IIM Trichy Admission Criteria 2026 -2028: Check WAT-PI Process and CAT 2025 cut offs
If your CAT score is 95 percentile, you stand a chance to get admission in IIM Trichy. Know IIM Trichy Admission Criteria for PGPM batch to understand selection criteria, cut off percentile and WAT-PI process.
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Tiruchirappalli or IIM Trichy offer PGPM (MBA) through CAT. The minimum qualifying cut off is 90 percentile for General category candidates. IIM Trichy admission criteria for 2026-28 will be released soon. The PI shortlisting will be done through IIM JAP 2026. IIM Raipur has released IIM JAP 2026 cut offs. Check below IIM Trichy admission and selection criteria.
The PGPM admission process of IIM Trichy includes two stages:
- Candidate’s performance in CAT exam
- Performance in Personal Interview (PI) and Written Analysis Test (WAT)
Final selection for admission to IIM Trichy’s PGPM course will be based on candidates’ overall performance in CAT exam, PI and academics. Work experience will also taken into consideration for preparing final merit list.
- IIM Trichy Admission Criteria 2026-2028: CAT Cut Offs for PI Shortlisting
- IIM Trichy Admission Criteria 2025: Parameters and Weightage
- Institute-wise IIM Admission Criteria 2026
IIM Trichy Admission Criteria 2026-2028: CAT Cut Offs for PI Shortlisting
The table below indicates sectional and overall CAT cut off scores required for being eligible for IIM Trichy’s PI round through IIM JAP.
| Category | Class 10 | Class 12 | Graduation | VARC Scaled Percentile | DILR Scaled Percentile | QA Scaled Percentile | Total Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | 60 | 60 | 50 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 90 |
| EWS | 60 | 60 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 75 |
| NC-OBC | 60 | 60 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 75 |
| SC | 55 | 55 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 50 |
| ST | 55 | 55 | 45 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 30 |
| PwD | 45 | 45 | 45 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 30 |
Other parameters and selection criteria will be announced by the institute soon. Read below previous year's admission policy.
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)
The IIM Trichy MBA/ PGPM selection criteria is done based on various parameters. Hence, the candidates selection is done just based on CAT score. Mentioned below are the considered parameters along with the weightage:
- CAT percentile: 50%
- PI performance: 25%
- Academic performance: 10%
- Work experience: 5%
- Female candidates: 5%
- Verbal composition: 3%
- Professional qualification: 2%
IIM Trichy Admission Criteria 2025: Parameters and Weightage
The Composite Score of each PI candidate were calculated on the basis of following parameters:
| Parameter |
Weightage in Percentage |
|---|---|
| CAT score |
47 |
| Personal Interview |
20 |
| Written Analysis Test |
5 |
| Work Experience |
10 |
| Performance at Undergraduate level |
5 |
| Performance in class 12 |
3 |
| Performance in class 10 |
2 |
| Academic Diversity |
2 |
| Gender Diversity |
6 |
IIM Trichy Admission 2025: Points Allocation of Work Experience
Check below the table indicating points allocation for work experience month wise, to be added in the final merit list preparation.
| Months |
Points |
|---|---|
| 0-5 months |
0 |
| 6-11 months |
2 |
| 12-17 months |
4 |
| 18-23 months |
7 |
| 24-29 months |
10 |
| 30-35 months |
7 |
| 36-41 months |
4 |
| 42-47 months |
2 |
| 48 months and more |
0 |
Institute-wise IIM Admission Criteria 2026
Check the table below for institute wise IIM admission criteria and selection process for 2026-2028 batch along with CAT cut offs and important dates:
| IIM Selection Criteria |
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|---|---|
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 5 days ago
Fresher students were mostly hired in FMCG, BFSI, Operations and IT sectors during the placement drive 2025 at IIM Trichy. Experienced students were mostly placed in the IT sector.
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The PGPM batch of 2025 had 70% students with Engineering background 30% students with Non-Engineering background.
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The median package recorded in sectors such as BFSI, Consulting, IT, FMCG, Operations and HR was between 18 LPA and 20 LPA in 2025. The highest package of around 43 LPA was offered by IT and IT Services sector.
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A total of 189 companies visited the campus during IIM Trichy PGPM placements 2025. During PGPM HR placements 2025, 40 companies visited.
In PGPM HR, most number of recruiters were from Consulting and Media sectors. In PGPM, IT and IT Services emerged as the top recruiting sector followed by BFSI an
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The overall median stipend offered during IIM Trichy summer placements 2025 was around INR 1 lakh. There was 20% increase in the median stipend as compared with previous year.
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In BFSI and FMCG domain, most number of students were placed during IIM Trichy summer placements 2025. Further, 150% increase in summer placement was recorded in Operations domains. With respect to recruiters participation, FMCG emerged as the top domain followed by Operations, IT, BFSI and Consult
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The highest stipend offered in BFSI domain during IIM Trichy summer placements 2025 was INR 3.5 lakh. The median package received by students in this domain was around INR 1.3 lakh.
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IIM Trichy has good summer placement record. More than 150 companies visited the campus during the summer placement drive 2025. The overall the highest stipend recorded during the summer placement drive 2025 was INR 3.5 lakh. The median stipend recorded was between INR 0.7 Lacs to 1.4 lakh.
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