IIM Cut Off for CAT 2018 for Admission 2019: IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, New IIMs & Baby IIMs cut off

CAT 2018 Exam was held on November 25, 2018 and results will be released on January 5, 2019. This article by MBAUniverse.com experts will help you find out CAT 2018 Cut offs for IIMs, Sectional Cut off for IIMs, and B-school CAT Cut Off, MBA Colleges Cut off 2018 that match your CAT Scores. These CAT 2018 Cut off (below) are based on latest actual data sourced from IIMs and respective B-schools so you have use it with confidence.

While using our data below, keep in mind that there are two types of Cut Offs a) CAT 2018 Cut off Percentile: Minimum criteria by IIM and b) Average Batch CAT Percentile: Expected as per past trends. They are explained after the first table.

CAT 2018 Cut Offs for IIMs
Interesting news is that this year, IIM Ahmedabad has announced lowest CAT score cut off percentile among all the 20 IIMs as it requires only 70 sectional percentile in CAT 2018! This is being done to improve the ‘diversity’ of batch. Detailed table for all IIMs is below.

IIMs	CAT 2018 Cut off Percentile: Minimum criteria by IIM	Average Batch CAT Percentile: Expected as per past trends
IIM Ahmedabad	80	98
IIM Bangalore	90	99
IIM Calcutta	90	98
IIM Lucknow	90	97
IIM Indore	90	92
IIM Udaipur	90	94
IIM Tiruchirappalli	90	93
IIM Kozhikode	90	95
IIM Shillong	92	92
IIM Kashipur	92	93
IIM Ranchi	95	93
IIM Rohtak	94	94
IIM Visakhapatnam	90	90
IIM Nagpur	90	90
IIM Raipur	90	90
IIM Amritsar	90	90
IIM Bodhgaya	90	90
IIM Jammu	90	90
IIM Sambalpur	90	90
IIM Sirmaur	90	90

Source: Respective IIM Websites

What are ‘CAT 2018 Cut off Percentile: Minimum criteria by IIM’ and ‘Average Batch CAT Percentile: Expected as per past trends’.

‘CAT 2018 Cut off Percentile: Minimum criteria by IIM’ is the minimum eligibility requirement for your application to be considered by respective IIMs. If you don’t get this percentile, you don’t stand a chance. While ‘Average Batch CAT Percentile’ is calculated based on CAT scores of all the candidates who were admitted to respective IIMs. So there will be a few exceptional candidates who may be National Champion or Wiz-kids etc who will have got CAT marks slightly higher than minimum cut off, but a lot less than average, but most of the other candidates admitted will be closed to the ‘Average Batch CAT Percentile’.  

Sectional IIM CAT 2018 Cut off & Category wise cut off for Open Category, OBC Category, SC/ST Category
Getting into IIMs isn’t a cakewalk! In addition to clearing overall minimum CAT 2018 Cut offs, you must also clear the Sectional Cut off for respective IIMs. Cut off also differ by type of category that a candidate belongs to. CAT Cut off for IIMs for OBC differs significantly. Refer to table below for section wise and category wise analysis of top IIMs.

IIM Ahmedabad Admission Cut Off  
IIM Ahmedabad cutoff 2019 has been reduced for admission 2019-21. Only the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for all the subsequent stages.

Category	Percentile Rank in Verbal & Reading Comprehension (PVRC)	Percentile rank in Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (PDILR)	Percentile Rank in Quantitative Aptitude (PQA)	Overall Percentile Rank
General	70	70	70	80
NC-OBC cum transgender	65	65	65	75
SC	60	60	60	70
ST	50	50	50	60
PwD (All categories except ST)	60	60	60	70
PwD (ST)	50	50	50	60

Read detailed: IIM Ahmedabad Admission 2019: Eligibility, Criteria, Process, Cut-off, Fees

IIM Bangalore Admission Cut Off

• IIM Bangalore Cutoff 2019 has been liberalised for admission 2019-21.
• Only the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for all the subsequent stages.
• These are cut-offs used for preparing the first short-list
• The actual CAT 2018 cut-offs for those who are called for interview could be much higher
• Below are the minimum CAT 2018 cutoffs required for shortlisting.
• No candidate in the respective category will be considered for the 1^st  phase shortlisting and will be out of admission process at IIM Bangalore, in case  the following CAT cut offs are crossed.

Category	Section-1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 QUANT	CAT 2018 Overall percentile
General	85	80	80	90
NC-OBC	75	70	70	80
SC	70	65	65	75
ST	60	60	60	70
PWD	50	50	50	60

Read detailed: IIM Bangalore Admission 2019: Eligibility, Criteria, Process, Cut-off, Fees

IIM Calcutta Admission Cut Off  
IIM Calcutta Cutoff 2019 has been liberalised for admission 2019-21. Only the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for all the subsequent stages.

