
CAT 2025 result was declared on December 24, 2025. The result cum scorecard of CAT 2025 can be downloaded from the IIMCAT website through login until December 31, 2026. IIMs have completed PI shortlisting and currently interviews are being conducted. Final shortlist will be released in May 2026. Application window of many MBA colleges are open currently for candidates to apply for full-time MBA courses.
In CAT 2025, A total of 12 candidates scored 100 percentile where as 26 candidates scored 99.99 percentile. The number of 99.98 percentilers is also 26. CAT 2025 exam was held on November 30, 2025. Check here all about CAT 2025 result date and download process.
- How to Download CAT 2025 Result?
- CAT 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
- CAT 2025 Toppers List
- Details Mentioned in CAT Result cum Scorecard 2025
- CAT Percentile Calculation
- What is CAT Normalisation Process?
- What After CAT Exam Result 2025?
- CAT Cut Offs
- CAT 2024 Toppers: Names and Scores
How to Download CAT 2025 Result?
To download CAT result 2025 candidates can use their CAT login credentials. Follow the steps given below:
- Open iimcat.ac.in website
- Click on 'CAT 2025 scorecard download'
- Enter ID and password
- Click on 'scorecard' tab
How to Check CAT 2025 Result on Mobile?
Candidates can check result on smartphone as well. Given below is the process to follow:
- Open a web browser on mobile
- Type CAT exam url: iimcat.ac.in
- Click on 'CAT 2025 scorecard'
- Enter your application number and password
- Click on scorecard option to check and download
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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.
In CAT 2025, the number of 100 percentilers was 12. Maximum toppers were from Delhi (3). IIM Kozhikode had released the state wise toppers data along with CAT 2025 result on December 24, 2025.
In CAT 2025, 26 candidates scored 99.99 percentile. 14 are from engineering background and 12 are from non engineering background. And among them 4 are female candidates.
CAT 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of CAT 2026 exam
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| 24 Dec ' 25 | CAT 2025 result announcement |
| 08 Dec ' 25 - 10 Dec ' 25 | CAT 2025 answer key challenge |
CAT 2025 Toppers List
From the lot of over 2.5 lakh CAT 2025 candidates only 40 candidates scored in the range of 99.99 to 100 percentile. Check below names and scores of some of the CAT 2025 toppers.
| Sr.No. |
Name of CAT 2025 Toppers |
CAT Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vinayak Aggarwal | 99.99 |
| 2 | Soumyadip Mukherjee | 99.97 |
| 3 | Anmol Gupta | 99.96 |
| 4 | Harsh Khudania | 99.93 |
| 5 | Pranshav Shah | 99.80 |
| 6 | Arkadipta Chatterjee | 99.78 |
| 7 | Lakshya Khandelwal | 99.56 |
| 8 | Kashvi Bhatia | 99.53 |
| 9 | Neha Altagi | 99.48 |
| 10 | Amaan | 99.47 |
| 11 | Ehsaas Agrawal | 99.41 |
| 12 | Kushagra Barai | 99.33 |
| 13 | Prosenjit Ov | 99.32 |
| 14 | Priyansh Jain | 99.25 |
| 15 | Nivedha Rajkumar | 99.20 |
| 16 | Aishiki Sen | 99.18 |
CAT 2025: List of 100 Percentilers
Check the table below for gender, discipline and state wise data of 100 percentilers in CAT 2025.
| Overall Percentile |
Total |
Gender and Discipline |
State wise distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 |
12 |
Female - 2 Male - 10 Engineering - 3 Non-Engineering - 9 |
Uttar Pradesh 1 Karnataka 1 Maharashtra 1 Delhi 3 Haryana 2 Gujarat 2 Jharkhand 1 Odisha 1 |
CAT 2025: List of 99.99 Percentilers
Check the table below for gender, discipline and state wise data of 99.99 percentilers in CAT 2025.
| Overall Percentile |
Total |
Gender and Discipline |
State wise distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99.99 |
26 |
Female - 4 Male - 22 Engineering - 12 Non-Engineering - 14 |
Tamil Nadu 2 Uttar Pradesh 4 Maharashtra 4 Gujarat 1 Delhi 1 Haryana 5 Madhya Pradesh 2 Chhattisgarh 1 West Bengal 2 Rajasthan 3 Andhra Pradesh 1 |
CAT 2025: List of 99.98 Percentilers
Check the table below for gender, discipline and state wise data of 99.98 percentilers in CAT 2025.
| Overall Percentile |
Total |
Gender and Discipline |
State wise distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99.98 |
26 |
Female - 5 Male - 21 Engineering - 8 Non-Engineering - 18 |
Gujarat 2 West Bengal 3 Delhi 4 Maharashtra 2 Uttar Pradesh 7 Rajasthan 1 Chandigarh 1 Madhya Pradesh 2 Karnataka 1 Odisha 1 Haryana 2 |
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CAT 2025 result out, 12 toppers score 100 percentile
Commonly asked questions
In CAT 2025, two female candidates have scored 100 percentile in CAT 2025. Number of 99.99 percentile scorer females in 4 and the number of 99.98 percentile scorer females in 5.
