IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2025-27: Dates, PI Shortlist, Interview Schedule, Admission, Cut Off

IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2025-27: Dates, PI Shortlist, Interview Schedule, Admission, Cut Off

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IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2025: Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad has released the admission criteria for MBA admissions for the academic batch of 2025-27, in online mode - iima.ac.in. IIM Ahmedabad admission is based on the performance of the candidate in the CAT exam. Candidates whose names will appear on the IIM Ahmedabad shortlist will have to appear for the AWT (Analytical Writing Test)/PI (Personal Interview) rounds based on which they will be granted final admission to IIM Ahmedabad. Read this complete article to check out the information related to IIM Ahmedabad eligibility criteria, important dates, IIMA admission criteria, and so forth.

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IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2025-27: Dates, PI Shortlist, Interview Schedule, Admission, Cut Off
IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2025-27

IIM Ahmedabad Admission Dates 2025

Students must stay updated on the events related to IIMA admissions 2025 dates. Check the table below for the latest updates:

IIMA 2025 Admission Dates

IIM Ahmedabad Events

IIM A Admission Dates (Tentative)

IIMA Admission 2025 application start date

January 2025

Last date to apply for IIM Ahmedabad Admission

February 2025

Release of IIM Ahmedabad shortlist

February 2025

IIM Ahmedabad interview date

March 2025

Final IIM Ahmedabad Admission Offer

April/May 2025

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IIM Ahmedabad MBA Eligibility Criteria

Candidates aspiring to take admission to IIM Ahmadabad PGP must fulfill the below-mentioned eligibility criteria:

  • Students must have a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate or equivalent CGPA. Students belonging to the reserved category will be given 5% relaxation.

  • The bachelor's degree must entail a minimum of three years of education along with 10+2 or equivalent.

  • The conversion of marks or CGPA will be followed as per the norms of the university/institute from which the student has graduated. In case the institute/university does not provide any scheme of conversion then the IIM Ahmedabad will obtain the equivalence by dividing the obtained CGPA by the maximum CGPA and multiplying the result by 100.

  • Aspirants appearing for the final year examination of the qualifying exam can also apply provided they submit the required documents in the stipulated time. Such a candidate’s admission will be on a provisional basis and will be confirmed when the student submits the mark sheets and certificate of passing the Bachelor’s degree with a required minimum percentage.

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IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2025-27

The admission criteria of IIM Ahmedabad 2025 is a two-step process. In the first step, the candidates are shortlisted for the Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI) based on valid CAT 2024 scores, have applied for the program and meet the eligibility criteria for the program.

Shortlisting and Admission Criteria for PGP at IIM Ahmedabad

Process 1 - Preliminary Screening

CAT 2024 consisted of three sections namely, Quantitative Aptitude'(QA), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VARC). Only candidates who meet the minimum IIM Ahmedabad CAT cutoff criteria both sectional and overall are considered for further rounds of IIM Ahmedabad admission 2025. Check the table below to know the minimum cutoff for CAT 2024.

IIM Ahmedabad CAT 2024 cutoffs

CategoryQuantitative Ability (QA)Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)Overall
General, EWS70707080
NC-OBC/ Transgender65656575
SC60606070
ST50505060
PwD (General/ EWS, NC-OBC/transgender, SC)60606070
PwD (ST)50505060
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At the different stages of the selection process of IIM Ahmedabad ‘Application Rating,’ (AR) score of the student will be used. AR is the sum of rating scores based on their percentage in 10th and 12th standard, stream, Bachelor's degree discipline, and work experience. Check the table below to know the scoring of each component.

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Rating scores for 10th standard examination

