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IIM admission dates 2026 include CAT 2025 dates, IIM CAP dates 2026, IIM shortlist dates 2026, IIM interview dates 2026, IIM result dates 2026, etc. CAT 2025 will be held on November 30, 2025, in 170 cities and over 3 lakh MBA aspirants are expected to take this MBA entrance exam. Common Admission Test registration 2025 is ongoing at iimcat.ac.in, and the CAT 2025 registration last date is September 13, 2025. Candidates appearing for CAT this year must keep a tab of IIM admission dates 2026 to avoid missing any important deadlines. This article lists all the important IIM admission 2026 dates and events for the ease of CAT 2025 aspirants.
CAT 2025 Exam Date: November 30, 2025
CAT 2025 Result Date: December 19-21, 2025
IIM Form Dates 2026: IIM BLACKI application date is August 01 - September 13, 2025; other IIM application dates are between November 30, 2025, to January 30, 2026 (Tentative)
IIM CAP Application Date 2026 : January 14 - 23 , 2026 (Tentative)
IIM PI-short list date: IIM BLACKI - January 2nd week, 2026, IIM CAP PI Shortlist date - January 30, 2026
IIM Final Result 2026: IIM BLACKI Final Result between April 21 to May 5, 2026. IIM CAP Result Date 2026 is May 9-10, 2026.
Here is the table about the CAT 2025 dates. As the prominent IIMs application is completed through the CAT 2025 form, thai table would also be important to learn about the IIM application last date 2026.
IIM Admission 2026: CAT 2025 Dates | |
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CAT 2025 Registration Started | August 01, 2025 |
CAT 2025 Registration Last Date | September 13, 2025 |
November 05, 2025 | |
November 30, 2025 | |
CAT Result Date 2025 | December 19-21, 2025 |
On August 20, 2025 Indian Parliament cleared the way for setting up the 22nd IIM of India, IIM Guwahati. However, based on the IIM date of establishment, IIMs in India can be grouped into several eras. From 1961 to 1997, IIMs like IIM Calcutta, IIM Ahmedabad, and IIM Lucknow were formed. Together they are known as Old IIMs or IIM BLACKI. On the other hand, New IIMs are the ones that were formed till 2011, such as IIM Shillong, IIM Ranchi, etc. IIM Amritsar, IIM Jammu, etc, were formed after 2015, and they are grouped as the Baby IIMs.
IIM Date of Establishment | |||||
Old IIMs (1961-1997) | New IIMs (2007-2011) | Baby IIMs (2015-2025) | |||
IIMs | Year | IIMs | Year | IIMs | Year |
1961 | 2007 | 2015 | |||
1961 | 2009 | 2015 | |||
1973 | 2009 | 2015 | |||
1984 | 2010 | 2015 | |||
1996 | 2010 | 2015 | |||
1997 | 2011 | 2015 | |||
IIM Mumbai | 1963 | 2011 | 2016 | ||
- | IIM Guwahati | 2025 |
Management Aspirants can apply for the IIM BLACKI through the CAT 2025 application. Students need to choose their preferred IIMs and IIM MBA courses during the CAT 2025 application fill-up. Therefore, the last date to apply for the IIM BLACKI is September 13, 2025.
On the other hand, the IIM CAP 2026 application is expected to start around Janaury 14, 2026. Here is the table about the IIM form dates 2025, as well as the IIM last date to apply 2025 for different IIMs
IIM Application Dates 2025 | |
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List of IIMs in India | IIM Form Dates 2025 (Tentative) |
IIM Ahmedabad Application 2026 | IIM application through CAT 2025 |
IIM Bangalore Application 2026 | |
IIM Calcutta Application 2026 | |
IIM Lucknow Application 2026 | |
IIM Indore Application 2026 | |
IIM Kozhikode Application 2026 | |
IIM Shillong Application 2026 | January First week, 2026 |
IIM Rohtak Application 2026 | December 21, 2025 - January 03, 2026 |
IIM Trichy Application 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 14-23, 2026 |
IIM Udaipur Application 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 14-23, 2026 |
IIM Kashipur Application 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 14-23, 2026 |
IIM Nagpur Application 2026(Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 14-23, 2026 |
IIM Bodh Gaya Form Date 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 14-23, 2026 |
IIM Sirmaur Form Date 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 14-23, 2026 |
IIM Jammu Application Date 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 14-23, 2026 |
IIM Raipur Application Date 2026 | January 2 - 15, 2026 |
IIM Sambalpur Application Date 2026 | - |
IIM Visakhapatnam Form Date 2026 | January 10, 2025 - February 17, 2025 |
IIM Amritsar Application Date 2026 | - |
IIM Mumbai Form 2026 | November 4, 2025- January 31, 2025 |
Apart from the individual IIM Admission 2026, some of the New and Baby IIMs together take part in the Common Admission Programme or the IIM CAP 2026.
