IIHMR University placements: NIRF 2026 cohort data and the highest offer
IIHMR University’s NIRF 2026 institution-submitted data reports placement and higher-study outcomes for its postgraduate two-year programmes as one group. It does not split the figures across MBA-Hospital and Health Management, MBA-Pharmaceutical Management, MBA-Healthcare Analytics or the Master of Public Health. The table gives graduates in minimum stipulated time, number placed and median salary for three reporting years. A separate statement in the university’s 2024-25 annual report gives a highest package, but does not attach a programme denominator to that figure. Keep these sources and measures separate when assessing outcomes. NIRF 2026 submitted data · Annual Report 2024-25
Three cohorts reported for PG two-year programmes
*The percentages are calculations from the reported placed and graduate counts, rounded to one decimal place. The source table does not publish those percentages as placement rates. Its denominator is graduates in minimum stipulated time, not total enrolled students, applicants or seats. The table’s “median salary of placed graduates” is a per-annum measure under the NIRF data-entry definition. NIRF 2026 submitted data · NIRF placement-data manual
Across those three years, the reported count placed rises from 187 to 218 as the number of graduates also rises from 200 to 225. The count-based ratio moves from 93.5% to 96.9%. The median salary figure is ₹6.38L per year for the 2022-23 group, ₹7L for 2023-24 and ₹7.2L for 2024-25. A median describes the middle placed graduate in the reported group; it is not a mean, a minimum offer or a guarantee for a future applicant. The report also lists zero students selected for higher studies in each of these three rows. That is the submitted count in this table and should not be read as evidence that no IIHMR graduate pursued further study outside the reporting field. NIRF 2026 submitted data
What the group table does and does not establish
The heading identifies the outcomes as “PG [2 Years Program(s)]” and describes a three-year placement and higher-studies series. It is a university-submitted NIRF data table, not a programme-level placement dossier. It does not tell a reader how MBA-HHM compares with the pharmaceutical or analytics track, what portion of students accepted offers, or what any individual student is likely to earn. It also does not publish a course-by-course employer list, role distribution, location distribution, salary range or the share of offers that are internships converted to jobs. Avoid dividing the group total among individual programmes or applying the row medians to one specialisation. NIRF 2026 submitted data
“Placed” and “graduates in minimum stipulated time” are the specific counts shown. The calculated ratios here use those two fields only. They are useful for understanding the submitted cohort table, but they are not interchangeable with a placement percentage calculated against the full graduating class or all enrolled students. Ask the university for the programme-specific denominator, offer acceptance definition, salary basis and role data if you need to compare a particular course with another institution’s MBA or MPH. The public NIRF table does not answer those questions.
The annual report’s highest-package statement
The 2024-25 annual report says the highest package offered reached ₹35.6L per annum. It does not state in that sentence which programme the recipient studied, how many offers were included, whether the figure is domestic or international, or the cohort denominator. Treat it as an annual-report headline about the highest offer, not an average or median and not as the typical result for an MBA-HHM student. The NIRF table gives a group median, a different measure with a defined placed-graduate denominator. The two values describe different parts of the outcome distribution and should not be merged into one “expected salary.” Annual Report 2024-25
The annual report’s section discusses placement activity in the 2024-25 academic year, but the cited highest-package sentence does not itself provide programme-specific counts. The NIRF 2026 table is more useful for comparing cohort-level medians and placed counts, while the annual report supplies a separate top-end figure. Neither source establishes a future package, a programme-level salary average or a return-on-investment calculation. For an individual decision, ask for the latest audited course-level placement report and confirm its graduating cohort, number eligible, number placed, salary unit, median and average definitions, and the number of students represented by each measure. Annual Report 2024-25 · NIRF 2026 submitted data
Read the figures alongside programme and fee scope
IIHMR University offers different academic tracks in hospital and health management, pharmaceutical management and healthcare analytics, as well as public-health study. The available NIRF table combines postgraduate two-year programmes and therefore cannot show whether a difference in salary or placement is caused by programme choice, applicant background or employer mix. Do not use the group outcome row to rank one course over another. Ask for a current programme-specific placement dossier before comparing role type, location, highest offers or sector destinations.
The fee pages captured for the three MBA tracks show 2026-27 totals, while the placement table reports historical cohorts through 2024-25. These are different academic cycles. A reader should not treat the oldest available cost table and the newest submitted cohort outcome as if they described the same entering class. For a return-on-cost estimate, first obtain the fee schedule and hostel estimate for your own intake, then ask for outcome figures for the same programme and a clearly defined graduating cohort. MBA-HHM fee schedule · MBA-Pharmaceutical Management fee schedule · MBA-Healthcare Analytics fee schedule
Questions to ask the placement office
Before relying on a headline, ask which graduating cohort it covers and whether the metric refers to students eligible for placement, graduates in minimum time or all students enrolled. Request programme-specific placed counts and medians, the number of offers and students, and the source year for the figures. Clarify whether salaries are annual CTC, fixed pay or another measure; whether international offers are included; and whether the report covers accepted offers or offers made. Ask how internships and pre-placement offers are counted. The public sources reviewed here do not provide those programme-level details, so they remain questions rather than assumptions in this guide.