Minimum Academic Eligibility Criteria for Admission to MBA

Candidates seeking admission to the MBA Programme of the Institute should have Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology or Master's degree in Science, Economics or Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor's level)* with the following criteria:

1. A candidate must have any of the following:

   OR

   1. A Bachelor’s degree of minimum 4-year duration in engineering, technology, pharmacy, medicine, or similar disciplines;
   2. Master’s degree in Science/Economics/Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor’s level); with:
      • GE/NC-OBC:Minimum of 60% marks (or CGPA of 6.5 on a 10-point scale)
      • SC/ST/PwD:Minimum of 55% marks (or CGPA of 6.0 on a 10-point scale)
      • For both the above cases, if the CGPA is on a different scale than 10.0, the eligibility of the candidates will be calculated corresponding to the equivalence stated above
2. Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. However, if selected, the admission of such candidates to the program will be provisional, only if (s)he submits a certificate latest by May 31, 2024 from the competent authorities of his/her university/college/institute (issued on or before May 31, 2024) stating that the candidate has completed all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.


3. Admission to reserved category candidates will be as per Government of India rules.


4. Applicants must be in good health. In case of any discrepancy found in the certificate of medical fitness to be submitted during registration, the opinion of the Institute Medical Officer will be final


5. Candidates belonging to PwD category seeking admission to MBA are required to appear before a medical board on or before October 31, 2024 at IIT Kharagpur. The decision of the Medical Board is final and becomes binding to the candidate


6. Selection of applicants whose results in the qualifying degree examination are yet to be declared will be provisional, subject to the condition that all parts of the examination must be completed in all respects before the date of joining the Institute and the marksheet/certificate as evidence of passing the qualifying examination are to be submitted latest by October 31, 2024

*Please Note:A 5-year integrated Bachelor’s and Master’s degree would be considered as equivalent to a 4-year Bachelor’s degree for the Admission process and the candidate would not get separate points in their Application Rating (AR) score for the above-mentioned integrated Master’s degree

Latest Update: VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA admission 2024 has begun and the last date to apply is February 5, 2024. CAT Result 2023 has been released. Candidates can download the scorecard from the official website by using their login ID and username.

VGSoM IIT-KGP MBA Eligibility

Candidates seeking admission to the MBA Program must have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology or a Master's degree in Science, Economics or Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor's level)

The applicants must possess one of the following qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree of minimum 4-year duration in engineering, technology, pharmacy, medicine, or similar disciplines.
• Master’s degree in Science/Economics/Commerce with a minimum of 60% marks (55% for reserved category candidates)

Candidates must possess a valid Medical Certificate.

VGSoM IIT-KGP MBA Selection Criteria

Admission to the MBA program is a two-step process:

• In the first step, the candidates are called for the Personal Interview (PI) round based on:
  • CAT Score
  • Past Academic Performance
  • Work Experience
• In the second step, all the above ratings of a candidate will be calculated along with his/her performance in the PI round and admission lists will be generated.

Stage I: Shortlisting for PI

Candidates are shortlisted for the PI round on the basis of their CAT Performance, Past Academic Qualifications, and Work Experience.

The candidates must possess the minimum CAT percentile:

An applicant belonging to the overseas category (non-domestic candidate) is required to apply with a valid GMAT (Graduate Management Aptitude Test) instead of a CAT score and should have a total scaled score of at least 750 for being considered for shortlisting. 

Overall CAT scaled score out of 20 and application rating (AR) out of 20 will be added to get the score for short-listing of the candidates to be called for PI. 

Rating Assigned to the marks secured in Xth and XIIth Standard:

The performance in academic programs such as B.Tech./B.E./B.Pharma./Dual degree course will have the rating score C for calculation of application rating. 

Alternatively, a candidate with BA/BSc/B.Com, followed by MA(Eco)/MSc/M.Com/MCA (with Mathematics/Statistics as a subject at bachelor’s level) will be getting the rating score D and E in application rating.

Application Rating for UG and PG degrees:

Application Rating for Professional Exams:

The above-mentioned (Rating Score F) will be applicable to candidates with professional degrees and qualifications such as Chartered Accountancy (CA), Company Secretary (CS), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Financial Risk Management (FRM), and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) of the CFA Institute, USA.

Candidates with professional work experience will receive the following rating score G in application rating on the basis of the duration of their work experience:

Stage II: Final Selection 

The final selection will be based on the cumulative score of the application rating (AR), performance in CAT (for domestic candidates) or in GMAT (for non-domestic candidates), and the candidate’s performance in WAT-PI process.

The weight assigned to different components:

The final offer of admission will be made on merit in each category. Barely fulfilling the minimum qualifying criteria as mentioned above would not guarantee a candidate for admission to the MBA program of VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur.

VGSoM IIT-KGP MBA How to Apply?

After taking the CAT examination, domestic candidates seeking admission to the MBA program must follow the given procedure:

• Complete the online application form available at the ERP portal of IIT-KGP.
• The application form must be filled properly. 
• Any incomplete form will automatically be rejected from further consideration.
• While submitting the online application form, make a payment for the application fee of INR. 1600/- (INR. 800/- for SC/ST/PWD) 
• Female candidates will be charged the same level of application fee as paid by male
• Candidates of respective categories.

VGSoM IIT-KGP MBA Important Dates 2024