IIT Mandi extends application deadline for 5-year integrated MBA to June 3

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi) has extended the registration deadline for its 5-year integrated Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme to June 3, 2025. Students, who have qualified the Class 12 board exam and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main 2025) paper 1 are eligible to apply for the masters programme.

Eligible applicants can apply for the 5-year integrated MBA programme from IIT Mandi’s official website at som.iitmandi.ac.in.

The programme, offered by IIT Mandi’s School of Management, will also provide two degrees. On completing the integrated MBA course, candidates will be given Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in analytics (honours) and MBA in data science and artificial intelligence (AI) degrees, the institute said.

“The curriculum blends foundational business courses with advanced analytics and Artificial Intelligence. It emphasizes real-world application through a semester-long internship, while also offering flexibility for entrepreneurial pursuits via access to the institute's incubation centre and a one-year sabbatical option for pursuing serious entrepreneurial ventures. Graduates of this program will emerge as ethical, socially responsible, and data-driven business decision makers,” the institute added.

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IIT Mandi’s 5-year Integrated MBA: Eligibility, selection process

Candidates with minimum JEE Mains scores in paper 1 required to be qualified to write JEE (Advanced 2025) are eligible to apply for the programme. The final score of the JEE Main paper 1 should be equal to or higher than the “Category-wise cut-off score” for writing JEE (Advanced).

Applicants should have passed the Class 12 board exam with at least 75% with compulsory mathematics and english as compulsory subjects will be able to apply for the MBA course.

Those belonging to reserved categories such as Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Caste and Persons with Disabilities should have to obtain 65% marks in Class 12 to be eligible for the programme.

As per the selection criteria, candidates will be selected on the basis of their final JEE Mains paper 1 score and a select number of shortlisted candidates will be called for a personal interview.

Notably, the final selection will be on the basis of composite score computed by giving 70% weightage to the final JEE Main paper 1 score and 30% to the performance in the personal interview.

“The intake for the academic year 2025-26 has increased to 72 that contains 20 percent female only including supernumerary seats,” the institute said.