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The IITs offer MBA progammes through their Department of Management Studies. Some of IITs ranked among top 10 in India for MBA programme. The IIT MBA courses have lower fees and lower cut offs than IIMs. Know all about MBA from IITs including, fees, eligibility, CAT cut off and placements. Check the IIT MBA 2027 admission dates.

IIT MBA admission process 2027 will include registration and PI round. MBA registration will be done after CAT 2026 result declaration and the PI rounds will be conducted in February and March. Know all about MBA from IITs including, application dates, fees, eligibility, CAT cut offs, rankings and placements.

MBA from IITs - MBA courses offered by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) are a preferred choice of many MBA aspirants. They are top ranked for MBA programme as have lower fee in comparison to the IIMs an other top ranked private B-Schools. Many aspirants opt for MBA from IITs over newer IIMs or other top MBA colleges as the IITs also promise good Return on Investment (ROI). Low fees and lower CAT cut offs are also the major reasons for students choosing IITs for pursuing MBA. Infact, many IITians who appear for CAT prefer to go back to their home college over joining an IIM despite high CAT percentile.

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MBA From IITs

Out of 23 IITs, seven institutes offer various MBA programmes through their respective Departments of Management Studies. All these seven IITs are ranked as top MBA institutes in India. While, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay are ranked among top 10 in the NIRF-MHRD ranking of best MBA institutes in India, other four IITs are ranked among top 50 MBA institutes in India.

IITs accept CAT exam score for MBA admission. IIT MBA CAT cut offs range between 80 to 98 percentile. For IIT Delhi, Mumbai and Madras, the desirable score is 98 percentile. While the MBA admission process for these IITs is common, courses, fee and placements are different. In this article, you will read all about MBA from IITs, including dates, selection process, eligibility, fees, ranking and latest placement data.

MBA from IITs: Admission/Application Dates 2027

Application process for admission to IIT MBA programmes is online. The below table indicates application and interview dates for IIT MBA admissions 2027:

IIT	MBA Application Date (Tentative)	Interview Dates
IIT Delhi	First week of January 2027	March 2027
IIT Bombay	First week of January 2027	March 2027
IIT Kharagpur	First week of January 2027	March 2027
IIT Roorkee	First week of January 2027	March 2027
IIT Madras	First week of January 2027	March 2027
IIT Kanpur	First week of January 2027	March 2027
IIT-ISM Dhanbad	First week of January 2027	March 2027
IIT Jodhpur	First week of January 2027	March 2027

Why MBA from IITs?

MBA aspirants may ask, “why pursue an MBA degree from an engineering institute?” There are many reasons why one should consider pursuing MBA from IITs. Here are some of the reasons why you should consider IIT DoMS for MBA

CAT percentile required for admission to IITs is much lower than that required for IIMs and other top MBA colleges in India. For example, IIT Delhi MBA cut off is 98 percentile while IIT Bombay MBA cut off is 97 percentile, much below than that of IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Indore and others.
All the seven IITs offering MBA are ranked among to 50 MBA institutes in India (2025) by NIRF-MHRD - IIT Delhi (Rank 4), IIT Kharagpur (Rank 12), IIT Madras (Rank 13), IIT Bombay (Rank 14), IIT Roorkee (Rank 22), IIT Kanpur (Rank 27) and IIT-ISM Dhanbad (Rank 46). IIT Jodhpur has made an entry in the top 100 this year, at Rank 98.

The IITs offer niche and upcoming MBA specialisations such as Business Analytics (IIT-IMS Dhanbad) and MBA Telecom (IIT Delhi).
Average fees of MBA courses at IITs is under INR 10 lakh. The fee is to be paid in instalments, semester-wise. There are provisions of scholarships and education loans too.
Average salary offered to students graduating from these institutes is INR 13 lakh per annum. Since, there isn't much gap between the fees and average salary offered in campus placements, the return of investment or the ROI of the MBA degree is good.

