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CAT Cutoff 2023: Previous year IIM CAT Cut-off, and Top B-School Cutoff

The CAT cutoff 2023 is the minimum score that candidates must secure in order to be considered for admission to the IIMs and other top business schools in India.

Abhishek AroraUpdated on : Dec 12 2023 16:34 IST

CAT 2023 Latest Update: IIM Lucknow is set to announce the CAT result 2023 on the official website, iimcat.ac.in. It is expected to be announced in the first week of January 2024.

The CAT cut-off is the minimum score that candidates must secure in order to be considered for admission to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other top business schools in India. The CAT cutoff is determined based on a variety of factors, including the number of test takers, the difficulty level of the exam, and the number of available seats.

The cut-off for CAT is the minimum score required to be considered for admission to a particular program or institution. The cutoff varies each year and is determined by the number of applicants, the difficulty of the exam, and the number of seats available. It is important for candidates to aim for a score higher than the cutoff to increase their chances of getting admitted to their preferred program or institution.

Candidates who score above the cutoff are considered for further rounds of selection, such as Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI) at IIMs. The cutoff score is typically announced along with the release of the CAT results. CAT (Common Admission Test) is a highly competitive entrance exam for admission into MBA programs at the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other top B-schools in India.

In this article, candidates can get complete information about the following topics:

CAT Cut-off 2022
Expected CAT Cutoff for IIM (Qualifying)
Previous year IIM CAT Cutoff
Expected CAT Cut Off for IIMs based on CAT 2022
Best B-School admission Expected Cut-off 2023

Expected CAT Cutoff for IIM 2023

Based on the previous year analysis, the expected qualifying CAT 2023 cutoff for all the IIMs is provided in the table below. Meanwhile, aspirants must know that admission to IIM Kashipur will require the highest cutoff, and IIM Vizag will have the lowest expected cutoff for admission in its management course

Expected CAT Cutoff for IIM (Qualifying)
IIMs	Qualifying CAT cut-offs
IIM Ahmedabad	85
IIM Bangalore	85
IIM Calcutta	85
IIM Lucknow	90
IIM Indore	90
IIM Kozhikode	85
IIM Amritsar	90
IIM Nagpur	85
IIM Sambalpur	93
IIM Trichy	93
IIM Raipur	93
IIM Ranchi	90
IIM Kashipur	94
IIM Vizag	80
IIM Udaipur	93
IIM Bodhgaya	93
IIM Shillong	75
IIM Sirmaur	92
IIM Rohtak	95
IIM Nagpur	85
IIM Jammu	93

Top Colleges in India Offering MBA

Apart from IIMs, the CAT score is accepted by over 8 IITs offering management courses and 200+ business schools in India. In the table below you can find the list of some of the accredited B-School in India:

Top Colleges in India Offering MBA
Great Lakes Chennai	Great Lakes Gurgaon
ICFAI Dehradun	IMT Ghaziabad
UPES Dehradun	LPU Jalandhar
SRM University Chennai	GD Goenka University, Gurgaon
Chandigarh University	BML Munjal University, Gurgaon
Manipal University (MAHE)	Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida
IPE Hyderabad	IFIM Business School

Apart from the Top B-school accepting CAT score for admission, we have also prepared a list of premier B-school along with the expected cutoff in 2023 to get admission into these institutes:

List of B-schools	Expected CAT cutoff 2023
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
MDI Gurgaon CAT cutoff	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
TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal	85+ Percentile

Previous Year CAT Cutoff for IIMs (Minimum criteria)

In the table below, the CAT Cutoff for the 20 IIMs for the previous 3 years i.e. 2019, 2020 2021 has been provided for aspirants to get a clear idea of the individual IIM Cutoff in 2023.

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

IIM Cutoff: Sectional Cutoff 2023

Below we have curated a table for individual IIM based on the CAT 2022 cutoff. As per the CAT exam pattern, candidates will be required to qualify for the sectional cutoff along with the overall CAT cutoff. Moreover, along with the expected sectional and overall IIM cut-off score the data also contains the expected category-wise CAT cutoff for 2023.

