IIM Jammu Admission Criteria 2026-28: Check CAT 2025 Cut Offs and PI Weightage
IIM Jammu admission criteria 2026-2028 - Selection of candidates was done through IIM CAP 2026, forms for which are out. The minimum cut off is 95 percentile for General category. 
IIM Jammu admission criteria MBA batch 2026-28 - The selection process included shortlisting of candidates through CAT 2025 score and Common Admission Process or the CAP.
IIM Jammu, is a participant in Common Admission Process (CAP), also called Personal Appearance (PA). It is a joint shortlisting process for IIM Jammu, IIM Bodhgaya and IIM Sirmaur. Under the CAP 2026, IIM Jammu aspirants had to fill the CAP form for getting shortlisted for the PI round.
The CAT 2025 cut off, for IIM Jammu 2026 batch was 95 percentile for General candidates, 81 for EWS and NC-OBC, 66 for SC and 42 for ST/PwD candidates. The CAT cut offs for female candidates was 2 percentile less in all categories. IIM Jammu additionally conducted the Supplementary Admission Process (SAP) for candidates who meet the IIM Jammu shortlisting criteria but not the CAP cut off criteria. Read below IIM Jammu admission criteria and selection process 2026.
- IIM Jammu Admission Process 2026
- IIM Jammu Admission & Shortlisting Criteria: CAT Cut Offs 2025
- Calculation of Composite Score for IIM Jammu Admission
- IIM Jammu Admission 2026-28: Generation of Merit List for Final Selection
- Campus-wise IIM Admission and Selection Criteria 2026
IIM Jammu Admission Process 2026
The IIM Jammu admission process 2026 comprised three stages:
- Shortlisting on the basis of CAT score
- Personal Appearance: WAT-PI
- Final selection and release of merit list
IIM Jammu Admission & Shortlisting Criteria: CAT Cut Offs 2025
In the first stage, the CAT exam test-takers were shortlisted on the basis of their overall and sectional scores. The minimum CAT cut-offs fixed for stage 1 of IIM Jammu admission 2026 are given below:
| Category |
VARC percentile |
DILR percentile |
QA percentile |
Overall percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General |
75 |
75 |
75 |
95 |
| EWS |
55 |
55 |
55 |
81 |
| NC-OBC |
52 |
52 |
52 |
81 |
| SC |
45 |
45 |
45 |
66 |
| ST |
25 |
25 |
30 |
42 |
| PwD |
25 |
25 |
30 |
42 |
Calculation of Composite Score for IIM Jammu Admission
The table below indicates parameters and scores allotted to them for calculative composite score:
| Parameters |
Points |
|---|---|
| CAT Score |
50 |
| Personal Appearance |
25 |
| Academic Profile |
15 |
| Work Experience |
10 |
| Total |
100 |
IIM Jammu Admission Criteria 2026: Points Chart for Academic Profile
Check the points allotted to candidates viz. their scores in class 10 and class 12 and graduation.
| Range of Marks |
Class 10 |
Class 12 |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 60 |
0 |
0 |
| 60.01 to 70 |
1 |
1 |
| 70.01 to 80 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
| 80.01 to 90 |
2 |
2 |
| 90.01 to 95 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
| More than 95 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
Commonly asked questions
The CAT cut offs for IIM Bangalore hovers between 97-100 percentile. The qualifying CAT cut off required for being eligible for IIM Bangalore's Written Ability test (What) and Personal Interview PI is 85 percentile for General category students, whereas for SC candidates, it is 70 percentile. For ST candidates, it is 65 percentile and for PwD candidates it is 60 percentile. Given below are the sectional and overall qualifying CAT cut offs for IIM Bangalore.
- General category: 80 VARC 75 DILR 75 Quantitative Aptitude 85 (Overall)
- NC-OBC category: 75 VARC 65 DILR 65 Quantitative Aptitude 75 (Overall)
- EWS category: 70 VARC 65 DILR 65 Quantitative Aptitude 75 (Overall)
- SC category: 65 VARC 60 DILR 60 Quantitative Aptitude 70 (Overall)
- ST category: 55 VARC 55 DILR 55 Quantitative Aptitude 65 (Overall)
- PwD category: 50 VARC 50 DILR 50 Quantitative Aptitude 60 (Overall)
Having a good academic profile for IIM admission is very critical. The top 6 IIMs lay a lot of emphasis on Class 10 and Class 12 score for selection of candidates for WAT-PI round. The academic profile is evaluated again at the time of preparation of final merit list. It has been seen in the past that some candidates despite having 99+ percentile, were not selected for PI round due to low score in Class 12.
The academic profile is assessed for academic as well as gender diversity. Which means a candidate who studied Arts in Class 12 may be selected for PI with lower marks than a candidate who studied Science in Class 12.
Candidates aiming for IIMs must know that while the importance of academic profile is very important for top IIMs, it is moderately important for rest of the IIMs. For, other top MBA colleges, overall profile matters more than academic score. So, if you do not have superlative scores in Class 10 and 12, build a good profile with work experience and extra curricular activities to increase your chances of selection.
