MBA · 2025 season
Banaras Hindu University runs two programmes. The MBA and MBA (International Business) publish one fee, ₹1.2 lakh (derived), and one average package, ₹10.1 lakh for 2025 — as published by the institute.
ROI divides the average package by the full programme fee; payback is the months of that package it takes to equal the fee, before tax. Fee bases differ between colleges, so check what each fee includes before comparing two.
| Programme | Duration | Total fee | Seats | Average | Shortlist cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMS BHU MBA | ↓ shared | ↓ shared | 59 | ↓ shared | — |
| IMS BHU MBA (International Business) | ↓ shared | ↓ shared | 59 | ↓ shared | — |
| Both programmes | 24 mo | ₹1.2L | — | ₹10.1L | — |
| Category | Graduation (%) |
|---|---|
| Other than SC/ST | 50 |
| SC/ST | 45 |
Degree: A bachelor's degree under the 10+2+3 pattern, a degree in engineering or technology, agriculture, medicine, education or law, or a postgraduate degree in any discipline, from an Indian university or institution recognised by AIU or AICTE, with the minimum aggregate shown. Entrance test: CAT 2025 for the 2026–28 batch, and a separate application to BHU on its SAMARTH portal (tentatively closing 4 January 2026); CAT's own eligibility rules also apply. One application covers both the MBA and the MBA (International Business). Final-year students: May apply with a certificate from the head of their institution; the qualifying mark-sheet must reach BHU by 5 October of the year of admission. Until then the academic score uses the years already completed, leaving out the final year. Reserved seats: Under University and Government of India rules: SC 15%, ST 7.5%, NC-OBC 27% and EWS 10% of the intake, and 5% for persons with benchmark disabilities (horizontal); a separate final merit list is drawn up for each category. Paid seats: Supernumerary seats of up to 15% of the intake, filled from the same merit list after the regular seats, at ₹75,000 a semester on top of the regular fee. Foreign nationals: Supernumerary seats of up to 15% of the intake; NRI and PIO candidates are considered in this category. They need a valid GMAT score and 50% in graduation, and are ranked on GMAT and an online interview; they pay ₹60,000 a year plus ₹2,10,000 a year (SAARC countries) or ₹3,00,000 a year (other countries). A floor to be considered — not the score that got admitted.
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IM-BHU shortlists for the group discussion and interview on CAT 2025 scores (the CAT total percentile, per its programmes page); it publishes no shortlist cut-off. The GD-PI is held in person at the Institute (scheduled for mid-March 2026). Combined merit for the 2026–28 batch, ranked separately in each category. The academic record covers Class X, Class XII and the qualifying degree (BHU does not publish the split). A seat in the MBA or the MBA (International Business) goes by merit and the seats left in that programme at allotment; ties go to the higher marks in the qualifying degree, then to the older candidate.
The Institute of Management Studies at Banaras Hindu University began in 1968 as a Department of Management Studies in the university's Faculty of Commerce, became the independent Faculty of Management Studies in 1984 and was made an institute in December 2015. On BHU's campus in Varanasi it runs a two-year, full-time MBA and an MBA in International Business, both admitted through CAT followed by a group discussion and interview. It also teaches a two-year MBA in Agribusiness at the university's Rajiv Gandhi South Campus in Barkachha, Mirzapur district, where admission is through CUET-PG.
The MBA’s total fee is ₹1.2 lakh (derived), and the MBA (International Business) charges the same.
The MBA and MBA (International Business) published one average package, ₹10.1 lakh, for the 2025 season.
MBA 59 and MBA (International Business) 59.
IMS BHU accepts CAT or GMAT.
IMS BHU was established in 1968.
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