IIM Kashipur - Indian Institute of Management Kashipur

IIM Kashipur is the Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, set up in 2011 by the Government of India. It is an Institute of National Importance in Kundeshwari, Kashipur, Uttarakhand. The campus covers 200 acres, and it is fully residential. More than 180 manufacturing and service enterprises operate near the campus.

The film below is the institute's own campus film, from the IIM Kashipur YouTube channel. It shows the IIM Kashipur campus in about half a minute.

🏫200 AcresResidential CampusIIM Kashipur has a 200-acre campus in the Himalayan foothills, about 10 km from Kashipur town.🎓7 CoursesSeven CoursesIIM Kashipur offers the MBA, the MBA (Analytics), three executive programmes and two doctoral programmes. It has no undergraduate course.📝CAT + JAPJoint Admission ProcessThe IIM Kashipur MBA admits through CAT and the Joint Admission Process shared with IIM Raipur, Ranchi and Tiruchirappalli.💼Batch 2023-25Audited PlacementsIIM Kashipur publishes an audited placement report. Batch 2023-25 had a median package of Rs 14.46 lakh.

Is IIM Kashipur Good for MBA, and Who Should Check Twice?

IIM Kashipur is a good choice if you want a residential MBA with recruiters from IT, banking and consulting. It ranks 23rd in NIRF 2025 Management, and it publishes an audited placement report. The median package was lower than in the three batches before it. Your answer depends on who you are, so read the tab that matches you.

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IIM Kashipur was set up in 2011 and offers seven courses, with a Rs 20.80 lakh MBA fee for Batch 2026-28. These IIM Kashipur highlights come from the institute's own pages and NIRF. Check the year before you compare IIM Kashipur with another college.

What Is the IIM Kashipur Batch Profile?

The IIM Kashipur Batch 2026-28 has 120 women and students from more than 25 states. The average work experience is 21 months. The Batch 2025-27 has 459 students, with 22 months of average work experience. Of them, 303 are in the MBA and 156 are in the MBA (Analytics). Both come from the batch profiles on the institute's site.

The IIM Kashipur courses list has seven programmes, and the MBA at Rs 20.80 lakh is the costliest. The IIM Kashipur fees structure for Batch 2026-28 splits that amount into six terms. The courses and fees pages give each of the IIM Kashipur courses in full.

How Many Courses Does IIM Kashipur Offer?

IIM Kashipur offers seven courses, and these are the courses in IIM Kashipur by level:

• Four lead to an MBA-level degree: the MBA, the MBA (Analytics), the Executive MBA and the EMBA (Analytics).
• One is a post-graduate diploma: the EPGDBM.
• Two are doctoral: the FPM and the Exec-PhD.

At IIM Kashipur the MBA and the MBA (Analytics) are full time and residential. All courses in IIM Kashipur need a bachelor's degree, as the IIM Kashipur courses list shows.

What Are the IIM Kashipur Fees for the MBA?

The IIM Kashipur fees for the MBA are Rs 20,80,000 for Batch 2026-28. These IIM Kashipur fees details have three parts:

• A Rs 25,000 admission fee.
• A Rs 20,46,000 course fee.
• A Rs 9,000 caution deposit.

The IIM Kashipur fees structure covers six terms. Hostel and mess charges are not in the table. IIM Kashipur fees 2027 will depend on the fee notice for the next batch, which is not out.

IIM Kashipur admission 2027 for the MBA runs through CAT 2026 and the Joint Admission Process. IIM Kashipur, IIM Raipur, IIM Ranchi and IIM Tiruchirappalli share the process, and IIM Raipur coordinates it. The IIM Kashipur admission process has four steps: CAT, JAP registration, a personal interview and a merit list. The MBA (Analytics), the executive programmes and the doctoral programmes have separate processes.

IIM Kashipur has not published the policy for the next batch. Until it does, IIM Kashipur admission 2027 follows the 2026-28 rules. The last cycle ran registration and document verification on 1 and 2 July 2026. Classes for Batch 2026-28 began on 6 July 2026.