Per cent Score in Xth Std. Exam

Rating Score A

<=55

1

>55 and <=60

2

>60 and <=70

3

>70 and <=80

5

>80 and <=90

8

>90

10

Rating scores for 12th standard examination

Science Stream

Per cent Score in XIIth Std. Exam

Rating Score B

<=55

1

>55 and <=60

2

>60 and <=70

3

>70 and <=80

5

>80 and <=90

8

>90

10


Commerce Stream

Per cent Score in XIIth Std. Exam

Rating Score B

<=50

1

>50 and <=55

2

>55 and <=65

3

>65 and <=75

5

>75 and <=90

8

>90

10


Arts/Humanities Stream

Per cent Score in XIIth Std. Exam

Rating Score B

<=45

1

>45 and <=50

2

>50 and <=60

3

>60 and <=70

5

>70 and <=85

8

>85

10

Rating Scores for the Bachelor’s Degree Exam

AC-1

Per cent score in Bachelor's Degree

Rating Score C

<= 55

1

> 55 and <= 60

2

> 60 and <= 62

3

> 62 and <= 65

5

> 65 and <= 70

8

> 70

10


AC-2

Per cent score in Professional courses

Rating Score C

<= 50

1

> 50 and <= 53

2

> 53 and <= 55

3

> 55 and <= 57

5

> 57 and <= 63

8

> 63

10


AC-3

Per cent score in Bachelor's Degree

Rating Score C

<= 55

1

> 55 and <= 60

2

> 60 and <= 65

3

> 65 and <= 70

5

> 70 and <= 80

8

> 80

10


AC-4 & AC-6

Per cent score in Bachelor's Degree

Rating Score C

<= 60

1

> 60 and <= 65

2

> 65 and <= 70

3

> 70 and <= 75

5

> 75 and <= 85

8

> 85

10


AC-5

Per cent score in Professional courses

Rating Score C

<= 50

1

> 50 and <= 55

2

> 55 and <= 60

3

> 60 and <= 65

5

> 65 and <= 75

8

> 75

10

Rating Scores for Work Experience

Work Experience in Month (as filled in the CAT Application Form)

Rating Score D

< 12 months

0

>= 12 and <= 36 months

MF * (number of months of work experience – 11)

> 36 months

5

Work-experience Multiplication Factor (MF) = 0.20

Application Rating Score= rating score (A+B+C+D)

  • The normalized AR score of a candidate will be equivalent to their AR score divided by the average of the top 50 AR scores from the applicant’s pool*.

  • Applicants pool = the group of candidates who have appeared for CAT 2024 and applied for IIM Ahmedabad.

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Process 2 - Shortlisting for Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI)

The shortlisting of candidates will be carried out in two stages:

Stage 1 - From the applicant’s pool

IIM Ahmedabad will recognize a candidate’s performance in their academics as well as performance in CAT 2024. A certain number of applicants will be shortlisted based on their Composite Score (CS) subject to filling certain criteria.

CS (Composite Score) = ARF_CS * Normalised AR score + CATF_CS * Normalised overall score in CAT 2024

  • Application Rating Multiplication Factor for Composite Score (ARF_CS) = 0.35;

  • CAT Multiplication Factor for Composite Score (CATF_CS) = 0.65

The upper limit for the number of applicants to be shortlisted as per RC for AC-1,2,3, and 5

Category

Upper Limit per ACRC 1

General

100

NC-OBC

57

SC

32

ST

16

PwD

6

The upper limit for the number of applicants to be shortlisted as per RC for AC-4

Category

Upper Limit per ACRC 2

General

150

NC-OBC

85

SC

48

ST

24

PwD

9

Criteria 1 to Criteria 3

Criteria 1 - Percentile of VRC, QA, DILR, and overall must not be lower than the percentile mentioned in the table above (Minimum CAT 2024 cutoffs).

Criteria 2 - The average of percentages should be more than the minimum cutoff (specific to the category and stream in the table below).

Average of percentages=P= marks obtained in 10th and 12th standard examination.

Minimum cutoff for P across different disciplines and categories

Stream in 12th

General-EWS

NC-OBC

SC

ST

PWD (general, SC, NC-OBC)

PWD (ST)

Science

80

75

70

65

70

65

commerce

77

72

67

62

67

62

Arts and Humanities

75

70

64

59

64

59

Criteria 3 - the percentage of marks obtained in the Bachelor’s degree must be greater or equal to the minimum cutoff percentage.

Criteria 4 - Total percentile ≥ 80, QA percentile ≥ 70, DILR percentile ≥ 70, and VRC percentile ≥ 70

Criteria 5 - Percentage ≥ 80 (Science), 77 (Commerce), 75 (Arts/Humanities), where P is the average of the percentages of marks scored in the 10th and 12th std. Examinations.

Criteria 6 - The percentage of marks obtained in the bachelor’s degree must be greater or equal to a minimum cutoff percentage.

Stage 2- After the candidates are shortlisted in stage 1 from each category, the additional number of candidates will be shortlisted for AWT and PI on the basis of their Composite Score (CS) as mentioned above subject to fulfillment of criteria 1 and 2.

