Nine business schools from Kolkata find mention among the Top Private B-Schools in Outlook-ICARE India’s Best B-School 2025 Rankings.
| Rank 2025 | INSTITUTION | STATE | FACULTY STUDENT RATIO Weightage - 25% | RESEARCH Weightage - 20% | EMPLOYABILITY Weightage - 25% | FACULTY QUALITY Weightage - 20% | INCLUSIVENESS & DIVERSITY Weightage - 10% | OVERALL SCORE |
| 1 | INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT (IEM) KOLKATA | West Bengal | 94.42 | 37.39 | 80.72 | 85.68 | 31.82 | 71.58 |
| 2 | JIS UNIVERSITY KOLKATA | West Bengal | 100 | 22.33 | 60.26 | 74.14 | 26.18 | 61.98 |
| 3 | JIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING KOLKATA | West Bengal | 97.78 | 16.52 | 42.54 | 70.46 | 14.24 | 53.9 |
| 4 | HERITAGE BUSINESS SCHOOL KOLKATA | West Bengal | 100 | 6.75 | 25.04 | 61.89 | 22.67 | 47.26 |
| 5 | SISTER NIVEDITA UNIVERSITY KOLKATA | West Bengal | 97.32 | 3.19 | 32.08 | 58.94 | 14.85 | 46.26 |
| 6 | INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MEDIA KOLKATA | West Bengal | 100 | 3.9 | 25.51 | 61.79 | 16.45 | 46.16 |
| 7 | BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE KOLKATA | West Bengal | 96.86 | 4.6 | 26.68 | 62.79 | 17.74 | 46.14 |
| 8 | NSHM BUSINESS SCHOOL KOLKATA | West Bengal | 99.14 | 5.57 | 17.71 | 56.83 | 23.68 | 44.06 |
| 9 | FUTURE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT KOLKATA | West Bengal | 100 | 4.13 | 18.01 | 53.74 | 16.21 | 42.7 |