International Management Institute (IMI) Courses & Fee Structure

IMI Bhubaneswar PGDM fees: what the published ₹14.98 lakh covers

IMI Bhubaneswar’s current admissions FAQ displays a programme fee of ₹14.98 lakh. The detailed fee table in the institute’s PGDM brochure totals the same amount for Indian students and separates it into tuition and other academic charges. The brochure lists ₹12.08 lakh as tuition, ₹1.05 lakh for learning material, ₹43,000 for student activities and welfare, ₹75,000 for library and information resources, ₹32,000 for IT infrastructure, ₹20,000 for alumni life membership and a ₹15,000 security deposit. Those figures add to ₹14.98 lakh. The source marks the security deposit with an asterisk; confirm its refund conditions in the current offer documents rather than assuming it is a non-refundable charge.

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Published component	Amount
Tuition	₹12.08 lakh
Learning material	₹1.05 lakh
Student activities and welfare	₹43,000
Library and information resources	₹75,000
IT infrastructure	₹32,000
Alumni life membership	₹20,000
Security deposit*	₹15,000
Total shown in the brochure	₹14.98 lakh

The table is useful for separating tuition from the other published components, but it is not labelled as a July 2027 intake schedule. The online admissions FAQ repeats the total, yet it also does not identify the fee as a 2027-29 batch quote. Treat ₹14.98 lakh as the institute’s currently displayed programme-fee figure, not a guaranteed invoice for applicants starting in July 2027. Ask admissions for the fee letter attached to your offer and check whether the deposit and any later changes are included.

The institute’s formal flagship course is the two-year, full-time residential Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM). The brochure’s fee and accommodation tables concern this on-campus programme. IMI separately lists an online PGDM and a Fellowship Programme; their prices and formats are not interchangeable with the residential PGDM. This page therefore keeps the online and fellowship options out of the fee total below.

Hostel and mess are additional budget lines

The official brochure lists accommodation by academic year and room type. Its table labels Year 1 as 2026-27 and Year 2 as 2027-28. Boys’ twin-sharing AC rooms with a common bathroom are ₹1.45 lakh for Year 1 and ₹1.50 lakh for Year 2. The same amounts are shown for girls’ twin-sharing AC rooms with a common bathroom. Girls’ twin-sharing AC rooms with an attached bathroom are listed at ₹1.60 lakh and ₹1.65 lakh. Mess charges, shown separately for vegetarian or non-vegetarian food, are ₹80,000 and ₹85,000 respectively.

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Brochure accommodation line	Year 1 (2026-27)	Year 2 (2027-28)
Boys, twin-share AC, common bathroom	₹1.45 lakh	₹1.50 lakh
Girls, twin-share AC, attached bathroom	₹1.60 lakh	₹1.65 lakh
Girls, twin-share AC, common bathroom	₹1.45 lakh	₹1.50 lakh
Mess (vegetarian or non-vegetarian)	₹80,000	₹85,000

Across the two years, the listed room-and-mess amounts add to ₹4.60 lakh for a common-bathroom room, or ₹4.90 lakh for the attached-bathroom option, before any room selection change or later revision. These are arithmetic totals from the brochure’s separately stated charges, not an additional tuition figure. Combining them with the ₹14.98 lakh programme-fee display would produce a planning estimate of ₹19.58 lakh or ₹19.88 lakh, but only if the same schedule applies and the student chooses that accommodation. The source does not establish that these 2026-27/2027-28 room rates will apply to a July 2027 entrant.

For a realistic personal budget, ask whether accommodation is compulsory, whether the room is assigned by availability, what the current mess schedule covers, and when each instalment is due. The brochure’s accommodation table is year-specific, while the current application portal does not publish a 2027-start hostel quote. Do not treat the estimate above as a final payable amount.

The two-year PGDM has six trimesters

IMI describes the flagship PGDM as a two-year residential programme. Its published curriculum is organised into six trimesters, generally 11-12 weeks each. The first three trimesters focus on foundation subjects across management. The brochure names economics and organisational behaviour, statistics and research methods, marketing and finance, strategy and international business, and management information systems among those core areas. It also lists business analytics, financial accounting, business mathematics, communication, operations, human resources and governance among the core courses.

The later part of the course gives students room to choose electives. The institute identifies Marketing; Finance; Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management; Decision Sciences and Operations; Information Management and Analytics; and Strategy as possible areas of specialisation. It also says a Course of Independent Study may replace an elective when the student meets the applicable conditions. The brochure does not provide a complete live elective list or guarantee that every elective runs for every cohort, so applicants should request the current course catalogue and timetable if a specific concentration matters to their decision.

The structure helps explain what the programme fee buys academically: a broad management foundation first, then a more focused second-year selection. It is a PGDM award, not a university MBA degree, although IMI’s recognition page says the flagship PGDM has AIU equivalence with an MBA. Prospective students comparing programmes should check the exact credential wording and intended career direction rather than comparing course titles alone.

After the first year, the brochure describes an 8-10 week summer project with a company, completed under supervision and submitted as a report. That is part of the learning sequence, not a guaranteed placement or salary outcome. The brochure mentions pre-placement offers for some interns, but does not promise one to every student.

How to verify the July 2027 cost before accepting

The current application portal shows a July 2027 programme start, but the detailed brochure table’s accommodation years begin in 2026-27 and end in 2027-28. The public sources reviewed do not state that this fee schedule is fixed for the July 2027 intake. Use it as the latest detailed public breakdown available, then request the official fee letter for the admission offer you receive.

Before paying, compare the offer letter against the published ₹14.98 lakh total and ask for an itemised statement covering tuition, learning materials, welfare, library, IT, alumni membership and the deposit. Confirm the deposit refund rule, instalment dates, hostel room category, mess charges and any one-time or optional costs. Ask separately whether scholarships, loan support or waivers apply to your applicant category; the fee table alone does not establish eligibility or reduce the amount due. Keep the current admission portal and signed offer letter as the controlling sources if a static brochure and a later notice differ.

For a July 2027 applicant, the decision is therefore not just “₹14.98 lakh or not.” The programme fee is clearly displayed, while room and mess amounts are itemised in a schedule whose cohort applicability should be confirmed. Budget those lines separately and get the current cycle’s written breakdown before you commit.