MBA Entrance Exam

The Global Institute of Business Studies has set a moderate cut-off for its CAT exam, far lower than those of the premier IIMs.

Expected CAT Cutoffs

• Minimum Requirement - Approximately 60 Percentile
• Safe Range - Approximately 60 to 65 Percentiles
• Good Chance of Admission - Approximately 65 to 70 or greater Percentiles

Important Notes

While CAT scores will greatly impact acceptance, GIBS also uses many factors to determine if you will be accepted.
These include:

• SOP
• GD
• PI
• Your prior educational achievements

GIBS Business School situated in Bangalore acknowledges CAT, MAT, and XAT as authorized admission tests for both undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

Approved Admission Exams

•  CAT (Common Admission Test)
•  MAT (Management Aptitude Test)
•  XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test)

Additionally to these Three Tests, GIBS takes all National Admission Tests into consideration when accepting students to their PGDM program. Some examples of additional National Admission Tests accepted by GIBS include CMAT, ATMA, and GMAT among others.

 Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida does provide scholarships to students based on their MAT scores. Aspirants with CAT, CMAT or XAT scores can also get the financial students. The institute offers scholarships to deserving students.

Jaipuria Institute of Management can get admission in PGDM programme without CAT scores. CAT is one of the accepting exams for admission. However, aspirants with MAT, XAT or CMAT scores can also get admission in PGDM provided they also meet the eligibility criteria.

Yes, many universities and colleges take CAT exam for admission. This exam takes place only once a year and has three sections. These are Verbal Ability & RC, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude. 

No, you cannot join Jindal Global Business School without an entrance exam if you want admission to the MBA course. For admission to the management courses, the institute accepts various national-level exams, like

• CAT
• MAT
• ATMA
• GMAT
• NMAT
• XAT
• CMAT

Students who attain qualifying percentiles for these exams are eligible for admission to the MBA (provided they clear the GD and PI rounds). Different exams will have different cutoffs. For eg., the XAT, CAT and MAT cutoff was 50. For more information, click here. 

If you don't meet the minimum academic criteria for MBA, you will not be selected for the WAT-PI round of any B-School. Meeting the minimum criteria of at least 50% marks in graduation (45% for reserved category candidates), is mandatory for admission.

No, candidates cannot get admission to a full-time MBA programme at a Tier 1 B-School with only the CAT score. They need to appear for and clear the WAT-PI round for admission too.

The minimum academic score required for IIM admission through CAT is 50 percent in Graduation. For SC/ST/PwD categories, the minimum score requirement in 45 percent.