Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore

• Year of foundation: 1973
• Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
• Age of students: from 21 years.
• Number of students: 1200
• Language of instruction: English
• Type of eduaction: state business school.

The Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore (IIMB) is the leading graduate school of management in Asia, an institution of national importance.

Located in the high-tech capital of India, the university is in close proximity to some of the country's leading companies engaged in the field of information technology, consumer goods production, which gives students an additional advantage due to the integration of educational knowledge with practical experience.

• All students are provided with accommodation on campus in well-equipped single rooms in dormitories.
• Round-the-clock Internet connection, fully automatic washing machines, music room, lounge.
• Laundry and ironing services are available.
• On the territory of the hostel there is a library, a music club, a shop.
• IIMB offers excellent conditions for managers participating in various programs in the Management Development Center, guest rooms are open for visitors.
• The dining room is provided for each type of housing in residential premises.
• Students use the sports facilities on campus: a gym, a football/cricket court, an indoor badminton court, a jogging park, and two ball courts.

The Institute provides many opportunities outside the classroom: internships, cultural events, sports competitions, entrepreneurship.

IIMB offers students the opportunity to interact with experienced people, learn from them. Business leaders, representatives of governmental/non-governmental organizations, artists, intellectuals regularly visit the campus for lectures and presentations.

IIMB offers a world-class infrastructure that supports the pursuit of knowledge, the realization of individual interests.

• IIMB has 110 full-time faculty, about 1200 degree students, and about 5000 Executive Education program participants.
• The university closely cooperates with the international network Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM), which includes 30 leading business schools around the world.
• The university offers a student exchange program with several partner universities in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America.
• University courses include Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Master of Management Studies (Public Policy), Master of Business Administration (+ Business Analyst).
• The school consists of 10 centers of excellence that offer courses, conduct research on interesting issues facing various sectors of industry.
• The university maintains partnerships, cooperation with Goldman Sachs in the field of women's entrepreneurship, the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation for the creation of non-profit organizations, NITI Aayog. The direction is the expansion of the scale of new enterprises.
• The educational institution seeks to have a deep social impact through technological education, conducts massive open online courses (MOOS). It is the first management school in India to offer MOOK on the edX platform: it is the coordinating institute of management education for SWAYAM, the online education platform of the Government of India.
• The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, which accepts only highly qualified faculty, strives for high quality research, internationalization, expansion of entrepreneurship activities in research, mentoring, increasing the number of students in all programs, deepening interaction with graduates, improving infrastructure, administration and management.
• IIMB is accredited by the EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) for a period of five years, 2016 EQUIS is a global school accreditation system managed by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), specializing in higher education institutions of management and business administration. The five-year accreditation – the highest awarded by EQUIS – is evidence that the university team is able to achieve excellent standards of education, internationalization, research.

IIMB is developing a second campus in Dzhigan, about 27 km from the Bannerghatta Road campus.

IIMB is the only campus with full Wi-Fi support among comparable institutions. The computer center is available around the clock, printers are provided in the computer center, dormitory blocks. High-speed Internet, resource-intensive intrarace, sharing software are available, and an internal messenger makes the educational process easier and faster.

IIMB pays great attention to the overall development, has a reliable sports infrastructure. This includes facilities for football, cricket, tennis, basketball, volleyball, badminton, indoor games.

The spacious, well-stocked library is regularly updated with the latest magazines and newsletters, providing access to online databases such as Bloomberg.

• Accommodation fee – from 150 000 rupees/month.

Application deadlines:

• Round 1: July 22
• Round 2: September 2
• Round 3: November 1.

You can apply during any of the rounds.

International diving – Rs 430,000.

Admission criteria:

• Academic education
• Work experience (from 4 years)
• GMAT/GRE
• Statement of Purpose
• Two letters of recommendation
• Personal interview (online), written test of abilities.

Interviews are conducted in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd rounds online /by video conference, if the permission and agreements are confirmed by the admission committee.

• IIMB offers the NS Ramaswamy Pre-Doctor (NSR Pre-doc) Scholarship with the aim of increasing the social diversity of the academic community in India.
• Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (NSR Pre-doc)
• Mahatma Gandhi National Scholarship.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision