IIM CAT Cutoff 2022 for Top MBA Colleges Admission

CAT Cutoff 2022: Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) will release the CAT 2022 cutoff individually on their respective official websites after the CAT result gets declared which is tentatively in the second week of January 2023. The minimum marks required for the candidates to get a call for the MBA selection process is called the CAT cutoff. Read this article further to know the expected IIM CAT cut off 2022 and previous years' CAT cutoff for 2021, 2020, 2019, and more.

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Manipal University (MAHE)	Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida
IPE Hyderabad	IFIM Business School

CAT Cutoff 2022

The final CAT cutoff for top IIMs for final admission is typically in the range of 99 to 100 percentile for General category students. Hence, the CAT cut off percentile for top IIMs can be gauged to be 99 to 100 percentile, particularly for the general category. For the reserved category students who appear in CAT, the MBA admission cutoff may be slightly lower at 97 to 98 percentile.

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All the 20 IIMs announce their minimum qualifying CAT cut offs to shortlist the candidates for the final selection round. As IIM CAT cut offs 2022 are not announced yet, candidates can check the previous year's CAT cutoff to estimate the CAT cutoff 2022.

Previous Year CAT Cutoff for IIMs (minimum criteria)

IIMs	CAT 2019 Cutoff	CAT 2020 Cutoff	CAT 2021 Cutoff
IIM Ahmedabad	81.53	99	80
IIM Bangalore	90+	99	85
IIM Calcutta	95+	99	85
IIM Lucknow	90+	97+	90
IIM Indore	90	97+	90
IIM Kozhikode	95.5	97 to 98	85
IIM Amritsar	90	95+	85
IIM Nagpur	90	95+	85
IIM Sambalpur	90	95+	85
IIM Trichy	96	94	93
IIM Raipur	90 to 94	94	93
IIM Ranchi	90	94	94
IIM Kashipur	90	94	93
IIM Vizag	90	92	85
IIM Udaipur	90	92	90
IIM Bodhgaya	90+	92	90
IIM Shillong	90	90	85
IIM Sirmaur	95	95	95
IIM Rohtak	90+	95	95

Expected CAT MBA Cut Off 2022 in IIMs

As per last year’s CAT cutoff data, the table below shows the CAT sectional cutoff and overall MBA admission cutoff expected by the IIMs category-wise. This contributes majorly to analysing the CAT exam cut off 2022 category-wise.

IIM Ahmedabad Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Aggregate
General	70	70	70	80
NC-OBC	65	65	65	75
SC	60	60	60	70
ST	50	50	50	60
PwD (General/ NC-OBC/ SC)	60	60	60	70
PwD (ST)	50	50	50	60

IIM Amritsar Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	QA	DILR	VARC	Aggregate
General	80	75	75	85
NC-OBC	65	60	60	75
SC	55	50	50	55
ST	35	35	35	40
PwD	35	35	35	40

Expected IIM Bangalore Cutoff 2022

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	80	75	75	85
NC-OBC	70	65	65	75
EWS	70	65	65	75
SC	65	60	60	70
ST	55	55	55	65
PwD	50	50	50	60

IIM Calcutta Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Aggregate
General	≥75	≥80	≥80	≥80
NC-OBC	≥65	≥65	≥70	≥75
EWS	≥65	≥65	≥70	≥75
SC	≥60	≥60	≥65	≥70
ST	≥55	≥55	≥55	≥65
PwD	≥55	≥55	≥55	≥65

IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2022 (Expected)

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Aggregate
General	85	85	85	90
NC-OBC	77	77	77	82
SC	55	55	55	70
ST	50	50	50	65
PwD	50	50	50	65
EWS	77	77	77	82

IIM Kozhikode 2022 Expected Cutoff

Category	Class 10	Class 12	Sectional Percentile	CAT Percentile
General	60	60	75	85
NC-OBC/ EWS	60	60	65	75
SC	55	55	55	65
ST/ PwD	55	55	45	55

IIM Indore Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Aggregate
General	80	80	80	90
EWS	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	70	70	70	80
ST	45	45	45	50
SC	55	55	55	60
PwD	45	45	45	50

IIM Udaipur Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Aggregate
General	80	80	80	95
ST	50	50	50	60
SC	30	30	30	40
Differently Abled Person	30	30	30	40
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78

