Top MBA Colleges in Kolkata

Updated: Aug 26, 2026 18:32 IST

Kolkata, which is known for its rich culture and heritage, has around 90 colleges that offer MBA courses. IIM Calcutta and IIM Calcutta are the best college ranked by NIRF 2025. Some of the colleges, IIM Calcutta, IIFT Kolkata, IMI Kolkata, and Globsyn Business School, have recorded an average placement of 10 Lakhs. Average fees of private management colleges in Hyderabad are about 6 to 8 lakhs, and government colleges are about 50,000 to 1 lakh. To know more information about specialisations, entrance exams, admission process, eligibility criteria, and other details, read the details given below.

Top Government MBA Colleges in Kolkata

IIM Calcutta, IIFT Calcutta, MAKAUT, etc are some of the management colleges in Hyderabad with average fees of INR 20 lakhs, and some of the government colleges like IIM Calcutta have recorded the highest placement of 1.15 CR with a batch size of 469+ in the MBA Programme

The table given below gives detailed information about the list of government colleges, their fees, highest placements, total seats, and their cut-off.

Government Colleges	Fees	Highest Placement	Total seats	Cut off
IIM Calcutta	INR 25,00,000	INR1.15 CR	465	85+ percentile
IIFT Kolkata	INR 21,92,000	INR 72 LPA	240	96+ percentile
Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta	INR 16,508	-	33	40 percentile
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT)	INR1,76,300	INR 7 LPA	60	40-60 marks in JEMAT
Institute of Business Management, Jadavpur University	INR 5,50,000	INR 25 LPA	INR 120	50+ percentile
Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM)	INR8,30,000	INR 16 LPA	180	60+ percentile
Aliah University	INR 59,400	INR 9 LPA	60	Based on AUAT test

Best Private MBA Colleges in Kolkata

IMI Kolkata, Xavier Business School, and Globsyn Business School are some of the best private management colleges in Hyderabad. The table given below gives detailed information about the list of government colleges, their fees, highest placements, total seats, and their cut-off.

Private Colleges	Fees	Highest Placement	Total seats	Cut off
IMI Kolkata	INR 14,98,000	INR 40.31 LPA	180	70to75 percentile
Xavier Business School	INR 2,70,000	INR 9 LPA	120	75 to 85+ percentile
IEM Kolkata	INR 1,75,000	INR 16 LPA	180	60+ percentile
Globsyn Business School	INR 8,95,000	INR 16.42 LPA	120	50% cutoff
Heritage Business School	INR 8,61,100	INR 10 LPA	120	60 to 80 percentile
Amity University Kolkata	INR 8,88,000	INR 32.21 LPA	-	-
AIM Kolkata	INR 516,425,00	INR 19 LPA	120	25 percentile

Top 10 Management Colleges in Kolkata for MBA: Placement

IIM Calcutta has the highest placement of INR 1.15 CR, and IIFT Kolkata has recorded the placement of 72 LPA. Companies like Amazon, Accenture, Microsoft, Aditya Birla, and many more are the top recruiters of Management colleges in Hyderabad. Here is the list of colleges with their highest/Average placements and top recruiters

College Names	Highest Placement	Average Placement	Top Recruiters
IIM Calcutta	INR1.15 CR	INR 25.07 LPA	Accenture, Adani, Aditya Birla Group, Airtel and Adobe
IIFT Kolkata	INR 72 LPA	INR 31.30 LPA	Reliance, Suzuki, TATA and Flipkart
IMI Kolkata	INR 40.31 LPA	INR 12.75 LPA	Byju's, Amazon, Wipro, KPMG, PwC
IEM Kolkata	INR 16 LPA	INR 10 LPA	Grant Thornton, Federal Bank, IDFC and FIRST Bank
Institute of Business Management, Jadavpur University	INR 25 LPA	INR 9 LPA	Deloitte, Accenture, TCS
AIM Kolkata	INR 19 LPA	INR 8.05 LPA	Croma, MRF, and H&M
Praxis Business School	INR 20.65 LPA	INR 9.08 LPA	EY, PwC, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Tata Steel, and TCS.
Globsyn Business School	INR 16.42 LPA	INR 6.85 LPA	Bajaj Consumer Care, Piramal Pharma, Bandhan AMC and Prismm Johnson Limited
IISWBM Kolkata	INR 16 LPA	INR 8 LPA	Hindalco, Britannia, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Bandhan Bank

NIRF Ranking of Best MBA Colleges in Kolkata

NIRF Ranking ofor theyear 2024-2025 of management colleges in Hyderabad is given below in the table

College Names	NIRF Ranking 2025	NIRF Ranking 2024
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	7	5
IMI Kolkata	42	56

MBA Colleges in Kolkata with Low Fees

The table mentioned below will give students the names of the management colleges in Kolkata accepting low fees compared to other MBA colleges.