What Is the IIM Kashipur Admission Criteria for the MBA?

The IIM Kashipur admission criteria for the MBA add up to a merit score out of 100. The IIM Kashipur admission process ends with that merit list. The main weights are below, and the admission page has the rest:

• CAT carries 41 marks.
• The personal interview carries 25.
• Work experience carries 15.
• Graduation marks carry 5.

IIM Kashipur gives the remaining marks to gender diversity, Class X, Class XII and professional qualifications.

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IIM Kashipur placement for Batch 2023-25 gave a median package of Rs 14.46 lakh and an average of Rs 14.95 lakh. The audited report shows 433 offers accepted from 480 graduates. More than 190 recruiters took part. IIM Kashipur has not yet published the report for the Class of 2026.

How Many Students Get Placed at IIM Kashipur?

In Batch 2023-25, 433 of 480 graduates accepted an offer. Another 37 did not seek placement, and 10 were unplaced. Information technology made the most offers, and consulting and banking followed. The IIM Kashipur average package is Rs 14.95 lakh. The IIM Kashipur highest placement package is Rs 33.12 lakh, so plan around the median. These IIM Kashipur placement statistics are from the audited report, and the placement page has the IIM Kashipur placement details by sector and function.

You check the IIM Kashipur cutoff in the JAP 2026 policy and on the MBA admission page. For JAP 2026, General candidates needed CAT 90 percentile overall and 75 in each section just to register. The last published table of the IIM Kashipur cutoff for the interview asked General candidates for 95 overall. The cutoff page has the IIM Kashipur cutoff table for every category. The IIM Kashipur cutoff 2027 will follow the CAT 2026 result.

What CAT Percentile Do You Need for IIM Kashipur?

You need at least the registration minimum in your category, and a higher percentile to get an interview call. For General candidates, aim for 95 or more. The IIM Kashipur expected cutoff for CAT 2026 is not published. Use the IIM Kashipur previous year cutoff as a guide, and read the IIM Kashipur cutoff marks in the official policy. The IIM Kashipur cutoff for the next batch will follow the CAT result.

IIM Kashipur gives a full yearly tuition waiver to 10% of MBA participants. The institute grants it under need-based, merit-based and need-cum-merit schemes. This IIM Kashipur scholarship information comes from the institute's admission pages.

🎓10% Of BatchInstitute WaiverA full yearly tuition waiver at IIM Kashipur for 10% of MBA and MBA (Analytics) participants.🏛️Apply On NSPGovernment SchemesIIM Kashipur lists four Government of India schemes for ST, SC, OBC, EBC, DNT and disabled students.💰Rs 37,000FPM FellowshipThe IIM Kashipur doctoral programme charges no fee and pays Rs 37,000 a month in years 1 and 2.

Can I Get a Scholarship at IIM Kashipur?

Yes, if you fall in the waiver share or a government scheme. The institute has not published an income limit or a merit rule for its waiver. Ask the admission office on admission@iimkashipur.ac.in. The scholarship page has the details and the fellowship table.

The IIM Kashipur ranking in India is 23rd for Management in NIRF 2025, with a score of 61.74. NIRF 2026 is not published yet. IIM Kashipur is not in the NIRF Overall top 100, so the IIM Kashipur ranking in India is a Management rank only.

What Is the IIM Kashipur NIRF Ranking?

The IIM Kashipur NIRF ranking was 23rd in 2025, 23rd in 2024, 19th in 2023 and 23rd in 2022. IIM Kashipur has held rank 23 in three of the last four NIRF editions. The ranking page compares IIM Kashipur with other IIMs. The next list will be the NIRF 2026 position.

CAT is the main entrance exam for IIM Kashipur, and you take it once for all IIMs. The MBA admits through CAT and the Joint Admission Process. The other courses accept different tests.

📝CATMBAIIM Kashipur takes CAT, through the Joint Admission Process.📊CAT Or GMATMBA (Analytics)CAT or a GMAT score taken after 1 May 2024, as per the 2026-28 policy.💼Several TestsExecutive ProgrammesCAT, GMAT or the institute's own test, depending on the course. The FPM also takes GATE, GRE or a JRF score.

