CUSAT MBA: Fees 2026, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

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MBA at CUSAT is a 2-year Full Time PG Degree. The course is offered in 1 specializations. The most popular specializations include

The total MBA Fees at CUSAT for 2025 - 2026 academic year is ₹ 1.12 Lakhs. This includes a total tuition fee of ₹ 85,640.

To be eligible for the CUSAT MBA program, candidates must have passed Graduation with 50% + CAT (or equivalent). MBA admissions at CUSAT are offered based on CUSAT CAT.

Read the section below for further details on CUSAT MBA admission 2026, fees, hostel fees, cutoff, placement, rankings and more.

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Eligibility:

Graduation with 50% + CAT

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CUSAT MBA Fees

CUSAT MBA Fees 2025 - 2026 is ₹ 1.12 Lakhs for the entire course duration. This is an decrease of -19.34% (~₹26) from the previous year fee. Students must pay approximately ₹ 55,972 per year.

The total MBA fees covers-

  • Total tuition fee of ₹ 85,640
  • Total other fee of ₹ 26,304

The hostel fees for CUSAT is 640.

Based on 9 reviews and 1.82 K views collected by Collegedunia last year, the most popular MBA specialisation is

  • MBA total fees is ₹ 1.12 Lakhs

Quota:
Fee TypeTotal Amount (INR)
tuition fees₹ 1.76 Lakhs
other fees₹ 41,084
total academic fees₹ 2.17 Lakhs
hostel fees₹640
total fees₹ 2.18 Lakhs
* Fees is refundable

CUSAT Latest Updates and News

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05 Apr, 2026 CUSAT CAT 2026 registration is closed. The exam will be held from May 9 to 11, 2026. Read More.

02 Feb, 2026 CUSAT Fee structure 2026 has been released for various MBA Programme. The total academic fee is ₹ 2.17 Lakhs.

27 Jan, 2026 CUSAT MBA registration has begun @admissions.cusat.ac.in. The last date to apply is April 30, 2026

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CUSAT MBA Admission 2026

MBA admissions at CUSAT are based on CUSAT CAT. Students must have Graduation with 50% + CAT to be eligible for MBA admission at CUSAT.

CUSAT MBA Admission Dates 2026

The application deadline for admission to CUSAT MBA program was February 06 - May 31, 2025.

Important Events

EventsDates
Date of Registration for CUSAT CAT 2026 [MBA/PGDM]
Jan 27, 2026 - Apr 30, 2026
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Expired Events

EventsDates
Objection Management Window CAT 2025 [MBA/PGDM]
Dec 08, 2025 - Dec 10, 2025

CUSAT Seat Intake 2026

There are 120 MBA seats in CUSAT. These include 120 seats of General.

ParticularsNumber of Seats
General120

CUSAT MBA Placement

According to the latest available CUSAT placement reports of 2024, the median package is INR 7.88 Lakhs.

As per NIRF Report 2024 released, about 82% MBA students at CUSAT were placed during the placement drive. The median package reported is ₹ 7.5 Lakhs.

Yearly Placement Package Comparison
Particulars20242023
Median Package₹7.88 Lakhs₹7.50 Lakhs
Yearly Students Placed
Particulars20242023
Student Admitted129126
Students Placed80103

Insights Based on NIRF Ranking 2026

Male:  123|Female:  128

Student Intake (251)

750000

Median Salary

87%

Passing %

82%

Placement %

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CUSAT MBA Ranking

CUSAT is ranked by several ranking agencies such as NIRF. Some of these rankings are as follows-

  • #82 out of 125 under NIRF Ranking 2025.

Ranking AgencyLatestPrevious
NIRF
#82 out of 125 (2025)
#2nd Kerala
#81 out of 125 (2024)
#3rd Kerala

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AKSHAYRAJ K R
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3.6
MBA, Marketing
Reviewed on Jul 17, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

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The tution fees is only of 2 lakh which is very affordable compared to other Bschools in town. There various schorships for reservation categories and a lot if placement drives are ongoing in the college every year.
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Abhijith B
Abhijith B
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MBA, Marketing
Reviewed on Jul 17, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

Fees and Financial Aid:

The tution fee is comparatively less compared to other MBA courses . There was no considerable hike in the fee structure. The complete cost of education is around 200000 with a course fee of around 170000 and other fees like department development fund and other university funds. Scholarship is provided to students based on their eligibility and certain reservation categories do not need fee for the course.
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ANAS UMMER
ANAS UMMER
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MBA, Marketing
Reviewed on Jul 17, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

Fees and Financial Aid:

The semester fee is 37k and need to be paid in each semester beginning. Different scholarships can be availed by students according to their eligibility. SC/ST students have E grantz and they only need to pay ?300. The different scholarships applicable for MbA students are: Federal bank scholarship, Post graduate scholarhsip hy NSP and Ch mohammed koya scholarships for minorities
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Nada Ayisha
Nada Ayisha
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Reviewed on Jul 17, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

Fees and Financial Aid:

Each semester the fee is 38,000. We havebto pay as 4 times in 4 semesters. For SC/St, the fee is ?300. They do get scholarship of E grantz hence no fee is being collected from them. Remaining students are eligible to apply for any other national or state level scholarship as per their eligibility. I have got two scholarships in one year and that together is about ?27000. Some of the eligible scholarships are: Post graduate scholarship under NSP by central Gov:15k per month CH mohammed koya scholarship for minorities:13k/year as hostel stipend or 7k for professional course Pravasi scholarship by Norka:15k per year Internship: SMS do have campus placement for intenrship too. I got through campus placement at ICICI mutual fund with a stipend of 15k/month. Roles and Responsibilities: We do we have many clubs and associations, and do get opportunities via that. I'm the vice president of speak out club. Also, we do have Marketing forum for college.
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Athul n v
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MBA, Finance
Reviewed on Mar 3, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

Fees and Financial Aid:

Comparing it to government institute the fees was high, but comparing it to other bschools the fees was very less and the roi is extremely high, the complete tuition fees will amount to 1,15,000 INR which is very less compared to top bschools in the country.
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Athul Rag A
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MBA, Marketing
Reviewed on Jun 29, 2023(Enrolled 2022)

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The fee structure in the School of Management Studies CUSAT is pretty affordable and there are enough grants one can avail for it as well. School of Management Studies CUSAT will provide us with enough opportunities to find a job outside the campus since the academics are not that time-consuming.
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Aman Antony Augustin
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MBA, Business Analytics
Reviewed on Jan 28, 2023(Enrolled 2022)

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The fee structure is really affordable and also the college offers opportunities for availing various scholarships. I personally chose this institution because of the number of placement opportunities that they give their students.
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Deepu S
4.1
MBA, Finance
Reviewed on Jan 25, 2023(Enrolled 2009)

Fees and Financial Aid:

Since SMS, CUSAT is a public sector university campus, they charge nominal fees. For financially and socially backward students certain financial aids are available as per Kerala government norms.
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Deepu
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Reviewed on Jan 22, 2023(Enrolled 2021)

Fees and Financial Aid:

Compared to the quality of education and advanced course curriculum course fee is moderate at one lakh fifty thousand per year which is very affordable All national and state-level scholarships are available. A Bank loan facility is available.
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JITHU KUNJUMON
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MBA, Finance
Reviewed on Jan 18, 2023(Enrolled 2022)

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SMS offers one of the highest ROI amongst business schools in the country. Apart from that there are numerous scholarships available to the students once they join the college like Central and State scholarships, E - Grands, and also Cochin University offers scholarships to eligible meritorious students.
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