Expected IIM Ahmedabad CAT Cut-Off 2023

The table below contains the expected category-wise IIM Ahmedabad Cut-off percentile in 2023:

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall CAT Cutoff
General	80-82	80-82	80-82	80-82
EWS	80-82	80-82	80-82	80-82
NC-OBC	70-72	70-72	70-72	70-72
SC	54-56	54-56	54-56	60-62
ST	40-44	40-44	40-44	45
PwD	40-44	40-44	40-44	45

IIM Amritsar Expected Cutoff 2023

The table below contains the expected category-wise IIM Amritsar cut-off percentile in 2023:

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall Percentile
General	75-77	75-77	80-83	85-87
NC-OBC	60-62	60-62	65-67	75-77
SC	50-52	50-52	55-57	55-58
ST	35-37	35-37	35-37	40-42
PwD	33-35	33-35	33-35	40-43

Expected IIM Bangalore Cutoff 2023

The table below contains the expected category-wise IIM Bangalore cut-off percentile in 2023:

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall Percentile
General	80-82	75-77	75-77	83-85
NC-OBC	70-72	65-67	65-67	75-77
EWS	70-72	65-67	65-67	75-77
SC	65-68	60-62	60-72	70-73
ST	55-57	55-57	55-57	65-67
PwD	50-52	50-52	50-62	60-64

IIM Calcutta Expected Cutoff 2023

The table below contains the expected category-wise IIM Calcutta cut-off percentile in 2023:

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 Cut Off 2023

The table below contains the expected category-wise IIM Lucknow cut-off percentile in 2023:

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall Percentile
General	83-85	83-85	83-85	90-93
NC-OBC	75-77	75-77	75-77	82-85
SC	55-57	55-57	55-57	70-73
ST	50-53	50-53	50-53	65-67
PwD	48-51	48-51	48-51	65-68
EWS	77-79	77-79	77-79	82-84

IIM Kozhikode Expected Cutoff

The table below contains the expected category-wise IIM Kozhikode cut-off percentile in 2023:

Category	CAT Percentile	Sectional Percentile
General	85-87	75-77
NC-OBC/ EWS	75	65
SC	65	55
ST/ PwD	55	45

IIM Indore Expected Cutoff

The table below contains the expected category-wise IIM Indore cut-off 2023 percentile:

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	CAT Percentile
General	80-83	80-83	80-83	90
EWS	80-83	80-83	80-83	90
NC-OBC	70-74	70-74	70-74	80-82
ST	43-46	43-46	43-46	50-53
SC	55-58	55-58	55-58	60-63
PwD	45-47	45-47	45-47	50-53

IIM Udaipur Expected Cutoff

The table below contains expected category-wise IIM Udaipur Cut-off percentile in 2023:

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	CAT Percentile
General	80-82	80-82	80-82	95-97
ST	50-53	50-53	50-53	60-62
SC	30-35	30-35	30-35	40-43
Differently Abled Person	30-35	30-35	30-35	40-43
NC-OBC	60-62	60-62	60-62	78-82

IIM Nagpur Expected Cutoff

The table below contains the expected category wise IIM Nagpur Cut-off percentile in 2023:

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	72-75	72-75	72-75	85-86
EWS	72-75	72-75	72-75	85-86
NC-OBC	65-67	65-67	65-67	76-77
SC	50-52	50-52	50-52	60-62
ST	35-37	35-37	35-37	40-43
PwD	35-37	35-37	35-37	40-43

IIM Visakhapatnam Expected Cutoff

The table below contains the expected category wise IIM Visakhapatnam Cut-off percentile in 2023:

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Percentile
General	85-87	80-82	80-82	85-87
NC-OBC	60-63	60-61	60-61	60-62
SC	50-51	50-52	50-52	55-57
ST	30-31	30-32	30-32	40-43
PwD	30-32	30-32	30-32	40-43

IIM Kashipur Expected Cutoff

The table below contains the expected category-wise IIM Kashipur cut-off percentile in 2023:

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Percentile cut off
General	80-81	80-81	80-81	94-96
SC	45-47	45-46	45-46	53-55
ST	30-31	30-32	30-32	40-46
NC-OBC	60-61	60-61	60-62	75-77
PwD	30-32	30-32	30-32	40-43
EWS	60-62	60-62	60-62	75-76

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

When will the CAT 2023 results be released?

CAT 2023 results were released on December/January 2023

Will the sectional cutoff remain the same each year? What was the CAT cutoff for last year?

CAT sectional cutoff varies annually. The final CAT cutoff for top IIMs is often in the 99 to 100 percentile range for students in the General category. The same was noted with the CAT cut-off last year.

Is the CAT cutoff the same for all students?

No, a separate category-wise cutoff score is released for the CAT exam.

What does a CAT score mean? What is the CAT cutoff?

CAT score refers to the marks that students obtained in the exam. CAT cutoff is the minimum percentile that candidates must achieve in order to be called for the WAT & GD/PI round.