Here is the table about the IIM CAP dates 2026 regarding the IIM CAP application 2026, IIM CAP PI shortlist dates, and IIM CAP 2026 results, based on the trends of the previous years.
IIM CAP 2026 Important Dates | |
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IIM CAP 2026 Application Events | IIM CAP 2026 Dates (Tentatives) |
IIM CAP Application Start Date 2026 | January 14, 2026 |
IIM CAP form Last date 2026 | January 23, 2026 |
IIM CAP PI- Shortlist Date 2026 | January 30, 2026 |
IIM CAP Personal Interview Date 2026 | February 17- March 22, 2026 |
IIM CAP Result Date 2026 | April 20 - May 10, 2026 |
IIM CAP Wait List Date 2026 | Will start after the IIM CAP admission 2026 |
It is expected that IIMs will publish their IIM Personal interview shortlist dates throughout January 2026. While IIM interview dates of prominent IIMs like IIM Ahmedabad PI shortlist dates are expected to get out by January 2nd week 2026, IIM CAP Personal interview shortlist dates are expected to be around January 30, 2026.
Here is the detailed table about the IIM PI- Interview shortlist date 2026 as part of the IIM admission dates 2026
IIM PI Shortlist Dates 2026 | |
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List of IIMs in India 2026 | Dates (Tentative) |
January 8, 2026 | |
IIM Bangalore PI Shortlist dates 2026 | January 2nd week, 2026 |
January 07, 2026 | |
IIM Lucknow PI Shortlist dates 2026 | January 2nd week, 2026 |
IIM Indore Personal Interview shortlist date 2026 | January 2nd week, 2026 |
IIM Kozhikode PI Shortlist dates 2026 | January 2nd week, 2026 |
IIM Shillong PI Shortlist dates 2026 | January 2nd week, 2026 |
IIM Rohtak Personal Interview shortlist date 2026 | January 2nd week, 2026 |
IIM Ranchi PI Shortlist dates 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 30, 2026 |
IIM Trichy Personal Interview shortlist date 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 30, 2026 |
IIM Udaipur PI Shortlist dates 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 30, 2026 |
IIM Kashipur Personal Interview shortlist date 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 30, 2026 |
IIM Nagpur PI Shortlist dates 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 30, 2026 |
IIM Bodh Gaya Personal Interview shortlist date 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 30, 2026 |
IIM Sirmaur PI Shortlist dates 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 30, 2026 |
IIM Jammu Personal Interview shortlist date 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | January 30, 2026 |
IIM Raipur Personal Interview shortlist date 2026 | January 30, 2026 |
IIM Sambalpur PI Shortlist dates 2026 | February 23, 2026 |
IIM Visakhapatnam PI Shortlist dates 2026 | March 6-10, 2026 |
January 5-10, 2026 | |
IIM Mumbai Personal Interview shortlist date 2026 | February 7-14, 2026 |
IIM personal interview dates 2026 are expected to be between February and March 2026, looking at the previous trends. Prominent IIM interview dates 2026, like IIM Bangalore Personal Interview Dates 2026, can be expected around February 2nd week, the last date of IIM CAP Personal Interview will be between February 17 to March 22, 2026. Here is the detailed table about the IIM Personal Interview date 2026 as part of the IIM admission dates 2026
IIM Interview - PI Dates 2026 | |
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IIMs in India | Dates (Tentative) |
IIM Ahmedabad personal interview dates 2026 | Feb–Mar 2026 |
IIM Bangalore personal interview dates 2026 | Feb–Mar 2026 |
IIM Calcutta personal interview dates 2026 | Feb–Mar 2026 |
IIM Lucknow personal interview dates 2026 | Feb–Mar 2026 |
IIM Indore PI Dates 2026 | Feb–Mar 2026 |
IIM Kozhikode personal interview dates 2026 | Feb–Mar 2026 |
IIM Shillong PI Dates 2026 | Feb–Mar 2026 |
IIM Rohtak personal interview dates 2026 | Feb–Mar 2026 |
IIM Ranchi personal interview dates 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | February 17 to March 22, 2026 |
IIM Trichy PI Dates 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | February 17 to March 22, 2026 |
IIM Udaipur PI Dates 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | February 17 to March 22, 2026 |
IIM Kashipur PI Dates 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | February 17 to March 22, 2026 |
IIM Nagpur personal interview dates 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | February 17 to March 22, 2026 |
IIM Bodh Gaya PI Dates 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | February 17 to March 22, 2026 |
IIM Sirmaur PI Dates 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | February 17 to March 22, 2026 |
IIM Jammu personal interview dates 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | February 17 to March 22, 2026 |
IIM Raipur PI Dates 2026 | - |
IIM Sambalpur personal interview dates 2026 | March 3- April 18, 2026 |
IIM Visakhapatnam PI Dates 2026 | March 17-April 14, 2026 |
IIM Amritsar personal interview dates 2026 | - |
IIM Mumbai PI Dates 2026 | March- April, 2026 |
IIM Result dates 2026 are expected to be between April 20, 2026, to May 10, 2026. It is expected that the IIM CAP 2026 Result will be out between May 09 2026, and May 10, 2026, looking back to the trends of previous years.
