Kolkata, located on the East bank of river Hooghly, is the capital of West Bengal. The city is India’s 3rd most populous metropolis. It houses India’s oldest operating port. It is also a principal commercial, cultural, and educational center of  India. The city is known to have some of the best MBA colleges in the country.

Kolkata is also one of the major education hubs in India. Housing about 12 universities and numerous colleges affiliated to them or to other universities located outside. The main universities of Kolkata are the University of Calcutta which was the 1st modern university in South Asia, Jadavpur University, and Visva Bharati University. In terms of management education, Kolkata is the state which had the honor of pioneering management education in the country, as the first institute in the country to offer an MBA degree, the Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management (IISWBM), was set up in Kolkata in 1953.

Benefits of doing MBA from Kolkata

Kolkata is one of the major commercial hubs of the country and the main commercial hub of East India. The city is also home to the Calcutta Stock Exchange, has a major commercial and military port, and is the only city in eastern India to have an international airport. It also houses many industrial units operated by large public and private sector corporations; major sectors include steel, heavy engineering, mining, minerals, cement, pharmaceuticals, food processing, agriculture, electronics, textiles, and jute.

ITC Limited, Coal India Limited, National Insurance Company, Exide Industries and Britannia Industries are among the companies that are headquartered in the city. Thus, with the city having a strong industrial base, MBA graduates won’t face any problems pertaining job opportunities in the city.

Admission Process

Nearly all the major MBA colleges in Kolkata ask for a Valid GMAT, CAT or XAT score, with the only exception being IIFT, which conducts its own entrance test. A majority of these exams are held between October and January. Once a candidate clears the institute’s pre-required cut-off, they have to score well in the gd pi rounds as well & based on their final scores they are offered admission into their desired college.

Popular Fields Within The MBA Course

MBA is offered in various fields, most popular amongst them are Marketing, Finance & Human Resources. The institutes in Kolkata offer all these specializations and in the end, it all depends on the interest of the student as to, in which sector they wish to make a career in.

Edunuts scanned the most popular lists and surveys done all over the country and then selected 10 most recurring names in all the lists. The following top 10 colleges in Kolkata are listed alphabetically and not ranked in any order.

Top 10 MBA Colleges In Kolkata [2017]: Rankings, Eligibility, & Admission Procedure

1. Army Institute of Management
2. ICFAI
3. International Institute of Business Studies
4. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
5. Indian Institute of Management
6. Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management
7. International School of Business & Media
8. International Management Institute
9. MDI Murshidabad
10. NSHM Knowledge Campus

Given below are the details pertaining these colleges:

• Army Institute of Management

Affiliated to: AICTE

Type of Institution: Private

Exams scores accepted: CAT

Program offered: PGDM (AICTE Approved)

The institute was established in 1997 as National Institute of Management by the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES). The institute’s primary objective is to provide quality management education to the wards of the defense personnel, and consequently, 80% of the seats are reserved for them.

Contact Information

Address: Judges Court Road, Alipore,

Opposite Alipore Telephone Exchange,

Kolkata – 700 027

Phone: 033-2479 4494

Website: http://www.aim.ac.in/

• ICFAI

Type of Institution: Private

Exams scores accepted: IBSAT / CAT / XAT / NMAT / GMAT

Program offered: PGPM, MBA (degree given by ICFAI HYD or ICFAI Dehradun)

ICFAI Kolkata along with it carries the 25-year-old legacy of ICFAI Hyderabad. The institute was established with the goal of producing industry ready managers in the Eastern India. The institute has held true to its word and is one of the finest management institutes in the region.

Contact Information

Address: WDC Building, J3, Block GP

Sector-V, Salt Lake City

Kolkata – 700091

West Bengal

Phone: 033-23577125

Website: http://www.ibsindia.org/ibs_kolkata/

• International Institute of Business Studies

Type of Institution: Private

Exams scores accepted: CAT / MAT / CMAT / GMAT

Program offered: PGDM (AICTE approved)

After the success of IIBS, Bangalore the IISB group decided to expand its wings in Kolkata and Noida and both the branches have been doing well. IISB Kolkata offers AICTE approved PGDM program and is a good institute.

Contact Information

Address: Address: Kamal Gazi, N.S.C Bose Road,

Kolkata, West Bengal 700103.

Phone: 919874878333

Website: http://www.iibsonline.com/

• Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

University Affiliated to: IIFT

Type of Institution: Public

Exams scores accepted: IIFT conducts its own exam

Program offered: MBA (International Business)

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade was extended beyond Delhi to Kolkata in 2006 after the then government of Bengal had allotted land and given permission to the institute to function in West Bengal. The institute since its inception has grown by leaps and bounds and is one of the finest in the country in the field of international business.