Final Selection

In this stage selection will be strictly based on shortlisting done for each category and on the basis of final composite score (FCS), FCS will be computed as follows:

FCS = PIF * Normalised PI Score + AWTF * Normalised AWT Score + CATF_FCS * Normalised CAT Score + ARF_FCS * AR

  • Personal Interview Multiplication Factor (PIF) = 0.50

  • AWT Multiplication Factor (AWTF) = 0.10

  • CAT Score Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (CATF_FCS) = 0.25

  • Application Rating Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (ARF_FCS) = 0.15

Categories for bachelor's degree/integrated master's degree

AC

Degree

AC-1 (Medicine and Surgery based subjects)

MBBS, MD (USA).

AC-2 (Selected Professional Degrees)

Chartered Accountancy (CA), Cost and Works Accountancy (ICWA), Company Secretaryship (CS).

AC-3 (All Commerce, Economics, Finance and Management Related Degrees)

Including BAF, BBA, BBE, BBI, BBM, BBS, BCAF, BCCA, BCOM, BFIA, BFM, BHM, BHMCT, BIBF, BMS (Bachelor of Management Studies), and BSBA degrees.


In particular, including


Economics/ Economic Development and Planning

Any degree in Hospitality/Hospitality Studies, Catering/Catering Technology, Hotel, Travel and Tourism Management, Tourism Studies, and any other related discipline.

Commerce (Accountancy, Auditing, Banking, Business Mathematics, Business Organisation, Finance, Information Technology, Insurance, Investment Analysis, Public Finance, Secretarial Practices, etc.)

Management (Advertising, Agriculture and Food Business, Agribusiness Management, Agriculture Marketing and Cooperation, Agriculture and Rural and Tribal Development, Business Administration, Business Management, Business Studies, Commercial Agriculture and Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Management Studies, Sports Management, Real Estate, and Urban Infrastructure, Renewable Energy Management, Oil and Gas Management, Production and Industrial Management)

Any other vocational degree in commerce and management.

AC-4


I (All Engineering, Technology and Architecture related Areas)


Including BARCH, BE, BIT, BINFTECH, BS (ENG)/ BSC (ENG), BTECH and integrated MTECH degrees (Excluding all degrees in Accessories Design/Apparel Production/Design/Fashion Communication/Fashion Design/Fashion Technology/Interior Design/Knit Wear Design/Leather Design/Jewelry Design/Footwear Design, and BS/BSC degrees in Information Technology).


In particular, including


Agricultural Engineering/ Dairy Technology/ Food Technology

Architecture

BE/BS (ENG)/BSC (ENG)/BTECH/integrated MTECH degrees in Biosciences, Geological Sciences, Information Technology, Mathematical Sciences, and Natural Sciences

BE/BS (ENG)/BSC (ENG)/BTECH/integrated MTECH in all Engineering/Technology and related areas, including subjects like Chemical Technology, Electronics, Engineering Physics, etc.

Textile Engineering/Technology

Others: All other fields where BE/BS (ENG)/BSC (ENG)/BTECH/integrated MTECH degrees are awarded, not explicitly included or excluded elsewhere in the list.


AC II (Science and Agriculture related Areas, other than Medicine and Surgery)

Including all BS/BSC and integrated MS/MSC (excluding degrees in Economics, Fashion Design, Journalism, and Leather Design). Also includes degrees in dentistry, paramedical, veterinary degrees.


In particular, including


Actuarial Science

Agriculture (Agronomy, Soil Science, Agricultural Biochemistry, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, etc.)

Biosciences (Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Botany, Life Science, Zoology, etc.)

Computer Applications (BCA, MCA)

Dentistry

Fisheries

Forestry

Geological Sciences (Geography, Geology, and Geophysics.)

Horticulture

Information Technology

All bachelor's/integrated master's degrees in Mathematical Sciences (Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, etc.)

Natural Sciences (Chemistry, Physics, etc.)

Paramedical/Physiotherapy

Pharmacology/Pharmacy

Planning

Veterinary Science/ Animal Husbandry

Media Science, Media Science, and Technology

Physiology

Any vocational degree in science (BS/BSC)

Science (Others): Forensic, Home Science, Nursing, and all other branches of Science not explicitly included or excluded elsewhere in this list

AC-5 (All Arts/Humanities Related Degrees, Design, Education, Fashion Design/Technology, Law and Rural Studies)

Including any BA (excluding Economics, Geography, and Geological Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics), BAA, BAJM, BCJ, BDES, BED, BTECH, BJ, BJMC, BL, BM (Bachelor of Music), BMC, BMM, BMus, BSW, and LLB.