MBA from IITs: Eligibility Criteria and Selection Process

The minimum score requirement for MBA at IITs is more than in other B-schools. It is between the range of 55 to 60 %. Check below, eligibility criteria and selection process of IIT MBA courses:

MBA from IIT	Eligibility Criteria	Selection Process
IIT Delhi MBA	MBA Bachelor's degree with minimum 60% aggregate (6.00 CGPA on a 10-point scale) for General category candidates Minimum 55% aggregate for SC/ST candidates (5.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale) MBA-Telecom Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy/ Agriculture Engineering or Bachelor’s degree in Physical/Chemical/Mathematical Sciences like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Application, Electronic Science, Environmental Science, Operations Research, Computational/Information Science, Agriculture or Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce/ Economics/CA/ICWA Minimum 60% aggregate (6.00 CGPA on a 10-point scale) for General candidates & 55% aggregate for SC/ST candidates (5.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale)	Written Aptitude Test and Personal Interview
IIT Bombay MBA	A four-year bachelor’s or master’s degree with minimum 60% aggregate (55% in case of SC/ST category) or a minimum CGPA of 6.5 (6 for SC/ST category) out of 10 or CA/ICWA with bachelor’s degree minimum 60% aggregate (55% in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST category) or a minimum CPI of 6.5 (6 in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST category) out of 10	Written Ability Test and Personal Interview
IIT Kharagpur MBA	Bachelor’s degree of minimum 4-year duration in Engineering, Technology, Pharmacy, Medicine, or similar disciplines Master’s degree in Science/Economics/Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor’s level) Minimum 60% aggregate or CGPA of 6.5 on a 10-point scale for GE/NC-OBC candidates Minimum 55% aggregate or CGPA of 6.0 on a 10-point scale for SC/ST/PwD candidates	Written Aptitude Test and Personal Interview
IIT Roorkee MBA	Bachelor’s degree in any discipline of Engineering or Technology or Master’s degree in any discipline	Written Aptitude Test and Personal Interview
IIT Madras MBA	Graduate with minimum 60% aggregate (General category) Graduate with minimum 55% aggregate (SC/ST/PwD)	Written Ability Test and Personal Interview
IIT Kanpur MBA	BTech, BSc Engineering, BE or B Arch, BSc with Maths, MSc with Maths, MA in Economics with Maths Minimum 65% aggregate (CGPA 6.5 on a 10-point scale) for General category & minimum 55% aggregate (CGPA 5.5 on a 10-point scale) for SC/ST category students	Group Discussion and Personal Interview
IIT-ISM Dhanbad MBA	Bachelor’s degree with minimum 60% aggregate or CGPA of 6.5 out of 10 (General category) and minimum 55% aggregate or CGPA of 6.0 for SC/ST/PD	Written Ability Test and Personal Interview
IIT Jodhpur	Bachelor’s degree with minimum 60% aggregate or CGPA of 6.0 out of 10 (General category) and minimum 55% aggregate or CGPA of 5.5 for SC/ST/PD	Candidates have to send a recorded video clipping of their introduction with: Why you want to join MBA programme at SME, IIT Jodhpur? Tell us about any incident where you have shown leadership / empathy / team skills

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CAT Cut off for IIT MBA Admission 2026

First round of screening is based on candidate's CAT cut off and academic record. Candidates who meet the minimum cut off score are shortlisted for PI round. Given below is the table for CAT cut off for General category students. For Reserved category student, the cut off percentile in much lower.

Qualifying CAT cut off for IIT MBA Admission

Qualifyifng CAT cut offs are the minimum score required for being eligible for PI round of IIT MBA. The final cut offs are higher.

IIT	MBA Cut Off (General Category)	MBA Cut Off (SC/ST/PD Category)
IIT Madras	NA	NA
IIT Kharagpur	90 percentile	75 percentile
IIT Bombay	90 percentile	60 percentile
IIT Delhi	90 percentile	60 percentile
IIT Kanpur	85 percentile	75 percentile
IIT Roorkee	90 percentile	70 percentile
IIT Dhanbad (ISM)	80 percentile	60 percentile
IIT Jodhpur	Direct admission to candidates with 98 percentile and above	--

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Final CAT Cut off for IIT MBA Admission

The table below mentions expected IIT Delhi CAT cut offs (final) for MBA admission 2026 to IIT's Management department. These cut offs are mere estimations and the actual cut offs could be higher. CAT cut offs for 2027 batch will be announced in January-February 2027 along with the PI shortlist.

IIT	CAT Cut Offs
IIT Delhi	98 percentile
IIT Delhi	97 percentile
IIT Bombay	98.5 percentile
IIT Kharagpur	90 percentile
IIT Roorkee	94.6 percentile
IIT Madras	96 percentile
IIT Kanpur	95 percentile
IIT-ISM Dhanbad	80 percentile

Commonly asked questions

Q: Where can I apply for CAT 2026?

