IIM Sambalpur Delhi Campus Admission 2026: Dates, Fees, Eligibility, Cutoff, Application Process, Selection Criteria

IIM Sambalpur Delhi Campus MBA Admission 2026

The admission process for the two programs: MBA (Executive) and MBA (Business Analytics), is distinct, with its own specific requirements.

MBA for Working Professionals Admission

IIM Sambalpur Delhi Campus MBA (Executive) Eligibility Criteria is as follows:

• Candidate must have a Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent in any Discipline with 50% Marks
• Completed 3 Years of Full-time Managerial / Professional Experience as of the last date for Submission of Applications

Selection Criteria

1. Candidates are shortlisted based on their Eligibility Criteria
2. Shortlisted Candidates are required to submit a Statement of Purpose (SOP) not exceeding 2000 Words and appear for a personal interview.
3. The final merit list is prepared based on the Candidate's Overall Performance in SOP, PI, Academic Qualification and Diversity. The weightage for each section is as follows:

Note: Self-financed Candidates are required to submit a No Objection Certificate / Consent Letter from his/her Employer, and Industry Sponsored Candidates are required to submit a Letter from Sponsoring Company.

MBA Business Analytics Admission

The admission process for MBA Business Analytics includes three steps.

CAT-based Shortlisting (Stage 1)

• All candidates who have appeared for CAT 2025 and have selected IIM Sambalpur as one of their preferences are considered based on a pre-determined minimum percentile both in each section as well as overall, in CAT 2025.

Since the CAT 2025 minimum percentiles are not published yet, the percentile requirement of CAT 2024 for MBA-BA 2025-27 batch was as follows:

Note: The criteria may be subject to revision at any point in time, depending upon the requirements. The criteria with respect to individual sectional percentiles and the overall percentile may be increased/lowered / relaxed to ensure enough candidates for each of the categories for the PI process.

Pre-Personal Interview Shortlisting (Stage 2)

• For all the candidates shortlisted in Stage 1 and who later completed and submitted the online application form, a Pre-PI Score will be calculated out of 80 as follows:
  • CAT score = 40
  • Class X = 3
  • Class XII = 3
  • Graduation = 4
  • Work Experience = 20

Note: The scaled CAT score instead of the CAT percentile is used for calculating the Pre-PI score, which is calculated as the CAT score of the candidate divided by the maximum CAT score among all the candidates.

Marks awarded for prior academic performance

Work Experience

The score for the Work Experience will be calculated based on the total months falling in

between the range ends, the score will be accordingly interpolated.

Personal Interview and Final Merit List (Stage 3)

• Based on the Stage-2 shortlist, all the eligible candidates must attend the Personal Interview (PI) process.

Components of Final Merit