate world. The campus has many non-academic clubs to foster the tablets of the students. A student can have everything under one umbrella, there is something for everybody to engage in and explore at IIM Nagpur.

Ans. True to the fact that IIM Nagpur does not have as good companies and packages as the top ABC IIMs but if one is dedicated enough, he/she can make the two years of MBA from IIM Nagpur definitely worth it as every IIM has almost the same teaching and learning methodologies. In the placement drive of 2023, IIM Nagpur average package stood at INR 16.74 LPA whereas IIM Nagpur highest package stood at INR 64 LPA.

Ans. As per the guidelines of IIM Nagpur, it is mandatory for every student to stay in the hostel. The hostel provides facilities at global standards which include state-of-the-art furniture, a recreation room, a fitness center/ gym, games, sports, a washing machine, etc. It provides both vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals to students in the dining hall.

Ans. IIM Nagpur started its operation in 2015 under the mentorship of IIM Ahmedabad. IIM Nagpur's first batch of Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management commenced on the 23rd of July 2015.

Ans. The PhD specializations available at IIM Nagpur are:

• Decision Science and Information Systems (DSIS)
• Economics (ECO)
• Finance and Accounting (F&A)
• Marketing (MAR)
• Organizational Behaviour And Human Resources Management (OB &HR)
• Production and Operations Management (POM)
• Strategy and Entrepreneurship (S&E)
• Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS)

Ans. The candidates who are interested in applying for the IIM Nagpur PhD program should fulfill the following eligibility criteria:

• Master’s degree/ Postgraduate Diploma in Management/ Integrated Master’s degree with a minimum of 60% marks. OR
• A professional qualification like CA/ ICWA/ CS with 50% aggregate marks along with a Bachelor’s degree with minimum 60% marks. OR
• 4-year Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 85% marks.

Ans. The candidates should have appeared for any of the exams like CAT, GMAT, GRE, GATE, UGC-NET, and UGC-JRF in the last 2 years. If the candidate has pursued PGP from any IIMs with 60% marks or equivalent CGPA, then they are exempted from the above-mentioned exams.

Ans. If the candidates have accepted the PhD admission offer and they want to withdraw their admission later, then the following policy will be followed:

• If withdrawal from the program is done within the stipulated date mentioned in the offer letter, then an amount of INR 49,000 will be refunded after a deduction of INR 1,000 towards administrative processing charges.
• If the withdrawal is done after the last date is over, then no refund will be made.
• If a candidate withdraws in the middle of the program or leaves it incomplete, the commitment fee with the Institute till that date will be forfeited.

Ans. The documents to be submitted along with the application form are as follows:

• Copy of the latest exam score certificate.
• Attested copy of all the academic mark sheets and certificates
• Caste Certificate (if applicable)
• DAP Certificate (if applicable)
• Work Experience Certificates (if applicable)
• Documents related to research/ academic output (if applicable)

Ans. The application fee is INR 1,000 for applying to a single area and INR 1,500 for applying to two areas.

Ans. Yes, there is relaxation available for the reserved candidates in the percentage or percentile of the minimum qualifying overall cut-off. The NC-OBC and EWS get a 5% relaxation, whereas ST, SC, and PWD get a 10% relaxation.

Ans. The duration to complete the PhD Executive program at IIM Nagpur is 4 to 6 years. If students could not submit their thesis by the end of the 6th year, then 1 more year can be extended.

Ans. A minimum of 10 years of managerial/ entrepreneurial/ professional experience is required. The work experience after graduation will only be considered.

Ans. Yes, the candidates who have received a provisional admission offer from IIM Nagpur for PhD Executive admission will have to pay a commitment fee of INR 50,000 to confirm their acceptance of the offer. This amount will be adjusted in the tuition fee for the first year.

Ans. IIM Nagpur conducts a screening examination called IIM Nagpur Aptitude Test - IIMNAT, for admission into the EMBA program.

Ans. The highlights of IIMNAT are as follows:

• Mode of Exam: Offline (pen-paper test)
• Exam duration: 90 minutes
• Type of Questions: MCQ
• No. of Sections: 3 (Verbal Ability, Quantitative Ability, Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation) 

Ans. The total fee of the EMBA program is Rs 9,50,000, paid in 4 installments, twice per year. Additionally, the candidates will have to pay a refundable caution deposit of INR 20,000 and the offer acceptance fee of INR 50,000, which will be adjusted in the first year's fees.

Ans. The candidates applying for the EMBA program should have a minimum of 3 years of managerial/ entrepreneurial/ professional experience. The work experience taken after graduation will be considered. Only full-time paid experience will be considered and part-time internships will not be accepted.

Ans. There are a total of 260 MBA seats available in IIM Nagpur. Among them, the seats reserved for various categories are as follows:

Ans. Gender diversity is considered in the second stage selection process when the candidates are shortlisted for the personal interview. Gender diversity holds a weightage of 10 points given to only female and transgender candidates.

Ans. The final selection of the MBA candidates is based on factors like CAT score, Personal Interview, Past academic performance, work experience, and gender diversity. 

Ans. The provisional admission offers will be based on the Final score. The final score will be calculated based on the CAT score, Personal Interview, Past academic performance, work experience, and gender diversity. The category-wise merit list will be based on the ranks computed separately for each category, based on the final score.

Ans. The offer acceptance fee for the MBA program at IIM Nagpur is INR 75,000.

Ans. Yes, the candidate can withdraw from MBA admission after accepting the admission offer, but they will have to do that within the withdrawal period to receive the refund of the acceptance fee.