LIBA Admission 2026: Eligibility, Fees, Ranking & Placement

LIBA Admission 2026

Loyola Institute of Business Administration(LIBA) has opened admissions to its students for PGDM(Full-Time and Weekend) & PGP, Executive Diploma, and Management programs. Those students who wish to take admission can apply by visiting the official website. Students must appear in competitive exams like CAT, XAT, or LAT with a valid mark for admission. The CAT entrance exam will be conducted on 30th November 2025. 

Candidates who are applying for admission must have cleared graduation from recognized university with a minimum of 60% marks. The final selection for admission is based on the mark of the entrance exam, academic performance, work experience, group discussion, and interview performance. Candidates can choose any course of their interest from PGDM, PGP and Doctoral Program.

LIBA PG Admission 2026

To get admission in the PGDM, Executive Diploma in Management or any other postgraduate courses offered by LIBA, candidates need to register and appear in the management entrance exam such as CAT which will be conducted on 30th November 2025. Candidates can also appear in XAT or the college-level entrance exam LAT. Only students with a graduation degree from an authorized institute with 50-60% marks are eligible to apply. Afterwards, candidates will be shortlisted based on their CAT score. These shortlisted candidates will then need to participate in a WAT, a group discussion, and an interview round to complete the admission process. For more information on the eligibility criteria of a specific program, please refer to the table below:

LIBA Admission Selection Criteria 

The LIBA will select candidates based on their entrance exam score, group discussion, personal interview, written ability test, work experience and extracurriculars. An extra 5 marks will also be given to candidates from the catholic christian community. Among all these components, the entrance exam has the highest influence with 35% weightage. Following that, the personal interview will have around 20% weightage, academic performance has 15% weightage, and work experience has 10% weightage. Rest of the elements, such as the group discussion, WAT and extracurriculars, have  5% weightage each. 

LIBA Eligibility Criteria

To get admission to the postgraduate courses offered by the Loyola Institute of Business Administration, applicants are required to have finished their graduation from an authorized university with a minimum of 60% scores. Apart from that, they also need to clear the minimum cutoff of CAT/XAT for the desired course. For executive-level exams, candidates will also need full-time work experience. Similarly for doctoral-level programs, candidates should have a master’s degree with least 50% marks while passing out. For more detailed information regarding the eligibility for admission to the courses offered by LIBA. 

• Postgraduate Diploma: Candidates who wish to take admission in the PGDM full-time and weekend courses should have a minimum of 60% marks in their 10th, 12th, and graduation. They should have completed their 10+2+3 formal education from authorized boards and universities. Apart from that, candidates need to appear in the CAT examination, as having a valid CAT score is compulsory to secure admission to the Loyola Institute of Business Administration. 
• Executive Diploma / PGP: To get admission to the executive diploma in management or PGP courses in logistics, sustainability, and circular economy that are offered by the institute, students need to have completed their graduation from a recognized university with at least 50% marks scored. They also need to appear in entrance exams such as CAT and XAT. Once their results are out, candidates need to use those scores to apply for the program offered by the LIBA. 
• Doctoral / Research: The university offers doctoral and fellow programs that candidates can enroll in if they have a master's degree in the respective field from a recognized university. Candidates must have scored at least 55% marks to be qualified for the result. 

LIBA Admission Process 2026

The admission process for PGDM admission in LIBA consists of elements such as CAT/XAT score, registration, group discussion, written test and personal interview. Candidates who qualify for the minimum section-wise cutoff of CAT will be called for the group discussion, written test, and personal interview. Then, once all these stages are over, LIBA will make a provisional merit list of selected candidates for the interview. The candidate needs to accept this offered admission, verify documents and pay the annual fee to confirm the admission. The step-by-step guide to the LIBA PGDM admission process is mentioned below. 

Step 1: Candidates must be eligible to get admission to the PGDM course at LIBA. The eligibility criteria set by the institute require candidates to have a graduation degree with a minimum of 60% marks.