Contact Information

Address: 1583 Madurdaha, Chowbagha Road,

Ward No 108, Borough XII,

Kolkata 700107

Phone: 033-2443 2453

Website: http://edu.iift.ac.in:81/iift/landing/index.html  

• Indian Institute of Management

Type of Institution: Public

Exams scores accepted: CAT

Program offered: PGDM

The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, was the first IIM to be established and has ever since been among the top 3 B-schools in the country. The institute also has the privilege of being the only institute in the country which has a triple crown, which means that the institute has been accredited by AMBA, AACSB, and EQUIS.

The gravity of which can be gauged by understanding that there are only about 74  B-schools in the world that have the honor of having achieved this feat. IIM-C is especially renowned for its finance-related courses and is considered to be one of the best business schools in the world for finance.

Contact Information

Address: Diamond Harbour Road

Joka (Calcutta) – 700104

West Bengal

Phone: 2453-2676 / 3451

Website: https://www.iimcal.ac.in

See Also: Top 10 MBA Colleges In Delhi NCR

• Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management

University Affiliated to: University of Calcutta

Type of Institution: Public

Exams scores accepted: CAT / CMAT / JEMAT / GATE / GMAT / MAT

Program offered: MBA

Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, was established in 1953 under the aegis of the University of Calcutta. IISWB, as it is fondly called, was the 1st management institute (a concept which was alien to many in the educational fraternity at that time ) established in the country. The institute over the years has maintained its sheen and has consistently been ranked among the top 50 b-schools in India

Contact Information

Address: Management House

College Square West

Kolkata-700 073

Phone:  8694/8695

Website: http://www.iiswbm.edu/

• International School of Business & Media

Type of Institution: Private

Exams scores accepted: CAT / XAT / ATMA / JMET/ CMAT

Program offered: PGDM

The ISB&M group first established its college in Pune in 2000 followed by Kolkata in 2004, Gurgaon and Bangalore in 2005. With a national presence, ISB&M is well able to reach out to students in different parts of India. The Kolkata campus is the newest of them all, but it is the brand name of ISB & M that will help the institute to mark its presence in the region.

Contact Information

Address: “Synthesis Business Park”, A Wing, Ist Floor,

CB D/1, JL – 23, AA – II, New Town,

PO & PS : New Town – 700156

Phone: 033-66131604 / 05

Website: http://www.isbm.ac.in/

• International Management Institute

Type of Institution: Private

Exams scores accepted: CAT / XAT

Program offered: PGDM (AICTE approved)

IMI was established in Delhi in 1987. It is India’s 1st corporate backed business school. It has been among the leading B-schools for almost three decades and is today a global institution. In 2010 the institute expanded its wings to Eastern India, by establishing sister campuses in Kolkata & Bhubaneswar. IMI Kolkata has state of the art campus and very highly qualified faculty.

Contact Information

Address: 2/4C, Judges Court Road, Alipore – 700 027

Phone: 91-33-66529-600

Website: https://www.imi-k.edu.in/

• MDI Murshidabad

Type of Institution: Private

Exams scores accepted: CAT

Program offered: PGPM (AICTE approved)

After the success of MDI Gurgaon, in 2014, MDI Murshidabad was established with the aim of imparting quality management education in East India. The Institute aims to be one of the finest in the country and is striving hard to turn that dream into reality.

Contact Information

Address: Sakim-Katnai, Kulori, P.O. – Uttar Ramna, P.S. –  Raghunathganj, Dist. – Murshidabad, West Bengal, PIN – 742235

Phone: 09674727164

Website: http://mdim.ac.in/

• NSHM Knowledge Campus

Type of Institution: Private

Exams scores accepted: MAT / CAT / XAT/ WBJEE

Program offered: PGDM

NSHM Business School (NBS) was set up in NSHM Knowledge Campus in 2007 and Durgapur in 2008. NBS aims at shaping brilliant minds, equipping them with the skills to lead national and global organizations and is devoted to the task of building a pool of next-generation entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders with an unwavering commitment to ethical behavior.

Contact Information

Address: 124 B L Saha Road,

Kolkata 700 053

Phone: 033 2403 2301

Website: http://www.nshm.com/

These are the best 10 colleges in Kolkata for doing MBA. Although there are other several colleges of repute in the city, these are definitely the best of the best. If you want to study in Kolkata, make sure you apply to these colleges! All the best!