IIM Nagpur Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	72	72	72	85
EWS	72	72	72	85
NC-OBC	65	65	65	76.5
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	35	35	35	40
PwD	35	35	35	40

IIM Visakhapatnam 2022 Expected Cutoff

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Percentile
General	85	80	80	85
NC-OBC	60	60	60	60
SC	50	50	50	55
ST	30	30	30	40
PwD	30	30	30	40

IIM Kashipur Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Percentile
General	80 (80.2)	80 (80.12)	80 (80.56)	94
SC	45 (46.05)	45 (45.42)	45	55 (55.03)
ST	30 (30.64)	30 (30.21)	30 (30.82)	40 (40.25)
NC-OBC	60 (61.19)	60 (60.61)	60 (60.66)	75 (75.02)
PwD	30 (32.43)	30 (31.96)	30 (30.82)	40 (40.18)
EWS	60 (61.19)	60 (61.19)	60 (60.66)	75 (75.01)

IIM Raipur Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	94
EWS	60	60	60	75
NC-OBC	60	60	60	75
SC	45	45	45	55
ST	30	30	30	40
PwD	30	30	30	40

IIM Ranchi Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	94
NC-OBC	60	60	60	75
EWS	60	60	60	75
SC	45	45	45	55
ST	30	30	30	40
PwD	30	30	30	40

IIM Sirmaur Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	QA	DILR	VARC	Aggregate
General	80	80	80	94
EWS	60	60	60	75
NC-OBC	60	60	60	75
ST	30	30	30	40
SC	45	45	45	55
PwD	30	30	30	40

IIM Rohtak Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	DILR	VARC	QA	Aggregate
General/ EWS	>=70	>=70	>=70	95
NC-OBC	>=60	>=60	>=60	78
SC	>=50	>=50	>=50	60
ST	>=30	>=30	>=30	40
PwD	>=30	>=30	>=30	40

IIM Trichy Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	QA	DILR	VARC	Aggregate
General	80	80	80	94
NC-OBC	60	60	60	75
EWS	60	60	60	75
Scheduled Tribes	30	30	30	40
Scheduled Castes	45	45	45	55
Person with Disability	30	30	30	40

IIM Shillong Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	PwD	SC	ST	EWS	Others
Class 10	50	55	50	80	80
Class 12	50	55	50	80	80
Graduation	50	55	50	65	65
DILR	50	60	50	75	75
VARC	50	60	50	75	75
QA	50	60	50	75	75

IIM Jammu Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	QA	DILR	VARC	Aggregate
General	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
EWS	80	80	80	85
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
PwD	30	30	30	40

Expected IIM Bodh Gaya Cutoff 2022

Category	QA	DILR	VARC	Overall
General	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
EWS	80	80	80	85
SC	50	50	50	60
PwD	30	30	30	40
ST	30	30	30	40

IIM Sambalpur Expected Cutoff 2022

Category	QA	DILR	VARC	Overall
General	80	80	80	94
EWS	60	60	60	75
NC-OBC	60	60	60	75
SC	45	45	45	55
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

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CAT Expected Cutoff 2022 for Top B-schools

The CAT cut off 2022 presented below for some IIMs is based on previous year admissions. Information on the IIM CAT off 2022 will be updated regularly based on the admission announcements issued by the institutes. The table below contains the CAT cut offs details expected by the top institutes like IMT Ghaziabad CAT cutoff, SP Jain CAT cutoff, TAPMI CAT cutoff, IIM Shillong CAT cutoff, MICA CAT cutoff, IIT Bombay CAT cutoff, IPU MBA CAT cutoff, etc for the upcoming academic session.

CAT Expected MBA admission Cutoff 2022 for Top B-schools

List of B-schools	Expected CAT Cutoff
CAT cutoff for FMS	98.20 Percentile
DMS, IIT Delhi	98+ Percentile
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai	90+ Percentile
SJMSOM, IIT Bombay	99+ Percentile
Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad	90+ Percentile
Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon	95+ Percentile
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai	95+ Percentile
SPJIMR CAT cutoff 2022	85+ Percentile
XIMB CAT Cutoff 2022	90+ Percentile
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras	95+ Percentile
T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal	85+ Percentile

Factors Determining CAT Cut off 2022

As mentioned above, IIMs (IIM Amritsar, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Rohtak, IIM Raipur, IIM Jammu, IIM Ranchi, and etc) will issue separate CAT cutoffs after the CAT results 2022 are announced. Before releasing the IIM CAT 2022 cutoff, institutes will take into account certain factors. Listed below are some of the key factors considered by IIMs to have been revealed in the previous year’s MBA cutoff.

