IMI Delhi Admission 2027: Cutoff, Fees & Placements

IMI Delhi, the International Management Institute, New Delhi was set up with corporate sponsors led by RPG Enterprises and including ITC, Nestlé, Tata Chemicals, British Oxygen, SAIL and Williamson Magor, in collaboration with IMI Geneva, now IMD Lausanne. With no affiliating university, it awards postgraduate diplomas rather than degrees. Sister campuses followed at IMI Kolkata and IMI Bhubaneswar; Two founding years are published for Kolkata, 2010 and 2011; Bhubaneswar dates to 2011.

Besides the three two-year PGDMs, IMI Delhi runs an 18-month PGDM for experienced professionals (since 1984, first as PGPIM, within the PGDM’s 300 seats), an online PGDM with 300 seats and a four-year Fellow Programme in Management (since 2011) with 20.

Three of these end in 2027: AACSB in February, before a July 2027 entrant starts, and AMBA and AIU equivalence in August, a month after. No renewed dates are published for any of the three, so a student who needs MBA equivalence for a government job or study abroad should ask [email protected] for its status before accepting an offer.

For the batch starting July 2027, IMI Delhi accepts CAT 2026, XAT 2027 or a GMAT score taken between January 2022 and January 2027, with applications closing on 19 December 2026. Shortlisted candidates take a video assessment and then a personal interview, with interviews in January 2027 and admission decisions in February 2027. There is no fixed cut-off, and the admission process is the same for every category, with no reserved seats.

Selection is a composite score. For the 2025-27 batch the score weighed the following, out of 100:

The 30 personal-assessment marks split into subject knowledge (8), behaviour and attitude (6), current affairs (6), co-curricular and extra-curricular record (4), extempore (3) and verbal communication (3). Work experience is not required, but it carries 15 marks, so a fresher competes on the other 85.

Eligibility. A bachelor’s degree of at least three years after 10+2, with 50% aggregate marks or equivalent, from a university recognised by UGC or AIU; final-year students may apply. One application, with a ₹2,250 processing fee in the 2026 cycle, can cover the Delhi, Kolkata and Bhubaneswar two-year programmes.

GMAT. For 2027, GMAT is listed alongside CAT and XAT for every applicant; in the 2026 cycle it was accepted from foreign nationals only. An Indian applicant planning to apply on GMAT alone should confirm with [email protected].

The PGDM, PGDM (HRM) and PGDM (B&FS) share one fee: ₹23,54,000 for the 2026-28 batch on a self-sponsored seat, in six instalments over two years, with hostel and mess charged separately. The same ₹23.54 lakh is quoted for 2027 admissions, and no 2027-29 fee table is out yet.

Company-sponsored students get no placement support, and nor do foreign nationals. IMI offers two scholarships of its own, the IMI Academic Excellence Scholarship and the IMI Professional Impact Scholarship, but publishes no amount for either. Separately, under AICTE’s Tuition Fee Waiver scheme, a limited number of students with family income below ₹8 lakh a year can have the tuition component waived, chosen on admission merit within a month of classes starting.

Two totals are published for this fee: ₹23,54,000, labelled both 2025-27 and 2026-28, and ₹22,00,000, labelled 2026-27. ₹23,54,000 is the latest dated figure, with instalments from 2026 to December 2027, and the same amount is quoted for 2027 admissions.

IMI Delhi has limited on-campus hostel rooms, all air-conditioned and twin-sharing, allotted first come, first served at the institute’s discretion, with preference to outstation and foreign students. A student who gets a room pays hostel and mess on top of the programme fee, year by year.

Over two years the hostel and mess come to ₹7,93,000 in an attached-bathroom room and ₹6,19,000 with a common bathroom (our sum of IMI’s two yearly figures). With the ₹23,54,000 programme fee, that is ₹31,47,000 or ₹29,73,000 for the two years before living costs, our computed estimate. IMI publishes no hostel capacity, so a room is not guaranteed, and it gives no figure for living off campus. For foreign nationals, an attached-bathroom room is USD 4,425 for 2026-27 and USD 4,653 for 2027-28.

The 2023-25 batch of 412 averaged ₹17.91 lakh with a ₹16.60 lakh median and a ₹40.31 lakh highest. PGDM (B&FS) paid the most on every measure, with a ₹20.90 lakh average against ₹17.62 lakh for the PGDM and ₹16.32 lakh for PGDM (HRM).

The 2022-24 highest of ₹70.95 lakh was one PGDM offer, while the batch median was ₹16.60 lakh in both years, the better guide to what a typical student gets. In 2022-24 more than 175 companies took part, over 70 of them new, with two international offers. A ₹68.66 lakh highest and a ₹18.08 lakh average are also given, without a batch; until a report for the 2024-26 batch is out, 2023-25 is the latest batch with a full report.

Two medians are published for the same batch, ₹16,61,000 and ₹16.60 lakh, and two counts, 412 students and 409 graduating on time. Two intakes are also published: 390 sanctioned two-year seats for 2024-25, and 420 approved seats across the three programmes.

Among the two-year PGDMs in Delhi NCR, IMI Delhi charges almost exactly what FORE and IMT Ghaziabad charge, and its 2023-25 median sits a little above FORE’s and a little above IMT Ghaziabad’s more recent one.

The batches are not the same year, so read the salary column as a band, not a ranking. IMI’s distinct offers are the PGDM (B&FS), whose 2023-25 average of ₹20.90 lakh is the highest of its three programmes, and a dedicated HR programme. MDI Gurgaon costs more but includes hostel and mess, and its median is far higher; IIFT Delhi is a CAT-only alternative with its fee including boarding. IMI admits through CAT, XAT or GMAT; for the wider field, see our MBA admission guide.