Common Admission Test, CAT 2026 will be conducted on November 30, 2025. Nearly three lakh candidates are expected to appear for the examination. While CAT is conducted for admission to Indian Institutes of Management, IIMs – many top MBA Colleges also accept CAT scores.
Here is a list of Top 10 non-IIM MBA Colleges in India. The list is curated as per the NIRF 2025. Most of the top colleges that aren’t an IIM are the Indian Institutes of Technology or the IITs. Other colleges are XLRI – Xavier School of Management and Symbiosis Institute of Business Management in overall Top 10 category have their own entrance examination. XAT is conducted for the first while SNAP Exam is conducted for the latter.
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Top MBA Colleges in India – other than IIMs
| Name | City | State | Rank |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 4 |
| Management Development Institute | Gurugram | Haryana | 9 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kharagpur | West Bengal | 12 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 13 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 14 |
| Indian Institute of Foreign Trade | New Delhi | Delhi | 17 |
| S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 20 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Roorkee | Uttarakhand | 22 |
| SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 24 |
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 26 |