1. Difficulty level of the question paper

This is one of the main reasons why CAT 2022 is so important. The greater the difficulty level of the CAT question paper, the cutoff will be lower and vice-versa.

2. Number of Test Takers

The total number of candidates appearing in CAT 2022 will have an impact on the CAT cutoff. This will have a direct relationship, i.e. higher CAT test-takers will lead to a higher CAT cutoff, while lower CAT test-takers will have a lower CAT cutoff 2022.

3. Seat availability

The number of seats available at the respective IIMs is also affected by the CAT 2022 cut off. For example, if any IIM has limited seats, the published cutoff of CAT 2022 will be higher for selecting candidates.

4. The reputation of the Institute

Renowned institutes ranked under the NIRF Management Rankings 2022 will set their cut offs higher.

5. Last year's CAT cutoff trends

The IIM CAT cut off 2022 is based on the previous year’s cut offs released by IIMs. The CAT 2022 cutoff maybe somewhere around past cutoff trends.

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CAT Qualifying Cut off vs CAT Final Cut off

IIM candidates should be aware of the difference between the two types of CAT cut offs that play an important role in the admission process. There are two types of cut offs: Qualifying CAT cut off (IIM eligible cut Off) and Final CAT cut Off (IIM Call cut off). Below we have listed the differences between the two:

CAT Qualifying Cut Off

Also known as the IIM eligibility cut off for IIM shortlist cut off, these are the minimum marks a candidate must score, so he/ she will be eligible for an interview call from IIMs (WAT/ GD-PI round).
Meeting the qualifying MBA admission cutoff does not mean that the candidate will be selected for the WAT/ GD-PI round.
The qualifying CAT cutoff is fixed before the CAT result announcement.
Qualifying CAT cut off Percentile is announced by each campus in the announcement of the admission criteria and selection process for that academic year.
Qualifying CAT cutoff is over 90 percentile for all IIMs.
The qualifying cutoff contains the CAT sectional cut off and overall cut off.
The qualifying CAT exam cut off for SC is fixed. The CAT exam cut off for OBC/ General is high.

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Final CAT Cut off

Also referred to as IIM call cut off, this is the minimum percentage score set by IIMs to select candidates for the WAT/ GD-PI round.
Meeting the final CAT cutoff 2022 does not mean that the candidate will be selected for admission.
The final cutoff will be fixed after CAT 2022 results were announced.
The final CAT cutoff 2022 has not been officially announced yet by any IIM or other top MBA institutes.
The final CAT cutoff will be 99+ percentile for all the best IIMs and 95+ percent for the new IIMs.
The final CAT 2022 cutoff contains sectional cut off and CAT overall percentile.

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Based on the IIM CAT cutoff 2022, the listed candidates will have to appear for the IIM admission procedure. When calculating the CAT cutoff, IIMs consider various determinants. In the CAT 2022 result, candidates are able to check their CAT raw score vs percentile. The CAT cutoff for IIM will be announced by respective IIMs now that the CAT result 2022 has been declared.

The candidates who are all confused about when and how to start the CAT preparation? are advised to check the strategy and tips followed by the CAT toppers.

CAT Score vs Percentile

Usually, those with more than 80 percentile in CAT 2022 exam will be selected and invited for the exam rounds from the top B-schools in India. The main four ranges are based on the CAT score vs percentile.

95.01 percentile and above
90.01 to 95 percentile
85.01 to 90 percentile
80 to 85 percentile

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There are more than 600 B-schools that accept the CAT scores and CAT cut offs. Many participating institutes of CAT begin the admission process after the CAT entrance exam is conducted. Depending upon the candidate's percentile in the CAT exam, the respective authorities of B-schools shortlist them for the next selection rounds for admission in the MBA program.

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