A total of 2.58 Lacs candidates appeared for CAT 2025. Check below gender wise break up.
Category | Number of registrations | Number of test takers |
|---|---|---|
Female | 1.10 lakh | 0.97 lakh |
Male | 1.85 lakh | 1.61 lakh |
Transgender | 9 | 9 |
Yes, it is mandatory to qualify CAT for admission to full time MBA programmes offered by the 21 IITs, along with full-time MBA, qualifying CAT score is also required for PGP, FPM, PhD, PhD Executive, Executive MBA, Doctoral Programme, PGPx courses.
Details Mentioned in CAT Result cum Scorecard 2025
CAT scorecard 2025 will be released as a downloadable PDF. Candidates must check their name, photo, signature, category, etc. In case of any error, they must reach out to the examination authority and get it rectified. The following information will be mentioned CAT exam result 2025.
- CAT 2025 registration number/user Id
- Candidate's name, DOB, category and gender
- Date, session and time of examination
- Candidate's contact details and email id
- CAT scaled score (overall)
- CAT score (section-wise)
- CAT percentile score (section-wise)
- CAT percentile score (overall)
Candidates must note that the CAT exam result cum scorecard 2025 can be downloaded only from the official CAT website and will be available till December 31, 2026
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Check the table below for CAT cut offs for IITs, on the basis of which candidates are selected for their MBA programmes:
IIT | CAT Cut Offs |
|---|---|
IIT Delhi | 98 percentile |
97percentile | |
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 |
CAT Percentile Calculation
CAT percentile is basically the rank of a candidate among all test takers. For CAT 2025 percentile calculation, every test taker's raw scores will be calculated as per the marking scheme. Once the raw scores are determined, they will be normalised to arrive at scaled CAT score. Then the CAT percentile will be calculated from the scaled CAT score.
Calculation of CAT percentile 2025 will include three steps. Check below the steps of CAT result calculation:
- Each candidate is given marks as per number of correct and incorrect attempts,
- Total score calculated by adding +3 for every correct attempt and deducting -1 for every incorrect attempt.
- Thereafter, these section-wise and overall scores (raw scores) are normalised to arrive at a scaled CAT score.
- The normalised scores are converted into percentiles which are reported in the CAT scorecards.
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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.
Yes, the CAT results for all the exam slots are announced on the same day.
What is CAT Normalisation Process?
CAT exam is conducted in three slots and the test form of every slot has unique set of questions. Thus, it is quite possible that one CAT exam slot can have tougher questions than another. To ensure that no candidate has any advantage or disadvantage over another due to difference in question paper sets, CAT authority follows a score normalisation process where the marks of every test taker are scaled to bring it on the same plane. Parameters taken into consideration during CAT normalisation process are:
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Highest score
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Lowest score
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Mean score
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Median score
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Top 10 percentiles
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Lowest 10 percentiles
The CAT 2025 result will be prepared on the basis of normalised score and the CAT percentile will be calculated only after the raw CAT scores are scaled and normalised. The CAT normalisation process is based on GATE scoring process and the calculations are based on statistic equations.
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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.
CAT score is valid for one year at the IIMs and top B-Schools. In some tier 3 and government institutions, CAT score of previous two years are also acceptable. Many B-schools including IIMs have an option of deferment of admission, wherein you can confirm your admission and pay the nominal fee but join the batch in the next year. It is advised that candidates take admission in the same year as their CAT attempt so that they don't have to reappear next year. Given the competition in MBA space, it is difficult to get a good college whether you have a low score or average score. So, incase one is getting a good college, they should take admission and not drop a year to appear for CAT again.
What After CAT Exam Result 2025?
After the declaration of CAT exam result 2025, shortlisting of candidates for PI round was done for IIMs and non-IIMs in January-February 2026. The PI round included Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI). Institutes will release the final selection list by May 2026. The basis for PI shortlist was academic record and CAT cut off.
The IIM admission process consists of three stages. Given below is a brief description of IIM admission process:
- Screening of candidates on the basis of CAT score and academic record
- Written Ability Test and Personal Interview (WAT/PI) round
- Final selection of candidates for admission
The top IIMs conduct admission process individually, where are the 9 new/baby IIMs conduct admissions jointly. The newer IIMs select candidates through a Common Admission Process or IIM CAP.
