IIM Vizag Waitlist Movement 2026; Check Category wise Expected Waitlist Movement

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Updated on May 18, 2026 14:54 IST

IIM Vizag Waitlist Movement 2026 will be category wise. The institute will release PGP waitlist most likely in June after the first round of admission is done. The waitlist will be released for SC, ST, NC-OBC, EWS and General category candidates, separately. Read below all about IIM Visakhapatnam waitlist 2026.

IIM Vizag Waitlist Movement 2026 will be category wise. The institute will release PGP waitlist most likely in June after the first round of admission is done. Read below all about IIM Visakhapatnam waitlist 2026.

IIM Vizag waitlist 2026 will be released most likely in June. Admission offer basis the final result for PGP 2026 have been rolled out on May 13. Candidates who have been selected need to complete the admission formalities by a certain deadline. The waitlist will be released thereafter for the seats that remain vacant.

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IIM Visakhapatnam PGP admission is based on CAT exam. Candidates who qualified CAT 2025 and met the IIM Vizag cut off were shortlisted for WAT-PI. Post the WAT-PI round, a composite score was calculated for every candidates for preparation of final merit list PGP 2026-2028. Read below, all about IIM Vizag waitlist movement 2026.

Commonly asked questions

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)

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: Which MBA colleges are available with 70 percentile in CAT?

A good number of private MBA colleges accept CAT score of 70 percentile in CAT. We have listed some of the colleges in which admission is possible with 70 percentile. Amity University AIMS Institutes (AIMS), Bangalore Amrita School of Business - Bangalore Acharya Bangalore B-School Asian Business School (ABS), Noida Amrita School of Business, Kochi Bengal Institute of Business Studies (BIBS), Kolkata Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Christ Institute of Management, Pune Doon Business School (DBS), Dehradun Eastern Institute For Integrated Learning In Management, Kolkata FOSTIIMA Business School, Delhi International Institute of Business Studies, Noida International School of Business and Media (ISB&M) Bangalore JK Lakshmipat University-Institute of Management, Jaipur National University (JNU), Jaipur JRE Group of Institutions (JRE), Greater Noida Lotus Business School, Pune Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar MATS University, Raipur IIKM Business School, Calicut IILM Institute for Higher Education, Delhi For full list, click here: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/colleges-accepting-cat-scores-range-70-to-80-percentile-blogId-11956.

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.

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Table of contents

IIM Vizag Waitlist Movement 2026
IIM Vizag Waitlist Movement: How are Seats Allotted?
IIM Visakhapatnam Waitlist Movement 2026 (Expected)
IIM Visakhapatnam Waitlist Movement 2025-2027

IIM Vizag Waitlist Movement 2026

IIM Vizag waitlist 2026 will be released most likely by the first week of June. The waitlist will be released for SC, ST, NC-OBC, EWS and General category candidates, separately. The waitlist will mainly depend on how many candidates of first merit list accept or decline the admission offer. There can be waitlist movement of upto 2-3 rounds.

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IIM Vizag Waitlist Movement: How are Seats Allotted?

IIM Visakhapatnam selects candidates for PGP course on the basis of Composite Score. It is evaluated on the basis of candidate’s CAT score, WAT-PI performance, academic profile, work profile and diversity. There are a total of 287 PGP seats at IIM Vizag. Seat allotment is done category wise as per the Reservation criteria guidelines of the Government of India.

Candidates whose Composite Score is higher, are offered admission through the final merit list. Those who have scored high but missed the merit list by a few decimal points are waitlisted, for next round of admission offers.

Also Read: IIM Visakhapatnam Selection and Admission Criteria 2026

IIM Visakhapatnam Waitlist Movement 2026 (Expected)

Basis previous years' waitlist movement at IIM Visakhapatnam, below given is the expected movement for PGP 2026-2028 batch:

Category	Expected Waitlist Movement 2026
EWS	170 - 180
General	950 - 1000
NC-OBC	650 - 675
SC	425 - 450
ST	250 - 270

Commonly asked questions

Q: How many CAT mock tests to practice to score 99 percentile?

Experts recommend that aspirants must practice at least 40 CAT mock tests to score above 99 percentile well in the exam. Most of the CAT test takers take up to 50 mock tests of various types and difficulty level. CAT toppers in previous years have practiced even up to 80 mock tests during their preparation. However, candidates must decide the number of CAT mock tests depending on their control and confidence on topics as the exam day comes closer. Mock tests are the best way to judge your performance viz. The important topics of CAT. The more one practices CAT mock tests, the more accurate they get in solving questions from all subjects. It is very important to know which formula to apply to which type question to solve the problem accurately. Mock tests help candidates in this aspect which is why practicing mock tests is most important in CAT preparation.

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: Which MBA colleges are available with 80 percentile in CAT?

There are quite a few MBA colleges who accept CAT score of 80 percentile and above for admission. The admission process for these colleges include group discussion and Personal Interview . Fore School of Management Goa Institute of Management International Management Institute, Delhi Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli Praxis Business School, Kolkata Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management development & Research, Bangalore Shiva Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research TA Pai Management Institute Trinity College for Management and Technology, Ghaziabad Click on this link for more: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/colleges-accepting-cat-scores-range-80-to-90-percentile-blogId-11981.

Q: Which MBA colleges are available with 60 percentile in CAT?

There are a number of private MBA colleges that accept CAT score of 60+ percentile for admission. We have listed some of the colleges below: AIMS Institutes (AIMS), Bangalore Amrita School of Business - Bangalore Acharya Bangalore B-School Asian Business School (ABS), Noida Amrita School of Business, Kochi Bengal Institute of Business Studies (BIBS), Kolkata Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Christ Institute of Management, Pune Doon Business School (DBS), Dehradun Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, Kolkata FOSTIIMA Business School, Delhi International Institute of Business Studies, Noida International School of Business and Media (ISB&M) Bangalore International School of Business & Media, Kolkata IIKM Business School, Calicut IILM Institute for Higher Education, Delhi For full list, click here: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/colleges-accepting-cat-scores-range-60-to-70-percentile-blogId-11984.

IIM Visakhapatnam Waitlist Movement 2025-2027

Check below the estimated waitlist movement of IIM Visakhapatnam for previous year’s batch 2025-2027.

Waitlist	EWS	General	NC-OBC	SC	ST	PwD	Total
WL1	63	241	163	91	42	17	600
WL2	46	226	146	112	70	37	600
WL3	37	95	90	72	51	6	345
WL4	23	120	80	40	37	8	300
WL5	10	120	58	56	57	4	301
WL6	5	33	40	8	0	0	86
WL7	0	22	7	11	1	0	41
WL08	0	31	15	8	6	0	60
WL09	0	30	24	10	7	0	71
WL10	0	24	8	3	3	0	38
WL11	0	23	30	13	0	0	66
WL12	0	40	17	12	0	0	69
WL13	0	13	18	11	0	0	42
WL14	0	20	0	14	0	0	34
Total	184	1,038	696	461	274	72	2,653

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