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2 programmes · 1 institution. Check the admission year and requirements.
2 programmes · 1 institution. Check the admission year and requirements.
Read the published admission guide below. Keep each programme, admission year and counselling-merit scale separate when interpreting historical figures.
Compare cutoffs for the same course, quota, category, domicile and round.
ISB does not publish a fixed GMAT or GRE minimum for its regular Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP). The official FAQ says there is no specific minimum score and describes a holistic assessment that includes the candidate’s degree, work experience, test score, essays and recommendations, followed by an interview for shortlisted applicants. So a low, average or high score by itself does not establish whether an applicant will be admitted. The school’s public statement should not be replaced by a numerical “safe score” copied from a coaching site or an older enrolled-class profile.
The PGP’s published entry conditions still matter. ISB asks for a bachelor’s degree or equivalent and at least two years of full-time work experience. Applicants need a valid test-centre GMAT or GRE score; online or home scores are not accepted. Where undergraduate instruction was not in English, the eligibility page also asks for TOEFL or IELTS. Meeting the test requirement makes the application eligible for review, but it does not guarantee an interview or admission. The official PGP eligibility page and admission FAQ are the controlling sources for the current intake.
ISB’s PGP GMAT/GRE scores must come from a test centre and be no more than five years old on the application deadline. For the PGP Class of 2028, the school gives a different accepted test window for each round: Round 2 accepts test dates from 7 December 2021 through 6 December 2026, and Round 3 accepts dates from 18 January 2022 through 17 January 2027. These are score-validity windows, not score cutoffs. A strong score outside its round’s window may be unusable, while a score inside the window does not ensure admission.
The PGP Class of 2028 Round 2 deadline is 6 December 2026 and Round 3 closes on 17 January 2027. Round 1 closed on 20 September 2026. If an applicant is deciding whether to sit the test again, the relevant question is whether a valid score will be submitted by the chosen round and whether it strengthens the whole application. ISB says the criteria are the same across PGP rounds; the school does not publish a separate GMAT or GRE minimum for each round. Check the current PGP deadline page and test-validity instructions before booking or applying, since the next class will have new dates.
PGP YL is not the same admissions route as the regular PGP. ISB describes it as a residential programme for earlier-career candidates and its current deadline page lists the Class of 2027-29, with Round 1 due on 20 December 2026 and Round 2 due on 15 February 2027. However, the saved eligibility page gives a CAT rule for the earlier 2026-28 cycle: it says only CAT 2025 scores are accepted for that class. That older rule should not be applied automatically to the current 2027-29 intake. The current test-year rule and any score threshold need to be confirmed on the live PGP YL eligibility page before an applicant chooses a test.
ISB’s announcement about the PGP YL Class of 2026-28 reports an average CAT percentile of 99.09, GMAT Classic score of 725, GMAT Focus score of 684 and GRE score of 330. Those are class profile averages for students who enrolled in that earlier cohort. They do not define minimum application scores for the present class. Using an enrolled-class average as a cutoff can mislead an applicant in either direction: it can make a holistic evaluation appear to have a fixed bar, or encourage an applicant to rely on a score while overlooking experience, essays, recommendations and programme fit.
For PGP YL, confirm the exact test accepted and score year for the class you are applying to, then check that the test date and score format satisfy the current instructions. The Class of 2027-29 deadline page establishes application dates, but a deadline page alone does not establish which score year is eligible. The PGP YL eligibility page should be checked for that separate rule.
When a page or adviser quotes a score as “required”, ask which programme, class, test format and application round the number belongs to. For the regular PGP, ISB’s official FAQ says there is no specific GMAT/GRE minimum. The valid score window, degree and work-experience requirements, full application and interview process remain separate entry conditions. For PGP YL, check the rule for the exact class rather than borrowing the 2026-28 CAT rule or class averages for a later intake.
A useful application review is therefore not a comparison with one score alone. Confirm that the test is accepted and current for the round, complete the other required application components, and present work and academic evidence clearly. If a published class score appears in an article, find out whether it is a minimum, median, average or percentile and whether it is for the same programme and class. ISB’s PGP YL announcement labels its figures as averages for a particular class; that distinction is why they should not be called cutoffs.
The official pages do not promise admission to candidates who meet the listed requirements. ISB describes its process as holistic, and the PGP FAQ says shortlisted candidates are interviewed. Treat a score as one part of the application, not an outcome prediction. For a current PGP YL test-year conflict or an eligibility question that affects an application, obtain confirmation from ISB rather than relying on a historical page or a third-party estimate.
A useful two-step check is to write down the application deadline first, then count back to the earliest valid test date shown for that round. Do not rely on the score being valid for a previous round: the same test date may fall outside a later round’s five-year window. Also keep the score requirement separate from the academic and work-experience conditions. A test score that meets the date rule does not replace a complete application, and a high score does not exempt an applicant from the other requirements. If a third-party page uses the word “cutoff”, look for an ISB document that names the same programme, class and round before treating its number as an official rule.
