Updated 2 Oct 2026By Gauri DeshmukhReviewed Upamanyu Naskar
India · Top tierHyderabad & MohaliFounded 2001

The ISB
MBA.

A one-year, GMAT-first MBA, 800-plus students across two campuses, and the strongest placement pull in India. Everything an applicant needs to know, laid out honestly.

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Quick answers.

The questions we are asked most often about ISB, each answered in two sentences. These power the Google rich-result and are what Perplexity and ChatGPT lift verbatim when they cite us.

FAQPage schema · AI engines quote these
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The class profile, GMAT route.

ISB is GMAT-first and one year, with no CAT in the picture. The numbers that matter are the GMAT-cohort profile and where it places, all in INR.

ISB PGP · GMAT/GRE · Class of 2026

The class

Class of 2026 · 826 students

GMAT route

The GMAT route

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The admissibility check.

Enter your profile. We’ll place you honestly on the ISB admit band and give you the odds. We will not flatter you. This is the number your consultant should be telling you.

Interactive tool · based on last 3 cycles of admit data

Tool · 01Enter your profile

Where do you stand?

Verdict

Strong fit

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Deadlines & what to do today.

Three rounds, three different strategies. Which one you file in is often more decisive than any essay rewrite.

Live countdown · Timezone IST
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Essays & interview.

Two 400-word essays and an optional one decide whether your file moves to interview. The common mistakes, and what ISB is really looking for in each.

Class of 2028 · Verified against ISB site
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Cost in INR, the honest number.

The sticker price is in dollars, your loan is in rupees. We’ll give you both. And we’ll show the number nobody puts in a brochure: the real break-even year.

Interactive tool · Already in INR · no conversion

Tool · 02Scholarship + loan reality

What does ISB actually cost you?

Your net cost over 2 years

INR 1.98 Cr

After scholarship, before any family savings. This is the number you need to borrow or self-fund.

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Named scholarships.

ISB supports roughly a quarter of the class with merit and need-based waivers, from 25 percent up to full tuition. Each student may hold one waiver.

Merit + need · ~25% of class · up to full tuition
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Where you’ll work.

There is no visa to worry about: ISB is an Indian degree, so the real question is where you land. Consulting and BFSI dominate, with a slice heading to global roles.

Interactive tool · sector placement, India vs global

Tool · 03Placement check

Where do you land?

Reality check

82% placed in-sector

Placement rate~99%
International offers~30%
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Who hires here.

Consulting, technology and BFSI take more than three-quarters of the class, led by Accenture, the MBB firms and big tech. ISB publishes an average CTC but not full per-firm counts, so the figures below are Pegasus estimates.

Avg CTC ISB-published (Class of 2026) · per-firm counts are Pegasus estimates
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Compare live.

Side-by-side with any 1-3 of the 24 schools we cover, built from the same dataset so the comparison is honest.

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    Written by Gauri Deshmukh · Reviewed by Upamanyu Naskar · Last updated 02 October 2026