CAT Cut Off 2023 for IIMs and Top MBA Colleges; Expected & Previous Years

CAT Cut Off 2023 for IIMs and Top MBA Colleges; Expected & Previous Years

CAT Cut Off 2023 for IIMs and Top MBA Colleges; Expected & Previous Years

CAT Cut Off 2023 for IIMs and Top MBA Colleges; Expected & Previous Years

CAT Cut Off is the minimum score that candidates must secure for admission into Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other top business schools in India. CAT cut off is determined based on various factors, including the number of candidates appearing, the difficulty level of the exam and the number of seats available.

It is important for candidates to aim to score more than the cutoff to increase their chances of getting admission into their preferred program or institute. Candidates scoring above the cutoff are considered for further rounds of selection like WAT, Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) at IIMs and top B-Schools. The cutoff score is usually declared with the release of CAT result.

CAT cutoff for admission to IIMs usually ranges between 95-100 percentile for all categories. CAT cut off percentile for old and top IIMs for general category students is around 98-100 percentile (for general category). CAT 2023 cutoff is expected to remain in the same range.

IIMs and top MBA colleges like FMS, MDI, SPJIMR, IMT, MICA, etc. release the qualifying CAT cut off for WAT-PI short listing much before the result declaration, but they release the final CAT cut off only after the result declaration and/or PI at the time of shortlisting.

CAT Cut Off: Key Features

For admission into any of the top IIMs and top MBA colleges in India, the minimum CAT cutoff is 95 to 99 percentile. The CAT cut off for top IIMs like IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow and IIM Kozhikode remains high (99+ percentile) every year.

In Tier 2 IIMs and MBA colleges, the CAT cutoff is usually 90 to 95 percentile and above and in Tier 3 IIMs and MBA colleges, the CAT cutoff is usually 85-90 percentile and above. The CAT 2023 cutoff for these colleges is expected to remain in the same range.

CAT 2023 cutoff will be released by the admitting colleges in January 2024 after the declaration of CAT 2023 result.

CAT Qualifying Cut Off for Old IIMs 

Old IIMCAT Qualifying Cutoff
IIM Ahmedabad85
IIM Bangalore85
IIM Calcutta85
IIM Lucknow90
IIM Kozhikode 85
IIM Shillong75
IIM Indore90

CAT Qualifying Cut Off for New IIMs

NEW IIMCAT Qualifying Cut Off
IIM Udaipur93
IIM Tiruchirappalli 93
IIM Rohtak95
IIM Ranchi90
IIM Raipur93
IIM Kashipur94

CAT Qualifying Cut Off for BABY IIMs

Baby IIMCAT Qualifying Cut Off
IIM Visakhapatnam80
IIM Sirmaur92
IIM Sambalpur93
IIM Nagpur85
IIM Jammu93
IIM Bodhgaya93
IIM Amritsar90

CAT 2023 Cut Off for Top B-Schools (Non-IIM)

The CAT cut off for top MBAs is lower than the top IIMs, but still high at 95 percentile and above. This year, IIFT Delhi will also accept CAT scores for admission. Its cutoff is also expected to be between 95 to 99 percent. The expected CAT 2023 cut off percentile for general category students for admission to top MBA colleges (non-IIM) in 2024 is presented below.

Name of B-SchoolExpected Cut-off
FMS DelhiAbove 95 %ile 
MDI GurugramAbove 95 %ile 
JBIMS MumbaiAbove 95 %ile 
IIT DelhiAbove 95 %ile 
NITIE Mumbai (IIM Mumbai)Above 95 %ile 
IIT MadrasAbove 95 %ile 
IIFT DelhiAbove 95 %ile 

Shailesh J Mehta School of Management (IIT Bombay)

Above 95 %ile 
IISc Bangalore Above 95 %ile 
IMI New DelhiAbove 90 %ile
TISS MumbaiAbove 90 %ile
IMT GhaziabadAbove 90 %ile
XIM BhubaneswarAbove 90 %ile
IIT KharagpurAbove 90 %ile
IIT RoorkeeAbove 90 %ile
IIT KanpurAbove 90 %ile
MICA AhmedabadAbove 80 %ile
IRMA AhmedabadAbove 80 %ile
K J Somaiya MumbaiAbove 80 %ile
GIM GoaAbove 80 %ile
TAPMI ManipalAbove 80 %ile
FORE School of Management New DelhiAbove 80 %ile
LIBA ChennaiAbove 70 %ile
BIMTECH Greater NoidaAbove 70 %ile

LBSIM Delhi

Above 70 %ile

Welingkar Institute of management

Above 70 %ile

Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Bangalore

Above 70 %ile



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