Two Year MBA / PGP at IIM Bangalore

IIM Bangalore Two Year MBA

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Highlights

Features	Details
Course Level	MBA
Duration	2 Year
Highest Salary	N.A.
Average Salary	INR 26.18 LPA
Lowest Salary	N.A.
Ranking	N.A.
Average GMAT/ CAT accepted	N.A.
Eligibility	Graduation (Min. 50 %) CAT (Min 90 Percentile)
Total Fees	INR 23 Lac

Introduction

The Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) degree at IIM B, equivalent to a Master of Business Administration (MBA), is a two-year full-time residential master’s level program.

The PGP, is one of the highly placed programs in global rankings that are tailored to enable students to take on leadership roles in an increasingly complex and dynamic global scenario. The two years are carefully divided into six trimesters with a summer project intermediary.

Alumni of PGP run successful entrepreneurial ventures and are spread across the globe in leading organizations in the areas of sales, marketing, consulting, finance and investment banking, etc. Due to its sustained placement record, IIMB is identified as a source of talent by multinational corporations.

Class profile

PGP 2020 batch at IIMB has a class profile consisting of 419 engineering students, 12 arts and humanities students, 41 commerce graduates, 1 pharmacy or pharmacology graduate, and 12 students who have their bachelors in pure theoretical sciences.

The percentage of engineering students has increased from 82.99 in 2019 to 85.57 in 2020.

The overseas students have a highest GMAT score of 770 and the lowest score of 640, giving a mean score of 725 and a median score of 730.

The students for 2020 have a varied experience profile where 75 students have no experience at all and 78 and 147 have one and two years of experience, respectively. 184 students have experience of more than two years.

The class is relatively young, with 340 students being below 25, 136 students ranging between 25 and 28 years of age. There are only nine students who cross this threshold.

Placements

The following data will clarify the placement scenario of the college.

In the summer placements for PGP students, 446 offers were made to 441 students, and 437 were accepted. 4 students opted out of placements.
Rs 26.18 LPA was the average domestic salary for the batch, and Rs 32.10 LPA for foreign offers in dollar terms

Eligibility

Qualification	Minimum Eligibility
Graduation marks	50%
CAT	90 %tile

Graduation

Candidates can apply on a provisional basis after the completion of degree requirements and while expecting results and those who are appearing for their final year bachelor’s degree or any other equivalent examination of qualification can also apply.

Admissions

Admission Process

WAT and Personal Interview

Shortlisted candidates in India will be called to test their written ability through Writing Ability Test (WAT) and for a personal interview based on percentile in CAT, marks obtained in 10th, 10+2 and graduation, gender diversity and applicable work experience if any.

Selection criteria and weight-age:

Class X marks – 20 points
Class XII marks – 10 points
Graduation Marks – 20
CAT score – 40 points
Gender diversity factor – 2 points
Work Experience – 8 points

Read More About IIMB 2 Year MBA Admissions

Fee & Scholarships

The fees (in INR) for the batch of PGP 2020-22 (Domestic) is as follows:

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Fees* for 2 years	Rs. 23,00,000
Caution Deposit (General)^#	Rs. 15,000
Caution Deposit (Hostel)^#	Rs. 5,000

Fees cover Tuition, Library, Internet, Case Permission Royalty, Course Material, Hostel Room Rent and Service Charge, Medical Insurance, Personal Accident Insurance and Alumni Activity.
Caution deposit (one time) has to be paid separately at the time of registration.
The fees mentioned above excludes Service Tax/ GST and any other tax. Such taxes, if made applicable by law, will be collected from students at the prescribed rates.
In addition to the amounts mentioned above, students will have to pay a mess advance of 30,000each term.
Accommodation on the campus is provided only for single occupancy. Please note that candidates may opt to live off-campus only in their second year by making their own arrangements.

Curriculum

The programme offers various core and elective courses. Core courses are mandatory courses offered in the first year.

PGP offers elective courses both during the last term of first year and in the second year, where the students get an opportunity to choose from a variety of multi-disciplinary courses and courses with functional depth.

Following formats may be used for course delivery: lectures, classroom discussions, industry interactions, case studies, individual and group projects, term papers, role plays, dissertations, business games, films and various experiential learning methods.

Credits

The weightage of a course is defined by the concept of credit. A three-credit course must involve about 100 hours of work – 30% in the classroom and the rest for preparation and assignments.

Courses and Credits – First year

During the first year, a student is required to complete 16 core courses and 2 elective courses. Through the core courses, the students are exposed to basic concepts in the areas of Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Organization Design, Human Resources Management, Quantitative Methods, and Operations Management that help lay the groundwork for problem solving skills and all functional areas of management.

Summer Internship

Between the end of first year and beginning of second year students undergo a summer internship. However, the internship is optional for students with a minimum 34 months of work experience before joining the institute.

Courses and Credits – Second Year

The student must get a minimum of 45 credits in electives in the second year.

Credit distribution over the three terms is as follows:

Credits	Term 4	Term 5	Term 6
Min	12	12	9
Max	18	18	18

Here is a sample list of electives:

Apart from electives on functional areas, IIMB also offers various types of courses such as language courses (Sanskrit, German, French, Spanish and Japanese), Business Planning in International Markets, Developing Technology Partnerships between Firms in India and Israel, and experiential courses (the Himalayan Mountain Challenge), based on the interest of students.

Faculty of IIMB and Tel Aviv University, Israel offer the conceptualized course, ‘Developing Technology Partnerships between Firms in India and Israel’. As a part of this international immersion work, a group of students travel to Israel.

Courses of Independent Study

PGP students have the privilege to take utmost six credits over the courses of independent study, such as Contemporary Concerns Study or Dissertation.

Elective Courses

IIMB has the distinction of offering the maximum number of elective courses among B-schools in India that cover a wide range of topics and keep changing every year based on student’s interests. IIMB allows its students to bid in order to select the elective courses of their choice.