Welingkar Institute, Bengaluru

The Bengaluru campus of WeSchool, the Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, offers the AICTE-approved PGDM, a diploma rather than a university MBA degree. PGDM 2026-28 shortlisting accepts CAT 2025, XAT 2026, GMAT (2023 onwards), CMAT 2026 or ATMA (Feb 2026); the published Bengaluru general-merit cutoffs are 75 percentile in CAT/XAT/GMAT or 80 percentile in ATMA/CMAT, lower than the Mumbai campus bars, and the institute describes a profile-based selection weighting academics, work experience, group discussion and personal interview alongside test scores. As an AICTE-approved PGDM institute, Welingkar must admit only exam qualifiers strictly on merit; there is no exam-free PGDM at any AICTE-approved institute, so a “no exam” Welingkar offer is not real.

How Udaan helps with admission to Welingkar Bengaluru

CMAT and ATMA are the accessible doors here, and their windows matter: Udaan helps you pick the exam and attempt that can realistically clear the published Bengaluru cutoffs on your timeline, then positions your academics and work experience for the profile-weighted GD and interview stages. We will also tell you plainly that no consultant can bypass the exam requirement at an AICTE PGDM institute, and we ask you to confirm the current programme fee on Welingkar’s official pages because we do not republish figures we could not verify there.

Details on this page are indicative and compiled from public sources; always confirm current eligibility, fees, seats and deadlines with the institute and the official authorities before applying.

Sources: welingkar.org PGDM Bengaluru · PGDM 2026-28 entrance cutoff PDF · AICTE Approval Process Handbook, Appendix-9