IIT Kharagpur MBA Admission Criteria 2026: Check PI Shortlist Process and CAT Cutoffs 2025
IIT Kharagpur MBA admission process has two stages - PI shortlisting and Final selection. The, minimum CAT cut off required for IIT Kharagpur MBA admission is 90 percentile. Read here all about IIT Kharagpur MBA admission criteria.
IIT Kharagpur MBA admission criteria
IIT Kharagpur offers MBA programme through its management school – Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM). The institute offers General MBA with various elective courses. IIT Kharagpur MBA course is ranked among top 100 in India. In the NIRF ranking 2025, IIT Kharagpur is ranked No. 19 for Management programmes. For admission to the MBA batch of 200, the institute accepts CAT score. PI shortlisting criteria of IIT Kharagpur VGSOM also includes Class 10, 12, Graduation marks. Four points are given to female candidates as part of gender diversity initiative, along with the CAT score.
IIM Kharagpur VGSOM will start the 2026 admission process in soon after the declaration of CAT 2025 result. The institute will release IIT Kharagpur MBA admission criteria and start registration process for PI round at its official website. Check here all about IIT Kharagpur MBA Admission Criteria and CAT Cutoffs.
- IIT Kharagpur MBA Admission Process 2026
- IIT Kharagpur MBA Eligibility Criteria
- IIT Kharagpur MBA Admission Criteria 2026: CAT cut off
- IIT Kharagpur MBA Admission Criteria: Academic Scores
- IIT Kharagpur MBA Admission Criteria: Work Experience
- IIT Kharagpur MBA Admission Process: Final Selection
IIT Kharagpur MBA Admission Process 2026
IIT Kharagpur MBA admission will be done in two stages. In both stages CAT score will taken into consideration for selecting candidates:
Stage 1: Shortlisting for Personal Interview (PI) based on CAT 2025 result and academic record
Stage 2: Final selection of candidates for admission based on a combined score comprising Application Rating (AR), CAT 2025 score, and Personal Interview (PI) performance.
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)
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.
IIT Kharagpur MBA Eligibility Criteria
To apply for IIT Kharagpur MBA course, candidates are required to fulfill the following eligibility criteria along with having a valid CAT score.
- A Bachelor's degree of minimum 4-year duration in engineering/technology/pharmacy or a Master's degree in Science/Economics/Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor's level)
- Minimum percentage of marks in the qualifying degree for General/EWS/OBC candidates is 60% or CGPA of 6.5 on a 10-point scale and for SC/ST/PWD candidates, it is 55% or CGPA of 6.0 on a 10-point scale.
- Final year students are also eligible to apply for the course, but they will have to submit passing certificate by May 31, 2026.
IIT Kharagpur MBA Admission Criteria 2026: CAT cut off
The minimum IIT Kharagpur MBA cut offs required to be selected for the PI round of IIT Kharagpur MBA admission is given below category wise. Candidates scoring above the given CAT cut offs will stand eligible for selection to PI round:
| Category |
CAT cut off |
|---|---|
| General/EWS |
90 |
| OBC |
81 |
| SC |
60 |
| ST |
60 |
| PwD |
60 |
Commonly asked questions
On an average, about 10-15 CAT aspirants score 100 percentile. Given below is the data of CAT 100 percentilers of last 4 years:
Exam year | CAT 100 percentilers | State wise numbers |
|---|---|---|
CAT 2025 | 12 | 1- Uttar Pradesh 1- Karnataka 1- Maharashtra 3- Delhi 2- Haryana 2- Gujarat 1- Jharkhand 1- Odisha |
CAT 2024 | 14 | 1- Andhra Pradesh |
CAT 2023 | 14 | 1 – Andhra Pradesh |
CAT 2022 | 11 | 2 - Delhi 1 - Gujarat 1 - Haryana 1 - Kerala 1 - Madhya Pradesh 2 - Maharashtra 2 - Telangana 1 - Uttar Pradesh |
Yes, it is possible to score 99.99 percentile in CAT in first attempt. Many toppers of previous years' are such candidates. One must study in a focussed manner and do a lot of mock test practice. Exam day strategy is also crucial for better performance.
IIT Kharagpur MBA Admission Criteria: Academic Scores
Application Rating or AR will be calculated for Class 10 and Class 12 academic scores on the basis of the following:
| Class 10 |
Rating score |
Class 12 |
Rating score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85% to 100% |
3 |
85% to 100% |
4 |
| 75% to <85% |
2 |
75% to <85% |
3 |
| 65% to <75% |
1 |
65% to <75% |
2 |
| -- |
-- |
55% to <65% |
1 |
Application Rating or AR will be calculated for Graduation and Post-Graduation academic scores on the basis of the following:
| B.Tech/BE./B.Pharma/Dual degree BTech-MTech/Dual-degree BTech-MS Exam |
Rating Score |
Percentage score in BSc/B.Com/BA Exam |
Rating Score |
Percentage score in MA(Eco)/M.Sc/M.Com/MCA Exam |
Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90% to 100% |
7 |
80% to 100% |
4 |
75% to 100% |
3 |
| 80% to <90% |
6 |
70% to <80% |
2 |
65% to <75% |
2 |
| 70% to <80% |
5 |
60% to <70% |
1 |
55% to <65% |
1 |
| 60% to <70% |
4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Candidates who have two-year MTech/ME/MS/M.Pharma degree or having professional qualification will get 1 additional mark.