IIM Result Dates 2026 | |
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IIMs in India 2026 | IIM Result Out Dates (Tentative) |
IIM Ahmedabad Result Date 2026 | April 1st/2nd week, 2026 |
IIM Bangalore Result Date 2026 | April 21, 2026 |
IIM Calcutta Result Date 2026 | April 29, 2026 |
IIM Lucknow Result Date 2026 | May 5, 2026 |
IIM Indore Result Date 2026 | May 10, 2026 |
IIM Kozhikode Result Date 2026 | April 30, 2026 |
IIM Shillong Result Date 2026 | April 29, 2026 |
IIM Rohtak Result Date 2026 | May 1, 2026 |
IIM Ranchi Result Date 2026(Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | May 10, 2026 |
IIM Trichy Result Date 2026(Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | May 09, 2026 |
IIM Udaipur Result Date 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | May 09, 2026 |
IIM Kashipur Result Date 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | May 10, 2026 |
IIM Nagpur Result Date 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | May 09, 2026 |
IIM Bodh Gaya Result Date 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | May 10, 2025 |
IIM Sirmaur Result Date 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | May 09, 2026 |
IIM Jammu Result Date 2026 (Last Year Part of IIM CAP) | May 10, 2026 |
IIM Raipur Result Date 2026 | May 7, 2026 |
IIM Sambalpur Result Date 2026 | May 10, 2026 |
IIM Visakhapatnam Result Date 2026 | May 16-17, 2026 |
IIM Amritsar Result Date 2026 | May 9, 2026 |
IIM Mumbai Result Date 2026 | May 8, 2026 |
IIM admission dates 2026 are likely to fall between the Last week of December 2025 and the first week of May 2026. The IIM CAP application 2026 is likely to start around January 14, 2026. On the other hand, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta, IIM Bangalore, etc, which conduct their IIM admission 2026 separately, would publish the IIM PI Shortlist 2026 around the 2nd week of January 2026, based on the CAT 2025 score. Official IIM admission dates will be released after the publication of the CAT 2025 results, as IIMs will only accept the CAT score 2025 for IIM shortlisting 2026 and IIM admission 2026. After completion of the IIM-PI rounds, the IIM Final result 2026 day would be any day between April 21, 2026 and May 10, 2026, looking at the past trends. It would be worth noting that, apart from the IIMs participating in the IIM CAP 2026, all the other IIMs have their own IIM Admission Dates 2026.
IIM admission starts from Late December, while IIM CAP 2026 is expected to start its IIM Admission around January 14, 2206.
Any graduate with a minimum of 50% marks in a bachelor's degree is eligible to appear for CAT 2025.
There is no upper limit for IIM attempts. However, in a single academic year, one can apply once for the CAT.
The last date to apply for IIM 2025 is September 13, 2025, while the last date for the IM CAP 2026 application is expected to be around January 23, 2026.
No, direct admission in IIM is not allowed.
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Yes, someone with an online BBA can sit for both CAT and GMAT, provided the degree is from a UGC recognized university. Top B-schools in India (like IIMs) and abroad generally accept online degrees if they are valid, and you won’t be marked down just because it’s online. What matters more is your entrance exam score, academic record, work experience, and overall profile.
In situations like yours, where the CAT 2025 payment has been successfully debited from your bank account but the portal shows the transaction as failed, it is usually due to a technical delay in updating the system. Such discrepancies can sometimes take more than 48 hours to be resolved automatically. It is important to retain all proof of payment, including bank statements, transaction IDs, and any receipts. You should contact the CAT helpdesk again, providing full details of your application and payment. Additionally, keep checking your email for any automated confirmation or ticket numbers. If there is no response within a few days, you can escalate the issue by contacting the IIM Kozhikode admissions office directly through official contact details.
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