INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT - [IIMB], BANGALORE
- BANGALORE, KARNATAKA
- AICTE, UGC
- ESTD 1973
- RANKED 2 FOR MBA BY NIRF 2020
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore is one of the top-ranking B-Schools in India and abroad. Committed to evoking leadership, IIM-B offers distinct career outcomes.
The latest National Indian Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2020 ranked IIM-Bangalore in the second position. Since its inception in 2015, NIRF has ranked IIM-B, seemingly budging between the top two ranks.
Earlier this year, prestigious international daily Financial Times released the Global MBA Rankings, which awarded it 27th rank. The institute has been the sole Indian B-School to make it to the top 50 ranks.
As acclamation knows no bound, IIM-B received cross-border recognition from QS Business Rankings 2020. The excellence of its Executive MBA Program made the institute notch at rank 26.
Alongside, QS Global MBA Rankings also offered 44th place to IIM-B, being the second only Indian B-School after IIM-Ahmedabad notched up at 40.
Meanwhile, Indian dailies Economic Times B-School Ranking and Outlook India’s ICARE 2020 ranked IIM-B at top ranks.
| Ranking System | Year | Ranked At |
|---|---|---|
| NIRF Ranking | 2020 | 2 out of 100 |
| Financial Times Global MBA Ranking | 2020 | 27 out of 100 |
| Outlook India ICARE | 2020 | 1 out of 30 |
| QS Global MBA | 2020 | 44 out of 240 |
| Economic Times B-School | 2020 | 1 out of 50 |
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a ranking methodology for higher education institutions in India. Adopted by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2015, NIRF Ranking 2020 witnessed an e-release.
This year, IIM Bangalore lost ground at first rank to IIM Ahmedabad, receding to the 2nd position, repeating its feat of 2018.
Following are the parameter-wise scores of NIRF Management Ranking awarded to IIM Bangalore in 2020:
| Year | Rank | NIRF Score (Out of 100) |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 93.04 |
| 2017 | 2 | 78.82 |
| 2018 | 2 | 77.33 |
| 2019 | 1 | 81.34 |
| NIRF Rank | Name of Institute | NIRF Score |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | IIM Ahmedabad | 82.75 |
| #2 | IIM Bangalore | 81.32 |
| #3 | IIM Calcutta | 80.39 |
| #4 | IIM Lucknow | 73.85 |
| #5 | IIT Kharagpur | 70.43 |
- As always, tabulations above suggest a neck and neck competition between IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore.
- To catch off guard, IIM Calcutta constantly holds onto 3rd rank with fractional difference in scores, posing as a tough competitor.
IIM Bangalore: Outlook-ICARE MBA Rankings 2020
Outlook-ICARE India MBA rankings 2020 has awarded the first position to IIM Bangalore, scoring 91.77 out of 100.
This ranking system evaluates public and private institutes offering MBA degrees in India. The rankings are provided based on internationally acclaimed and employability specific parameters backed by in-depth research on industry-specific insights such as:
| Rank | Institution | FSR | Research | Employability | Faculty Quality | Inclusiveness & Diversity | Overall Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IIM Bangalore | 100 | 69.13 | 98 | 91 | 85.48 | 91.77 |
| 2 | IIM Ahmedabad | 100 | 68.37 | 97.48 | 90.4 | 83.95 | 91.2 |
| 3 | IIM Calcutta | 100 | 64.89 | 96.93 | 87.9 | 81.63 | 89.85 |
| 4 | IIM Indore | 100 | 54.58 | 96.41 | 88.18 | 82.71 | 88.25 |
| 5 | IIM Lucknow | 100 | 59.62 | 95.38 | 86.31 | 79.19 | 87.96 |
IIM Bangalore: QS Business (Masters in Management) Ranking 2020
In QS Business Rankings 2020, IIM Bangalore secured 26th position stepping down 4 places from 22 as in 2019.
Tabulated below are the scores for QS Business Masters Ranking Criteria:
| Ranking Criteria | Score |
|---|---|
| Academic Reputation | 72.5 |
| Employer Reputation | 71.3 |
| H-Index Citation | 74.4 |
| Citations Per page | 76.6 |
IIM Bangalore: QS Global MBA Rankings 2020
IIM Bangalore, this year, secured 44th position in QS Global MBA Rankings 2020. This year saw 5 eminent B-Schools of India made it to the top 200 positions.
While IIM-A stood at 40th place, IIM Calcutta, IIM Indore, ISB and SPJIMR secured ranks in the 100-200 range.
Here’s an insight of IIM Bangalore’s parameter-wise scores in QS Global Rankings 2020:
IIM Bangalore: Economic Times B-School Ranking 2020
The Economic Times offers functional level rankings to MBA Colleges in India. The chief functions considered for B-School Rankings include Finance, HR, IT, Production and Marketing to offer overall rank.
IIM Bangalore has been ranked 3 in the Economic Times B-school rankings 2020 in India. The detailed rank breakdown is tabulated below:
| Functions | IIM Bangalore Rank At |
|---|---|
| Overall | 3 |
| Finance | 5 |
| HR | 5 |
| IT | 4 |
| Marketing | 1 |
| Production | 5 |
IIM Bangalore: Financial Times (FT) Global MBA Ranking 2020
Selected among 150 MBA Colleges worldwide, IIM Bangalore notched up at 27th place, this year.
Every year, Financial Times- an economics and business daily of global repute, publishes world rankings of B-Schools. The rankings are set based on 20 different criteria audited by KPMG.