Category	Section-1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 Quant	Overall CAT 2018 percentile
General (Open)	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	75	75	75	85
SC	65	65	65	70
ST	60	60	60	70
PWD	60	60	60	70

Read detailed: IIM Calcutta Admission 2019: Eligibility, Criteria, Process, Cut-off, Fees

IIM Lucknow Admission Cut Off  
IIM Lucknow Cutoff 2019 has been liberalised for admission 2019-21. Only the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for all the subsequent stages.

PGP 2019-21
The Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) is the flagship programme offered by IIM Lucknow. It is a 2 year, full time residential programme. The cut offs announced by IIM Lucknow to shortlist for the programme are:

Category	Section-1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 Quant	Overall
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

Read detailed: IIM Lucknow Admission 2019: Eligibility, Criteria, Process, Cut-off, Fees

IIM Indore Admission Cut Off  
IIM Indore Cutoff 2019 has been liberalised for admission 2019-21. Only the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for all the subsequent stages.

Category	Section - 1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 Quant	Overall CAT 2018 Percentile
General	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	70	70	70	80
SC	55	55	55	60
ST	45	45	45	50
PWD	45	45	45	50

Read detailed: IIM Indore Admission 2019: Eligibility, Criteria, Process, Cut-off, Fees

IIM Kozhikode Admission Cut Off  
IIM Kozhikode Cutoff 2019 clarify that the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for all the subsequent stages.

Category	Section-1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 Quant	Overall
General	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	70	70	70	80
SC	50	50	50	65
ST	40	40	40	55
DA	40	40	40	55

Read detailed: IIM Kozhikode Admission 2019: Eligibility, Criteria, Process, Cut-off, Fees; Many Changes Introduced

IIM Udaipur Admission Cut Off
IIM Udaipur Cutoff 2019 has been liberalised for admission 2019-21. Only the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for shortlisting for all the subsequent stages:

Category	Section-1  VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 Quant	Overall CAT 2018 Percentile
General	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

Read detailed: IIM Udaipur Admission 2019: Eligibility, Criteria, Process, Cut-off, Fees

IIM Tiruchirappalli Admission Cut Off 
IIM Trichy Cutoff 2019 has been liberalised for admission 2019-21. Only the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for shortlisting.

The table below indicates the minimum performance expected from candidates to be shortlisted for the PI & WAT. However, achieving the cut-off percentile in CAT is a necessary but not sufficient condition for being shortlisted by IIM Trichy. The actual cut-off percentiles for the 2019-21 batch may be higher. IIM Tiruchirappalli will decide the number of candidates to be called for the PI & WAT for each category, depending on which the cut off percentiles can also change. 

Category	Section-1  VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 Quant	Overall CAT 2018 Percentile
General	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	72	72	72	81
SC	60	60	60	75
ST	50	50	50	65
DAP	50	50	50	65

Read detailed: IIM Tiruchirappalli Admission 2019: Eligibility, Criteria, Process, Cut-off, Fees

IIM Ranchi Admission Cut Off
IIM Ranchi Cutoff 2019 is higher than many other IIMs. Only the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for shortlisting for all the subsequent stages:

Category	Section-1  VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 Quant	Overall CAT 2018 Percentile
General	80	80	80	95
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

Read detailed: IIM Ranchi Admission 2019: Eligibility, Criteria, Process, Cut-off, Fees

IIM Visakhapatnam Admission Cut Off

• IIM Visakhapatnam Cutoff 2019 has been liberalised for admission 2019-21.
• Only the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for all the subsequent stages.
• These are cut-offs used for preparing the first short-list
• The actual CAT 2018 cut-offs for those who are called for interview could be much higher

Below are the minimum CAT 2018 cutoffs required for shortlisting.

Category	Section-1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 QUANT	CAT 2018 Overall percentile
General	85	80	80	90
NC-OBC	75	70	70	80
SC	60	60	60	75
ST	50	50	50	55
PWD	50	50	50	60

Read detailed: IIM Visakhapatnam Admission 2019: Eligibility, Criteria, Process, Cut-off, Fees

IIM Raipur Cut off: Overall & Sectional CAT Cut Offs

IIM Raipur CAT 2018 score Cut off has been liberalised for admission 2019. Only the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for shortlisting for all the subsequent stages:

Category	Section-1  VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 Quant	Overall CAT 2018 Percentile
General	80	80	80	95
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

Minimum CAT Cut off: Relaxation is Possible
Actual CAT 2018 sectional and overall score Cut-Off criteria shall be decided later in the meeting of Directors of participating IIMs to be held in January 2019. It is possible that actual cut off may go up or come down.

IIM Rohtak Cut Off: Overall & Sectional CAT Cut Offs
IIM Rohtak Cutoff 2019 has been liberalised for admission 2019. Only the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for shortlisting for all the subsequent stages:

Category	Section-1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 Quant	Overall CAT 2018 Percentile
General	80	80	80	95
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

IIM Shillong Cut Off: Overall & Sectional Cut Offs
All candidates who have opted for IIM Shillong PGP 2019-21 batch are eligible for consideration in Phase 1 shortlisting based on CAT 2018 percentile sectional cut offs. The minimum requirement of Sectional percentile for consideration in different categories of the candidates in CAT 2018 is as under:

Category	Section-1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 QUANT	Overall CAT 2018 Percentile
DA (D)	50	50	50	Not Prescribed
ST (T)	50	50	50	Not Prescribed
SC (C)	60	60	60	Not Prescribed
OTHERS (OT)	75	75	75	Not Prescribed

Please note that the actual percentile of a shortlisted candidate for GD & PI may be much higher than given above mentioned minimum values.  IIM Shillong will decide the overall cut off at the time of shortlisting. However, it is expected that it would go beyond 90 for the General category candidates.

