IIM Amritsar: Ranking, Courses, Fees, Admission, Placements

IIM Amritsar was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in 2015 as one of the third-generation Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 declared the Indian Institute of Management Amritsar and all other IIMs institutes of national importance. The college is a public institute governed by the IIM coordination forum. In 2022 it was ranked 55 among the top B schools in India by NIRF. It offers admission to postgraduate and doctorate courses based on CAT/GMAT/GRE scores. The eMBA admissions and MDP admissions are currently ongoing.

IIM Amritsar Latest Updates

• March 02, 2023: Admission 2023 open for MSc course jointly offered by IIM Amritsar and IIT Ropar. Last date of application May 15, 2023.

IIM Amritsar has executive programs that help upskill working professionals. They also offer Certificate Program in Data Science & Business Analytics (DSBA) that equips students with the tools and knowledge required to start a bright career. The placements at the Indian Institute of Management Amritsar concluded recently, and the top recruiters that visited the campus include Accenture, Adani, Cognizant, EY, and Nomura, amongst others. 

Table of Contents

• IIM Amritsar Quick Insights
• IIM Amritsar Admission Dates 2023
• IIM Amritsar Ranking
• IIM Amritsar Courses
• IIM Amritsar Departments
• IIM Amritsar Admission
• Why Choose IIM Amritsar?
• IIM Amritsar vs Other Top B Schools
• IIM Amritsar CutOff
• IIM Amritsar Result
• IIM Amritsar Infrastructure
• IIM Amritsar Placements
• IIM Amritsar Scholarships
• IIM Amritsar Collaborations

IIM Amritsar Quick Insights

IIM Amritsar-related information such as courses offered, type of university, recognitions, and infrastructure are listed below

Indian Institute of Management Amritsar (IIM Amritsar)
Year of Establishment	2015
Type of University	Public
Recognitions	MHRD
Courses Offered	MBA, PhD, Executive MBA, Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Program levels Offered	Postgraduate, Doctorate
Campus Area	60 acres
Infrastructure Facilities	Gym, Library, Cafeteria, Sports facilities, Hostel
Location	Amritsar, Punjab

IIM Amritsar Admission Dates 2023

IIM Amritsar MBA admission for 2023 will be based on CAT 2022 scores. Below given are the important admission dates for 2022. 

Event	Date
Last Date to Register for CAT 2022	September 21, 2022
CAT Admit Card Release	October 27, 2022
CAT Exam 2022	November 27, 2022
CAT 2022 Result Declaration	First Week of January 2023

IIM Amritsar Ranking

IIM Amritsar is an up-and-coming institution in the country. In 2022 it was ranked 55th in the NIRF B-school ranking. Some other achievements of the Indian Institute of Management Amritsar include

• IIM Amritsar was ranked 67th in NIRF Ranking 2021
• IIM Amritsar was ranked 27th in Outlook-ICARE MBA Ranking 2021
• IIM Amritsar became the 6th IIM to join the CFA University Affiliation Program

IIM Amritsar Courses

IIM Amritsar offers programmes at different levels in the field of management. The major programmes and their specializations on offer at IIM Amritsar are as follows

Course	Duration	Selection Criteria
MBA	2 years	CAT Score + Application Rating Score for AWT and PI
EMBA	2 years	CAT/GRE/ GATE/ IAAT + Application Rating Score for AWT and PI
PhD	3-5 years	CAT/ GATE /GRE/ NET-JRF (UGC/CSIR) +Application Rating Score for AWT and PI
Post-Doctoral Fellowship	2 years	Research Presentation+Personal Interview

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IIM Amritsar Fee Details

IIM Amritsar offers various postgraduate and doctoral programs in management. Applicants pay their fees to IIM Amritsar via online or offline mode. Given below are some of the fees for different courses offered by the institute.

Course	Total Tuition Fee
MBA	INR 13.20 Lakh
EMBA	INR 7.49 Lakh

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IIM Amritsar Departments

IIM Amritsar has various departments as a part of its curriculum. Some of these departments are also available as specializations in PhD. Some of the departments available at the Indian Institute of Management Amritsar are

Human Resource	Business Analytics	Economics & Strategic Management
Information Systems	Finance & Control	Quantitative Methods & Operations Management
Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management	Accounting	Strategic Management

IIM Amritsar Admission

IIM Amritsar offers admission to MBA. EMBA, PhD and Post-doctoral courses in management. IIM Amritsar has a three-step admission criteria. Firstly, students must appear for the entrance exam like CAT/ GMAT/GATE /GRE/ NET-JRF (UGC/CSIR)/IAAT. After that, on the student registration portal of IIM Amritsar, the interested candidates must register themselves, fill up the application form and pay the application fees. Later, based on the scores of the entrance exam and the academic qualifications, shortlisted candidates are invited for counselling and interview rounds. After that, the Indian Institute of Management Amritsar declares the final list.

IIM Amritsar Eligibility Criteria

All the candidates must satisfy the below-given criteria to be eligible for admission into courses offered by IIM Amritsar.

IMBA Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates must have a valid score in CAT.
• Candidates must have 50% marks in a bachelor's degree.

MBA Executive Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates must have three years of work experience in professional, managerial, or entrepreneurial roles.
• Candidates must have a valid score on the CAT/ GMAT.
• Candidates must have a bachelor's degree.

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Why Choose IIM Amritsar?

