NMIMS Admission Dates 2026

The 2027-29 MBA admission cycle is linked to NMAT 2026. Students must complete the NMAT registration and the separate NMIMS MBA application process within the allowed schedule.

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NMIMS Courses and Fees

NMIMS Mumbai has programmes in management, engineering, pharmacy, law, commerce, design, architecture, and liberal arts through its 17 constituent schools. The main course groups and Mumbai campus fee details are given below.

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Within MBA Core, students can choose areas such as Finance, Marketing, Operations, Business Analytics, and Strategy. For B.Tech, NMIMS uses NMIMS-CET and does not take JEE Main scores. International applicants may use SAT or ACT scores.

NMIMS Admission Process

MBA (Core and HR): SBM Mumbai

MBA admission at NMIMS SBM Mumbai has more than one stage. The first NMAT attempt is the only attempt used for admission. CAT, XAT, and GMAT scores are not accepted for the flagship MBA courses.

• Eligibility: Students must have a graduation degree in any discipline with at least 50% aggregate marks.
• Entrance: MBA Core needs a valid NMAT score of 209 overall with at least 62 sectional. MBA HR needs 190 overall with a 50 sectional minimum.
• Competency Test: This carries 50% weightage in selection.
• Personal Interview: This carries 20% weightage.
• Academic profile: The remaining 30% weightage comes from academics.
• Gender diversity: NMIMS policy reserves 30% seats for female candidates.

SBM Mumbai has a high selection cutoff. For MBA Core, General Category students usually need about 215 to 225 in NMAT for final selection, based on earlier cycles.

B.Tech and UG Programmes

NMIMS conducts its own computer-based entrance test, NMIMS-CET, for UG courses such as B.Tech, B.Pharm, BBA, B.Com, BBA-LLB, and B.Des. JEE Main scores are not used for B.Tech admission. SAT and ACT scores are accepted for international applicants.

• Eligibility for B.Tech: Students must pass 10+2 with at least 45% in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
• Eligibility for B.Pharm + MBA: Students must pass 10+2 with at least 50% in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology or Mathematics.
• NMIMS-CET application fee: INR 2,000 per application.

Integrated and Postgraduate Programmes

For BBA-LLB and BA-LLB, NMIMS uses NMIMS-CET and not CLAT. PG courses in commerce, science, economics, and design follow programme-wise eligibility rules and may use NMIMS-CET or the relevant national entrance test. PhD admission is held separately through a university-level entrance test and interview.

NMIMS Placements

NMIMS SBM Mumbai closed the 2025 placement season with a highest CTC of INR 67.80 LPA through an international offer. MBA Core students received an average CTC of INR 25.13 LPA, while the top 10% CTC reached INR 40.60 LPA.

BFSI, management consulting, FMCG, technology, and e-commerce are major hiring areas. Aditya Birla Capital, American Express, Goldman Sachs, and Crisil have recruited across placement seasons. NMIMS works with more than 1,348 corporate partners.

PPOs formed a strong part of the results. In MBA Core, 37% of the batch received PPOs, showing good conversion from internships to job offers. The School of Technology and the pharmacy school conduct their own placement processes for IT, pharma, and healthcare roles.

NMIMS Rankings

NMIMS appears in several NIRF lists because it has schools across different fields. For SBM Mumbai, the most important benchmark is the Management rank of 24.

SBM has AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA accreditation, which places it among Indian B-schools with all three international quality certifications. NMIMS also has Category I status from the Ministry of Education, giving it higher academic autonomy.

NMIMS Scholarships

NMIMS students can apply for merit-cum-need support through university-linked and external scholarship routes. The Mumbai campus has the following main schemes.

NMIMS does not take capitation fees and does not have a management quota. Admission is based on merit. Students can also seek education loans through tie-ups with major nationalised and private banks. For MBA students, the Mirae Asset Foundation scholarship is one of the biggest financial aid options.

NMIMS Campus and Infrastructure

The NMIMS Mumbai campus is located at Vile Parle West in Mumbai's western suburbs. Its built-up area is more than 5,50,000 sq. ft., spread across a multi-storey building complex with 17 constituent schools. Facilities include more than 60 air-conditioned classrooms, specialist laboratories, case-study rooms, and a central library with more than 50,000 volumes covering books, journals, and audio-visual resources.

Hostels are available for male and female students. NMIMS has 8 campuses in India: Mumbai (headquarters), Shirpur, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Indore, Navi Mumbai, Chandigarh, and Sanand. The Mumbai campus functions as the academic and administrative centre.

Students can join chapters in finance, marketing, consulting, and social entrepreneurship. The student council organises annual business conclaves and inter-school fests. Across campuses, NMIMS has more than 900 faculty members, and many of them hold doctoral degrees.

NMIMS vs SPJIMR vs IMT Ghaziabad

NMIMS SBM Mumbai, SPJIMR Mumbai, and IMT Ghaziabad attract many of the same MBA aspirants, especially students using NMAT or CAT for leading private B-schools outside the IIMs. All three are AICTE-approved, have strong placement records, and fall in the INR 20 to 30 lakhs fee range.

NMIMS has the widest accreditation coverage because it is triple-accredited, and it also offers a large range of courses beyond management. SPJIMR has a higher NIRF Management rank and a stronger average CTC, helped by its smaller and more selective batch. IMT Ghaziabad gives students a wider CAT-based admission route, has a larger cohort, and has strong recruiter access in North India. For students depending on NMAT, NMIMS is the main high-ranked choice because SPJIMR and IMT do not accept NMAT.