IIM CAP 2027 - Selection Criteria, PI Dates, Final Offer, Top Colleges & Cutoff
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IIM CAP or the Common Admission Process is a single-window selection process for MBA admission for new IIMs. The selection is based on CAT cut offs. One of the participating IIMs conduct the selection process for all campuses. IIM CAP forms for 2027 batch admission will be out in January 2027. Read more about IIM CAP 2027 for MBA admission on the basis of CAT score.
All About IIM CAP 2027
IIM CAP is a common admission process in which three campuses shortlist candidates for the PI round through a single window. For MBA admission 2026, IIM Bodhgaya conducted the IIM CAP for itself, IIM Jammu and IIM Sirmaur. Earlier, IIM Trichy, IIM Ranchi, IIM Raipur and IIM Kashipur and IIM Udaipur were also a part of CAP, but over the years, they opted out of it.
IIM CAP process 2027 will be conducted from January to March, after the release of CAT 2026 result. Candidates who will qualify CAT exam, will have to fill the IIM CAP 2027 application form to be eligible for the WAT-PI round of all three institutes. Only those candidates will be eligible to apply for IIM MBA CAP 2027 who shall have selected the three participating institutes in CAT 2026 registration form. The WAT-PI round for IIM CAP 2027 campuses will be held in March and final merit list will be released by each of them in May 2027. Selected candidates will have to accept the offer of admission by a particular deadline. IIM waitlists will be released for these campuses thereafter. Read this article to know all about IIM CAP 2027.
- IIM CAP 2027 Highlights
- IIM CAP Process 2027
- IM CAP 2027 Important Dates
- IIM CAP Registration Process 2027
- IIM CAP: Qualifying CAT Cut Offs
- IIM CAP Final Merit List: Parameters and Weightage
- IIM Admission Criteria of non-CAP institutes
IIM CAP 2027 Highlights
Check below some key highlights of IIM CAP:
- The list of IIM CAP 2027 participating campuses will be known once the notification is out.
- Until last year, the IIM CAP included IIM Nagpur, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Jammu, IIM Kashipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Trichy and IIM Udaipur.
- In 2026, IIM Udaipur did not participate in the CAP and conducted WAT-PI round on its own
- IIM Trichy, Raipur, Kashipur and Ranchi conducted MBA admissions together under JAP 2026.
- Until 2024, IIM Sambalpur and IIM Raipur also participated in the IIM CAP. They opted out in 2025.
- All CAP participating IIMs have same qualifying CAT cut off, admission parameters and weightage.
- Shortlist for IIMs CAP is released at the convening institute website. Candidates have to fill an online application form to participate in IIM CAP 2026.
- If a candidate's one IIM CAP interview clashes with another one, they can send a mail to CAP help desk for rescheduling the dates.
- The CAP conducting IIM will release the final merit list of candidates by May, but admission offers will be made to selected students individually by the institutes.
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IIM CAP Process 2027
The IIM CAP process hasbeen explained below in 8 steps.
Step 1: Candidates select IIM campuses in the CAT application form.
Step 2: CAP institutes shortlist candidates on the basis of CAT score and predefined criteria for WAT-PI.
Step 3: The CAP conducting IIM collates list of candidates selected by participating IIMs sends e-mails to the aspirants, mentioning the IIMs which have shortlisted them for WAT-PI.
Step 4: The shortlisted candidates have to fill an online form for participation in WAT-PI.
Step 5: CAP conducting IIM sends an email informing the WAT-PI date and venue to students who confirmed participation in the admission round.
Step 6: Candidates participate in the common WAT-PI process.
Step 7: The CAP conducting IIM sends WAT-PI score report to all participating institutes under CAP
Step 8: Based on the scores received, each IIM prepares final merit list and sends offer letters to selected candidate via email.
IM CAP 2027 Important Dates
The application window for IIM CAP 2027 will open for a week in January 2027. Check below tentative schedule of IIM CAP 2027 admissions.
| Event | Dates |
|---|---|
| Submission of EOI | Third week of January, 2027 |
| PI round | February to March, 2027 |
| Call letters release | First week of May, 2027 |
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IIM CAP Registration Process 2027
Candidates will have to apply for the IIM CAP at the conducting institute website with the help of their CAT login ID. Check steps to follow:
- Log on to IIM CAP 2027 website
- Click on the link indicating CAP
- Enter CAT ID and password
- If you are a new user, you'll need to register as new user
- Fill the CAP form, upload relevant documents and click on submit
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IIM CAP: Qualifying CAT Cut Offs
The table below indicates qualifying IIM CAT cut off percentiles for various categories for 2025 batch. CAT 2026 cut offs are expected to remain the same. Candidates will shortlisted for WAT-PI round on the basis of following percentiles.
| Category |
IIM CAP Cut Off 2025 VARC |
IIM CAP Cut Off 2025 DILR |
IIM CAP Cut Off 2025 QA |
IIM CAP Cut Off 2025 Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN |
75 |
75 |
75 |
95 |
| EWS |
55 |
55 |
55 |
81 |
| NC-OBC |
52 |
52 |
52 |
81 |
| SC |
45 |
45 |
45 |
66 |
| ST |
25 |
25 |
30 |
42 |
| DAP |
25 |
25 |
30 |
42 |
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IIM CAP Final Merit List: Parameters and Weightage
The final merit list of IIM CAP 2027 will be prepared on the basis of all participating candidates’ scores on the following parameters. Academic profile includes 4 points for more than 70% in class 10 and 5 points for more than 70% in class 12. For work experience, 10 points was awarded for 2 to 4 years of work experience, 5 for more than four years or less than 2 years of work experience. The parameters and weightage are mentioned below:
| Parameters |
Points |
|---|---|
| CAT Score |
50 |
| Personal Appearance |
25 |
| Academic Profile |
15 |
| Work Experience |
10 |
| Total |
100 |
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Commonly asked questions
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.
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.
IIM Admission Criteria of non-CAP institutes
Listed below are the shortlist & admission criteria of IIMs that do not participate in CAP.
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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)
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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.
To get 99 percentile and above, candidates must attempt 40-45 out of 68 questions in CAT, with maximum accuracy.
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