RANKINGS BY YEAR

 

International Rankings

Rankings (Programme)	2020		2021		2022		2023		2024		2025
	Global	Asia	Global	Asia	Global	Asia	Global	Asia	Global	Asia
QS Masters in Management Rankings (PGP)	NP	NP	101+	7+	141+	10	151+	14+	151+	16+	151+
QS Executive MBA Rankings (EPGP)	101+	15+	151+	16+	171+	30	181+	33	171+	21	161-170
QS Business Master’s Rankings: Finance											151+
QS Global MBA Rankings – PGP BL											151-200
QS World University Ranking  by Subject : Business and Management Studies	451-500		401-450		351-400		251-300		151-200		141
Eduniversal Rankings	4 Palmes of Excellence		4 Palmes of Excellence		4 Palmes of Excellence		4 Palmes of Excellence		4 Palmes of Excellence
Financial Times Executive Education Open Ranking	-		-		-		72nd		70th		76th
Financial Times Executive Education Custom Ranking											87th
Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking							77th		68th
Financial Times MBA 2025 (Global – PGP BL)											86th

 

National Rankings

Rankings	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)*	6th	4th	5th	3rd	3rd
NIRF Innovation Ranking				151-300
The Week	5th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd
Business Standard	Super League-1	Super League-1	-	-
Outlook	6th	6th	-	-
Fortune India B School Ranking			5th	5th	6th
Business Today / MDRA	8th	NP	NP	NP
Times B School Ranking					1st	1st

      NP: Not Participated

*To see the data submitted to NIRF (India Rankings) for various years, please click here

# IIMK at the 72nd position among the top 75 Open-enrolment executive programme providers globally. 

 

RANKINGS AT A GLANCE

• 3^rd position in NIRF 2023 is the career-best rank of IIM Kozhikode.
• A debut in FT rankings, IIMK at the 72nd position among the top 75 Open-enrolment executive programme providers globally.

ACCREDITATION

AMBA ACCREDITATION

• The PGP & EPGP of IIM Kozhikode have been accredited by the UK based Association of MBAs (AMBA) in 2010. It was then the first IIM to be accredited by AMBA.
• Re-accreditation was bagged during the years 2015,2020 and 2023.
• Currently the programmes - PGP, PGP-BL, PGP-Finance, PGP-LSM, EPGP (IL Mode) & EPGP on Kochi Campus are AMBA accredited.

EQUIS ACCREDITATION

• The EQUIS Accreditation Board voted to confer EQUIS Accreditation on IIM Kozhikode on 28th September 2021.
• IIMK is the fifth IIM to receive EQUIS Accreditation and only the sixth Management Institution in the country to bag the coveted accreditation. 
• By acquiring EQUIS accreditation, the institute joined the ‘Double Crown’ accreditation status, which is enjoyed only by a few institutions in India.

AACSB MEMBERSHIP

• IIMK became AACSB member from January 2019.