IIM Raipur Admission & Selection Criteria 2026-2028: Check CAT 2025 Cut Off; PI Weightage

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IIM Raipur Admission Criteria 2026-2028 - CAT cut off is 80 percentile for PI shortlisting for 2026-28 batch. Fill the PI shortlist form. Read more about IIM Raipur selection & admission criteria. In this article, you will get all the information related to IIM Raipur admission criteria and selection process for 2026-2028 PGP batch.

IIM Raipur admission criteria for MBA admission includes a minimum CAT score of 90 percentile and good academic score. Check here IIM Raipur admission criteria and selection process 2026-2028. 

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IIM Raipur admission criteria and selection process for PGP 2026-2028 has been announced. The institute will serve as the coordinating body of IIM JAP 2026, applications for which released on December 26, 2025. For the upcoming batch, IIM Kashipur, IIM Raipur, IIM Ranchi, and IIM Tiruchirappalli, will be joinlty conducting Joint Admission Process of JAP. For admission to these 4 institutes under JAP includes application submission by candidates and call letter by JAP committee. 

The admission criteria includes CAT score, PI and academic record. Last year, the minimum cut off for PI shortlist was 80 percentile for General category candidates. Candidates who sccored as much or more than the qualifying cut off percentile in CAT exam, were eligible for Personal Interview (PI) round of PGP admission. The minimum CAT cut off for PI shortlisting for Reserved category candidates was much lower. Check below, previous year's IIM Raipur admission policy and selection crieria for reference. 

In the IIM Raipur selection and admission criteria 2026, 50 per cent has been allotted to CAT exam score, and 25 per cent to the PI round. The remaining 25 per cent is distributed among academic profile, work experience, gender diversity and academic diversity. 

Table of contents
  • IIM Raipur Selection Process 2026-28
  • IIM Raipur Admission Criteria 2026: Minimum CAT cut-off for WAT-PI rounds
  • IIM Raipur Shortlist for MBA 2026
  • IIM Raipur Admission Criteria 2026: Academic Score
  • IIM Raipur Admission 2025: GD-PI Shortlisting
  • IIM Raipur Admission 2026: Final Selection
  • IIM Raipur Admission Criteria: Weightage allotted to Work Experience
  • Campus-wise IIM Admission Criteria and Selection Process 2026-2028
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IIM Raipur Selection Process 2026-28

The IIM Raipur selection and admission process 2026-28 included three stages:

  • Short listing candidates for Personal Interview on the basis of CAT result
  • Personal Interview round
  • Final admission list for selection

In the final phase, candidates will be selected for admission on the basis of their overall performance on certain parameters fixed by the institute.

IIM Raipur Admission Criteria 2026: Minimum CAT cut-off for WAT-PI rounds

Given below are the qualifying CAT cut offs for IIM Raipur admission. Final CAT cut offs will be released after the PI shortlisting and final selection of candidates.

Category VARC Scaled Percentile DILR Scaled Percentile QA Scaled Percentile Total Percentile
General 75 75 75 90
EWS 60 60 60 75
NC-OBC 60 60 60 75
SC 45 45 45 50
ST 25 25 25 30
PwD 25 25 25 30

IIM Raipur Shortlist for MBA 2026

The institute will release the PI admit card at its website in January 2026. Candidates who applied for participation in PI round, will have to carry the admit card for PI participation:

  • Go to IIM Raipur website
  • Click on Download admit card for PGP 
  • Enter email ID and password to login
  • Download the admit card and save as PDF

IIM Raipur Admission Criteria 2026: Academic Score

Marks scored in Class 10, 12 and graduation will be taken into consideration for PI shortlisting. Check below category wise percentages (qualifying) below:

Category Class 10 Class 12 Graduation
General 60 60 50
EWS 60 60 50
NC-OBC 60 60 50
SC 55 55 45
ST 55 55 45
PwD 45 45 45

IIM Raipur Admission 2025: GD-PI Shortlisting

Given below are the parameters and percentage allotted for IIM Raipur GD-PI shortlisting. The Aggregate Score Index (ASI) was calculated from the below given components.

Parameters

Weight

CAT 2024 Index Score

50%

SSC/Class X Percentage Score

20%

HSC/Class XII Percentage Score

20%

Gender Diversity Score (female/ transgender candidates)

7%

Academic Diversity Score

3%

IIM Raipur Admission 2026: Final Selection

Candidates selected for the second round, will be intimated through email and they had to be present in person for WAT-PI round. Post this round, the candidates will be shortlisted on their overall profile:

Parameters

Percentage

CAT 2025 Index Score

50%

PI Score

25%

Work Experience Score

15%

Profile Score

10%

IIM Raipur Admission Criteria: Weightage allotted to Work Experience

For IIM Raipur PGP admission, maximum weight of eight points are allotted to 26-36 months of work experience. Work experience of less than six months are allotted no point.

Experience (Months)

Score

Experience (Months)

Score

≤ 6

0

28

15

7

4.38

29

15

8

5.00

30

15

9

5.63

31

15

10

6.25

32

15

11

6.88

33

15

12

7.50

34

15

13

8.13

35

15

14

8.75

36

15

15

9.38

37

13.92

16

10.00

38

12.83

17

10.63

39

11.75

18

11.25

40

10.67

19

11.88

41

9.58

20

12.50

42

8.50

21

13.13

43

7.42

22

13.75

44

6.33

23

14.38

45

5.25

24

15

46

4.17

25

15

47

3.08

26

15

≥ 48

2

27

15

   

Given below is the list of education streams and courses includes in academic diversity:

Stream

Subjects

Arts/Humanities

Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Languages, Liberal arts, Law, Library and Information Science, Mass Communication and Journalism, Music, Philosophy, Performing Arts (Dance/Drama/Theatre), Literature, Physical Education, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Social Work, Statistics, etc.

Commerce

Accountancy, Auditing, Banking, Chartered Accountancy, Costs and Works Accountancy, etc.

Science

Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Zoology, etc.

Others

Medicine, Pharmacy and Management, etc.

Candidates selected for admission to IIM Raipur's PGP course will be informed through invitation email. Those seeking admission will have to confirm admission by paying Offer Acceptance Fee of INR 100,000, which will be adjusted against first term fee upon admission. Upon admission withdrawal, procession fee INR 1,000 will be deducted and the rest of the amount will be refunded. 

Q:   Can an average student get into an IIM?
A:

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.

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

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)
Q:   What is the difference between qualifying CAT cut off and final CAT cut off?
A:
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:   Is it hard to get into IIM Raipur?
A:

Candidates seeking admission to the MBA programme at IIM Raipur must meet the overall and section-wise CAT percentile. According to cut-off details of IIM Raipur for the year 2023, candidates having overall and section-wise CAT percentile equal to or above 90 were eligible for admission to the MBA programme.

Hence, students are advised to give equal importance to all the sections, i.e. verbal ability and reading comprehension (VARC), data interpretation and logical reasoning (DILR) and quantitative aptitude (QA) while preparing for the CAT exam to get eligible for admission to the MBA programme at IIM Raipur. 

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

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:   Which are some of the top MBA colleges for 85 percentile in CAT?
A:

Some of the top CAT 85 percentile colleges are mentioned below:

·       IIM Amritsar

·       IIM Bodh Gaya

·       IIM Nagpur

·       VGSoM IIT Kharagpur

·       Department of Management Studies – IIT Madras 

·       Department of Management Studies-IIT Roorkee,

·       Department of Management Studies-Delhi Technological University

·       TAPMI Manipal

·       IMT Nagpur

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