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IIM Amritsar courses 2027 are seven degree programmes, and the two-year full-time MBA is the flagship. The MBA has two tracks, the MBA-BA and the MBA-HR. The Executive MBA, the IPM, the MSDSM and the Ph.D. complete the list. This page shows who can join each of the IIM Amritsar courses, how long it takes and what it costs.
IIM Amritsar courses 2027 range from a five-year IPM after Class 12 to a hybrid Executive MBA for professionals. Find your row in this table of courses in IIM Amritsar, then read that course's section. The IIM Amritsar courses list further down groups the same programmes by level. It helps you pick among the best courses in IIM Amritsar for your profile.
| You are | Look at | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A graduate with no work experience | MBA, MBA-BA or MBA-HR | Two-year full-time degrees |
| A graduate drawn to data | MBA-BA or MSDSM | Analytics in the MBA, or data science with IIT Ropar |
| A graduate drawn to people management | MBA-HR | HR skills and HR analytics |
| A professional with 3 years of work | Executive MBA | Hybrid weekend classes |
| A Class 12 student | IPM | The only one of the courses after 12th |
| A researcher | Ph.D. or Post-Doctoral Fellowship | Research with a fellowship |
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Degree Programmes
MBA, MBA-BA, MBA-HR, EMBA, IPM, MSDSM, Ph.D.
3
Full-Time MBA Routes
MBA, MBA-BA and MBA-HR
1
Hybrid Programme
Executive MBA, weekend classes
1
Courses After 12th
The five-year IPM
No Course Notice for Batch 2027-29 Yet
IIM Amritsar has published no admission policy for Batch 2027-29 of the MBA family. The IIM Amritsar courses on this page follow the latest published notices and will change when new ones appear.
IIM Amritsar courses fall into three groups. They are the MBA family, the executive and integrated programmes, and the joint and research programmes. Open the tab for your group of IIM Amritsar courses.
The MBA, the MBA-BA and the MBA-HR are full-time, two-year programmes. The MBA is the general management route. The MBA-BA and the MBA-HR add an analytics or an HR focus. All three of these IIM Amritsar courses share one fee table.
The IIM Amritsar MBA courses take fresh graduates through CAT, so these MBA courses suit a fresher. The MBA policy lists no minimum work experience, and it scores experience as one part of the selection.
The general MBA has no fixed specialisation. Year one is compulsory, and year two offers electives in marketing, finance, analytics, HR, strategy and more. The MBA-BA and the MBA-HR are separate admission routes with their own focus.
The flagship course at IIM Amritsar is the two-year full-time MBA, which fresh graduates join through CAT.
🎓FlagshipMBA (Two-Year, Full-Time)A residential general management MBA with an 8 to 10 week summer internship. Year one is compulsory, and year two is electives. The MBA-BA and the MBA-HR run alongside it.The institute overview calls it the flagship two-year MBA. The MBA 2025-27 batch has 355 students, as the summer placement news states. It is the flagship among all IIM Amritsar courses. The MBA fee is ₹19,50,000 for Batch 2026-28. Check the IIM Amritsar fees and IIM Amritsar admission pages before you apply.
The IIM Amritsar courses list has seven degree programmes and one post-doctoral fellowship. The table groups them by level and mode. IIM Amritsar degree courses at postgraduate level are the MBA family, the Executive MBA, the MSDSM and the Ph.D. Those are the IIM Amritsar PG courses. The only UG courses are the first three years of the IPM, which carry a BSQFE exit degree. The IIM Amritsar courses list has no other undergraduate degree.
| Course | Level | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| MBA, MBA-BA, MBA-HR | Postgraduate, 2 years | Full time, on campus |
| Executive MBA | Postgraduate, 2 years | Hybrid, weekend classes |
| IPM | Integrated, 5 years | Full time, residential |
| MSDSM | M.Sc., 2 years | Full time, with IIT Ropar |
| Ph.D. | Doctoral | Full time, residential |
| Post-Doctoral Fellowship | Research fellowship | Full time |
IIM Amritsar offers three full-time MBA courses: the MBA, the MBA-BA and the MBA-HR. The IIM Amritsar MBA courses run for two years. A summer internship of 8 to 10 weeks sits between the years. Year one has compulsory courses in the functional areas of management. Year two has electives in marketing, finance and accounting, information systems and analytics, production and quantitative methods, HR, strategy, economics, communication and organisational behaviour. An optional international market exploration course is also offered. These are the PG courses most applicants mean when they ask about courses in IIM Amritsar.
