IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Application Form Open, IIMB DBE BBA Exam 2025 on July 20; Check Eligibility, Application Process, Selection Criteria, Exam Details, Fees, Important Dates

Table of Contents
1. What is IIM Bangalore BBA DBE 2025 Program? 
2. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE: First Batch Profile 
3. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE 2025 Curriculum Highlights
4. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Eligibility 2025 
5. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Admission 2025 Process 
6. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Application Form 
7. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Selection Process 
8. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Fees Structure 
9. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Important Dates 
10. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Cut Offs
11. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Entrance Exam 2025 

1. What is IIM Bangalore BBA DBE 2025 Program? 
IIM Bangalore BBA DBE is IIM Bangalore Online BBA program with focus on Digital Business and Entrepreneurship (DBE). It is a three-year degree program that is offered online and can be completed within a maximum of six academic years from the date of joining. Check key highlights: 

• Length & pace: The course normal duration is 3 years, but you can extend it to 6 years if you need more time.
   
• Flexible exits: After every year, you can leave with a certificate or diploma—and later come back to finish the full degree.
   
• How you study: Classes are online (watch anytime), but exams are taken in person at centres across India.
   
• Study along with Job, other courses: You can treat this as your main degree or study it together with another course, or along with regular work.
   
• Government Reservations Apply: The programme and the admission process will follow the prevailing norms for the reservation of seats for designated categories, as required by law made by the Parliament. 
   
• IIM Bangalore Alumni Status: Graduates of the complete three-year programme will be granted alumni status from IIM Bangalore

2. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE: First Batch Profile 
The first Batch of IIM Bangalore’s BBA DBE comprised of over 1,000 students from 29 states and 359 cities. Here are the key details: 

• Total Participants Enrolled: 1,000 students 
• Age: between 17 and 52 years, 
• Profile: Recent school graduates, working professionals, and aspiring entrepreneurs 
• Gender Ratio: 35.2% female learners
• 78+ startup founders among the inaugural batch

3. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE 2025 Curriculum Highlights
The BBA DBE programme is a comprehensive three-year journey across foundational (certificate), diploma, and degree levels. It offers flexibility for students to engage with the programme based on their academic interests. The curriculum integrates core business subjects, entrepreneurial thinking, and digital capabilities. 

• First Year: In the first year, students engage with fundamental disciplines such as business communication, statistics, accounting, marketing, and creativity for innovation, alongside practical modules in website development, spreadsheets, and a unique “Rs. 250 Venture initiative” to stimulate entrepreneurial experimentation. 
   
• Second Year: The second year introduces advanced coursework in areas of digital marketing, operations, UI/UX design, product management, macroeconomics, design thinking, and mobile application development. The experiential “Do Your Venture-1 module” enables students to begin applying these concepts in practice. 
   
• Third Year: The final year focuses on strategic leadership and digital fluency through digital business models, big data analytics, corporate finance, social entrepreneurship, exponential technologies, and “Do Your Venture-2”. 
   
• Offline events in Mumbai and Delhi further deepened cohort cohesion. 
   
• Campus Immersion at IIM Bangalore in May 2025 will provide learners from across India the opportunity to experience the IIMB ecosystem firsthand.

4. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Eligibility 2025 
Who can apply for IIM Bangalore BBA DBE?

• Nationality: Only Indian citizens can take admission into this program.
• 10th requirement: You must have passed Class 10 (or equivalent) from a recognized board.
• 12th marks (General, NC OBC, EWS): Need at least 60 % overall (or equivalent CGPA).
• 12th marks (SC, ST, PwD): Need at least 55 % overall (or equivalent CGPA).
• PwD note: The relaxed 55 % applies if you have 40 % or more certified disability.

5. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Admission 2025 Process 
You can apply for IIM Bangalore BBA DBE admission 2025 if you have valid exam scores  for one of the two pathways. Applicants can either take the IIMB DBE Entrance Test 2025 or submit a valid CUET UG Exam General Test or JEE Main Exam score from 2023 2025. Check details below. 

a) Application Pathway 1

• Take the IIMB DBE Entrance Test 2025 conducted by IIM Bangalore. 
• Your performance in this institute specific test will be used in the selection process. Check details below.

