Indian Institute of Management Bangalore ExecutivePost Graduate Programme in Management admissions 2019-20

About the Program

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is a leading graduate school of management in Asia. Under the IIM Act of 2017, IIMB is an Institute of National Importance.

IIMB has around 107 full time faculty members, more than 1200 students across various degree granting programmes and nearly 5000 annual Executive Education participants.

Our logo carries a proclamation in Sanskrit, तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु (tejasvi navadhitamastu), which translates as ‘let our study be enlightening’. Our vision is to be a global, renowned academic institution fostering excellence in management, innovation and entrepreneurship for business, government and society.

Located in India’s high technology capital, we are in close proximity to some of the leading corporate houses in the country, ranging from information technology to consumer product companies, giving us the added advantage of integrating classroom knowledge with practical experience.

Our degree granting programmes comprise the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), the Master of Management Studies (Public Policy), the Master of Business Administration – one-year fulltime, the Master of Business Administration – two years (weekend), the Master of Business Administration – two years fulltime, and the Master of Business Administration (Business Analytics) – two years fulltime.

We offer the NS Ramaswamy Pre-doctoral (NSR Pre-doc) Fellowship, as a Certificate programme, with the aim to increase social diversity of management academia in India.

Along with 11 disciplinary areas, we have ten centres of excellence that offer courses and conduct research on interesting questions facing various sectors of industry.

We have key partnerships and collaborations with Goldman Sachs for women entrepreneurship, with Michael and Susan Dell Foundation for incubation of non-profits, and with NITI Aayog for scaling up of new ventures.

The EPGP admission process starts with the submission of the online application form.

The basic criteria for applying to the programme include

 Graduation in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). Applicants from SC ,ST and PwD categories should have a minimum of 45% or equivalent CGPA.

 Minimum 5 years (and preferably less than 12 years) of work experience as on March 31, 2020,after completion of graduation

 A valid GMAT or GRE score.

If you are applying in Your GMAT or GRE test date must fall on or between

Round 1 September 1, 2014 and August 29, 2019

Round 2 November 29, 2014 and November 28, 2019

Please note that the IIMB EPGP code for GMAT is Q9H-KK-84 and for GRE is 1675. Use these codes to have your score sent directly to IIMB. Your official score report from Pearson/ GMAC (for the GMAT) or ETS (for the GRE) will be used for verification.

 A Statement of Purpose (SOP) that enables the applicant to highlight his / her future goals and achievements

 Two references (on-line), preferably one from the current employer or from an individual who is in a position to evaluate the applicant’s performance on the job.

Applications that are complete in all aspects and qualify in terms of the minimum academic and other criteria specified above are evaluated for being progressed to the next stage in the admission process. Shortlisted candidates will be called for a personal interview.

The interview panel will consist of two faculty members of IIMB and an IIMB alumnus. The interview panel will evaluate each candidate’s performance in terms of quality of work experience, diversity, leadership qualities, social sensitivity, and multi-facetedness. As a general approach to selecting a candidate to the programme, a multi-factor model is used. These factors include academic track record, GMAT/GRE scores, quality of work experience, performance in the interview and writing ability test. A composite total score will be calculated for each applicant using the multi-factor model. A merit list is prepared based on the composite total score. The offer of admission will be made to a certain percentage of applicants in the merit list. The number of offers made will depend on the availability of seats. The number of offers will be further subject to the candidate meeting a minimum cutoff in terms of the composite score and / or for any other factor score that the admissions committee may decide on.

Reservations:

The Institute will follow reservation for EWS, NC-OBC, SC, ST and PWD in accordance with the law.

Important Dates:

The application window and the schedule of events (Tentative) are as below :

ROUND – 1 ROUND – 2
Application window June 06, 2019 to Aug 29, 2019 (5:00 p.m.) Sep 03 to Nov 28, 2019 (5:00 p.m.)

Application fee Rs. 3,000 Rs. 5,000

Interviews# Sep 28 & 29, 2019 Dec 14 & 15, 2019

Interview Cities* Bangalore, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai

Offers & Waitlist# Oct 09, 2019 Dec 27, 2019

Offer acceptance – Last date Nov 05, 2019 Jan 23, 2020

Withdrawal – Last date Nov 30, 2019 Feb 15, 2020

For More Information Refers https://www.iimb.ac.in/sites/default/files/inline-files/EPGP-2020-Admissions-process-June-18-2019.pdf