CAT 2016 Cut-Offs for IIMs and Top 25 MBA Colleges

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CAT 2022 cut-offs list provided here will surely help aspirants to know what percentile they need to make it to the IIMs. The Common Admission Test or CAT, as it is popularly known, is conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for admission to their post-graduate courses. Apart from the IIMs, over 150 other business schools in India accept the CAT exam scores for admissions.

In the case of IIMs, there has been an addition of six new IIMs to the already existing 13. This has increased the number of seats at the IIMs.
The CAT exam score, overall percentile, the sectional CAT cut-off, along with WAT/PI performance play a major role for candidates seeking admission in various IIMs and other management institutes.

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Those of you who have given CAT 2022 exam can use CAT Percentile Predictor Tool to know the CAT 2022 percentile slot you will fall in. After the analysis, you will be able to know which colleges you will be applicable to and start applying for them as well. After checking your CAT percentile, candidates can also start preparing for the WAT and PI rounds.

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To get MBA admission in the IIMs, the students have to keep in mind that a balanced CAT high percentile is required as the sectional CAT 2022 cut-off would also play a major role during the selection process. Here, we present the CAT cut off list for the year 2015 across all IIMs and other top 25 MBA colleges in India. Have a look!

CAT 2022 Cut-Offs for IIMs

S. No.	Institute Name	Category	QA cut-off	DI & LR cut-off	VA & RC cut-off	Overall Cut-off	Actual Cut-off
1	IIM Nagpur	General	80	80	80	90	96.3
		OBC	72	72	72	81	78.98
		SC	60	60	60	75	63
		ST	50	50	50	65	50.71
		DAP	50	50	50	65	50.71
2	IIM Sambhalpur	General	75	75	75	80	96.3
		NC – OBC	68	68	68	72	78.98
		SC	50	50	50	70	63
		ST	45	45	45	65	50.71
		DAP	50	50	50	70	50.71
3	IIM Bangalore	General	80	80	85	90	92
		NC-OBC	70	70	75	80	83
		SC	65	65	70	75	72
		ST	60	60	60	75	72
		DA	60	60	60	75	63
4	IIM Ahmedabad	General	80	80	80	90	90
		NC-OBC	75	75	75	85	85
		SC	70	70	70	80	80
		ST	60	60	60	70	70
		DA	70	70	70	80	80
5	IIM Calcutta	General	80	81	80	90	90
		NC-OBC	75	74	75	85	85
		SC	65	66	65	70	70
		ST	60	59	60	70	70
		DA	65	63	65	70	70
6	IIM Lucknow – PGP	General	85	85	85	90	90
		NC-OBC	77	77	77	82	82
		SC	55	55	55	75	70
		ST	50	50	50	70	65
		PWD	55	55	55	75	70
	PGP-ABM	General	75	75	75	80	85
		NC-OBC	68	68	68	72	77
		SC	50	50	50	70	65
		ST	45	45	45	65	60
		PWD	50	50	50	70	65
	PGP-SM	General	80	80	80	86	85
		NC-OBC	72	72	72	77	77
		SC	50	50	50	70	65
		ST	45	45	45	65	60
		PWD	50	50	50	70	65
7	IIM Ranchi	General	80	80	80	90	92
		SC	60	60	60	75	82
		ST	50	50	50	65	75
		NC-OBC	72	72	72	81	65
		PWD	50	50	50	65	71
8	IIM Raipur	General	80	80	80	90	90
		NC-OBC	72	72	72	81	81
		SC	60	60	60	75	75
		ST	50	50	50	65	65
		DAP	50	50	50	65	65
9	IIM Udaipur	General	80	80	80	90	90
		NC-OBC	72	72	72	81	75
		SC	60	60	60	75	65
		ST	50	50	50	65	81
		DAP	50	50	50	65	65
10	IIM Kashipur	General	80	80	80	90	90
		OBC – NC	72	72	72	81	81
		SC	60	60	60	75	75
		ST	50	50	50	65	65
		DAP	50	50	50	65	65
11	IIM Shillong	General & OBC	70	70	70		70
		SC	60	60	60		60
		ST	50	50	50		50
		DA	50	50	50		50
12	IIM Vishakhapatnam	General	80	80	85	90	90
		NC – OBC	70	70	75	80	80
		SC	60	60	60	75	65
		ST	50	50	50	55	65
		DAP	50	50	50	55	65
13	IIM Jammu – PGP	General	75	75	75	80	80
		NC-OBC	68	68	68	72	72
		SC	50	50	50	65	65
		ST	45	45	45	60	60
		PWD	50	50	50	70	70
14	IIM Bodhgaya	General	80	80	80	90	96
		SC	60	60	60	75	59
		ST	50	50	50	65	40
		NC-OBC	72	72	72	81	77.5
		DAP	50	50	50	65	45
15	IIM Sirmaur	General	75	75	75	80	80
		SC	50	50	50	70	70
		ST	45	45	45	65	65
		NC-OBC	68	68	68	72	72
		DAP	50	50	50	70	70
16	IIM Indore	General	80	80	80	90	90
		OBC	70	70	70	80	80
		SC	55	55	55	60	60
		PWD	45	45	45	50	50
		ST	45	45	45	50	50
17	IIM Kozhikode	General	80	80	80	90	90
		NC-OBC	70	70	70	80	80
		SC	50	50	50	65	65
		ST	40	40	40	55	55
		DAP	40	40	40	55
18	IIM Trichy	General	80	80	80	90	90
		NCOBC	72	72	72	81	81
		SC	60	60	60	75	75
		ST	50	50	50	65	65
		DAP	55	55	55	70
19	IIM Amritsar	General	80	80	80	96.3	96.3
		SC	50.4	50.4	50.4	63	63
		ST	41.42	40.8	40.8	50.71	50.71
		NC-OBC	61.43	61.43	61.43	78.98	78.98
		DA	41.42	42.21	42.21	50.71	50.71
20	IIM Rohtak	General	80	80	80	85	85
		OBC	70	70	70	75	75
		SC	45	45	45	60	60
		ST	40	40	40	60	60
		PWD	50	50	50	60	60

CAT 2022 Cut-Offs for Top-25 MBA Colleges

Apart from IIMs, there are a few top MBA colleges that consider CAT score for intakes. But like IIMs, sectional cut-offs, as well as WAT/PI performance are important factors considered during admissions in these colleges.

Rank	Institute Name	CAT Percentile Cut-off
1	International Management Institute (IMI)	90
2	Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal	80
3	Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME), IIT Kanpur	94
4	Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon	96
5	Thiagarajar School Of Management	74.68
6	S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research	96
7	Vellore Institute Of Technology	73
8	Indian Institute Of Information Technology And Management	69.42
9	FORE School of Management, New Delhi	85
10	Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), New Delhi	85
11	Birla Institute of Technology	70.00
12	Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida	50
13	Department Of Business Administration - Tezpur University	66.41
14	Institute Of Management, Nirma University	80.00
15	Xavier Institute Of Management & Entrepreneurship, Bangalore	64.3
16	Great Lakes Institute Of Management, Manamai Village, Tamil Nadu	63.51
17	ITM, Gawalior	62.33
18	SSN School Of Management	61.76
19	Department of Management Studies, IIT, Madras	92.10
20	Army Institute Of Management & Technology	50
21	Rajagiri Business School	59.82
22	Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad	50
23	Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Nagpur	81
24	Lingaya's University	58.38
25	Sri Krishna College Of Engineering And Technology-Coimbatore	57.77
Source: MHRD 2022 rankings

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