IIM Vizag Waitlist Movement 2026; Check Category wise Expected Waitlist Movement
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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.
All about IIM Vizag waitlist and result
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
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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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
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.
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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