Indian Institute of Management Indore

Cost and pay

The total fee for IIM Indore’s PGP is ₹24.12 lakh including hostel, and the median package for the 2026 season was ₹25 lakh — both as published by the institute.

Total fee

₹24.1L (incl. hostel)

Median package

₹25L

Average package

₹27.3L

Highest package

₹82.5L

Seats

487

Minimum percentile to be shortlisted

90

Who can apply

General-category applicants need at least 90 percentile overall in CAT and 80 in every section to be considered.

Graduation · every category

Minimum 50% (45% for SC, ST and PwD)

Also eligible · every category

CA, CS, ICWA (CMA) or FIAI with the same minimum; final-year students, admitted provisionally

A floor to be considered, not the percentile that got admitted.

Getting the call → Getting the offer

CAT decides 55% of the shortlist but only 40% of the final offer — at the second stage the interview alone (45%) outweighs the exam.

Getting the call

CAT

55%

Class XII

25%

Class X

10%

Diversity

7%

Work experience

3%

Note: IIM Indore's composite score for 2026–28. CAT's 55 is VARC 16, DILR 16 and QA 23, each section scored against the highest score; Class X and XII marks are normalised; work experience earns up to 3.

Getting the offer

CAT

40%

Interview

45%

Class X

5%

Class XII

5%

Diversity

5%

Note: Final composite score for 2026–28. CAT's 40 is VARC 20, DILR 10 and QA 10; interview and Class X and XII scores are normalised.

What actually converted

General candidates converted the PGP at 92.92 percentile for 2024–26, up from 90.72 the year before but above 90.75 two years earlier — the bar moves around, according to third-party figures.

Unit: CAT percentile · IIM Indore PGP

Note: Lowest CAT percentile among candidates offered admission

What got the call

General candidates were shortlisted for the PGP at 54.40180 on the institute's composite score for 2026–28, down from 66.50028 the year before but below 60.01124 two years earlier — the bar moves around.

Unit: Composite score — IIM Indore's interview-shortlisting composite score out of 100 (Class X and XII marks, CAT sectional scores, diversity, work experience; the weights are set afresh each year) — not a percentile · IIM Indore PGP

Who’s in the batch

More than half students in the batch are women (54.4%), 54% come from outside engineering, and the average student arrives with 1.6 years of work experience.

Women

54.4%

Non-engineers

54%

Average work experience

1.6 yrs

Batch

586

Residential

Yes

Cost and pay

The total fee for IIM Indore’s PGP-HRM is ₹20.82 lakh, and the median package for the 2026 season was ₹24 lakh — both as published by the institute.

Total fee

₹20.8L

Median package

₹24L

Average package

₹25.7L

Highest package

₹40L

Seats

43

Who can apply

General-category applicants need at least 90 percentile overall in CAT and 75, 60 and 60 in VARC, DILR and QA to be considered.

Graduation · every category

Minimum 50% (45% for SC, ST and PwD)

Also eligible · every category

CA, CS, ICWA (CMA) or FIAI with the same minimum; final-year students, admitted provisionally

A floor to be considered, not the percentile that got admitted.

Getting the call → Getting the offer

CAT decides 30% of the shortlist but only 20% of the final offer — at the second stage the interview alone (45%) outweighs the exam.

Getting the call

CAT

30%

Class X

25%

Class XII

20%

Gender diversity

10%

Work experience

10%

Academic diversity

5%

Note: PGP-HRM's own composite score for 2026–28: CAT counts as the overall score, gender-diversity marks go to women only, and work experience earns up to 10.

Getting the offer

CAT

20%

Interview

45%

Class X

10%

Class XII

10%

Academic diversity

10%

Gender diversity

5%

Note: Final composite score for 2026–28. CAT's 20 is VARC 5, DILR 5 and QA 10; gender-diversity marks go to women only.

What got the call

General candidates were shortlisted for the PGP-HRM at 66.51228 on the institute's composite score for 2026–28, down from 70.00654 the year before but above 66.20500 two years earlier — the bar moves around.

Unit: Composite score — IIM Indore's PGP-HRM interview-shortlisting composite score out of 100 (Class X and XII marks, CAT score, gender and academic diversity, work experience; the weights are set afresh each year) — not a percentile · IIM Indore PGP-HRM

Who’s in the batch

Nearly 9 in 10 students in the batch are women (95.3%), 88% come from outside engineering, and the average student arrives with 1.5 years of work experience.

Women

95.35%

Non-engineers

88%

Average work experience

1.5 yrs

Batch

38

Residential

Yes

Cost and pay

The total fee for IIM Indore’s EPGP is ₹26.77 lakh including hostel, and the average package for the 2026 season was ₹27 lakh — both as published by the institute.

Total fee

₹26.8L (incl. hostel)

Average package

₹27L

Highest package

₹36.7L

Seats

58

Who can apply

Degree · every category

Bachelor's or master's degree, or a five-year integrated programme, in any discipline with at least 50%

Work experience · every category

At least five years of full-time managerial, entrepreneurial or professional experience after graduation, counted to the application deadline

Test · every category

GMAT or GRE taken within five years of the deadline, or a CAT 2025 or 2026 score

A floor to be considered, not the percentile that got admitted.

Getting the call → Getting the offer

GMAT / GRE / CAT carries 40% of the final offer.

Getting the offer

GMAT / GRE / CAT

40%

Interview

55%

Diversity

5%

Note: Composite score for the 2027–28 batch. The interview shortlist rests on the test score and any other criteria the admissions committee sets; no weights are published for it.

Who’s in the batch

Fewer than 1 in 5 students in the batch are women (12%) and the average student arrives with 7.1 years of work experience.

Women

12%

Average work experience

7.1 yrs

Batch

67

Residential

Yes