Which Entrance Exam Does IIM Kashipur Accept?

For the two-year MBA, you need CAT 2026. JAP 2026 used CAT 2025 scores for Batch 2026-28. CAT 2026 is on Sunday 29 November 2026, and registration has closed.

The IIM Kashipur campus covers 200 acres in the foothills of the Himalayas, and it is fully residential. It is about 25 km from Jim Corbett National Park, as per the institute. The learning resource centre holds more than 7,000 printed books and subscribes to online journals and databases.

📚LibraryLearning Resource CentreThe IIM Kashipur library holds more than 7,000 printed books, online journals and databases, and 11 Bloomberg terminals.🍽️4 MealsStudent-Run MessThe IIM Kashipur mess is student-run and serves four meals a day. The Aahar Students Foundation has managed it since 2024.🏛️3 CentresCentres of ExcellenceIIM Kashipur has three centres on public policy, innovation and entrepreneurship, and design.

What Is Student Life Like at IIM Kashipur?

IIM Kashipur student life revolves around student bodies, clubs, committees and cells, so the IIM Kashipur student experience is largely student-led. The flagship fest is Agnitraya, the annual fest that brings in students from other colleges for management, sports and cultural events. Other events are TEDx and a Management Conclave. Students also do an exchange: one trimester abroad from October to December, or a short stay of about two weeks in April.

How to reach IIM Kashipur is simple by train: Kashipur Junction is about 9.8 km away. The IIM Kashipur how to reach guide below gives the key distances. Kashipur has no metro, so there is no IIM Kashipur nearest metro station. The IIM Kashipur location is easy to find on the map pin, and the IIM Kashipur address is Kundeshwari, Kashipur. Distances come from Google Maps, checked in October 2026.

✈️AirportBy AirPantnagar Airport is the nearest airport to IIM Kashipur, about 65 km away. The drive takes 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes.🚆RailwayBy TrainKashipur Junction is about 9.8 km from IIM Kashipur. A taxi or auto takes 19 to 25 minutes.🚗RoadBy RoadKashipur Bus Stand is about 9.1 km from IIM Kashipur. Delhi is about 207 to 249 km by road.

How Far Is IIM Kashipur from Pantnagar Airport?

Pantnagar Airport is about 65 km from IIM Kashipur by road. The drive takes 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes. The IIM Kashipur how to reach page has the full IIM Kashipur directions and every travel time.

IIM Kashipur is rated 4.5 on Google Maps from 296 reviews, checked on 8 October 2026. These IIM Kashipur student reviews also draw on Reddit threads, read in October 2026.

What Do Students Say About IIM Kashipur?

IIM Kashipur students and visitors praise the campus, the rooms, the faculty and their peers, and they question the reported average package and the mixed CAT scores in a batch. These reviews say little about fees, so the fees page is the better guide for cost. Treat this as a short IIM Kashipur college review. The IIM Kashipur student feedback it rests on is a small sample, not a survey.

Pros and Cons Students Mention

These points rest on the Google Maps listing and on Reddit threads about IIM Kashipur, read in October 2026.

What Students Like

🏫ProCampus and RoomsGoogle reviewers praise the IIM Kashipur campus architecture and individual rooms with attached bathrooms. What it means for you: expect a comfortable residential setting.🤝ProFaculty and PeersReviewers describe experienced faculty and dedicated students. One calls it a fast-growing school in north India. What it means for you: ask current students which courses and faculty they rate.

What Students Flag

⚠️Check TwicePlacement Numbers QuestionedA Reddit thread with many comments says the reported IIM Kashipur average package may be too high. The report is audited, but the auditor did not source pay from recruiters. What it means for you: use the median and ask the placement office for the fixed and variable split.⚠️Check TwiceMixed Batch ProfileA Reddit post on the IIM Kashipur cutoff says CAT scores in the batch vary widely. The official tables agree that registration floors range from 90 for General to 30 for ST and PwD. What it means for you: expect peers from varied scores and build your own network.