Indian School of Business PGP Deadlines 2026-2027
See the Indian School of Business PGP deadlines here.
The Indian School of Business has posted the deadlines for its MBA-equivalent Post Graduate Programme in Management.
| Rounds | Application Deadline | Decision Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | September 20, 2026 | End of November 2026 |
| Round 2 | December 6, 2026 | End of February 2027 |
| Round 3 | January 17, 2027 | Mid-March 2027 |
Admission Prerequisites
To be considered a PGP applicant for the Class of 2026, applicants must have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in any discipline and at least 24 months of full-time work experience. Applicants who have less than 24 months of full-time work experience may choose the Early Entry Option for deferred admission.
Required Materials
Applicants must submit with the online application, all academic transcripts, work history and resume, GMAT or GRE scores, one letter of recommendation, responses to essay questions, and application fee. A TOEFL or IELTS is required for those whose undergraduate institutions’ language of instruction was not English.
The School follows a rolling admission process for non-Indian origin applicants, conveying their admission decision within 6 weeks of the application.
All short-listed candidates will be contacted for a required interview as part of the admission process. Candidates who are overseas may interview via telephone or skype.
MBA Applywire
Currently working at Big4 Tax Advisory for Foreign Portfolio and Institutional Investors. Have a low GPA but positive trajectory from 2.00 in Semester 1 to 3.73 in Semester 6 and a Finance Major GPA of 3.64. CFA L3 candidate, hopefully cleared by the time I join.
Profile handicaps also include a 3 year gap post graduation and had to repeat Year 1 in college due to failing a subject.
4 YoE at matriculation. T1 Indian engineering college (Mech Eng.). Long term entrepreneurial goal building sports infrastructure and improving access to high quality training facilities and credible pathways to professional leagues. Played football (soccer) extensively through school and college as captain in school. Football community head in Hyderabad with around 60-70 members.
-5 year Division I student athlete
-3x captain
-3.97 masters gpa (business analytics)
-undergrad major is sport management
-4 years at Fortune 500 med tech company (3 different positions)
-started a fund 5 years ago to help families affected by cancer in memory of my mom (plan annual events, present to 200+ people per event, allocate funds to event beneficiaries)
-targeting round 2
-Taking the GRE in Oct
Any advice on a range for a target GRE score and based on my profile do you think the 3.3 will hold me back from those top M7/T15 schools that I plan to apply to?
(I assume to help offset the 3.3, my GRE score will need to be pretty high)
MBA LiveWire
Submitted application on August 19th. Completed optional Kira Interview
Application submitted 06 Sep
Applied on August 27.