IIM Jammu Admission Criteria 2027-29: Check CAT Cut Offs 2026 and PI Weightage
IIM Jammu admission criteria 2027-2029 - The institute is a part of IIM CAP 2027. IIM Jammu minimum cut off is expected to be 95 percentile for General category. IIM Jammu will release the admission criteria document for 2027-2029 batch soon.
IIM Jammu Admission Criteria
IIM Jammu Admission Criteria 2027-2029 for Post Graduate Programme (PGP) will be announced soon. The selection process will include Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI), for which candidates will be shortlisted through IIM CAP. The minimum CAT cut off for PI shortlisting may remain the same as last year at about 95 percentile. CAT 2026 exam will be conducted on November 29, 2026. CAT 2026 result will be declared in the third week of December 2026. IIM Jammu will release the PI shortlist through IIM CAP link in the second week of January 2027. Read on this page below, IIM Jammu Admission Criteria 2026-2028 below for reference.
IIM Jammu admission criteria MBA batch 2026-28 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 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.
- 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 2027
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
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Get a complete overview of CAT exam 2026 to be conducted by IIM Indore on November 29 for nearly 2.9 lakh MBA aspirants.
IIM Jammu Admission & Shortlisting Criteria: CAT Cut Offs 2025
The minimum CAT cut-offs fixed for stage 1 of IIM Jammu admission 2026 are given below. These are the qualifying cut offs, actual CAT cut off percentiles were higher.
| 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 calculating the composite score for preparation of final merit list:
| 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 |
Check the points allotted for graduation scores according to IIM Jammu admission policy 2026.
| 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 |
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 2027
To read IIM admission and selection criteria for each institute, refer to the table below.
| IIM Admission and Selection Process |
|
|---|---|
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.
Commonly asked questions
Yes, the CAT accepting MBA colleges conduct either GD/PI or WAT/PI. Since MBA is a professional course about business and team management, personality assessment round is essential to ensure that the aspirant has the flair for management which can be polished during the programme. Communication skills, problem solving ability, management and leadership are essential qualities for MBA thus, every B-School conducts GD/PI or WAT/PI.
No, securing a high CAT percentile is not enough for admission. One has to clear the selection process round too, like WAT and PI.
To get 99 percentile and above, candidates must attempt 40-45 out of 68 questions in CAT, with maximum accuracy.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a week ago
Yes, candidates can get their fee refunded at IIM Jammu. Check below IIM Jammu Fee refund policy:
- Withdrawal Before Deadline: If a candidate withdraws their admission offer on or before the institute's specified withdrawal date, the offer acceptance amount is refunded after deducting ₹1,000 as proces
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IIM Jammu is a reputed college for management programmes. The college offers an average package secured by MBA batch 2026 was INR 16.47 LPA. Median package recorded at INR 15 LPA. The fee of MBA at IIM Jammu is INR 14.4 lakhs. Therefore, ROI is also reasonable and IIM Jammu is worth studying.
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IIM Jammu offers a monthly allowance of INR 55,000 per month during the first two years, increasing to INR 60,000 per month after passing the comprehensive examination.
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Candidates can check below IIM Jammu academic departments:
- Business Communication
- Business Policy, Strategy & Entrepreneurship
- Economics & Business Environment
- Finance and Accounting
- IT Systems & Analytics
- Marketing
- Organizational Behaviour & Human Resource Management (OB & HRM)
- Operations & Supply Chain Ma
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Answered 5 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 7 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.
Contributor-Level 10
Answered 7 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 7 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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