Step 2: Candidates need to appear in entrance exams, such as CAT and XAT, to apply for admission to the Loyola Institute of Business Administration. 

Step 3: Once the entrance exam results are declared, candidates need to register on the official website of LIBA. This will require the candidates to enter their basic personal details and entrance exam ID.

Step 4: Pay a fee of INR 2,000 through UPI, debit card/credit card or internet banking to complete the registration process of the LIBA institute. 

Step 5: Then candidates will be invited for the next part of the admission process based on their CAT score, group discussion, WAT, academic background and profile. 

Step 6: Based on the candidate’s entrance exam score and their academic background, selected applicants will be invited for a group discussion round. This round is conducted to evaluate candidate’s leadership qualities, communication skills, reasoning ability etc. 

Step 7: Then candidates will attend a personal interview where the interviewer appointed by the university will assess the candidate’s knowledge of the field, personal goals and analytical abilities. 

Step 8: A merit list and a waitlist of selected candidates will be made based on the components mentioned in the table. The LIBA will send provisional admission offers to these candidates. 

Step 9: Qualified candidates need to accept this provisional admission offer and get their documents verified to lock the seat. 

Step 10: At last, candidates need to make a virtual account number and pay the annual fee to confirm their seat in the Loyola Institute of Business Administration. 

LIBA Courses Offered

The most popular courses offered by the Loyola Institute of Business Administration are full-time PGDM, PGP in Sustainability and Circular Economy, Executive Diploma in Management and Fellow Programme in Management. These programs are curated for candidates from different phases of their career and requirements. For example, the institute offers two types of PGDM courses. One is a full-time PGDM course, and one is an executive-level program that has only weekend classes. Check out the following table for detailed list of the courses offered by the institute.

LIBA Fees Structure

The average fee range of LIBA starts from INR 3 lakh and goes up to INR 18 lakh for the entire course. The fees of the PGDM courses offered by the institute range from INR 7.8 lakh to INR 18 lakh, depending on the type of course. Apart from that, the fees of PGP courses range from INR 3 to 4 lakh. These fees are subject to change so candidates are advised to check the official website for the most updated and accurate information. Or check the following table for the course-wise fees of LIBA. 

LIBA Cut-off

To get admission to LIBA, candidates need to clear this year’s CAT and XAT section-wise cutoff for the desired course. Candidates from the Catholic Christian community will get some relaxation in these cutoffs. The overall XAT cutoff for admission to the institute is expected to be around 75 for the general category students and 50 for the catholic students. For CAT, the cutoff is expected to be at 80 for general category students and 60 for catholics or Christians.

LIBA Ranking 

When it comes to private management colleges, LIBA is one of the top institutes in India. According to the NIRF 2024 management rankings, the institute was 66th among the top 100 management colleges in India. This showed a great leap from the 86th rank in 2022. This upward trend makes the Loyola Institute of Business Administration a great option to pursue further studies in the field of management. More details regarding the NIRF rankings of LIBA are mentioned in the table below. 

LIBA Placement 

In the last placement drive of the Loyola Institute of Business Administration, companies such as TATA, Royal Enfield, Mahindra, and Volvo came to the institute to recruit students for their internships and placements. The highest placement package goes up to INR 21 LPA, while the median salary stands at INR 10 LPA. These companies also offered summer internships to students, where the average stipend was INR 26,600 per month and the highest stipends went up to INR 75,000 per month. Read the table given below for more information regarding the LIBA placements.

LIBA Important Dates

The most important upcoming dates for admission to Loyola Institute of Business Administration are the CAT & XAT 2025 examination dates. The registration for the CAT examination is now closed and the examination will be held on 30th November 2025. Similarly, the registration process of XAT will close on 5 December 2025 and the exam is scheduled for 4 January 2025. Check the following table for more information regarding the schedule of CAT and XAT.