CAT 2026 registration and application link will be available at iimcat.ac.in website. Candidates will have to apply for the exam by visiting the exam website.

Q: What is the CAT cut off for IIM Lucknow?

The CAT cut offs for IIM Lucknow is usually around 97-99 percentile. The two courses - PGP Agri-Business Management (ABM) and PGP Sustainable Management (some) are extremely popular among MBA aspirants who wish to make a career in these areas. The institute also offers PGP programme. The qualifying CAT cut off for IIM Lucknow's Written Ability test (What) and Personal Interview PI is 90 percentile for General category students, whereas for SC candidates, it is 70 percentile. For ST and PwD candidates, it is 60 percentile. Given below are the sectional and overall qualifying CAT cut offs for IIM Lucknow PGP course. General category: 85 VARC 85 DILR 85 Quantitative Aptitude 90 (Overall) NC-OBC category: 77 VARC 77 DILR 77 Quantitative Aptitude 82 (Overall) EWS category: 77 VARC 77 DILR 77 Quantitative Aptitude 82 (Overall) SC category: 55 VARC 55 DILR 55 Quantitative Aptitude 70 (Overall) ST category: 50 VARC 50 DILR 50 Quantitative Aptitude 60 (Overall) PwD category: 50 VARC 50 DILR 50 Quantitative Aptitude 60 (Overall) Click here for detailed IIM Lucknow admission and selection criteria: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/iim-lucknow-shortlist-admission-criteria-blogId-18509.

Q: What is the role of sectional cut-offs in CAT selection?

CAT sectional cutoff is the minimum percentile score required in each individual section (VARC, DILR, and QA) to qualify for an institute's selection process. All IIMs have a distinct admission policy, including the sectional cutoffs and overall cutoff scores.

Q: How many question should I solve for 99 percentile in CAT exam?

To get 99 percentile and above, candidates must attempt 40-45 out of 68 questions in CAT, with maximum accuracy.

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MBA from IITs: Courses, Seat Intake, Fees and Average Salary Offered

IIT MBA programmes are offered by their Departments of Management Studies. Given below table indicates MBA courses, total number of seats, tuition fees and average salary offered in campus placement, at each institute.

IIT	MBA Course	Seat Intake	Tuition Fees* (Approx.)	*Average Salary
IIT Madras-Department of Management Studies	MBA	68	INR 8.00 lakh	INR 12.44 lakh
IIT Kharagpur-Vinod Gupta School of Management	MBA	140	INR 10.51 lakh	INR 17.42 lakh
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IIT Bombay- Shailesh J Mehta School of Management	MBA	120	INR 8.73 lakh	INR 20.80 lakh
IIT Delhi-Department of Management Studies	MBA and MBA (Telecom)	115	MBA: INR 9.60 lakh MBA (Telecom): INR 8. 80 lakh	INR 18.47 lakh
IIT Kanpur - Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME)	MBA	78	INR 4.14 lakh	INR 11.20 lakh
IIT Roorkee-Department of Management Studies (DoMS)	MBA	95	INR 8.00 lakh	INR 9.18 lakh
IIT Dhanbad (ISM) - Department of Management Studies	MBA	62	INR 3.40 lakh	INR 8.00 lakh
IIT Jodhpur	MBA	80	INR 8.00 Lakh	---

*Tuition fees and average salary figures are taken from the latest data available.

Commonly asked questions

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: What is the process to select CAT test city for exam centre allotment?

There are over 170 cities where CAT exam is held. These 170 cities are spread across India consist of metropolitan cities, capital cities, Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. Candidate can select up to five cities for allotment of test centre. The process of test city selection is a part of CAT application process. In the CAT application form, there is a field in which candidates have to select the cities. They need to select the city of preference in order of 1 to 5. The examination authorities will try to allot the test centre in the city of first preference. Thus, candidates must fill all the five cities carefully. They must choose their home city of city of current residence as the first preference. The test city option can only be changed during the form correction window. After that, the request for change of the city will not be accepted by the exam authorities.

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.

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.

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Commonly asked questions

Q: Who prepares CAT cutoff?

CAT cut off is prepared by all accepting colleges individually. There is no one authorized body to do so. Even the IIMs determine their admission cut offs separately.

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: 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: 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)

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