- IIMK’s overall Score up to nearly 12% from 61.7 (2023) to 69.1 (2024) and is now ranked in the band 151-200 in 2024, for ‘Business & Management’ Studies.
- Globally IIMK now stands with Cardiff University (United Kingdom), Deakin University (Australia), University of Wollongong (Australia), The University of Western Australia (Australia), Keio University (Japan), Kyoto University (Japan), Lund University (Sweden), Maastricht University (Netherlands), University of Texas Dallas Richardson (United States), University College Dublin (Ireland), University of Zurich (Switzerland) – and many other leading Universities.
Kozhikode, April 11, 2024: IIM Kozhikode has yet again clocked a significant landmark in its fast growing global reputation. The Institute has leapfrogged 100 spots to be placed in the Top 151-200 Institutes in Business & Management Studies globally, as per the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2024, announced globally. IIM Kozhikode was placed in 251-300 for the subject wise ranking in 2023 and 351-400 band in 2022. To produce the rankings for this year the QS team had analysed the reputation and research output of almost 5,000 institutions. From this group, 1,561 were ranked across 55 narrow subjects and 5 broad subject areas, creating over 19,100 entries.
The showing comes in the back of the Institute improving its overall scoring 61.7 (2023) to 69.1 in 2024. An increase of nearly 12 percentage points. The rankings are based on five parameters for the participating Institutions and their respective weightages are: Academic Reputation (50%), Employer Reputation (30%), Citations per paper (10%), H-Index (impact and quality of work published by institute’s scholars) (10%). In a first, IIM Kozhikode showed marked improvement in all the 5 parameters in the 2024 Rankings which ultimately contributed to IIM Kozhikode’s overall best showing so far, in these subject wise rankings.
Speaking on the achievement, Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director IIM Kozhikode, added, “IIM Kozhikode’s rise in the prestigious QS World University Rankings is a testimony to the Institute’s consistent and resolute pursuit of a holistic and intense approach to learning in the field of business and management studies. These Rankings are true reflection on IIMK’s commitment towards inculcating values in students, enhancing employer reputation, promoting research evoking thought leadership and offering distinct career outcomes to students. This will encourage us to doggedly continue in our endeavours to break new grounds globally and create distinct identities for Indian B-Schools.”
Globally IIMK now stands with Cardiff University (United Kingdom), Deakin University (Australia), University of Wollongong (Australia), The University of Western Australia (Australia), Keio University (Japan), Kyoto University (Japan), Lund University (Sweden), Maastricht University (Netherlands), University of Texas Dallas Richardson (United States), University College Dublin (Ireland), University of Zurich (Switzerland) – and many other leading Universities.
IIM Kozhikode also made its debut Top-100 debut in Financial Times Rankings in the ‘Open Enrolment’ and ‘Masters in management’ in 2023. IIM Kozhikode also for the first time had broken into the Top 3 among management schools in India, in the NIRF 2023 Rankings.
About Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (www.iimk.ac.in)
The fifth IIM to be established by Govt. of India in 1996, IIMK started its academic journey in 1997 with its flagship Postgraduate Program (PGP). The Institute is on a high growth trajectory today, offering widest range of academic programs in the field of management education. These include Doctoral Programme in Management (PhD), Executive PG Programmes, Management Development Programmes and Faculty Development Programs. IIMK set up a Satellite campus at Infopark, Kochi, in 2013 dedicated to Executive Education. IIMK has also the unique distinction of launching a PhD (Practice Track) programme for working professionals besides bringing in new dynamic courses like one-year Post Graduate programme in Business Leadership (2019) MBA in Finance and MBA in Liberal Studies & Management (2020). The institute is also home to IIMK LIVE a first-of-its-kind startup incubation programme, the Indian Business Museum and six other Centres of Excellences encompassing diverse areas. IIMK is ranked 3rd as per NIRF India Rankings 2023: Management. The institute also made its global debut for its flagship MBA and EMBA programme in the 2020/21 QS World University Rankings. In 2023, IIM Kozhikode also broke into Top-100 in Financial Times Ranking for Open Enrollment Programme (Rank #72) and Masters in Management (MBA) (Rank #77). Institute is globally accredited by EQUIS (EFMD) and AMBA (UK).