IIM Kashipur Cut off: Overall & Sectional CAT Cut Offs
IIM Kashipur is yet to decide the overall and sectional Cut off 2019 for MBA admission 2019. It is expected that the CAT sectional and overall cut offs for admission 2019 will not be very high. However, IIM Kashipur has announced that the actual cut offs will be decided by the Directors of Common Admission Process (CAP) participating IIMs in the meeting to be held in January 2019. The candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for shortlisting for all the subsequent stages:

Category	Section-1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 Quant	Overall CAT 2018 Percentile
General	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
NC-OBC	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
SC	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
ST	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
DAP	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

*TBD – To Be Decided

IIM Nagpur Cut Off: Overall & Sectional CAT Cut Offs 

• IIM Nagpur Cutoff 2019 has been liberalised for admission 2019.
• Only the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for all the subsequent stages.
• These are cut-offs used for preparing the first short-list
• The actual CAT 2018 cut-offs for those who are called for interview could be much higher

Below are the minimum CAT 2018 Sectional cut offs and Overall Cut offs required for shortlisting.

Category	Section-1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 QUANT	CAT 2018 Overall percentile
General	72	72	72	90
NC-OBC	65	65	65	81
SC	50	50	50	65
ST	40	40	40	40
DAP (Horizontal Reservation across categories)	40	40	40	55

IIM Amritsar Cut Off:  Overall & Sectional CAT Cut Offs 

• IIM Amritsar Cut off 2019 has been liberalised for admission 2019.
• Only the candidates above the minimum cut-offs in the CAT 2018 sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2018 will be considered for all the subsequent stages.
• These are cut-offs used for preparing the first short-list
• The actual CAT 2018 cut-offs for those who are called for interview could be much higher

Below are the minimum CAT 2018 Sectional cut offs and Overall Cut offs required for shortlisting.

Category	Section-1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 QUANT	CAT 2018 Overall percentile
General	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	55	55	55	75
SC	50	50	50	55
ST	30	30	30	35
PWD	30	30	30	35

IIM Bodhgaya Cut Off: Overall & Sectional CAT Cut Offs 
The cut-off percentile marks for eligibility to PA process in the three sections and the total CAT percentile for different categories of students are given below:

Category	Section-1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 QUANT	CAT 2018 Overall percentile
General	80	80	80	95
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

 

IIM Bodh Gaya's Admission Committee will decide the number of candidates who would be called for PA process on the basis of criteria prepared for each category.

IIM Jammu Cut Off: Overall & Sectional CAT Cut Offs 
The cut-off percentile marks for eligibility to PA process in the three sections and the total CAT percentile for different categories of students are given below as decided in the Common Admission Process 2019:

Category	Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension Percentile	Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Percentile	Quantitative Ability Percentile	Overall Percentile
	(VARCP)	(DILRP)	(QAP)	(OP)
General	80	80	80	95
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

IIM Jammu's Admission Committee will decide the number of candidates who would be called for PA process on the basis of criteria prepared for each category. However, if the actual number of short-listed candidates were found to be less (more) than the required number of candidates to be called for WAT & PI category-wise, then the overall as well as section-wise minimum score would be reduced (increased) to get the desired number of candidates.

IIM Sirmaur Cut Off: Overall & Sectional CAT Cut Offs 
IIM Sirmaur shall have the same shortlisting criteria as that of all other participating IIMs for CAP-2019. Accordingly, the shortlisting parameters shall constitute following sectional cut offs and overall cut offs:

Category	Section-1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 Quant	Overall CAT 2018 Percentile
General	80	80	80	95
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

Above mentioned are the minimum cut offs and do not imply entitlement. However, the cut off is subject to revision at any point of time depending upon the requirements. The sectional and overall cut off percentile may be lowered/relaxed, if the actual number of shortlisted candidates are found to be less than the required number of candidates to be called for WAT and PI in one or more categories. The relaxation, if any, in the cut-off criteria shall be to ensure sufficient number of candidates for each of the categories for the WAT and PI process. The participating IIMs/Admission Committee at IIM Sirmaur reserve the right to have a higher/lower cut-off than those mentioned above.

IIM Sambalpur Cut Off: Overall & Sectional CAT Cut offs
The cut-off percentile marks for eligibility to PA process in the three sections and the total CAT percentile for different categories of students are given below:

Category	Section-1 VARC	Section-2 DILR	Section-3 Quant	Overall CAT 2018 Percentile
General	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

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