IIM Kozhikode - Programmes, Eligibility Criteria, Rankings & Placements

Particularly, IIM Kozhikode is one of the premium management colleges in India. Altogether, the college was established in 1965 with the idea of providing better educational guidance regarding the popular MBA programme. It is a member of the IIM group, additionally, the college offers admission on the basis of performance in the CAT examination.

Generally, one can opt for admission into Post Graduate Programme in Liberal Studies & Management, Post-graduate Programme in Management PGP-Finance and Post Graduate Programme in Business Leadership.

IIM Kozhikode Overview

College Name	IIM Kozhikode
Institute Short Form	IIMK
Official Website	iimk.ac.in
Accreditations	EQUIS, AMBA
Year of Establishment	1965
Courses Offered	Post Graduate Programme in Liberal Studies & Management Post-graduate Programme in Management PGP-Finance Post Graduate Programme in Business Leadership
Total Seats	Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP): 475 Post Graduate Programme - Liberal Studies & Management (PGP-LSM): 39 Post Graduate Programme – Finance (PGP-Finance): 39 DPM (Ph.D): 25
IIM Kozhikode Rankings	4th as per NIRF ranking
IIM Kozhikode Placement Package	Highest CTC: Rs 61.5 LPA Mean CTC: Rs 29.5 LPA
IIM Kozhikode Top Recruiters	Axis Bank Ola PayTM Amazon Asian Paints Uber Deloitte American Express Infosys

IIM Kozhikode Programmes Offered

Indeed IIM Kozhikode offers PG, Executive and PhD courses in various subjects namely, Finance, Sales, Analytics, and Consulting. Besides the course duration of all of these programmes usually lies between 1 and 2 years.

Henceforth, the following table consists of the details associated with IIM Kozhikode college. Accordingly, the final admission shall be given to those who qualify for all the rounds of the selection process

IIM Kozhikode Courses	Concerned Exam	Course Fee	Course Duration
PGPM	CAT	INR. 20,50,000	2 years
Executive Post Graduation Programme in Management	CAT/GMAT/GRE	INR.22,50,000	1 year
Post Graduate Programme in Business Leadership	CAT/GMAT/GRE	INR.22,50,000	2 year
Post Graduate Programme in Finance	CAT/GMAT/GRE	INR. 20,50,000	2 years
Post Graduate Programme in Liberal Studies and Management	CAT/GMAT/GRE	INR. 20,50,000	2 years
Ph.D Management	CAT/ GMAT, GRE,/UGC-NET/ UGC JRF in relevant subjects/IIMB Test	No tuition fee	3-5 Years

IIM Kozhikode Eligibility Criteria

Certainly, the candidates who wish to study in the IIM Kozhikode in any of the courses have to qualify for the eligibility criteria as prescribed by the college. However, the college offers courses at the postgraduate level or PhD level. Particularly, the following table consists of the detailed eligibility criteria for all the admissible courses. Basically, the candidates who are able to qualify for the basic eligibility will be only allowed to write the examination.

Courses	IIM Kozhikode Eligibility Criteria
PGPM	The candidate should have completed a Bachelor's degree in any discipline with a minimum aggregate of 60%, along with a valid score in CAT.
Executive Post Graduation Programme in Management	The candidate should have completed Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in any discipline with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks along with 3 years of managerial/ entrepreneurial/ professional experience.
Post Graduate Programme in Business Leadership	The candidate should have completed Graduation in any discipline with a minimum 50% or equivalent CGPA along with a minimum of 3 years of work experience after completion of graduation and a valid GMAT/GRE/CAT score.
Post Graduate Programme in Finance	The candidate should have a qualified Bachelor's degree in any discipline with a minimum aggregate of 60%, along with a valid score in CAT/GRE/GMAT.
Post Graduate Programme in Liberal Studies and Management
Ph.D Management	The candidate should have completed a Master’s or postgraduate Diploma (2 yrs) with at least 55% marks or equivalent CGPA. Those who have professional qualifications of CA, ICWA and CS with B.Com/ or any other degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent are preferred The candidates should have qualified B.Tech or any 4-year degree with 6.5 CGPA or equivalent.

