MBA · Indore

Indian Institute of Management Indore

Central · Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur Road

Last updated 28 August 2026 · Reviewed by Piyush Agarwal · Latest change: Initial sourced profile published from the official PGP page (fee, accreditation, structure), the Admissions Procedure PGP 2026-28 PDF (percentile table, three-stage process, weights, reservations, interview cities) and the consolidated Final Placement Report 2025 PDF (avg Rs 29.57 / median Rs 27 / highest Rs 70 LPA) — all opened today

The short answer

As of August 2026, IIM Indore's two-year PGP admits through CAT alone on a published percentile table — 90 overall and 80 sectional for General, 80/70 for NC-OBC, 60/55 for SC, 45/40 for ST and PwD — then a Personal Interview worth 45% of the final score. The official fee is Rs 24,11,800 for two years; 2023-25 placements averaged Rs 29.57 LPA.

Selection process

  1. Qualify: Bachelor's degree with at least 50% (45% SC/ST/PwD) and register for CAT naming IIM Indore; the 2026-28 batch procedure was built on CAT 2025 (held 30 November 2025).
  2. Clear the published Stage-I percentile floor for your category (Table 1 of the official Admission Procedure PDF): General/EWS 90 overall with 80 in each section; NC-OBC 80 overall / 70 sectional; SC 60/55; ST and PwD 45/40.
  3. Stage II: shortlist for Personal Interview on a composite score built from Class 10, Class 12 and CAT 2025 sectional scores; interviews run offline in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata and Mumbai, or online.
  4. Stage III: final merit on the Final Composite Score — PI performance carries the largest single weight at 45, with 5+5 on Class 10/12, 40 across CAT sectionals (VARC 20, DILR 10, QA 10) and 5 for diversity.
  5. Consistent minimum performance in every PI parameter is required; falling below it ends consideration regardless of CAT score.

Fees, with sources

IIM Indore — published figures and where they come from
ItemFigureCycleSource
PGP course fee, resident Indians (two years) Rs 24,11,800 for the full two-year programme — includes lectures, computer facilities, library, alumni fee and lodging; textbooks, mess and insurance are extra Current published fee on the official PGP page IIM Indore PGP programme page (official) ↗ checked 28 Aug 2026
PGP course fee, NRI candidates (two years) Rs 36,11,800 for the two-year programme Current published fee on the official PGP page IIM Indore PGP programme page (official) ↗ checked 28 Aug 2026

Is there a management quota here?

No management quota exists, and IIM Indore publishes the proof itself: the annual Admission Procedure PDF tables every percentile floor by category, every weight in the composite scores, and the reservation percentages (27% NC-OBC, 15% SC, 7.5% ST, up to 10% EWS, 5% PwD). An IIM seat cannot be bought around CAT — an institution of national importance under the IIM Act does not sell supernumerary seats to domestic applicants. Anyone quoting an 'IIM Indore management-quota seat' is quoting something the institute's own documents say does not exist.

Indore’s MBA map starts with its institution of national importance — and unusually for an IIM, IIM Indore publishes the numbers a planner actually needs: the percentile floors, the fee, and an externally readable placement report. This profile carries all three from documents opened on 28 August 2026.

How does the selection machine actually run?

Three published stages. Stage I is the percentile floor from the official Admission Procedure PDF: for the 2026-28 batch, General and EWS candidates needed 90 overall with 80 in each CAT section, NC-OBC 80/70, SC 60/55, ST and PwD 45/40. Stage II shortlists for a Personal Interview on a composite of Class 10, Class 12 and CAT sectional scores — interviews run in seven cities or online. Stage III builds the final merit list with the PI carrying 45 of 100 points, CAT sectionals 40, Classes 10 and 12 ten between them, and diversity five. The PDF also states plainly that meeting minimum eligibility does not guarantee shortlisting, and that consistent minimum performance across every PI parameter is required.

What does it cost, and what does it return?

Rs 24,11,800 for two years for resident Indians, published on the programme page itself — lodging and the alumni fee included, books and mess extra. Against it, the 2023-25 consolidated placement report records an average CTC of Rs 29.57 LPA, median Rs 27 LPA, highest domestic Rs 70 LPA across 225+ recruiters. A published fee and a published outcome make the payback arithmetic honest — this is what every Indore option should be measured against.

Where does IIM Indore sit in an Indore shortlist?

As the merit ceiling — the CAT-only door with the highest audited outcome in the city. If the percentile floor is out of reach this cycle, the honest moves are parallel: NMIMS Indore on NMAT, PIMR on five national exams plus its own test, or the DTE CMAT layer for the affiliated colleges — the full stack is mapped in the Indore city guide. What no move can do is buy this campus: the percentile table and the weight table are the whole process, printed.

How Udaan helps with IIM Indore

By keeping the plan honest. If your mocks sit near the floor, we help you layer the parallel applications so one exam season does not decide the year — and if an agent ever quotes an ‘IIM Indore seat’ against cash, we will tell you exactly which paragraph of the institute’s own admission procedure that offer contradicts.

Official sources: PGP programme page · Admissions Procedure PGP 2026-28 (PDF) · Final Placement Report 2025 (PDF)

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Questions, answered

What CAT percentile does IIM Indore need?
The official 2026-28 Admission Procedure publishes the floors: General and EWS candidates need 90 overall with at least 80 in each section; NC-OBC 80 overall / 70 sectional; SC 60/55; ST and PwD 45/40. These are minimum eligibility bars for shortlisting, not selection guarantees — the composite-score competition sits well above them.
What is the IIM Indore MBA fee?
Rs 24,11,800 for the full two-year PGP for resident Indians (Rs 36,11,800 for NRI candidates), published on the official programme page. That includes tuition-side costs, lodging and the alumni fee; textbooks, mess and insurance are extra. It is one of the few IIMs that publishes the fee plainly on the site rather than only in the offer letter.
Is there a management quota at IIM Indore?
No. Admission runs on CAT and a published three-stage process with the weights printed in the official PDF — there is no purchasable route, and reservation operates only through the constitutional categories the institute tables each year. The city's honest 'quota conversation' belongs to the DTE counselling layer, not this campus.
What were IIM Indore's latest placements?
The official consolidated report for 2023-25 records an average CTC of Rs 29.57 LPA, a median of Rs 27 LPA and a highest domestic offer of Rs 70 LPA, with 225+ recruiters and over 49% of the batch in Consulting and Finance. Read alongside the fee, the two-year payback is among the strongest of any Indore option.
Does IIM Indore accept CMAT, NMAT or XAT?
No — for the two-year PGP, domestic admission is through CAT alone. NMAT reaches this city through NMIMS Indore's own process, and CMAT through the DTE/state-college layer; the multi-exam doors are mapped in our Indore city guide.
I missed the CAT percentile floor. What now?
Read the floor honestly: at 89.x overall (General) you are outside Stage-I for IIM Indore this cycle no matter what anyone claims. The workable plan is parallel — NMIMS Indore (NMAT), PIMR (five exams plus its own test) and the DTE CMAT layer keep you in Indore, or our missed-CAT page maps the national options.

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