Exams
The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a prestigious national entrance exam conducted annually by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for admission into their MBA programs. Held on the last Sunday of November, the exam is administered in three time slots across more than 170 cities. There are 21 IIMs in total, comprising 7 established IIMs and 14 newer or "baby" IIMs. While the older IIMs use the CAT application form as both an exam and admission application, the newer and baby IIMs follow the Common Admission Process (CAP) to shortlist candidates for admission.
CMAT Cut-off
Nearly 1,300 B-Schools in India accept the CMAT test result for admission to various MBA/PGDM programmes. Some of the most well-known MBA institutions that accept CMAT results are listed below.
Colleges Accepting CMAT Score |
CMAT Expected Cut-Off Percentiles |
JBIMS, Mumbai |
99.9+ |
Goa Institute of Management |
99.8 |
KJ Somaiya Institute of Management |
99.20 |
SIMSREE, Mumbai |
99+ |
Great Lakes Institute of Management |
95-99 |
University of Pune, Dept of Management Sciences |
96.42 |
Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi |
95 |
Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai |
80+ |
Welingkar Institute of Management, Bangalore |
80 |
Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management |
85 |
IFIM, Bangalore |
85 |
IFMR, Chennai |
85 |
NIBM, Pune |
85 |
NL Dalmiya Institute of Management |
85 |
IMT Hyderabad |
80 |
IMT Nagpur |
85+ |
XISS Ranchi |
80 |
ITM, Navi Mumbai |
80 |
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida |
85 |
Xavier Business School, Xavier University |
85 |
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon |
85 |
BIMTECH, Greater Noida |
80 |
XIME, Bangalore |
75+ |
ISBM, Pune |
80 |
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow |
80 |
KIIT School of Management |
80 |
IPE Hyderabad |
80 |
SIES College of Management Studies, Navi Mumbai |
80 |
Chetana Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai |
80 |