In particular, including

Accessories Design/Apparel Production/Design/Fashion Communication/Fashion Design/Fashion Technology/Fashion Merchandising and Retail Management, Interior Design/Knit Wear Design/Leather Design/Footwear Design/Jewelry Design (all degrees)

Arts/Humanities (Archaeology, Education, Fine Arts (Dance, Drama, Film, Music, Painting, etc.), History, Languages, Library Science, Literature, Mass Communication, Media Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Public Administration, Social Work/Welfare, Sociology, etc.)

Education (including Physical Education and Sports)

Journalism/Mass Communication/Media Studies (all degrees)

Law (BL LLB/B.Com. LLB/BBA LLB)

Psychology (all degrees)

Rural Studies/Rural Sociology/Rural Cooperatives/Rural Banking

Any vocational degree in arts/education/humanities (BA)

AC-6: Any other discipline not mentioned in AC-1 to AC-5.

-

Note- Dual Bachelor’s degree will be considered under AC 6. Students will be required to mention it as Bachelor Degree 1 and Bachelor Degree 2.

IIM Ahmedabad MBA-FABM

Post Graduate Programme in Food and Agri-business Management is an MBA level two-year full-time program. Authorities will release the cutoff for PGP-FABM based on the CAT 2024 score. Candidates meeting the cutoff criteria will be eligible for selection rounds conducted by IIM Ahmedabad.

IIM Ahmedabad MBA Fees

The total fee payable for the PGP program academic year 2025-2027 at IIM Ahmedabad will be Rs. 26.5 lakhs, inclusive of Rs. 19,35,000 as tuition fee. Extra expenses will include a laptop, computer, personal expenses onboarding, travel, clothing, and laundry. The program fee for the academic year 2025-2027 will be based on the previous year's batch fee.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: How can I apply for IIM Ahmedabad?
A:

Students must have opted for IIM Ahmedabad while completing the CAT 2024 registration form. Only students who applied for IIM Ahmedabad in the CAT application form will be considered for shortlisting.

Q: What is the eligibility criteria for IIM Ahmedabad admission?
A:

Students must fulfil the CAT 2024 eligibility criteria and the minimum cutoff criteria set by the IIM Ahmedabad to get shortlisted for selection rounds.

Q: How can I appear for CAT 2024?
A:

Students who fulfil the eligibility criteria can fill out the CAT registration form. CAT 2024 was held on November 24, 2024.

Q: Can I appear for IIM Ahmedabad admission process through any other national level entrance exam score?
A:

Students cannot appear for the IIM Ahmedabad selection process through any other score except for CAT score 2024.

Q: Will there be sectional cutoffs?
A:

Yes, students will be required to fulfill the sectional as well as overall cutoff to get shortlisted.

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you just need to get your OBC certificate corrected and need to inform the CAT helpdesk about this error.


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Here are some top MBA colleges in India with fees under Rs. 2 lakh and their exam/cutoff details:

  • SIMSREE, Mumbai – Fee around Rs. 1.3–1.4 lakh for 2 years. Accepts CAT, CMAT, MAH-CET, MAT, ATMA. Cutoff is very high, usually 99+ percentile in CAT/CMAT.

  • PUMBA (Dept. of Management Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University) – Fee around Rs. 1.2–1.3 lakh. Accepts CAT, CMAT, MAH-CET, ATMA. Cutoff approx. 75+ percentile in CAT, 90–95+ percentile in CMAT, high scores in MAH-CET.

  • TISS, Mumbai (MA HRM & other management-related programmes) – Fee around Rs. 1.7–1.9 lakh. Accepts CAT for some courses. Qualifying cutoff is around 60–70 percentile, but final selection cutoffs are higher.

These are the main government institutes where the full MBA/PG programme fee is within Rs. 2 lakh. Cutoffs vary slightly each year and by category, but SIMSREE and PUMBA generally need high scores, while TISS has its own process along with CAT shortlisting.

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Hey! With a NEET score of 344 in the ST category, it is highly unlikely to get admission in any government BDS college in Delhi through the All India Quota. The cutoff for government BDS seats in Delhi usually falls around 400–450 for ST category, so your score is below that range.

You can consider private dental colleges, state quota seats in other states, or reattempt NEET next year to improve your chances.