MBA · Indore
Prestige Institute of Management and Research, Indore (Deemed to be University)
Last updated 28 August 2026 · Reviewed by Piyush Agarwal · Latest change: Initial sourced profile published from the official Admission Policy 2026 PDF (eligibility, exam menu, three-stage selection, refund rules) and the 2026 MBA brochure read page-by-page (NAAC A++, deemed status, 480 intake, highest Rs 20.5 / avg Rs 6 / 320+ companies, 2025-26 success stories) — fee honestly unverified, published nowhere we could read
The short answer
As of August 2026, PIMR Indore's two-year MBA admits through a published multi-exam door — CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, ATMA or any recognised state test, plus a mandatory PIMR Admission Test, Group Discussion and Personal Interview — on a 50% graduation bar. The 2026 brochure records a highest package of Rs 20.5 LPA, an average of Rs 6 LPA and 320+ recruiting companies.
Selection process
- Qualify: Bachelor's degree (minimum three years) with at least 50% marks — 45% for reserved categories — per the official Admission Policy 2026.
- Register on the admission portal for the 2026-28 cycle; submit a valid percentile from CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, ATMA or a recognised state-level management entrance test.
- Appear in the three-stage evaluation the policy makes mandatory: the PIMR Admission Test, a Group Discussion and a Personal Interview.
- Final merit on a consolidated score of admission-test score (the higher of PIMR's own or the national exam), GD, PI, and past academics across Class 10, Class 12 and graduation.
- Additional weight is possible for sports and extra-curricular achievement, professional qualifications (CA/ICWA/CMA/CS) and full-time paid work experience, per university norms.
Fees, with sources
| Item | Figure | Cycle | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBA programme fee | confirm on the official page ↗ | 2026-28 cycle; no verified public fee figure as of 28 August 2026 | PIMR Admission Policy 2026 (official PDF) ↗ checked 28 Aug 2026 |
Is there a management quota here?
PIMR is a deemed university running its own published process — the Admission Policy 2026 prints the eligibility bar, the exam list, the mandatory three-stage evaluation and the merit components, and states that programme allocation happens on merit, seat availability and university discretion. There is no published management quota; the only outside-merit weight the policy allows is for documented sports achievement, professional qualifications and full-time work experience — scored inside the published framework, not sold beside it. Indore's real 'quota conversation' lives in the DTE counselling layer for affiliated colleges, not here.
Indore’s private-layer anchor is a deemed university with a rare trait: it prints its process and its placement evidence. PIMR’s Admission Policy 2026 and its 2026 MBA brochure — both opened page by page on 28 August 2026 — give this profile a full exam menu, a merit formula and brochure statistics most private institutes never publish. The one number it does not print publicly is the fee, and this page says so rather than quoting a rumour.
How does the selection machine actually run?
Per the policy: register on the portal, bring a score from CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, ATMA or a recognised state test, then sit the mandatory PIMR Admission Test, a Group Discussion and a Personal Interview. The final merit list blends the test score (PIMR’s own or your national percentile — whichever is higher), GD, PI and academics from Class 10 through graduation, with possible extra weight for sports achievement, CA/ICWA/CMA/CS qualifications and full-time work experience. The policy calls the framework ‘integrated and non-eliminatory’ — multi-component, but nothing you can skip.
What does it cost, and what does it return?
The fee is not published in the documents we could read — so treat every third-party figure as unverified and get the number in writing from the admissions office. The published refund split is worth knowing before you pay: application and admission-registration fees are non-refundable, and refunds apply only to the academic-fee component, timed by when a complete cancellation request lands on the official portal. On returns, the brochure is unusually open: highest Rs 20.5 LPA, average Rs 6 LPA, 320+ companies (2023-25), with the 2025-26 stories grid topped by Accenture at 21.01 LPA. A Rs 6 lakh average is a modest, believable number for a 480-seat intake — that honesty is itself a signal.
Where does PIMR sit in an Indore shortlist?
As the flexible middle layer: far more exam doors than IIM Indore’s CAT-only ceiling, far more published evidence than NMIMS Indore’s silent placement pages, and multi-exam where Medicaps is MU-SAT-shaped. A candidate with a moderate CMAT or MAT percentile and a GD-PI-competent profile gets a fair hearing here. The full stack, including the DTE layer for affiliated colleges, is mapped in the Indore city guide.
How Udaan helps with PIMR
By working the published formula. GD and PI carry real weight in the merit list — that is preparable, and we prepare it. We help you collect the fee in writing, time any cancellation against the refund rules, and read the Rs 6 lakh average honestly against your loan math. And as always with Indore’s ‘quota’ whispers: the policy document is the answer — nothing in it is for sale beside the process.
Official sources: Admission Policy 2026 (PDF) · PG admissions · MBA full-time programme
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Questions, answered
- Which exams does PIMR Indore accept for MBA?
- Five national tests — CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT and ATMA — plus any recognised state-level management entrance test, and PIMR's own Admission Test, which is mandatory for every registered applicant. For merit, the higher percentile between PIMR's test and your national exam counts. Few Indore doors are this flexible on paper.
- What is the PIMR MBA fee?
- Not printed in the public Admission Policy 2026 or the brochure pages we could read, so we print no number. Email [email protected], get the 2026-28 fee in writing, and check the published refund split first: application and registration fees never come back, and refunds touch only the academic-fee component on a dated request.
- Is there a management quota at PIMR?
- None is published. The university's own policy describes an integrated, non-eliminatory evaluation — test, GD, PI, academics — with discretionary weight only for documented sports, professional and work-experience achievements inside the framework. Deemed universities set their own rules, so verify each cycle's policy; but a 'PIMR quota seat' offered outside the printed process has no official existence.
- What are PIMR's placement figures?
- The official 2026 brochure publishes the cleanest stats among Indore's private options: highest Rs 20.5 LPA, average Rs 6 LPA, 320+ companies for the 2023-25 batch, and a 2025-26 success grid topped by Accenture at 21.01 LPA and Federal Bank at 18.43 LPA. Note the spread honestly — a Rs 6 lakh average with a Rs 20.5 lakh peak is a wide distribution, which is exactly what a 480-intake flagship looks like.
- Is PIMR a university or a college?
- A Deemed to be University — the first and only private institution in Madhya Pradesh with that status in the general category, authorised by the Government of India, NAAC A++ accredited, running for 34 years. That matters procedurally: admissions run on PIMR's own published policy, not through state DTE counselling.
- PIMR or Medicaps for a low entrance score?
- Both are honest multi-exam doors, differently priced in evidence. PIMR publishes placement statistics (avg Rs 6 LPA, highest Rs 20.5) but no fee; Medicaps publishes a regulator-approved fee (MBA Rs 1,35,000 a year) with milestone-package placement names instead of averages. One sells evidence, the other price-certainty — collect the missing half from each admissions office in writing before choosing.
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