IIM Bangalore Admission 2027

In August 2026 the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore published its PGP 2027-29 admission process document. Everything in this cycle follows from that document. IIM Bangalore has still not announced the PGP 2027-29 domestic shortlisting, interview or offer dates, as of 10 September 2026.

CAT 2026 is the confirmed prerequisite step. Registration runs 3 August 2026 to 15 September 2026 (5:00 PM IST), admit cards release 4 November 2026, and exam day falls on 29 November 2026, per the official CAT website. IIM Bangalore releases its own PGP dates only after CAT results, expected January 2027. Its sibling PGPBA 2027-29 cycle is already live: applications open 1 October 2026 and close 14 January 2027, per IIM Bangalore's own admissions notice.

The most recently completed PGP cycle, 2026-28, ran from 13 October 2025 to 20 January 2026, and that batch has already joined. IIM Bangalore's PGP 2027-29 admission process document, published on its official site, keeps the same eligibility rule and selection formula as the 2026-28 cycle. Its reference cutoff table still draws on CAT 2025, because CAT 2026 has not yet been held. CAT gates both PGP and PGPBA for domestic candidates. IIM Bangalore runs one alternate route: a separate PGP international and overseas admission process on a test-centre GMAT or GRE score, which does not accept CAT. See the IIM Bangalore overview for fees, placements and ranking alongside this admission picture.

What should you actually do right now if you're targeting IIM Bangalore's PGP 2027-29 batch? Register for CAT 2026 within its own window, since that exam is the mandatory step every domestic PGP applicant must clear first. IIM Bangalore's own PGP shortlisting, interview and offer dates only follow once CAT 2026 results are declared, expected January 2027, so there is nothing further to track on IIM Bangalore's admissions page yet.

IIM Bangalore's PGP 2026-28 process ran Personal Interviews in February and March 2026. Offers went out in the first week of April 2026, with acceptance due by the second week. IIM Bangalore's standard practice is to release PGP shortlisting, interview and offer dates only after CAT results are declared, expected January 2027. A broadly similar February-April window is therefore a reasonable expectation for PGP 2027-29, not a confirmed one. Confirm the exact dates on IIM Bangalore's own PGP admissions page once it posts them.

A bachelor's degree in any discipline with at least 50% marks or an equivalent CGPA qualifies for the IIM Bangalore admission application form to PGP and PGPBA. SC, ST and PwD candidates need only 45%. CA, CS, ICWA/CMA and FIAI professional-qualification holders are eligible on the same percentage terms even without a separate bachelor's degree.

PGP and PGPBA run on CAT for domestic candidates. IIM Bangalore also runs a separate PGP international and overseas route on a test-centre GMAT or GRE score, and that route does not accept CAT. EPGP accepts GMAT or GRE only. PGPEM accepts CAT alongside GMAT, GRE and the IIMB Test. PGPPM and the PhD accept existing test scores and conduct an a written test of their own, then an interview.

15 international students joined the 2026-28 PGP batch through GMAT, at an average score of 713, per IIM Bangalore's own inauguration announcement. EPGP needs five years of work experience as on 31 March 2027, and PGPEM needs six years of full-time experience as on the same date. Company sponsorship is not an entry route into EPGP.

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore's PGP admission process runs in two stages, and both stages use a weighted composite score rather than a single cutoff decision:

What happens if I miss the reference-letter deadline? A late reference affects your application directly. IIM Bangalore's own document grants no separate extension for one. Your referee's delay, not only your own, can cost you the whole application.

CAT is not the only thing deciding your final rank. In Stage I, CAT carries 55 of 100 points, the largest single weight. Boards, bachelor's degree, work experience and gender diversity together make up the other 45. By Stage II, that balance shifts sharply toward the interview: PI and WAT together carry 50 points, more than CAT's reduced 25-point share.

How does the IIM Bangalore selection criteria actually work for work experience? IIM Bangalore scores experience on a sliding scale: 10 times the number of months, divided by 36. It caps at the full 10 points once you cross 36 months (three years) by July of the admission year. Internships, articleship and unpaid work earn no weight at all under this formula.

IIM Bangalore runs its own single-stage shortlisting and interview process rather than a centralised counselling system like JoSAA. There is no separate seat-allocation round after the interview. Once the Stage II composite score is finalised, offers go out directly, category-wise, against the number of seats sanctioned for that batch.

• Board transcripts for class 10 and class 12
• Bachelor's degree transcripts and certificate, or a bonafide certificate if still enrolled
• Statement of purpose
• Work experience letters and payslips, where applicable
• Category certificates for SC, ST, NC-OBC, EWS or PwD, where the candidate is applying under a reserved category
• Two online reference letters, submitted directly by referees, not by the candidate

IIM Bangalore's most recently published cutoff table sets the General aggregate bar at 85 percentile, with EWS matching NC-OBC at 75, well below General. See the full IIM Bangalore CAT cutoff page for the sectional break-up by category and what actually moves the bar year to year.

IIM Bangalore reserves seats under the statutory categories: NC-OBC, SC, ST, EWS and PwD. It evaluates each against its own cutoff and its own composite-score pool, not against a shared bar with General candidates. Submit your category certificate with the required document set to claim a reserved-category seat.