IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria for 2025-2027 MBA Batch: Remains the Same as Last Year

The admission criteria for the 2025-2027 MBA batch at IIM Ahmedabad is the same as last year. The selection process is based on:

Shortlisting from CAT 2024 scores
Analytical Writing Test (AWT)
Personal Interview (PI)

CAT Cut-offs for IIM Ahmedabad

The overall qualifying CAT cut-offs are the same:

General Category: 80 percentile
NC-OBC and Transgender Categories: 75 percentile
SC and PwD Categories: 70 percentile
ST Category: 60 percentile

Important Dates

PI Shortlist Date: January 2025, post-CAT 2024 results.

Eligible candidates for the next round of admission

IIM Ahmedabad Shortlist 2027: Check PI Status and Confirm Participation

Candidates who pass the CAT 2024 cut-off and are eligible for the IIM Ahmedabad PI round must file an online application to confirm their participation in the AWT-PI process.

Here's how to do it:

Visit the IIM Ahmedabad official website.
Click on the ‘Admission Status’ link.
Enter your CAT registration number and email ID.
Click on ‘Go’.
Your PI shortlist status will be displayed.

Check your status and follow the instructions to confirm your participation in the AWT-PI round.

IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2025-2027

The qualifying CAT cut-off percentile for the IIM Ahmedabad had been consistent at 80 for the last four consecutive years and ensured that the admissions are also diverse by involving students with different academic backgrounds and experience in their industry.

Academic and career background are still of equal consideration for this year's selected candidates in the 2025-2027 batch of the MBA course

IIM Ahmedabad Selection Procedure

The IIM Ahmedabad selection procedure for admission into the college goes through two stages:

A Shortlisting for AWT and PI Based on CAT 2024 scores.
Final Selection Combining AWT, PI, etc.

IIM Ahmedabad CAT Cut-offs

Qualifying CAT cut-offs for shortlisting at AWT-PI stage for the MBA 2025-2027 batch are as follows:

Category	VARC percentile rank	DILR percentile rank	QA percentile rank	Overall percentile rank
General	70	70	70	80
NC-OBC-Transgender	65	65	65	75
SC	60	60	60	70
ST	50	50	50	60
PwD (General, NCOBC-cum-transgender, SC)	60	60	60	70
PwD (ST)	50	50	50	60

For those candidates who are applying through GMAT score (the Foreign candidates), the minimum cut off has been fixed at:

Verbal	Quantitative	Total
40	50	72

Note: The qualifying cut-off is the minimum percentile required to be eligible for AWT-PI. However, the final CAT cut-off for admission may be higher.

IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2025-2027: Rating of Academic Scores

Below are the ratings of academic scores for Class 10 and 12. These marks will play a vital role in the candidate’s selection for admission.

Rating of score in Class 10:

Score in class 10 (%)	Rating score: A
Less than or equal to 55	1
55-60	2
60-70	3
70-80	5
80-90	8
More than 90	10

Rating of score in Class 12:

Science Stream		Commerce Stream		Arts Stream
Score in 12th (%)	Rating score: B	Score in 12th (%)	Rating score: B	Score in 12th (%)	Rating score: B
Less than 55	1	Less than 50	1	Less than 45	1
55-60	2	50-55	2	45-50	2
60-70	3	55-65	3	50-60	3
70-80	5	65-75	5	60-70	5
80-90	8	75-90	8	70-85	8
More than 90	10	More than 90	10	85	10

Rating of score in Graduation:

AC-1		AC-2		AC-3 & AC-5
Score in Graduation (%)	Rating Score: C	Score in Graduation (%)	Rating Score: C	Score in Graduation (%)	Rating Score: C
Less than 55	1	Less than 50	1	Less than 55	1
55-60	2	50-53	2	55-60	2
60-62	3	53-55	3	60-65	3
62-65	5	55-57	5	65-70	5
65-70	8	57-63	8	70-80	8
More than 70	10	More than 63	10	80	10

AC-4 & AC-7		AC-6
Score in Graduation (%)	Rating Score: C	Score in Graduation (%)	Rating Score: C
Less than 60	1	Less than 50	1
60-65	2	50-55	2
65-70	3	55-60	3
70-75	5	60-65	5
75-85	8	65-75	8
More than 85	10	More than 75	10

AC-1: Medicine and Surgery based subjects

AC-2: Selected Professional Degrees

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

AC-4: All Engineering, Technology and Architecture related Areas

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

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

IIM Ahmedabad Selection & Admission Criteria 2025: Highlights

The marks available to an applicant who has not yet graduated would be used for computing the percentage.
In case the candidates have appeared for CA, ICWA, or CS but their bachelor's degree is incomplete, then percentage shall be calculated as a simple mean of marks acquired in Intermediate and Final examination.