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

IIM Amritsar Overview

Indian Institute of Management Amritsar was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in the year 2015 as one of the third generation Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). The new permanent campus of IIM Amritsar is coming up and is located on Amritsar-Jalandhar GT Road in Manavala area of Amritsar, Punjab and has a lush green area of 60 acres. Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 declared the institute and all other IIMs institutes of national importance. The college is a public institute governed by the IIM coordination forum.

Table of Contents

• Highlights
• Why Choose IIM Amritsar
• Courses
• Admission
• Cut Off
• Infrastructure Facilities
• Placements
• Scholarships
• Alumni

IIM Amritsar Highlights

Some of the highlights of IIM Amritsar are given below, including the courses offered, type of university, recognitions, infrastructure etc.

Why Choose IIM Amritsar?

IIM Amritsar is worth choosing over other management schools for the following reasons.

• Being an institute of national importance, it has top quality faculties, infrastructure and overall learning value on offer than most other institutes.
• IIM Amritsar has shown consistent and constantly improving placement statistics since its inception.
• A good number of scholarships are provided to the students of the college based on diversity and their academic performance.

IIM Amritsar Courses

IIM Amritsar offers postgraduate, doctoral and postdoctoral level programmes in the field of management. The major programmes and their specializations on offer at IIM Amritsar are as follows.

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IIM Amritsar Admission

Firstly, students must appear for the entrance exam like CAT/ GMAT. Thereafter, 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. Thereafter, the final list of admitted students based on merit is declared by IIM Amritsar.

IIM Amritsar Eligibility Criteria

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

IIM MBA Eligibility

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

IIM MBA Executive Eligibility

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

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IIM Amritsar Cut Off

IIM Amritsar offers different courses that have varying cut off. The cut offs of programmes at IIM Amritsar usually depend upon variables like the difficulty level of the entrance exams, cut offs 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. The performance of candidates in the personal interview round also affects the cut off.

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IIM Amritsar Infrastructure Facilities

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 the students of the college. The infrastructure facilities are of top quality, and they aid in providing ideal education and 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, volleyball, etc. Other facilities at the institute are listed below.

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

IIM Amritsar Hostel Details

IIM Amritsar offers hostel facilities to its faculties as well as students. Currently, the students are provided with 2/3 BHK flats on a twin sharing basis. All the facilities and amenities like Bed, Study Table, Chair, Cupboard, Wi-Fi, Geyser, dining mess etc. are also provided at the hostels of IIM Amritsar. The hostel also holds a Gym, Recreation room, TV room and facilities for various sports. The Hostel and Mess Committee is responsible for keeping a check on the hostel infrastructure, housekeeping issues, etc.

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IIM Amritsar Placements

The student representatives and faculty coordinators form the placement committee of IIM Amritsar, which is responsible for carrying out all the placement related activities during the final recruitments and summer placements. Student brochure development, resume vetting, pitching, student's 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.

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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.

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IIM Amritsar Alumni

Alumni of the institute can register themselves on the official alumni registration page of IIM Amritsar. Alumni Cell IIM Amritsar bridges the gap between the alumni of IIM Amritsar and their alma mater by conducting a wide range of activities. The corporate mentorship programme, alumni interaction, alumni meets are some of the events in which alumni interact with the current students of IIM Amritsar for sharing professional insights. The alumni committee also conducts city-wise alumni chapters and the annual alumni meet at the institute campus. The committee also published the alumni newsletter, which keeps the alumni updated about the latest happenings at IIM Amritsar.