IIM Amritsar is an institute of national importance. The institute was established in 2015 and was ranked 55th in NIRF 2022 Ranking. The institute follows a complex, fast-paced curriculum that prepares students to be future business leaders. It has top quality faculties, infrastructure and overall learning value on offer than most other institutes. They also put great emphasis on the entrepreneurial infrastructure and 

IIM Amritsar Academic advantages

IIM Amritsar has shown consistent and constantly improving placement statistics since its inception. In 2022 the maximum package offered was 25LPA, and the mean package was 14.63LPA. A good number of scholarships are provided to the students of the college based on diversity and their academic performance. The institute conducts three conclaves Yukti, Sankshetra and Paripekshya. These events boost and enrich the learning experience for future business leaders. The Indian Institute of Management Amritsar faculty is supportive and promotes mentorship. 

IIM Amritsar vs Other Top B Schools

IIM Amritsar is one of the third generations IIMs yet has excelled in all areas. The institute has established itself as a centre of growth and excellence in the past seven years. The following table compares the top schools and the Indian Institute of Management Amritsar.

Institute	NIRF Ranking (2022)	Average Package Offered
IIM Amritsar	55	INR 14.63LPA
IIM Shillong	26	INR 19.17LPA
IIM Nagpur	43	INR 15.21LPA
IIM Kozhikode	5	INR 29.5 LPA
IIM Indore	7	INR 25.4 LPA

IIM Amritsar CutOff

IIM Amritsar offers different courses that have varying cutoffs. The cutoffs of programmes at IIM Amritsar usually depend upon variables like the difficulty level of the entrance exams, cutoffs of previous years, number of students writing the exam, number of seats vacant for the programme, academic track record of the applicants, category of the candidates etc. In 2021 the cutoff was 85 percentile. 

CAT Cutoff 2021 Data

Category	Sectional Cutoff	Overall Cutoff
General	77	95
SC	52	70
ST	35	40
PwD	35	40
EWS	77	95

Past 5 Years Data for CAT Cutoff 

Year	Acceptance Cutoff	Overall Cutoff	Sectional Cutoff
2017	85	97	70
2018	85	97	70
2019	85	98	70
2020	85	98	70
2021	85	98	70

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IIM Amritsar Result

IIM Amritsar students can see their 2021-22 results on the IIM Amritsar official website by logging in using their CAT registration number. Applicants to the institute's two-year MBA program must pass all stages of the selection procedure, including the qualifying CAT. The dates and notifications for the institute's 2022 results for various degrees are listed on the institute's official portal. In a range of subjects, the institute offers PhD and MBA degrees. The results announced are determined by the institute's criteria.

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IIM Amritsar Infrastructure

IIM Amritsar campus has a lush green area of 60 acres and has all the state-of-the-art facilities for the best learning experience for its students. The campus also hosts all the extracurricular activities conducted by college students. The infrastructure facilities are of top quality, and they aid in providing excellent education and a residential environment for the students and faculties of the institute. The library of IIM Amritsar offers print materials, thousands of electronic books, journals, magazines, videos, cases, newspapers, access to e-resource databases and many more. The sports facilities at the college include cricket, football, and volleyball. Other facilities at the institute are listed below.

• Classrooms
• Auditorium
• Laboratories
• Gym
• Medical centre
• Cafeteria

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IIM Amritsar Placements

IIM Amritsar has a dedicated placement cell composed of student representatives and faculty coordinators. This cell is responsible for carrying out all the placement-related activities during the final recruitments and summer placements. Student brochure development, resume vetting, pitching, student skills-job mapping and placement-related event organizing are all overseen by the placement committee. Also, the committee conducts mock group discussions, interviews and workshops to prepare the students to be industry-ready and to face the placement interviews. In 2022

• The maximum package offered was 25 LPA
• the mean package was 14.63 LPA.

IIM Amritsar Top Recruiters

A few top companies that visit the IIM Amritsar campus are listed below.

Accenture	Dell	Genpact
Adani	EY	VIP
Dalmia Group	ICICI	Zycus
BenQ	NOMURA	Tiger Analytics

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IIM Amritsar Scholarships

IIM Amritsar offers scholarships to a limited number of eligible students of MBA based on the diversity criteria as well as their academic achievements. These scholarships are split into two equal proportions to be awarded during the two years of the MBA programme. The second-year scholarship is dependent on students’ performance in the first year. Moreover, financial support in the form of Research and Teaching assistantships, research grants and other aids are provided to the research scholars at IIM Amritsar.

Scholarship	Description
Merit-cum-means based scholarship-Minority Communities	Provided by the Ministry of Minority Affairs to students with family income less than INR 2.5 lakhs per annum.
Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education for SC students.	Provided by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to meritorious students with family income less than 4 LPA.
Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education for Scheduled Tribes (ST)	Provided by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to meritorious students with family income less than 4.5 LPA.
Scholarship Scheme for Top Class Education for Students with Disabilities	Available for candidates with permanent disabilities and family income less than INR 6 Lacs per annum.

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IIM Amritsar Collaborations

IIM Amritsar aims to become a hub of excellence and produce bright minds in management. Recently, IIM Amritsar collaborated with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India  (ICSI) to exchange resources and learnings.

IIM Amritsar Faculty

IIM Amritsar has a strength of 35 teachers. The faculty at IIM Amritsar are PhD holders from different IIMs and IITs. Apart from regular teachers, IIM Amritsar has a culture of visiting faculty from different areas of management such as Retail Management Strategy, Business Ethics, Digital Marketing, Six Sigma & Lean Systems, Operational Resilience and Risk Management, Big Data Analytics that visit the campus in each term to enhance the pedagogy. 

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