Check the points allotted to candidates viz their scores in graduation for IIM Jammu admission.
| Range of Marks |
Graduation |
|---|---|
| Less than 60 |
0 |
| 60.01 to 70 |
1 |
| 70.01 to 80 |
1.5 |
| 80.01 to 85 |
2.0 |
| 85.01 to 90 |
2.5 |
| 90.01 to 95 |
3.0 |
| More than 95 |
4.0 |
IIM Jammu Selection Criteria 2026: Points for Work Experience
Table below indicates, point allotted for work experience (month-wise) for IIM Jammu admission 2026.
| Work Experience in Months |
Score |
|---|---|
| Less than 12 |
0 |
| 12.01-18 |
4 |
| 18.01-24 |
7 |
| 24.1-36 |
10 |
| 36.01-48 |
7 |
| 48.01-60 |
4 |
| 60 or more |
0 |
Points for Diversity
Point for Diversity for IIM Jammu 2026 admission is divided between male and female candidates. Check below.
| Diversity |
Marks |
|---|---|
| Male |
0 |
| Female |
5 |
Commonly asked questions
Qualifying CAT cut off percentiles of Iims for Written Ability Test (What) and Personal Interview PI are listed below. Candidates who MET the qualifying CAT cut off, were eligible for What-PI round. These qualifying CAT cut offs are for General Category. The cut offs for Reserved category students are lower:
- IIM Ahmedabad: 95 percentile
- IIM Bangalore: 85 percentile
- IIM Calcutta: 85 percentile
- IIM Lucknow: 90 percentile
- IIM Kozhikode: 85 percentile
- IIM Indore: 90 percentile
- IIM Udaipur: 93 percentile
- IIM Shillong: 75 percentile
- IIM Trichy: 93 percentile
- IIM Visakhapatnam: 80 percentile
- IIM Rohtak: 95 percentile
- 1IIM Nagpur: 85 percentile
- IIM Jammu: 93 percentile
- IIM Ranchi: 90 percentile
- IIM Sirmaur: 92 percentile
- IIM Bodhgaya: 93 percentile
- IIM Sambalpur: 93 percentile
- IIM Kashipur: 94 percentile
- IIM Raipur: 93 percentile
- IIM Amritsar: 90 percentile
For complete details of IIM selection and admission process read this article: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/iim-shortlist-selection-admission-criteria-blogId-18787.
In CAT 2025, the number of 100 percentilers was 12. Check state wise data:
Overall Percentile | Total | Gender and Discipline | State wise distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
100 | 12 | Female - 2 Male - 10 Engineering - 3 Non-Engineering - 9 | Uttar Pradesh 1 Karnataka 1 Maharashtra 1 Delhi 3 Haryana 2 Gujarat 2 Jharkhand 1 Odisha 1 |
IIM Jammu Admission 2026-28: Generation of Merit List for Final Selection
Final selection was done among the candidates who cleared the WAT-PI round; on the basis of the composite score arrived at after calculating their scores viz. the above-mentioned parameters. The selection list was finalised and released in May 2026.
Candidates selected for IIM Jammu admission had to confirm admission by sending Offer Acceptance and an Offer Acceptance amount of INR 50,000 to the institute. Upon admission withdrawal within the date specified by the Institute, Offer Acceptance Amount refund was applied after deducting INR 1,000 as processing charges.
Also Read: Top WAT-GD-PI topics for MBA admission 2026
Campus-wise IIM Admission and Selection Criteria 2026
To read IIM admission and selection criteria for each institute, refer to the table below.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 months ago
IIM Jammu offers significant placements to its students. As per the 2025 stats, the highest package recorded during IIM Jammu MBA placements was INR 26.6 LPA. The average and median package recorded was 16.04 LPA and 15.8 LPA. More than 200 recruiters visited and 250 offers were made during IIM Jamm
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Answered 4 months ago
IIM Jammu conducts the application process online. The step-wise application process is given below:
- Go to the official IIM Jammu website at iimj.ac.in.
- Go to "Apply".
- Fill the required info, like name, email, etc.
- Pay application fee.
- Submit the form.
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Answered 4 months ago
Candidates must keep the below enlisted documents ready at the time of IIM Jammu application process:
- Mark sheet and certificate of Class 10, Class 12, and graduation
- Experience certificate (if applicable)
- SOP (if applicable)
- Scorecard of valid exam
Contributor-Level 10
Answered 4 months ago
IIM Jammu tuition fee costs around INR 8.4 L – INR 18 L. This fee is exclusive of other components such as examination fee, application fee, hostel fee, security deposit, etc. This fee is taken from the official website. It is subject to change. Hence, it is moderately costly.
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IIM Jammu offers admission primarily on the basis of the scores obtained in the national level entrance exams including CAT, JEE Main, JEE Advanced, JIPMAT, GATE, etc. To get admission to IIM Jammu, candidates must fulfil the course-specific eligibility. Candidates can apply to the desired course on
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Admission criteria to IIM Jammu is both, merit and entrance based. The eligibility criteria to get into IIMJ programmes is graduation in any discipline (this may vary from course to course) with a minimum aggregate of 50%, along with entrance exams. For UG courses, candidates need to acquire a minim
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IIM Jammu offers admission to all its courses on the basis of both, merit and entrance scores. IIM Jammu accepts national-level entrance exams. The college accepts CAT, JEE Main, JEE Advanced, JIPMAT, GATE, etc. scores for admission to its courses.
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Answered 4 months ago
IIM Jammu MBA tuition fee costs around INR 14.4 L. This fee is exclusive of other components such as examination fee, application fee, hostel fee, security deposit, etc. This fee is taken from the official website. It is subject to change.
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