Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) is an autonomous institute and the fifth member in the family of prestigious IIMs after IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Kolkata, IIM Bangalore, and IIM Lucknow. It is located in Kozhikode city of Kerala. It was established by the Government of India in collaboration with the state government of Kerala in 1996. The institute aims to create a unique image of it globally by providing and producing the innovative, socially responsible and environmentally friendly practitioners, leaders and educators to the society.

The campus of the Institute is spread over an area of 112.5 acres of land and it is situated on two hillocks in the kunnamangalam area in Kerala. IIM Kozhikode had started its journey with a batch of 42 students which has grown surprising over the years. Now the current batch of the college consists of 356 students making it the fastest growing Institute in the country.

The institute gives equal weightage and importance to the practical application as well as academic solidarity by integrating the concepts with values and applications. The Institute has taken the responsibility of nurturing capable, dependable, fair-minded and caring individuals who will be the future of the country and will contribute towards the development and growth of communities.  IIM Kozhikode has collaborated with Jonkoping International Business School ; European Business School; Copenhagen Business School;  Leipzig Graduate School of Management; Leeds University Business School; University of Queensland etc for the purpose of student exchange program.

IIM Kozhikode like other IIMs offers various PG Diplomas, Executive and fellowship programs with different specialization in Management stream. The programs offered by the college are categorized into two categories one is Academic Programs and other is Executive Programs. It offers Post Graduate Programme (PGP), Post Graduate Programme in Business Leadership (PGP-BL), and Fellow Programme in Management (PHD) under Academic Programmes category and Executive Post Graduate Programme- Interactive Learning Mode, Executive Post Graduate Programme-Kochi campus, PHD programme in Management (Practice Track), Management Development Programme (MDP) and Faculty Development Programme (FDP) under Executive Programmes.  Admission to IIM Kozhikode’s Programmes are based on the scores of the entrance test i.e. CAT/ EMAT/ GMAT/ GRE/ GATE/ or UGC/ CSIR JRF.

IIM Kozhikode believes that a lateral placement process fills the students with substantial prior work experience; therefore a lateral entry into managerial positions in leading firms is organized before the commencement of Placement procedure. Some of the major recruiters and the corporate partners of the institute are Amazon, Deloitte, EY, HUL, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Optum and PwC, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Co, Citrix, Exide, Everest Management Consulting, HSBC Securities, Citibank, Kohler, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Goldman Sachs, ICICI Bank, Samsung, Pidilite, Wipro, Vodafone, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Reliance, Standard Chartered, Deloitte, Indian Oil, Philips, Shopclues, Microsoft, Mahindra Rise, etc.