IIM Ahmedabad Courses 2026: UG, PG, Certificate & Online Courses

IIM Ahmedabad groups its Ahmedabad-campus courses across three levels. One flagship two-year programme, one one-year executive programme, and five specialised, blended or doctoral tracks. The PGP, or Post Graduate Programme in Management, is the course almost everyone means.

People search for the institute by that name. PGPX, its one-year sibling for working professionals, runs a separate admission track, with its own fee and its own batch.

Is my subject actually offered at IIM Ahmedabad?

The PGP covers general management. PGP-FABM covers food and agribusiness as a separate, dedicated degree, not a PGP elective. PGPX suits a candidate with four or more years of work experience, rather than the PGP.

A doctorate candidate applies to the Ph.D. Programme in Management. A working analytics professional who wants a diploma rather than a full MBA applies to ePGD-ABA. MBA-BPGP suits a working professional who wants a full MBA without leaving their job. So does the Blended MBA in Business Analytics & AI.

The table below names each of the seven programmes exactly as the institute names it.

PGP-FABM is a genuinely separate degree, not a PGP specialisation. Applicants confuse the two more often than any other pair when they compare IIM Ahmedabad courses.

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad awards every one of these programmes itself, under the IIM Act, 2017. No affiliated university is involved. That matters for a candidate weighing a management degree against a UGC-university MBA. Here the parchment and the parent institution are the same body, not a franchise arrangement.

IIM Ahmedabad publishes no fully online or fully remote degree comparable to the on-campus PGP. It publishes two blended-mode degrees instead: MBA-BPGP and the Blended MBA in Business Analytics & AI. Both run mostly through live online sessions, with a handful of on-campus modules. A working professional does not leave their job for two years to finish either one.

Its ePGD-ABA follows the same blended pattern for a 16-month diploma, not a full MBA. A candidate hoping to finish a degree without visiting the Ahmedabad campus will not find one here. No fully remote programme exists at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in 2026. Do not trust a third-party page that claims otherwise.

Most applicants check the flagship PGP first, so it leads this list.

• Bachelor's degree of at least three years, in any discipline, from a recognised university.
• Minimum 50% marks or equivalent (45% for SC, ST and PwD candidates).
• Age 19 or older by 30 June 2027, for the PGP 2027-29 admission cycle currently open.
• Final-year students may apply, provided they complete the degree by the date the institute sets.
• PGPX needs at least 4 years of work experience after graduation, according to the institute's current eligibility rules.

Does eligibility for IIM Ahmedabad's courses vary by programme?

Yes, PGP eligibility rests on degree and marks, checked at the CAT or GMAT stage. PGPX eligibility leans on work experience rather than a fresh degree. The Ph.D. Programme expects a master's degree or equivalent research readiness.

MBA-BPGP and the Blended MBA in Business Analytics & AI ask for the same bachelor's degree and marks. Both add work experience: three years after a three-year degree, or two years after a four-year one. The IIM Ahmedabad admission eligibility and selection criteria page breaks this down by stage.

IIM Ahmedabad publishes a headline fee for three of its seven programmes and prices the rest on their own pages.

The Blended MBA in Business Analytics & AI accepts CAT, GMAT, GRE or the IIMA Admission Test. It charges Rs 1,00,000 as a non-refundable first commitment fee (Blended MBA BA & AI admission page). The IIM Ahmedabad MBA fees and payment schedule page carries the year-wise break-up and what each fee leaves out.

Duration separates these seven programmes more sharply than fee does.

Which IIM Ahmedabad course has online options?

None of the seven runs as a fully online degree. MBA-BPGP and the Blended MBA in Business Analytics & AI come closest, delivered mostly online with short on-campus modules. ePGD-ABA follows the same blended pattern for its 16-month diploma. All three keep fixed on-campus modules and cohort dates, so none is self-paced or online-only.

Duration is the most confused number across these seven IIM Ahmedabad courses. Readers compare a one-year PGPX against a two-year PGP on total fee, without adjusting for the extra year. The Fees page corrects exactly that mistake.