CAT 2025: IIM Bangalore gets more women, fewer engineers over 3 years of MBA admissions
Vagisha Kaushik | July 25, 2025 | 05:55 PM IST | 1 min read
CAT 2025 Notification: IIMB sees drop in number of experienced candidates, especially males; more females with some experience in last 3 years.
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Download EBookThe number of female candidates in the two-year Post Graduate Programme (PGP) at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore has been on the rise, reflecting an improvement in gender diversity. IIMB, which will admit students to its PGP batch 2026-28 through the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2025, recorded a drop in the number candidates from the engineering background over the last three years.
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Women's share has notably gone up, though slightly declined from 40% to 37% last year as the second top B-school saw 204 female intake out of 544 through CAT exam . The percentage of female students climbed from 30% to 40% in 2024, highest so far, and then dropped to 37% in 2025.
The IIM secured the second spot in the management ranking in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) last year. IIM Bangalore placements 2025 saw highest offers from consulting firms. The institute will announce its MBA admission policy in the coming months. Last year, IIM Bangalore gave 25% weightage to the MBA entrance exam.
CAT 2025 Notification: IIM Bangalore PGP batch overview
Over three years, total student intake at IIM Bangalore slightly decreased before recovering in the current batch, show batch profiles. The dominance of engineers is gradually fading while commerce recorded a notable growth. Interestingly, medicine noted the first student in PGP 2025-27 batch.
|
Discipline |
2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
|
Female |
Male |
Total |
Female |
Male |
Total |
||
|
Engineering |
497 |
117 |
276 |
393 |
127 |
256 |
383 |
|
Arts / Humanities |
N/A |
24 |
9 |
33 |
16 |
13 |
29 |
|
Commerce |
N/A |
45 |
28 |
73 |
42 |
52 |
94 |
|
Medicine |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Science |
N/A |
24 |
6 |
30 |
17 |
17 |
34 |
|
Others |
N/A |
4 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Total |
606 |
214 |
321 |
535 |
204 |
340 |
544 |
CAT 2025: IIM B work experience analysis
The last PGP batch saw an increase in the number of students with very little experience (1-12 months), especially males, possibly due to a rise in recruitment or new hirings.
Lesser females with zero experience entered the PG programme while more inexperienced males secured seats, suggesting that women are moving into roles requiring some work experience.
A slight decline was noted in the experienced category (25-36), particularly for males, pointing towards restructuring of workforce or downsizing of experienced employees.
| Experience (Months) | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
|
Female |
Male |
Total |
Female |
Male |
Total |
|
|
No Experience |
40 |
33 |
73 |
32 |
47 |
79 |
|
1–12 |
13 |
12 |
25 |
27 |
44 |
70 |
|
13–24 |
62 |
68 |
130 |
51 |
82 |
132 |
|
25–36 |
68 |
110 |
178 |
67 |
102 |
170 |
|
37–48 |
22 |
68 |
90 |
21 |
49 |
70 |
|
Above 48 |
9 |
30 |
39 |
6 |
12 |
19 |
|
Total |
214 |
321 |
535 |
204 |
340 |
544 |
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