IIM Admission Dates 2026 LIVE: IIM Result Dates, CAP Schedule, PI Dates, Shortlist & MBA Admission Timeline

IIM Admission Dates 2026: Latest Update and Highlights

As the IIM admission 2026 season enters its final phase, IIM has gradually started to publish its results. You can keep an eye on this page for more detailed and the latest updates on the IIM result 2026.

• IIM Waitlist Movemnet are going on
• May 20, 2026: IIM Mumbai Result 2026 is out
• May 13, 2026: IIM Vizag 2026 result is out
• May 11, 2026: IIM Sambalpur 2026 result is out
• May 08, 2026: IIM Nagpur Result is out !
• May 08, 2026: IIM Amritsar Result is out!
• May 08, 2026: IIM Sirmaur Result is out (IIM CAP 2026 Result)
• May 08, 2026: IIM Jammu Result 2026 is out (IIM CAP 2026 Result)
• May 08, 2026: IIM Bodhgaya Result 2026 is out (IIM CAP 2026 Result)
• May 07, 2026: IIM Raipur Result 2026 is out. (IIM JAP 2026 Result)
• May 07, 2026: IIM Kashipur Result 2026 is out. (IIM JAP 2026 Result)
• May 07, 2026: IIM Indore Result 2026 is Announced.
  
• May 07, 2026: IIM Lucknow Result 2026 is declared.
• May 07, 2026 : IIM Ranchi Result 2026 is out. (IIM JAP 2026 Result)
• May 07, 2026: IIM Trichy Result is out. (IIM JAP 2026 Result)
• April 29, 2026: IIM Kozhikode 2026 result is out.
• April 28, 2026: IIM Rohtak 2026 result is out.
• April 24, 2026: IIM Calcutta 2026 Result is out.
• April 24, 2026: IIM Udaipur 2026 result is announced.
• April 22, 2026: IIM Shillong 2026 Result is announced.
• April 20, 2026: IIM Bangalore Result 2026 is out.
• April 13, 2026: IIM Ahmedabad Result 2026 has been announced.

IIM Result Dates and Link 2026

Candidates can see the IIM Result dates 2026 for the released ones and also the expected dates for the other IIMs. IIMs have started releasing the final 2026 results on their website from around April 10, 2026. It is expected that the IIM CAP 2026 Result will be out between May 09, 2026, and May 10, 2026, looking back at the trends of previous years.

IIM Interview Dates 2026

IIM personal interview 2026 were held though out February - March -April 2026. Prominent IIM GD-PI 2026 rounds such as IIM Ahmedabad AWT-PI round or IIM Bangalore GD-PI round 2026 was held between Janaury - February 2026. On the other hand CAP GD-PI round 2026 was held around March 2026. Here is the detailed table about the IIM Personal Interview date 2026 as part of IIM Admission 2026 dates.

IIM Shortlist Dates 2026

IIM Shortlist 2026 was released through out January 2026 except for the newly established IIM Guwahati. While IIM shorlist date for prominent IIMs like IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore was out within Janaury 10, 2026. On the other hand, IIM CAP shortlist dates and IIM JAP shortlist dates 2026 were around last week of Last week of January 2026. Here is the detailed table about the IIM 2026 PI shortlist date as part of the IIM 2026 admission dates-

IIM Form Dates 2026-28

Management Aspirants looking for the IIM form dates should know that they 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 was September 20, 2025.
On the other hand, the IIM CAP 2026 form and IIM JAP 2026 from was announced in January 2026. All the IIMs participating in CAP 2026 will have the same IIM application date 2026 as well as the IIM application end date. Here is the table about the IIM form dates 2025, as well as the IIM last date to apply 2025 for different IIMs

IIM CAP 2026 Dates

Apart from the individual IIM Admission 2026, 3 IIMs - IIM Bodhgaya, IIM Jammu and IIM Sirmaur came 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 JAP 2026 Dates

JAP 2026 is the latest inclusion in the MBA admission process 2026 led by IIM Raipur. 4 IIMs, IIM Raipur, IIM Kashipur, IIM Ranchi and IIM Tiruchirapalli have announced their own separate Joint Admission Process 2026 (JAP 2026) on September 09, 2025. IIM Raipur will be the coordinator for the JAP 2026. As the IIM Admission session in 2025-2026 is about to get started, with the CAT 2025 scheduled for November 30, 2025, management aspirants now have 4 different MBA admission 2026 processes to get into the 21 IIMs in India, through the CAT 2025 score. Apart from the JAP 2026, management aspirants can get IIM admission 2026 through individual IIM admission process 2026, IIM CAP 2026, and IIM SAP 2026. The Last date for the CAT 2025 registration 2025 is September 13, 2025.

JAP 2026 Announced: Key Highlights

• What is JAP 2026: Joint Admission Process (2026)?

• No. of IIMs Participating in JAP 2026: IIM Raipur, IIM Kashipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Tiruchirapalli.

• JAP 2026 Co-ordinator: IIM Raipur.

• JAP 2026 Accepted Score: CAT 2025.

• Goal of JAP 2026: Single Admission Process, Meeting IIM Standard, Transparent, Aspirant-Focused Admission.

IIM admission dates 2026 are likely to fall between the first week of February 2026 and the first week of May 2026. The IIM CAP application 2026 is likely to start around January 22, 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 Dates 2026: Key Snippets

• CAT 2025 Exam Date: November 30, 2025

• CAT 2025 Result Date: December 24, 2025

• IIM Dates 2026: IIM BLACKI application date is August 01 - September 20, 2025; other IIM application dates are between November 30, 2025, to January 31, 2026

• IIM CAP Application Date 2026: January 14 - 23, 2026

• IIM PI-short list date: IIM BLACKI - January 08, 2026- January 14, 2026, IIM CAP PI Shortlist date - January 30, 2026

• IIM Interview Dates 2026: IIM Interview Dates 2026 are expected to be around the 2nd week of February to the 2nd week of March 2026.

• IIM Final Result 2026: All the IIMs have published their respective result except IIM Guwahati, IIM Guwahati result 2026 will be out on June 06, 2026.

IIM Admission Dates 2026-28: CAT 2025 Dates

Here is the table about the CAT 2025 dates. As the prominent IIMs application is completed through the CAT 2025 form, the table would also be important to learn about the IIM application last date 2026.

IIM Dates 2026: IIM Date of Establishment

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, the 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.