Application Pathway 2 

• Submit a valid score from one of these national UG entrance exams:
  o CUET UG General Test (Section III only) from 2023, 2024, or 2025, or
  o JEE Main from 2023, 2024, or 2025
  o Providing one of these two eligible scores satisfies the test score requirement.

IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Application Process 

• When to apply: IIMB DBE application form 2025 has been released on April 29, 2025. The last date of IIMB BBA DBE registration 2025 is June 17, 2025. Check important dates below. 
• Where to apply: Online on IIM Bangalore official website - iimb.ac.in
• What is application fee: Rs 3,000 for General/NC OBC/EWS; Rs 1,500 for SC/ST/PwD 

6. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Application Form 
How to fill IIM Bangalore BBA DBE 2025 Application Form? Check details below.

• Apply online only: Complete the BBA (DBE) application form on IIM B official website only; names and dates of birth must match your mark sheets—no changes are possible later.
• Submit valid contact details: Keep a valid, unique email ID and mobile number for the entire process; all admission communication goes to the registered email.
• Mandatory uploads:
  o Government issued photo ID with address and validity.
  o Category certificate (SC/ST/NC OBC/EWS/PwD) if applicable—no category change after submission.
  o Class 10 pass certificate and marksheet.
  o Class 12 pass certificate and marksheet.

7. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Selection Process 
What is the selection process for IIM Bangalore BBA DBE 2025 program? It involved doing well in Entrance Exam. There is no interview or group discussion process. Check details below. 

• Entrance Test Scores based Shortlisting: Applicants taking the IIMB DBE Entrance Test 2025 will sit for a computer based exam at designated centres. Short listing for admission (also via CUET or JEE scores) is strictly on category wise cut offs set by IIMB.
• Offer & Registration: Only candidates who clear the cut off will receive an admission offer and must confirm by paying the first term fee. Check cut offs below. 

8. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Fees Structure 
What is IIM Bangalore BBA DBE 2025 Fees? Total fees is only Rs 450,000. Check detailed break up in table below. 

9. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Important Dates 
The application window and the schedule of events (tentative) are as follows.

10. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Cut Offs
For Admission 2024, the IIMB BBA (DBE) programme selections were made entirely based on the performance of candidates in the IIMB DBE Entrance Test. 

• Candidates who scored 20% or more on General Awareness were shortlisted for further processing. 
• The combined score obtained in the three sections (Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, and Logical and Analytical Reasoning) without sectional cut-off marks was computed. 
• Candidates with 50% or more combined scores were offered admission under the general merit category. 
• Furthermore, candidates from the NC-OBC and EWS categories who scored 45% or more and from the SC, ST, and PWD categories who scored 40% or more were offered admissions. 

IIM Bangalore has not revealed Admission 2025 cut offs and has informed that “These matrices are used for last year’s admissions/ selection process and are subject to changes for the following batch selection at the Institute’s discretion.”

11. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE Entrance Exam 2025 
IIM Bangalore will be conducting IIMB DBE BBA exam 2025 in computer-based test mode on July 20, 2025. Total number of questions in IIMB DBE BBA exam 2025 is 60 questions. IIMB DBE BBA exam duration is 90 minutes. The questions are distributed across four sections. Check the highlights below of the IIMB BBA DBE Entrance Exam pattern:

In conclusions, launched in 2024 with the vision of “preparing future-ready leaders for the digital economy”, IIM Bangalore’s BBA in Digital Business and Entrepreneurship (DBE) program has received an overwhelming response. IIM Bangalore admitted 1000 participants from 29 states and 359 cities, aged between 17-54 years, for the first batch of the program. IIM Bangalore BBA DBE admission 2025 for the second batch is open. IIM Bangalore will be conducting BBA Entrance Test for admission to this program. Check complete details on this IIM Bangalore Online BBA in above article.