IBS Pune Course Admissions 2026: Eligibility, Application Process and Selection Criteria

ICFAI Business School Pune, a constituent of the ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, offers PGPM as its flagship program. The total fee of the program is INR 9.09 Lakh. To be eligible, candidates must hold a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 50%.

Admission to IBS Pune is a multi-stage process. Candidates are first shortlisted based on IBSAT or CAT/XAT/NMAT/ GMAT. The IBS Pune CAT cut off is 60 percentile. Those who meet the cutoff are called for the personal interview and micro presentation round. The total number of seats available for the program is 447.

IBS Pune Admissions 2026: Highlights

The detailed IBS Pune admission highlights are mentioned in the table below:

IBS Pune PGDM Course Admissions 2026

ICFAI Pune offers multiple specializations under its PGPM program, including Business Analytics, Digital Marketing, Finance, Human Resouces Management, Supply Chain, Sales and Marketing, IT, Operations, Banking, Insurance and financial services, Advertising and media. The IBS Pune admission process along with eligibility criteria are mentioned below.

Eligibility Criteria:

• The candidate must hold a bachelor's degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50%, and the medium of instruction should be English.
• The candidates should have completed at least 15 years of education in 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 pattern.
• Candidates whose graduation was not conducted in English must provide a valid score of TOEFL/NELT/IELTS as a proof of English language proficiency.
• Students in the final year of their graduation can also apply for the program, but they will have to produce all the required documents within the time frame specified by the institute.

Selection Criteria:

• Candidates who have applied for the program will submit scores of CAT/NMAT/GMAT/XAT. Candidates who do not have scores on either of the national entrance exams need to apply for the IBSAT exam.
• Based on the scores of either of the entrance tests, the students will be sent an invitation letter to attend the second round of the selection process.
• The second round consists of a Micro Presentation and a Personal Interview.
• The final merit list will be prepared considering the academic records and performance in the Micro Presentation and Personal Interview.

IBS Pune Cutoff 2026 (Expected)

How to apply for IBS Pune Course Admissions 2026?

Students can either submit offline or online applications to the institute. The detailed step-by-step procedure for submitting online applications is outlined below.

• Step 1: The candidates will have to register them through the official ICFAI website and pay the application fee of INR 1800.
• Step 2: After registering, the candidates will be sent an auto generated application number along with the password through SMS or Email.
• Step 3: Login with the credentials and fill up the application and add details of the entrance exams scores.
• Step 4: Submit the ICFAI Pune admission form.