IIM Calcutta MBA Admission: Selection Criteria 2025-2027 and Everything you Need to Know Before Applying

IIM Calcutta MBA Admission: The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta) has announced its admission policy for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program for the 2025-27 academic years. Applicants are required to possess a valid Common Admission Test (CAT) score, along with some additional eligibility criteria. A comprehensive overview of the eligibility criteria requirements and selection process for the MBA admission at IIM Calcutta for 2025 is provided.

IIM Calcutta MBA Admission Criteria 2025-2027:

As per the admission policy of IIM Calcutta for the 2025-2027 MBA batches, candidates need at least 50% (45% for SC/ST/PwD candidates) in their graduation to meet the academic eligibility. The Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds will be conducted online in February 2025.

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IIM Calcutta will shortlist candidates about three weeks after the CAT 2024 results are declared. This year, the final CAT cutoff is expected to be between 98-99 percentiles. The provided table given here shows the parameters and marks based on which candidates will be selected for personal Interview (PI) and Written Ability Test (WAT) rounds: 

IIM Calcutta MBA admission 2025: Selection process

The selection process will involve two stages. In the first stage, IIM Calcutta will prepare a shortlist of candidates based on minimum percentiles - both section-wise and overall - in CAT 2024.

These are the minimum requirements of CAT percentiles for stage I

IIM Calcutta mentioned that the actual section-wise and overall percentile cut-offs may be much higher than the above-mentioned minimum percentiles depending upon the number of candidates called for personal interview (PI).

After this stage I, IIM Calcutta will again shortlist candidates for the personal interview and written ability test by giving weightage to different components:

After the PI and WAT rounds, IIM Calcutta will arrive at a composite score for final selection. The parameters and weightage for final selection for the MBA programme are as follows: 

IIM Calcutta said the final selection list will be prepared on the basis of merit in each category.