IIT Kharagpur MBA Admission Criteria: Work Experience
Work experience carries a weightage of 5 point in selection of candidates for MBA admission at IIT Kharagpur VGSoM.
| Experience in Days |
Rating Score |
|---|---|
| <180 |
0 |
| 180-730 |
3+(no. of days-180)×0.003636* |
| 731-1827 |
5-(no. of days-730)×0.003646** |
| >1827 |
0 |
Commonly asked questions
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.
IIT Kharagpur MBA Admission Process: Final Selection
The final selection will be done on the basis of composite scores of the candidates calculated after the conduct of PI round. The following parameters will be considered for calculation of composite score for final admission.
| Parameters |
Weight |
|
|---|---|---|
| Application Rating (Academic score and work experience) |
20 |
|
| CAT 2024 |
VARC |
20 |
| DILR |
10 |
|
| QA |
10 |
|
| PI |
40 |
|
| Total |
100 |
|
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 6 months ago
The top recruiters that participated during the placement drive are presented below:
VGSOM IIT Kharagpur Top Recruiters | ||
|---|---|---|
Amazon | KPMG | ICICI |
Deloitte | PWC | Berger |
EY | Wipro | Accenture |
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 7 months ago
VGSOM selection criteria is mainly entrance-based and requires students to appear for the personal interview or written test. The table below mentions course-wise selection criteria of the institute:
Course | Selection |
|---|---|
MBA/PGDM | CAT + PI |
Executive MBA/PGDM | Written Test + Interview |
PhD | Entrance-based |
| PGDBA | PGDBA Admission Test + PI |
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a year ago
Faculty members of VGSoM IIT Kharagpur are genuinely good and very supportive. You need to focus on your academics but also they are very strict regarding rules and regulations.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a year ago
The infrastructure of Vinod Gupta School of Managment Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is excellent.
Facilities:-
- Financial research Lab
- Computer Lab
- Library with AC
- AC classroom
Campus is also very beautiful with WiFi facilities, hostels for MBA students are seprate from other halls and are wel
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a year ago
No, students can not join VGSOM IIT Kharagpur without CAT. Admission to the Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM) MBA programme at IIT Kharagpur is based on CAT scores and a personal interview. Candidates must also have a 4-year bachelor's degree with a minimum of 60% marks.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a year ago
The key highlights of VGSOM IIT Kharagpur summer placements for the batch of 2023-25 batch as compared with previous two batch are presented below:
Particulars | MBA Summer Placement Statistics (2021-23 Batch) | MBA Summer Placement Statistics (2022-24 Batch) | MBA Summer Placement Statistics (2023-25 Batch) |
|---|---|---|---|
the highest stipend | INR 3 lakh | INR 3.4 lakh | INR 5.35 lakh |
Median stipend | INR 1.53 lakh | INR 1.84 lakh | INR 2.6 lakh |
Average stipend | INR 1.36 lakh | INR 1.77 lakh | INR 2.07 lakh |
Placement rate | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Companies visited | 30 | 40 | 45 |
Top 50% average stipend | NA | INR 2.25 lakh | INR 3.32 lakh |
Top 25% average stipend | NA | INR 2.52 lakh | INR 3.49 lakh |
Top 10% average stipend | NA | INR 2.97 lakh | INR 4.61 lakh |
Students registered | 96 | 125 | 137 |
Students placed | 96 | 125 | 137 |
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a year ago
Strategy & Consulting domain emerged the top recruiting domain that placed 45% of the total students during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA placements 2025. The sector-wise placement distribution recorded during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA placements 2025 is presented below:
Domain | MBA Placement Distribution (2025) |
|---|---|
Strategy & Consulting | 45% |
BFSI | 11% |
Operations | 20% |
Analytics | 15% |
Sales & Marketing | 7% |
Others | 2% |
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a year ago
Yes, VGSOM IIT Kharagpur has provided 100% placements for its MBA programme over the past three years, and the batch placement data over the past three years are presented below:
Particulars | MBA Placement Statistics (2023) | MBA Placement Statistics (2024) | MBA Placement Statistics (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
Placement rate | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Total PPOs | 41 | 46 | 36 |
Students registered | 94 | 118 | 139 |
Students placed | 94 | 118 | 139 |
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