IIM Shillong Courses & Fees 2026: PG, Doctorate, Certificate Courses

IIM Shillong accepts the CAT cutoff results for admission to the MBA/PGDM courses. As per the estimated cutoff for the General AI category, the cutoff was 90 (both overall and sectional). Students should know that this is the estimated cutoff and that the actual cutoff will vary for different categories. 

The answer to this question of whether an average student can get into IIM can be both yes and no depending on the definition of an average student.

• Based on Academics (Class 10/ Class 12/ Graduation): While a student with average scores in Class 10, Class 12 and graduation with a good CAT score certainly has good chances of getting a call from IIM-A, chances are less for someone with an average CAT score.
• Based on student category (General or Reserved): While it is tough for a General category average student to grab a seat at IIM due to high score requirements, a reserved category student can get admission being at average scores as well.
• Based on past work experience, diversity and other factors: Gender and academic diversity is also a factor on which students are shortlisted at IIM. IIMs judge the past academic category based on the degree obtained by the students before MBA and then a weightage is allotted based on that. For Engineers, the percentage for scoring the highest marks is higher as compared with other streams
• Performance in selection rounds: Once you make it to the final selection rounds, i.e., AWT/PI process, it can be considered a fresh start. At this stage, students can forget their past average-ness but definitely require good grasp over the past subjects as academics-related questions are asked in the interview.

Based on the above factors, it can be considered that while getting into top Management institutes, such as IIM is extremely tough, the past performance, CAT performance, student category and a lot of factors can be the reasons for a student to receive that final call.

The 2026 placements for PGP and PGPEx concluded with the highest package of INR 71.50 LPA and INR 35 LPA, respectively. A total of 75 PPO/ PPI offers were made to the PGP students. This year, 147 companies participated in PGP placements. This includes 51 first-time recruiters. Check the complete insights of IIM Shillong placements 2026 from the table below:

Below we have discussed about CAT cutoff for IIM Shillong:

IIM Shillong CAT cutoff does not release on public platform but it is available for students using their registered email ID and password. As per past year trends the overall IIM Shillong sectional CAT cutoff was 90 for students belonging to the General AI category.