The MBA level Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) - the oldest and most prestigious academic offering of IIMA is one of the toughest programmes in the world to get into.
2008-10

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One out of every 680 candidates 1 got a seat in the 2008-10 PGP batch.
This compares very favorably, in terms of the ratio of seats available, even with the world’s best business schools [see table below]
| World ranking |
School |
Place |
No of applications/ places |
| 2 |
Stanford Graduate School of Business |
USA |
13/1 |
| 3 |
IESE Business School - University of Navarra |
Europe |
7/1 |
| 4 |
Dartmouth College--Tuck School of Business |
USA |
9/1 |
| 5 |
IMD - International Institute for Management Development |
Europe |
5/1 |
| 6 |
California at Berkeley, University of--Haas School of Business |
USA |
11/1 |
| 7 |
Cambridge, University of - Judge Business School |
Europe |
5/1 |
| 8 |
New York University - Leonard N Stern School of Business |
USA |
5/1 |
| 9 |
IE Business School |
Europe |
5/1 |
| 10 |
Henley Management College |
Europe |
2/1 |
| 12 |
Michigan, University of - Stephen M Ross School of Business |
USA |
6/1 |
The world ranking is as per Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest (2007) ranking of full-time MBA programmes.
Source: Which MBA