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Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Admissions 2026 Eligibility, Admission Process & Important Dates

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Batch 2026 (Final Placements, 61st MBA batch 2024-26) • Verified Data

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Total Courses

4 Courses

Approved Curriculum

Admission to the two-year MBA is through CAT, followed by a Writing Ability Test and a Personal Interview. The published admission policy for the batch 2027-29, which uses CAT 2026, requires a bachelor's degree with at least 50 percent marks or equivalent CGPA, or 45 percent for SC, ST and PwD candidates, and candidates in the final year may be admitted provisionally if they submit a certificate by 30 June 2027 and their mark sheets by 30 September 2027. In Stage I, candidates must meet minimum overall and sectional CAT percentiles and secure non-negative raw scores in all sections. In Stage II, a composite score of 85 points decides who is called for the interview and writing test, using 56 points for the CAT score, 10 for Class 10 marks, 15 for Class 12 marks and 4 points for gender diversity for female and transgender candidates.

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Admissions

Admission Process Overview

Below is the complete admission information including eligible exams, eligibility criteria, admission process, and important notes for each program offered.

Required Entrance Exams

CAT (for MBA)

Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor's degree with at least 50% marks (45% for SC/ST/PwD); Stage I minimum for Open category (batch 2027-29): 80 VARC, 80 DILR, 75 QA and 85 overall

Admission Process

Minimum overall and sectional CAT percentiles, then shortlisting for Personal Interview and Writing Ability Test on a composite score (CAT 56, Class 10 marks 10, Class 12 marks 15, gender diversity 4), and final merit based on CAT 30, Personal Interview 48, Writing Ability Test 8, academic diversity 6 and work experience 8. Dates for the 2027-29 batch follow CAT 2026

Required Entrance Exams

GMAT (for MBAEx)

Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor's degree, at least 5 years of full-time experience and GMAT within 36 months of 1 August 2026 at or above the 50th percentile equivalent

Admission Process

Online application in two rounds for AY 2027-28 (21st batch): Round 1 closes on 12 October 2026 and Round 2 runs from 13 October to 1 December 2026; Writing Ability Test and interview on 31 October-1 November 2026 (Round 1) and 19-20 December 2026 (Round 2), with results on 16 November 2026 for Round 1 and 11 January 2027 for Round 2. Interview venues are Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai and NCR, and online for overseas candidates only. Online GMAT scores are not accepted

Required Entrance Exams

PGDBA Admission Test (computer-based test)interview

Eligibility Criteria

Qualifying degree with 60% marks (55% for SC/ST/PwD)

Admission Process

Online application, computer-based test, personal interview and final selection on a composite score; 2026 cycle applications ran from 23 January to 4 March 2026 and the programme began on 6 July 2026

Required Entrance Exams

Aptitude testinterview (PGPEX-VLM)

Eligibility Criteria

Graduate engineers with first division and 4.5 to 10 years of experience

Admission Process

Offer acceptance by paying a non-refundable admission fee of Rs. 90,000 within the deadline in the offer mail; the programme is run with IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur

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Admission Process at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Notarised affidavit
Certificate of medical fitness
Undertaking against ragging by candidate and guardian
Upfront disclosure on drug testing
Mark sheets and certificates for Class 10, Class 12 and the bachelor's degree
Employer letters and pay slips for claimed work experience

The final merit list for the MBA is built from a composite score out of 100: the CAT score carries 30 points, the Personal Interview 48, the Writing Ability Test 8, academic diversity 6 and work experience 8. Academic diversity gives zero points to engineering degree holders and between 1 and 6 points to others, with the highest scores for chartered accountants, cost accountants and company secretaries with a bachelor's degree and for those with a non-engineering master's. Work experience is counted in completed months as on 31 January 2027, only after the bachelor's degree, and must be supported by employer letters and payslips. Reservation follows Government of India norms for central institutions, including 5 percent seats for persons with benchmark disabilities, and offered candidates cannot defer admission to a later year.

The MBAEx admits through the GMAT and works in rounds. For the admission cycle for 2027-28, which is the 21st batch, the first round closes on 12 October 2026 with interviews on 31 October and 1 November 2026 and results on 16 November 2026, while the second round accepts applications from 13 October to 1 December 2026, with interviews on 19 and 20 December 2026 and results on 11 January 2027. Interviews are held in Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai and the National Capital Region, and only overseas candidates are interviewed online. Work experience is counted up to 31 March 2027. The PGPEX-VLM requires a non-refundable admission fee of Rs. 90,000 to accept the offer, which is part of the tuition, and fees are not refundable under any circumstances. The PGDBA 2026 cycle accepted applications from 23 January to 4 March 2026 and the programme began on 6 July 2026. Candidates can see the percentile thresholds on the CAT cutoff page.