The MBA-BA and the MBA-HR share the MBA's length and fee, and they differ in focus. All three MBA courses sit under one fee table. The MBA-BA builds data visualisation, data mining, machine learning and programming skills. The MBA-HR builds HR skills across the employment cycle and labour laws, with analytics tools for HR. Admission differs only in weights, as the table shows.
| Course | Focus | Admission weight that differs |
|---|---|---|
| MBA | General management | CAT carries 50 pre-PI marks |
| MBA-BA | Business analytics | Post-PI adds 15 for work experience |
| MBA-HR | Human resources | CAT carries 40, and diversity adds 10 |
The IPM is the only IIM Amritsar course after 12th. IIM Amritsar UG courses start and end with this one integrated programme. Students who ask about courses after 12th at this institute have one answer. The institute lists no other UG courses. It runs for five years and ends in an MBA dual degree. A student can exit after year three with a BSQFE degree. BSQFE stands for Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Finance and Economics. Entry is through IPMAT, which IIM Indore conducts, and then a personal interview. The IPM has two summer internships of 8 to 10 weeks.
The Executive MBA suits a working professional who wants a degree without leaving a job. It runs for two years over 750 hours. Classes are live and virtual on Saturdays and Sundays, with visits to the campus. The course needs a bachelor's degree and 3 years of work experience. Of all IIM Amritsar courses, it is the only one with weekend classes. It sits apart from the other PG courses.
The best courses in IIM Amritsar for a fresher depend on fit. The flagship MBA is the usual first choice. The institute does not rank its own programmes, and neither does this page. The best courses in IIM Amritsar are different for each profile. Pick the MBA-BA or the MSDSM if you want data work. Pick the MBA-HR if you want people management. Pick the IPM if you are still in Class 12. Compare the MBA courses by focus, and not by name.
IIM Amritsar has dual-degree and exchange agreements abroad, but it publishes no partner list or count of students sent. The names Kedge Business School in France for a dual degree. One student from each of the last three MBA batches took that route. The report also records a March 2025 agreement with the Weatherhead School of Management. That school is part of Case Western Reserve University, and the agreement offers a second degree.
The Annual Report 2023-24 records an agreement with the University of Maryland for faculty and student exchanges. The 2024-25 report records a partnership with HSE University in St Petersburg, and five students attended the HSE Students' Week in June 2024. The IPM FAQ adds that optional international exposure with business schools in France and Russia carries an extra cost. No source gives an exchange term or a credit rule.
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DegreeHuman Resources
Official programme at Institute ID 57; total tuition fee shown for full published duration.
IIM Amritsar offers no fully online degree, and the Executive MBA is the one hybrid course. The Executive MBA mixes live virtual classes with campus visits. Every other one of the IIM Amritsar courses is full time on campus. These degree courses all need a campus stay.
The Executive MBA Pages Give Two Visit Counts
One line says two on-campus visits a year. Another says three visits of five days in two years, and the campus immersion page also says three. Ask the programme office before you plan leave.
The IIM Amritsar Executive MBA is hybrid and not fully online. Classes run on weekends by video conferencing on a learning management system. The programme is non-residential, and the institute links its campus immersion to networking and face-to-face study.