IIM Kozhikode Rankings

Surely, IIM Kozhikode is accredited by a lot of authorities and is one of the colleges that is given national importance. Concurrently, in 2010, the Association of MBAs (AMBA) of the United Kingdom granted IIMK international accreditation.

However, in 2021 the college was accredited with EQUIS. With all of this, the IIM Kozhikode is one of the colleges that is kept in the ‘Double Crown’ category. Hence, every student dreams of studying in this college one day.

Authorities	Year	Ranking
NIRF	2022	5 out of 100
Outlook ICARE	2021	6 out of 100
QS Global Business Masters Ranking	2021	101
Economic Times B-School Ranking	2021	11
Economic Times	2020	11 out of 50

IIM Kozhikode Placements Statistics

IIM Kozhikode is one of the reputed colleges that is visited by top companies for choosing candidates. As per placement statistics around 72% of the candidates were placed in the engineering stream whereas around 21% of the candidates were placed in the commerce stream. The college has reported 100% placements for its candidates. As per IIM Kozhikode statistics, around 137 companies visited the college.

IIM Kozhikode Placement Packages

Undoubtedly, those who wish to get placed during the placement season have a high chance of getting high packages. However, for that, they have to secure maximum marks during their examinations. Further, to help the students, the college releases placement statistics annually. The following table consists of the details related to the placement package.

Particulars	Placement Package
Highest CTC	Rs. 46.88 LPA
Mean CTC	Rs. 22.23 LPA
Median CTC	Rs. 20 LPA
Mean of CTC of Female Candidates	Rs. 22.98 LPA

IIM Kozhikode Top Recruiters

Undeniably, the college is one of the top colleges that offer management programmes. Henceforth, here are some of the top recruiters that offer better placement opportunities for studying at IIM Kozhikode: Those whose marks are more in the semester exams are certainly given priority during the placement seasons. As per the reports, the following companies visit the college often during the placement season.

Specialisations	Recruiters
Consulting	Accenture Strategy, Bain & Company, BCG, Blue Yonder, Deloitte, Ernst & Young
Finance	Equirus Capital, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Nomura
General Management	Bajaj Finserv, Capgemini, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, GoIndigo, Indigene, Mahindra, Paytm, Rebel Foods
IT/Analytics	American Express, Enphase Energy, EXL Analytics, Fractal Analytics, Google, Microsoft, Myntra, Sapient
Operations	Amazon, Flipkart, Ninjacart, RPG, Uber, Unacademy
Sales and Marketing	ABInBev, ACT, Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, Everest Industries, GSK, HUL, ITC, Lenovo, L'Oréal, Mondelez

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q1. How many seats are available for the courses offered by IIM Kozhikode?

Ans. As per reports, around 553 seats are available at IIM Kozhikode for various management and executive programmes.

Q2. Does IIM Kozhikode offers placement to candidates?

Ans. Yes, IIM Kozhikode offers placement to candidates pursuing different PG courses. The top companies that are often found to be visiting the college Accenture Strategy, Bain & Company, American Express, Enphase Energy, Amazon, and Flipkart.

Q3. How many courses are the IIM Kozhikode offering at present?

Ans. IIM Kozhikode offers admission to popular courses like Post Graduate Programme in Liberal Studies & Management

Post-graduate Programme in Management, PGP-Finance and Post Graduate Programme in Business Leadership.

Q4. How can one get admission into the different courses offered by IIM Kozhikode?

Ans. Admission to IIM Kozhikode is offered on the basis of the marks secured in the CAT examination.

Q5. What is the IIM Kozhikode ranking?

Ans. The college was ranked in the 5th position as per the NIRF ranking.