What is the Lowest CAT Cutoff for IIMs?

Wondering “What is the Lowest CAT Cutoff for IIM?” when the top IIMs only accept scores between 98 to 100 percentile! Well, the minimum CAT score for IIM admission can range from 90 to 95 percentile at colleges like IIM Sirmaur, IIM Bodh Gaya, and IIM Nagpur, etc.

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List of IIMs Accepting Lowest CAT Cutoff
Category-wise CAT Cutoffs for IIMs with Lowest Percentiles
Non-IIMs Accepting the Lowest CAT Cutoff

What is the Lowest CAT Cutoff for IIMs? The lowest CAT Cut off for IIM ranges from 90 to 95 percentile accepted by new or baby IIMs like IIM Jammu, IIM Bodhgaya, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Shillong, etc., among others. Apart from the overall CAT percentile, you also need to secure the CAT sectional cutoffs to become eligible for seeking MBA/PGDM admission to these prestigious IIMs. Usually, the CAT cutoffs at IIMs are very high, ranging from 98 to 100 percentile for older IIMs like Calcutta, Ahmedabad, and Bangalore etc. However, if you have obtained lower percentiles in the CAT exam, do not feel disheartened, since you can still secure admission to the baby IIMs where the cutoffs typically range from 92-94 percentile for the General Category, 74-76 percentile for OBC, 54-60 percentile for SC, 40 percentile for ST, and 35 percentile for PwD.

Also Read: Which IIM is Likely to Conduct CAT 2025?

List of IIMs Accepting Lowest CAT Cutoff

IIMs with the lowest CAT cutoffs include IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Sirmaur, and IIM Nagpur, where the qualifying cutoffs range from 85 to 87 percentile for the MBA/PGDM program. However, cutoffs will vary for different categories of candidates, like SC, ST, and OBC. The expected lowest accepting IIM CAT cutoffs 2025 have been provided in the table below:

List of IIMs with Lowest Cutoff	Expected CAT cut off for IIM for General	Expected CAT cut off for IIM for SC	Expected CAT cut off for IIM for ST	Expected CAT cut off for IIM for OBC	Expected CAT Qualifying Cutoff
IIM Udaipur	92-94 percentile	54 percentile	54 percentile	74 percentile	89 percentile
IIM Sirmaur	90-91 percentile	54 percentile	40 percentile	74 percentile	85 percentile
IIM Visakhapatnam	92-94 percentile	45 percentile	45 percentile	70 percentile	83 percentile
IIM Raipur	94-95 percentile	65 percentile	55 percentile	80 percentile	90 percentile
IIM Bodhgaya	92-94 percentile	66 percentile	42 percentile	81 percentile	85-87 percentile
IIM Ranchi	94-95 percentile	54 percentile	54 percentile	74 percentile	91 percentile
IIM Kashipur	94-95 percentile	66 percentile	42 percentile	81 percentile	92 percentile
IIM Shillong	90-91 percentile	60 percentile	50 percentile	82 percentile	89 percentile
IIM Jammu	92-94 percentile	66 percentile	42 percentile	81 percentile	83 percentile
IIM Tiruchirappalli	94-95 percentile	66 percentile	42 percentile	81 percentile	89 percentile
IIM Rohtak	92-94 percentile	55 percentile	30 percentile	78 percentile	85-87 percentile
IIM Nagpur	92 percentile	54 percentile	40 percentile	74 percentile	85-87 percentile

Note: Apart from securing the minimum required CAT cutoffs, you must also have obtained a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum aggregate score of 50%.

Category-wise CAT Cutoffs for IIMs with Lowest Percentiles

Alongside the overall CAT cutoffs, you must obtain the minimum required sectional cutoffs for MBA/ PGDM admission to your desired IIM. Find the expected CAT 2025 cutoffs for different categories needed for some of the IIMs with low percentiles here.

IIM Raipur

Category	VARC Scaled Percentile	DILR Scaled Percentile	QA Scaled Percentile	Total Percentile
EWS	65	65	65	80
EWS PWD	30	30	30	45
General	75	75	75	90
Gen PWD	30	30	30	45
NC-OBC	65	65	65	80
NC OBC PWD	30	30	30	45
SC	60	60	60	65
SC PWD	30	30	30	45
ST	55	55	55	55
ST PWD	30	30	30	45

IIM Udaipur

Category	VARC Percentile	DI LR Percentile	QA Percentile	Total Percentile
General	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
PwD	25	25	30	42

IIM Sirmaur

Category	VARC Percentile	DI LR Percentile	QA Percentile	Overall Percentile
General	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

IIM Visakhapatnam

Category	VARC Percentile	DI LR Percentile	QA Percentile	Overall CAT Cut Off
General	70	70	70	82
EWS	63	63	63	72
NC-OBC	63	63	63	72
SC	40	40	40	50
ST	30	30	30	40
PwD	30	30	30	40

IIM Bodhgaya

Category	VARC Percentile	DI LR Percentile	QA Percentile	Overall CAT Cut Off
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

IIM Ranchi

Category	VARC Percentile	DI LR Percentile	QA Percentile	Total CAT Percentile
General	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
PWD	25	25	30	42

Also Read: List of MBA Colleges without Sectional CAT 2025 Cutoff

Non-IIMs Accepting the Lowest CAT Cutoff

Not only IIMs, but many non-IIM B-schools accept candidates with lower CAT cutoffs ranging from 65-75 percentile. Find the different non-IIM MBA colleges which will be accepting lower CAT 2025 scores in the table below.

Name of the MBA Colleges	Expected CAT Cut Off 2025
AIMS Institutes (AIMS), Bangalore	60 percentile
Amity Business School, Noida	85 percentile
Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, Delhi	75 percentile
Asian Business School Noida	65 percentile
Birla Institute of Management Technology, (BIMTECH), Greater Noida	75 percentile
Woxsen University, Hyderabad	70 percentile
Fortune Institute of International Business (FIIB) New Delhi	60-65 percentile
Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata	50.35 percentile
Apeejay School of Management (ASM) New Delhi	55-60 percentile
Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur	50 percentile
IILM Institute for Higher Education (IILM), Delhi	60 percentile
JIMS, Rohini Sector 5 - Jagan Institute of Management Studies	60-75 percentile
SOIL Institute of Management	75 percentile
Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship, Bangalore (XIME), Bangalore	70 percentile
Jindal Global Business School	65-70 percentile
NTPC School of Business - NSB Noida	60-70 percentile
Shiv Nadar University Greater Noida	60-70 percentile
J K Business School Gurgaon	60-65 percentile
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Usha & Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management (BULMIM)	60-65 percentile
EMPI Business School New Delhi	55-60 percentile
Jaypee Business School, Noida	55-60 percentile

Apart from CAT scores, other factors will also be taken into account, including reservations or cutoff relaxation for different categories, strong academic background or professional experience, Class 10th, 12th, and Graduation marks, and Gender or academic diversity criteria for MBA/PGDM admission to these colleges.

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