College Names	Fees
Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta	INR 16,508
Aliah University	INR 59,400
IEM Kolkata	INR 1,75,000
Xavier Business School	INR 2,70,000

Best College for MBA in Kolkata: Direct Admission and Fees

Do you want to directly apply to some of the management colleges in Hyderabad? Adamas University, Techno India University, JIS University, etc are a few colleges offering direct admission. The details are mentioned below in the table.

College Names	Fees	Admission criteria
Adamas University	INR 8,11,800	Minimum 60% aggregate from a recognised university in graduation
Techno India University	INR 6,05,000	Minimum 60% aggregate from a recognised university in graduation or scores of national or state management tests like WBJEE, MAT, or CAT
JIS University	INR 6,00,000	Minimum 60% aggregate from a recognised university in graduation or scores of national or state management tests like JET, MAT, or CAT
Brainware University	INR 5,09,800	Minimum 60% aggregate from a recognised university in graduation and Minimum 60% aggregate from a recognised university in graduation
Heritage Business School	INR 8,61,100	Minimum 60% aggregate from a recognised university approved by AICTE in graduation and scores of national or state management tests like JET, MAT, or CAT
MS Business School	-	Minimum 60% aggregate from a recognised university in graduation or scores of national or state management tests like JET, MAT, or CAT

Admission Process of Kolkata MBA colleges

The most popular entrance exams for admission to an MBA, which are accepted by most of the colleges in Kolhapur, are: NMAT, XAT, CMAT, CAT, MAT, ATMA, etc. The colleges conduct additional selection rounds for students who pass these entrance exams.

Students are supposed to fill out the respective college/university admission application forms.
Students are selected based on merit lists released by the college/university.
Students have to submit the required documents for the admission process.

Eligibility criteria for getting admission in top MBA colleges of Kolkata

There are 40+ colleges in Kolkata. To get admission in top MBA colleges, students have to appear for state- or national-level entrance exams or get admission through the college's private entrance exam conducted for students. These entrance tests generally include rounds like writing tests, group discussions, and personal interviews.

Here are the eligibility criteria for getting admission into MBA colleges of Nashik

Students must have 3 years of graduation degree from any discipline (Arts, Commerce, Science, Engineering, etc) from a recognized university.
Minimum marks required in graduation are around 50% from a recognised university.
Final year students are also eligible to apply for the course, but it is required that your degree is completed before the final admission date.
Before applying, students need to have qualified in at least one of these state- or national-level exams, such as MAH-MBA-CET, CAT, XAT, CMAT, MAT, or ATMA.

Upcoming Exam Calendar for MBA 2026-2027

The table mentioned below gives Tentative dates for MBA exams scheduled for 2026-2027.

Exam	Calender
CAT 2026	Registration open: August 3, 2026 Registration closes: September 15, 2026 Admit Card Download: November 4, 2026 Exam date: November 29, 2026
NMAT 2026	Registration opens: August 20, 2026 Registration closes: October 10, 2026 Exam date: January 25
SNAP 2026	Registration opens: August 21, 2026 Registration closes: November 25, 2026 Admit Card Download- 1: December 7, 2026 2: December 11, 2026 3: December 18, 2026 Exam date 1: December 13, 2026 2: December 19, 2026 3: December 26, 2026
MAT 2026	(Paper-based Test) Registration closes: September 7, 2026 Admit card date: September 10, 2026 Exam date: September 13, 2026 (Computer-based Test) Registration closes: September 14, 2026 Admit Card Download: September 17, 2026 Exam date: September 20, 2026
CMAT 2027	Registration open: October 2026 Registration closes: November 2026 Admit Card Download: January 2027 Exam date- Tentative: January 24, 2027
XAT 2027	Registration open- July 15, 2026 Registration closes- December 6, 2026 Admit Card Download- December 20, 2026 Exam date- January 3, 2027

Specialisations offered by Best Management Colleges in Hyderabad

The table given below give information about the colleges offering specialisation courses

College Names	Specialisations
IIM Calcutta	Finance Marketing Strategy Human Resource Management Business Analytics.
IMI Kolkata	Marketing Finance HR Operations Analytics
IISWBM	HR, Marketing Finance Specialized Public Systems Energy Management
University of Calcutta	Marketing Finance HR Operations Management.