MBA Admission Through CAT: Other Top B-Schools
The admission process of other top B-Schools is same as IIMs, i.e. candidate shortlisting and WAT-PI. Other top MBA colleges too shortlist candidates for WAT-PI round on the basis of CAT cut offs. shortlisting.The cut offs are determined by institutes individually. For admission to non-IIMs, candidates will be required to fill institute application forms. The MBA application window of top B-Schools open from August onwards. Candidates must keep a check on the MBA application deadline of their preferred B-School.
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CAT Cut Offs
The IIMs do not publish CAT cut offs on any public platform. However, one can estimate cut offs by analysing previous years' selection of candidates (their percentile). In top IIMs, cut offs are usually high at 95-100 percentile (varies category-wise) The below given CAT cut offs are estimated minimum percentiles based on previous years' trends and certain parameters. The actual CAT 2025 cut offs may be higher. Check the table below for CAT cut offs:
| IIMs |
Expected CAT cut off 2025 (percentile) |
|---|---|
| 99-100 |
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| 99-100 |
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| 99 |
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| 97-98 |
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| 97-98 |
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| 97-98 |
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| 95-96 |
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| 95-96 |
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| 95-96 |
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| 94-95 |
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| 94-95 |
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| 94-95 |
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| 94-95 |
|
| 92-94 |
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| 92-94 |
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| 92-94 |
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| 90 |
|
| 90 |
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CAT toppers are determined on the basis of candidate percentiles. Those whose overall percentiles are 100 and 99.99, they are declared the toppers of CAT exam. To calculate CAT percentiles, raw scores of every CAT candidate is normalized on the same scale and the following formula is applied:
P = (R/N) * 100
where,
P= Percentile score
R= Rank of the candidate arrived at on the basis of scaled CAT score or the total number of test takers ranking below a particular candidate.
N= Number of candidates who appeared in CAT exam (all three sessions)
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Check the table below for CAT cut offs for IITs, on the basis of which candidates are selected for their MBA programmes:
IIT | CAT Cut Offs |
|---|---|
IIT Delhi | 98 percentile |
97percentile | |
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 |
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 |
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Student Forum
Answered 21 hours ago
Yes, students can get admission in KG Reddy College of Engineering and Technology MBA without CAT. The college instead accepts TSICET scores. Students do not have to appear for CAT or other management exams.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered Yesterday
No, CAT is not a compulsory entrance exam in order to apply for BITSoM Mumbai MBA admission. Other than CAT, candidates also have the option of applying through a valid score of GMAT, GMAT-GRE or GRE for MBA at BITSoM Mumbai.
Appearing for one of the aforementioned entrance exams is a mandatory requi
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 days ago
GIBS Business School's PGDM cutoff is moderate and generally does not reach the high levels of an IIM. The main factors impacting cutoff are your entrance test scores and other criteria.
Cutoff Recent Data:
- CAT: 60-70 Percentile approximately
- XAT: 60-70 Percentile approximately
- MAT: 60-65 Percentile ap
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 3 days ago
The minimum marks or CAT cut off to appear for IIM selection round is different for every institute. Tier 1 colleges select candidates with CAT score above 95 percentile, Tier 2 colleges select candidates with score between 80-90 percentile and Tier 2 colleges select candidates with score lower than
P
Contributor-Level 7
Answered 3 days ago
There is no CAT PI shortlist for IIMs. Candidates have to simply login with their CAT credentials and fill the PI shortlist form.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 3 days ago
There is no minimum qualifying marks for CAT. Anybody scoring above 0 in the exam is eligible for admission, however the B-Schools select candidates on the basis of cut offs which are 60 and above percentile.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 3 days ago
The final CAT cutoff are not released publically. However, candidates can check qualifying cut offs in the admission criteria document released by IIMs and other institute before the exam.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 3 days ago
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.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 4 days ago
If we're talking about GIBS Business School Bangalore, they don't have some super high CAT cutoff. In simple words, you don't need to be in the 99+ percentile to get considered.
- They look for a decent CAT score, usually around 70–80 percentile as a safe benchmark
- Scores are important, but they also ca
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 5 days ago
Not CAT necessarily, but still, you need to take a national-level entrance exam required for MBA admissions.
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Contributor-Level 10
1655 Institutes accepting CAT
IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management
Vastrapur, Ahmedabad • Public
IIM Bangalore - Indian Institute of Management
Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore • Public
IIM Kozhikode - Indian Institute of Management
Kozhikode • Public
Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi
Hauz khas, Delhi • Public
Registration - To be notified
Can I get admission in KG Reddy College of Engineering and Technology MBA without CAT?