IIM Amritsar courses eligibility differs by programme, and each programme sets its own entry test. The table shows the minimum rule for each of the main IIM Amritsar courses and degree courses. The rules come from the latest published notices. These degree courses use different tests, so check each IIM Amritsar courses eligibility rule before you apply.
| Course | Minimum rule | Test |
|---|---|---|
| MBA, MBA-BA, MBA-HR | Bachelor's degree with 50% marks (45% for SC, ST and PwD) | CAT |
| Executive MBA | Bachelor's degree and 3 years of work, as on 27 June 2026 | CAT, GMAT, GRE, GATE or IAAT |
| IPM | Class 12 with Maths, 60% in Class 10 and 12, age 20 or less on 1 August 2026 | IPMAT |
| MSDSM | 60% or 6.0 CGPA in a bachelor's or master's degree | CAT, GATE, GMAT, GRE or JAM |
| Ph.D. | Master's with first class, or a four-year degree with 6.5 CGPA | CAT, GATE, GMAT, GRE or JRF |
The CAT eligibility notice sets the minimum graduation marks for the MBA family at 50%, or 45% for SC, ST and PwD candidates. SC, ST and PwD applicants to the IPM need 55% in Class 10 and 12.
The MBA family, the IPM and the MSDSM need no work experience, and the Executive MBA needs 3 years. The MBA family scores experience in its selection. The MSDSM scores it too. The Ph.D. asks for none. The IIM Amritsar courses that need no experience still score it in selection.
CAT is accepted for the MBA family, the Executive MBA, the MSDSM and the Ph.D. The IPM uses IPMAT, and the Executive MBA also takes the institute's own IAAT.
The IPM policy sets 20 years as on 1 August 2026. The IPM FAQ gives 1 July 2026 as the date, so follow the policy.
IIM Amritsar courses offered fees run from ₹12,00,000 for the Executive MBA to ₹19,50,000 for the MBA. The IPM costs ₹17,75,000 for its first three years. IIM Amritsar has not published fees for Batch 2027-29, so these IIM Amritsar courses fees are the latest published. They apply to courses 2027. The fees page has the terms, deposits and refunds.
₹19,50,000
MBA, MBA-BA, MBA-HR
Programme fee, Batch 2026-28
₹12,00,000
Executive MBA
Programme fee, batch not printed
₹17,75,000
IPM
Years 1 to 3, Batch 2026-31
₹14,53,000
MSDSM
Two years, Batch 2026-28
IIM Amritsar courses duration runs from two years for the PG programmes to five years for the IPM. The table lists the length and mode of each course in the IIM Amritsar courses list. These are the IIM Amritsar courses 2027 terms. A new batch notice can change the terms of IIM Amritsar courses.
| Course | Duration | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| MBA, MBA-BA, MBA-HR | 2 years, 6 terms | Full time, residential |
| Executive MBA | 2 years, 750 hours | Hybrid, weekends |
| IPM | 5 years, BSQFE exit after year 3 | Full time, residential |
| MSDSM | 2 years, 4 semesters | Year 1 at IIT Ropar, year 2 at IIM Amritsar |
| Ph.D. | 2 years of coursework, then research | Full time |
| Post-Doctoral Fellowship | 2 years, extendable by 1 | Full time |
The Ph.D. has two years of coursework, a comprehensive examination and then research. The fellowship runs to the fourth year, and a fifth year can be considered.
The IPM is five years and ends in an MBA dual degree. Years one to three give a BSQFE degree if you exit, and years four and five are the MBA stage.
Answers to what readers ask most often.
The IPM is the only one of the courses after 12th. It is a five-year integrated programme with an MBA dual degree and an exit after year three. Data Sources: IIM Amritsar courses pages for the IPM and the admission policy, 2026 cycle.
The MBA, MBA-BA, MBA-HR, Executive MBA and MSDSM are postgraduate. The IPM is the only UG course. The Ph.D. and the Post-Doctoral Fellowship are research programmes. Data Sources: IIM Amritsar courses list on iimamritsar.ac.in.
The IPM leads to an MBA dual degree. The institute has a Kedge Business School dual-degree arrangement for MBA students. The MSDSM degree is issued jointly with IIT Ropar. Data Sources: IIM Amritsar IPM pages and Annual Report 2024-25.
The MBA-BA has the same length and fee as the MBA, with an analytics focus and its own admission weights. Data Sources: IIM Amritsar MBA-BA pages and MBA fee notice, Batch 2026-28.
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