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IIM Jammu Admission Criteria 20256-28: Check CAT 2025 Cut Offs and CAP PI Shortlisting Process

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5 mins readUpdated on Sep 1, 2025 18:34 IST

IIM Jammu has fixed CAT cut off at 95 percentile for General category for MBA admission this year. Candidates will be shortlisted through IIM CAP to IIM Jammu SAP. This year, IIM Jammu has lowered CAT cut off for female and transgender candidates. Read more about IIM Jammu Admission Criteria 2025 MBA batch.

IIM Jammu admission criteria 2026-2028 will be announced soon. For 2025 batch, the minimum cut off was 95 percentile for General category. MBA admission at IIM Jammu is through CAP. Read more about IIM Jammu Admission Criteria.

IIM Jammu admission criteria MBA batch 2026-28 is expected to be announced soon. The selection process includes shortlisting of candidates through CAT score and Common Admission Process or the CAP. For admission to the 2026 batch, admission will be done through IIM CAP and IIM SAP.

IIM Jammu, being one of the new campuses, follows the Common Admission Process (CAP), also called Personal Appearance (PA). In this process, a common Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) round is conducted for IIM Jammu, IIM Nagpur, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Kashipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Sirmaur and IIM Trichy, IIM Udaipur. IM Jammu will additionally conduct the Supplementary Admission Process (SAP) for candidates meet the IIM Jammu shortlisting criteria but not the CAP cut off criteria.

The CAT 2024 cut off, for 2025 batch was fixed art 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. Read below IIM Jammu admission criteria and selection process of previous year, for reference.

Table of contents

IIM Jammu PI Shortlist 2025: How to Check?
IIM Jammu Admission Process 2025
IIM Jammu Admission & Shortlisting Criteria: CAT Cut Offs 2024
Calculation of Composite Score for IIM Jammu Admission
IIM Jammu Admission 2025-27: Generation of Merit List for Final Selection
Campus-wise IIM Admission and Selection Criteria 2025

IIM Jammu PI Shortlist 2025: How to Check?

The IIM Jammu PI shortlist for MBA admission was available through login. Candidates had to follow the below given steps to fill the PI shortlist form for CAP 2025:

Go to IIM Jammu website
Click on CAP 2025 shortlist 2025
Enter CAT 2024 ID and password
Check your PI status and fill the form

IIM Jammu Admission Process 2025

The IIM Jammu admission process 2025 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 2024

In the first stage, the CAT 2024 test-takers were shortlisted on the basis of their overall and sectional scores. For female and transgender candidates the cut off criteria was lower than male candidates in all categories. The minimum CAT cut-offs fixed for stage 1 of IIM Jammu admission 2025 are given below:

The overall as well as section-wise CAT percentile cut off may be reduced in case the actual number of candidates shortlisted is found to be less than the batch size.

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:

IIM Jammu Admisison Parameters	Weightage
CAT 2024 score	45
PI	30
Academic profile	10
Work Experience	10
Diversity	5
Total	100

IIM Jammu Admission Criteria 2025: 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

Check the points allotted to candidates viz their scores in graduation for IIM Jammu admission 2025.

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 2025: Points for Work Experience

Table below indicates, point allotted for work experience (month-wise) for IIM Jammu admission 2025.

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 2025 admission is divided between male and female candidates. Check below.

Diversity	Marks
Male	0
Female	5

IIM Jammu Admission 2025-27: 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 by May 2025.

Candidates selected for IIM Jammu admission were required 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 2025

Q: What is the average number of CAT 100 percentilers every year?

On an average, about 10-15 CAT aspirants score 100 percentile. Given below is the data of CAT 100 percentilers of last 3 years:

Exam year

CAT 100 percentilers

State wise numbers

CAT 2024

1- Andhra Pradesh
2- Delhi
1- Haryana
1-Kerala
5- Maharashtra
1- Odisha
1- Rajasthan
2- Telangana

CAT 2023

1 – Andhra Pradesh
1 - Delhi
1 – Gujarat
1 – Jammu & Kashmir
1 - Karnataka
1 - Kerala
4 – Maharashtra
1 – Tamil Nadu
2 - Telangana
1 - Uttar Pradesh

CAT 2022

2 - Delhi

1 - Gujarat

1 - Haryana

1 - Kerala

1 - Madhya Pradesh

2 - Maharashtra

2 - Telangana

1 - Uttar Pradesh

Q: What are the qualifying CAT cutoffs for all the IIMs?

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.

Q: What is the CAT exam cutoff required to get admission to IIM Bangalore?

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)

CAT Percentile predictor prepared by Shiksha.com helps students to get their predicted CAT 2025 percentile on the basis of their expected exam score. So, predict your CAT 2025 score by clicking the link below:

CAT Percentile Predictor

Campus-wise IIM Admission and Selection Criteria 2025

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

IIM Admission and Selection Process
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 Rohtak Shortlist & Admission Criteria	IIM Raipur Shortlist & Admission Criteria
IIM Kashipur Shortlist & Admission Criteria	IIM Sambalpur Shortlist & Admission Criteria
IIM Amritsar Shortlist & Admission Criteria	IIM Nagpur Shortlist & Admission Criteria
IIM Bodh Gaya Shortlist & Admission Criteria	IIM Mumbai Shortlist & Admission Criteria

Q: What is the difference between qualifying CAT cut off and final CAT cut off?

Qualifying CAT cut off percentiles of an IIM is the minimum percentile (sectional as well as overall) required by candidates to be eligible for the Written Ability Test (What) and Personal Interview PI round. These are only eligibility score and not the score for selection. The final CAT cut off percentiles are the scores on the basis of which a candidate is actually selected for the What-PI round. The qualifying CAT cut offs are released publically before the CAT exam and result as a part of selection criteria for the MBA/PGP batch of that year. The qualifying cut offs for CAT are release category wise - General, NC/OBC. General-EWS, SC/ST, PwD. The qualifying cut offs percentiles of General category candidate is higher than then rest. The final CAT cut offs are not released publically. The cut offs are estimate on the basis of candidate's selection for What-PI. The final CAT cut offs for General category candidate is also higher than then rest.

Q: Are CAT cut offs announced along with the CAT result?

CAT cutoffs are usually not announced with the CAT result. The CAT cutoffs are also not released to the public.

They are published after a few days of the result announcement when the IIMs and other colleges start their shortlisting process. The IIMs opens their shortlisting window based on the CAT cut-offs two to three days after the result announcement. The CAT percentile of candidates shortlisted for the Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD), and Personal Interview (PI) can be considered the cut-off for that IIM. For example, if a candidate with a CAT percentile of 99 belonging to the General category is selected for the WAT/GD-PI of IIM Calcutta, then the CAT cut-off for IIM Calcutta is 99 percentile. Only those candidates who make it to the WAT/GD-PI round of IIMs will get to know the cut-offs.

Q: What is the CAT cut off for admission to MBA programmes of IITs?

Check the table below for CAT cut offs for IITs, on the basis of which candidates are selected for their MBA programmes:

IIT	CAT Cut Offs
IIT Delhi	98 percentile
IIT Delhi	97percentile
IIT Bombay	98.5 percentile
IIT Kharagpur	90 percentile
IIT Roorkee	94.6 percentile
IIT Madras	96 percentile
IIT Kanpur	95 percentile
IIT-ISM Dhanbad	80 percentile

Check CAT cut offs and predict calls from IIMs and Non-IIMs accepting CAT score for admission. Check Fees, Placement Reviews, Admission, Shortlist Criteria and Eligibility of all CAT participating colleges by clicking the link below:

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