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IIT Delhi MBA Cut Offs 2026– Check Category wise Cutoffs and Selection Process

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3 mins readUpdated on Dec 11, 2025 17:25 IST

IIT Delhi MBA Cut Off - Take a look at expected and previous years' IIT Delhi MBA Cut Off for admission and read all about IIT Delhi MBA selection criteria and admission process. The IIFT Delhi MBA admission process 2026 will begin a day after CAT 2025 result declaration.

IIT Delhi CAT Cut Off -The Department of Management Studies (DMS) of IIT Delhi offers admission to its MBA and MBA-Telecom programmes on the basis of CAT scores. The IIT Delhi CAT cut off is lower than IIMs but in the same range as other top MBA colleges in India. Both qualifying and final CAT cut offs for IIT MBA are different. While the qualifying DMS IIT Delhi CAT cut off is usually 90 percentile (General category), whereas the final cut off is 97-98 percentile.

Meeting the final IIT Delhi MBA CAT cut off is the first step towards admission. Those who meet the IIT Delhi cut off for MBA are invited for Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI). Applicants are then screened for WAT-PI on the basis of DMS IIT Delhi CAT Cut Off percentile fixed for that academic year and their academic score. In this article, you will get information about CAT cut off and IIT Delhi MBA admission.

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IIT Delhi MBA: Expected CAT Cut Offs for 2026 Admission
Previous Years IIT Delhi MBA CAT Cut Offs: Sectional
Previous years’ IIT Delhi MBA Cut Offs: Category Wise
Selection Process for IIT Delhi MBA Admission through CAT

IIT Delhi MBA: Expected CAT Cut Offs for 2026 Admission

The qualifying IIT Delhi MBA CAT cut offs are released before the CAT result and the final cut offs are released at the time of MBA shortlist form filling. Check below, IIT Delhi MBA CAT cut off 2025, for reference.

IIT Delhi MBA cut off (Qualifying)
Category	CAT percentile (overall)
GEN	90
OBC	81
SC	60
ST	60
PWD	60

Previous Years IIT Delhi MBA CAT Cut Offs: Sectional

Check below the table for previous years' IIT Delhi MBA sectional cut off, section wise. For getting selected to the PI round of IIT Delhi MBA 2026 batch, candidates will have to meet overall as well as sectional CAT cut off:

Section	IIT Delhi MBA cut off 2021	IIT Delhi MBA cut off 2022	IIT Delhi MBA cut off 2023
Overall	98.04	98.04	98.04
Quants	98.04	98.04	98.04
VA-RC	98.04	98.04	98.04
DI-LR	98.04	98.04	98.04

Previous years’ IIT Delhi MBA Cut Offs: Category Wise

IIT Delhi CAT cut off is not released in the public domain. However, Shiksha has obtained IIT Delhi MBA CAT Cut Offs for MBA batch 2014 to 2018 through (Right To Information) RTI. Below given are IIT Delhi-DMS Cut Offs (overall) for 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014.

IIT Delhi MBA Cut Offs
Category/Year	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
GEN	95.01	87.96	89.04	90.00	98.20
OBC	86.38	87.96	79.30	90.00	94.03
SC	67.61	87.96	65.63	80.00	89.30
ST	60.90	87.96	63.55	75.00	73.37
PWD	77.74	87.96	84.79	75.00	90.66

Selection Process for IIT Delhi MBA Admission through CAT

The IIT Delhi MBA admission process for 2026 batch will begin after CAT 2025 result announcement. CAT 2025 was held on November 30 and the result is expected to be announced by the third week of December 2025. IIT Delhi will release applications thereafter. IIT Delhi MBA Selection Process will be divided into three stages:

Stage 1: Screening of candidates on the basis of CAT 2025 score

Stage 2: WAT-PI round

Stage 3: Final selection on the basis of each candidate’s overall performance in CAT exam, WAT-PI, academics. Significant weightage is given to work experience and Statement of Purpose.

In stage one, the candidates will be shortlisted on the basis of their CAT 2025 score. They must meet the IIT Delhi MBA sectional cut off to be eligible for selection to WAT-PI round. They will need to fill the MBA application form before the deadline (usually January 31 of every year).

In Stage two, candidates selected on the basis of IIT Delhi CAT cut off will be invited for WAT-PI round. The WAT-PI is held in February-March in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Delhi. Candidates will get the option to choose interview city.

In Stage three, the admission body, will prepare a list of candidates finally selected for admission on the basis of following factors:

CAT Score
Graduation marks
Class 12 marks
Class 10 marks
WAT-PI performance
Academic Diversity
Work Experience
Statement of Purpose

For IIT MBA admission details read this article: IIT Delhi MBA Admission Process, Application and Fees

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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: Will CAT cut offs rise for 2026 admission?

CAT cut offs do not flutuate much. For the past few years, the CAT exam cut offs for IIMs or other top colleges have not seen much change. If there is any change at all, it is in decimals. However, that decimal point too can make or mar admission chances. CAT cut offs for 2026 admission will largely remain the same as the CAT 2025 exam difficulty level was same as last year and number of takers dipped from last year.

Q: How many candidates scored 100 percentile in CAT 2024?

14 candidates have scored 100 percentile in CAT 2024, out of a total of 2.93 Lacs candidates. Out of 14 toppers, 1 is a woman candidate. Check below CAT 2024 result data:

Check the below table for data and statistics of CAT 2024 test takers and toppers.

CAT Toppers	Gender and Discipline	State
100 percentiles 14 - Nos	Female - 1 Male - 13 Engg – 13 Non-Engg – 1	Andhra Pradesh 1 Delhi 2 Haryana 1 Kerala 1 Maharashtra 5 Odisha 1 Rajasthan 1 Telangana 2
99.99 percentiles 29 -Nos.	Female - 2 Male - 27 Engg – 25 Non-Engg - 4	Chandigarh 1 Delhi 4 Gujarat 2 Haryana 1 Karnataka 3 Kerala 1 Madhya Pradesh 1 Maharashtra 5 Odisha 1 Punjab 1 Rajasthan 3 Tamil Nadu 1 Telangana 1 Uttar Pradesh1 Uttarakhand 1 West Bengal 2
99.98 percentiles 30-Nos	Female - 1 Male - 29 Engg – 20 Non-Engg -10	Bihar 1 Delhi 2 Gujarat 2 Haryana 4 Karnataka 4 Madhya Pradesh 3 Maharashtra 3 Tamil Nadu 2 Telangana 3 Uttar Pradesh 2 West Bengal 4

Q: What is the minimum CAT cut off for IIM ABC?

Minimum qualifying cut off for IIM Ahmedabad is 95 percentile whereas for IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta, it is 85. However final cut offs for these three top IIMs are between 99 to 100 percentile.

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.

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