MBA · Mysore
SDM Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), Mysuru
Last updated 5 September 2026 · Reviewed by Piyush Agarwal · Latest change: Initial sourced profile published from SDMIMD's official PGDM page, admission-process page and the 2027-29 admissions brochure PDF — all opened 5 September 2026
The short answer
As of September 2026, SDMIMD Mysuru's two-year residential PGDM is open for the 2027-29 batch with applications closing 28 February 2027. It accepts seven exams — CAT, XAT, GMAT, NMAT, CMAT, ATMA and MAT — against a 50% aggregate bar in Class 10, 12 and graduation. The printed 2026-28 fee is Rs 14.10 lakh including tuition and hostel, marked subject to revision for 2027-29.
Selection process
- Hold a full-time graduation in any discipline recognised by UGC or AIU, with at least 50% aggregate in each of Class 10, Class 12 and the degree; final-year students are read on their last completed year or semester.
- Apply with a valid CAT, XAT, GMAT, NMAT, CMAT, ATMA or MAT score (or while awaiting one) by 28 February 2027 for the 2027-29 batch; the application fee is Rs 1,250.
- Shortlisting weighs consistent academic performance, the competitive exam score, participation in extracurricular activities including sports, debates, theatre and fine arts, and work experience where applicable.
- Shortlisted applicants face a Personal Interview at centres across India, with online interviews scheduled on request.
- Selected students are informed by email and phone; the offer is held once the first instalment arrives by the due date printed in the offer letter, and becomes final once the entrance-exam score and the second instalment reach the institute.
Fees, with sources
| Item | Figure | Cycle | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PGDM total fee including tuition and hostel stay | Rs 14.10 lakh for the two-year programme including tuition fees and hostel stay, payable in six instalments across six terms — printed for the 2026-28 batch with the school's own note that the fee is subject to revision for PGDM 2027-29; mess meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) are served on campus | 2026-28 batch; 2027-29 revision pending, as published | SDMIMD official PGDM page ↗ checked 5 Sept 2026 |
| Application fee | Rs 1,250, payable online or offline per the 2027-29 admissions brochure | PGDM 2027-29 | SDMIMD PGDM 2027-29 official admissions brochure (PDF) ↗ checked 5 Sept 2026 |
Is there a management quota here?
No management, institute-level, discretionary or NRI quota appears anywhere in SDMIMD's published admission process. The school prints a single four-step route — shortlist, Personal Interview, offer, and fee-instalment milestones — against a seven-exam menu with a 50% aggregate academic bar, and one printed fee for the whole batch. The Dharmasthala Trust's institutions are not known for selling seats, and nothing on the official pages opened on 5 September 2026 suggests otherwise.
SDM Institute for Management Development is the Dharmasthala Trust’s management school on Chamundi Hill Road — a fully residential PGDM with a recognition stack most university MBAs cannot match, a seven-exam door wide enough for almost any score-holder, and one of the most honestly labelled fee pages we have opened: Rs 14.10 lakh including the hostel bed, with the school’s own note that the figure will be revised for the batch now applying.
What should an applicant plan for?
The bar is consistency, not brilliance: 50% aggregate in each of Class 10, Class 12 and your degree, plus one of seven exam scores — CAT, XAT, GMAT, NMAT, CMAT, ATMA or MAT. Applications for the 2027-29 batch close on 28 February 2027 with an application fee of Rs 1,250. Shortlisting reads academics, the exam score, extracurriculars and work experience together; the Personal Interview is where the decision is made, at centres across India or online on request.
The money is refreshingly plain. Rs 14.10 lakh covers tuition and hostel stay across two years, paid in six term-wise instalments, with merit scholarships of Rs 1,00,000 at the 85th CAT/XAT percentile (or 650 GMAT) adjusted against the last instalment and pre-approved loan lines up to Rs 40 lakh in the brochure. The school’s published 2024-26 placements — average Rs 10.10 lakh, median Rs 9.7 lakh, highest Rs 16.25 lakh — sit comfortably against that all-in cost: the median student clears the entire fee-and-hostel outlay in roughly a year and a half of post-PGDM salary.
No quota, no side door, no agent economy: one process, one fee, published to the instalment. For a family comparing standalone PGDMs, our PGDM-vs-MBA page explains what the AIU equivalence line means for government jobs and further study, and the budget-band page sets this Rs 14.1 lakh figure beside every other verified total.
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- What exams does SDMIMD Mysore accept for its PGDM?
- Seven, per the official 2027-29 brochure: CAT, XAT, GMAT, NMAT, CMAT, ATMA and MAT. That makes SDMIMD one of the widest doors among the verified autonomous PGDM schools — a student holding almost any national MBA test score can apply by 28 February 2027.
- What is the SDMIMD PGDM fee for 2027-29?
- The school prints Rs 14.10 lakh for the two-year programme including tuition and hostel stay — but that figure is labelled for the 2026-28 batch, and both the PGDM page and the 2027-29 brochure state plainly that the fee is subject to revision for PGDM 2027-29. Treat Rs 14.1 lakh as the honest anchor, expect a modest revision, and confirm the exact figure when the offer letter arrives with its six-instalment schedule.
- Is there a management quota at SDMIMD?
- None is published. The official admission process is a single four-step route — shortlist on academics, exam score, extracurriculars and experience; a Personal Interview; an offer; and fee-instalment milestones. There is no discretionary, institute-level or NRI seat category anywhere on the school's pages or in its 2027-29 brochure.
- What are SDMIMD's placements really like?
- The school's own 2027-29 brochure publishes the 2024-26 outcomes: highest Rs 16.25 lakh, average Rs 10.10 lakh, median Rs 9.7 lakh, with the top half of the batch averaging Rs 10.70 lakh. Read the average and median together — the Rs 0.4 lakh gap between them says the outcomes are evenly spread rather than carried by a thin top slice. Against a printed Rs 14.1 lakh fee including hostel, the median clears the total cost in well under two years of post-PGDM earnings.
- Who should pick SDMIMD over a bigger-city PGDM?
- A student who wants a residential, single-campus programme with an unusual recognition stack — AIU's MBA equivalence, NBA, EFMD EPAS (the first in India) and AACSB membership — at a total cost that includes the hostel bed. Mysuru's lower living costs and the Dharmasthala Trust's education-first reputation are part of the value; the trade-off is a smaller recruiter pool than Mumbai or Bangalore, which the published recruiter list (Infosys, Deloitte, Morgan Stanley, the large banks) partially offsets.
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