IIM Amritsar Admission Criteria 2026-2028: Check CAT 2025 Cut Off and Final Weightage

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4 mins readUpdated on Aug 30, 2025 13:38 IST

IIM Amritsar Admission Criteria for 2026-28 MBA batch will be announced soon. The admission process for MBA includes shortlisting of candidates on the basis of CAT score, academic record and Personal Interview (PI). Read more.

IIM Amritsar admission criteria and selection process

IIM Amritsar admission criteria 2026-28 is expected to be announced soon. As per the previous batch admission criteria,the minimum CAT cut off required to be eligible to participate in the admission process of full time MBA programme is 90 percentile (General category). The weightage allotted to PI is 70.

IIM Amritsar conducts MBA admission through CAT exam score. The shortlisting of candidates for PI round of MBA batch 2026-2028 will be based on CAT 2025 score. To participate in the IIM Amritsar PI round candidates will be required to fill the online application form which will be released at the institute website in January 2026.

IIM Amritsar has included certain other parameters for MBA admission in its admission policy. In this article, you will read all about previous year's IIM Amritsar admission process including category-wise CAT cut offs, points allotted to selection parameters and fees. 

Table of content
  • IIM Amritsar Admission Criteria: CAT Cut Off 2024
  • IIM Amritsar PI Shortlist 2025: How to Apply?
  • IIM Amritsar Selection Criteria: PI Shortlisting 2025
  • IIM Amritsar Admission Criteria 2025: Final Selection
  • IIM Amritsar Selection & Admission Criteria: Important Points
  • IIM Admission Criteria 2025: All Campuses

IIM Amritsar Admission Criteria: CAT Cut Off 2024

Check the below table for minimum CAT 2024 cut off percentile required to make it to the PI round of IIM Amritsar admission process:

Category

QA percentile

DILR percentile

VARC percentile

Overall percentile

General and EWS

80

75

75

90

NC-OBC

65

60

60

80

SC

55

50

50

55

ST

35

35

35

40

PWD

35

35

30

40

*These are qualifying cut offs i.e. minimum percentile required to be eligible for IIM Amritsar’s PI round. The actual CAT cut off was higher.

IIM Amritsar PI Shortlist 2025: How to Apply?

IIM Amritsar hads released PI shortlist 2025 online and the form to participate in the selection round was to be filled through login. Check below how to apply for IIM Amritsar PI shortlist 2025:

  • Go to IIM Amritsar website
  • Click on MBA admission 2025-2027 tab
  • Enter CAT ID and password
  • Check your PI shortlist status and apply

IIM Amritsar Selection Criteria: PI Shortlisting 2025

Shortlisting of candidates for the first stage of IIM Amritsar admission was based on the following parameters.

Components

Maximum Weight in Per cent

CAT 2024 score

50

Class 10 score

10

Class 12 score

10

Graduation score

5

Gender Diversity

10

Work Experience

15

Total

100

Candidates selected for the PI round were informed through email. They were required to participate in the PI round on a scheduled date. The date and venue of PI were shared in the same email.

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IIM Amritsar Admission Criteria 2025: Final Selection

Post the PI round, final selection was done among students who will qualify the round. Pre-PI scores and post-PI scores (with appropriate weightages) were used cumulatively in the final phase to select the candidates for admission. The final scores for admission were calculated on the basis of following components. 

Components

Maximum Weight in Percent

Personal Interview

70

Work Experience

10

Academics

10

Academic/ Gender diversity

10

Total

100

IIM Amritsar Selection & Admission Criteria: Important Points

  • The work experience carries a weight of 10 per cent. The length of the experience considered is till April 30 of that year. Work experience of less than sox months is not valid for this score.
  • The final selection list is prepared by the end of May, after which offer of admission will be made to selected student
  • Selected candidates are required to accept the offer of admission by sending a duly filled offer acceptance form with INR 50,000 as offer acceptance fees (refundable)
  • A limited number of candidates are kept in the waiting list. Offers to the candidates in the waiting list depends upon the number of candidates not accepting the offers from the initial list. 

IIM Admission Criteria 2025: All Campuses

To read IIM admission and selection criteria for each institute, refer to the table below.

IIM Admission for MBA

IIM Bangalore Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Ahmedabad Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Lucknow Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Calcutta Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Kozhikode Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Ranchi Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Indore Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Visakhapatnam Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Trichy Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Udaipur Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Shillong Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Sirmaur Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Jammu Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Rohtak Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Raipur Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Kashipur Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Sambalpur Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Nagpur Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Bodh Gaya Shortlist & Admission Criteria

IIM Mumbai Shortlist & Admission Criteria

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