HYDERABAD: Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta has announced its admission policy for the 2025-27 batch of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme.
Eligibility criteria for IIM Calcutta MBA admission
- A valid Common Admission Test (CAT) score
- A bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks or its equivalent CGPA.
- For SC, ST and PwD candidates, the minimum marks required in the degree exam is 45% or its equivalent CGPA.
- For dual degree or integrated master’s degree candidates, marks obtained in the examination equivalent to bachelor’s level will be considered.
- In case the dual degree, marks are not separated by the institute at UG and PG levels and the PG marks will be treated as UG marks.
- Candidates appearing for the final year degree examination and those who have completed degree requirements and awaiting results can also apply.
- If selected, such candidates can join the programme provisionally after submitting a certificate (issued before June 30, 2025) stating that they have completed the degree requirements.
- Candidates who are yet to complete integrated masters or dual degree programmes the aggregate percentage of marks in all years/semesters till August 3 will be considered.
- Candidates who graduated in 2020, 21, 22 or 23 for whom universities did not conduct exams or awarded only pass marks have to submit a certificate from the principal/register in support of this claim.
- Those who do not receive graduation results at the time of registration have to produce originals and photocopies of certificates and marks sheets before December 31, 2025.
Selection process
The selection process will involve two stages.
In the first stage, IIM Calcutta will prepare a shortlist of candidates based on minimum percentiles —both section-wise and overall —in CAT 2024.
These are the minimum requirements of CAT percentiles for stage I
| Category | Minimum percentile in VARC | Minimum percentile in DILR | Minimum percentile in QA | Overall percentile |
| Open | 80 | 80 | 75 | 85 |
| EWS | 75 | 65 | 65 | 75 |
| NC-OBC | 75 | 65 | 65 | 75 |
| SC | 65 | 60 | 60 | 70 |
| ST | 55 | 55 | 55 | 65 |
| PwD | 45 | 45 | 45 | 55 |
IIM Calcutta has said that the actual section-wise and overall percentile cut-offs may be much higher than the above-mentioned minimum percentiles depending upon the number of candidates called for personal interview (PI).
After this stage, IIM Calcutta will again shortlist candidates for the personal interview (PI) and written ability test (WAT) by giving weightage to different components
Weightage for PI and WAT
- CAT 2024 score: 56
- Class 10 marks: 10
- Class 12 marks: 15
- Gender diversity factor: 4 (for female and transgender candidates)
After PI and WAT rounds, IIM Calcutta will derive a composite score for final selection.
Weightage for final selection
- CAT 2024 score: 30
- PI: 48
- WAT: 8
- Points awarded for Academic Diversity at Bachelor’s and Master’s level for non-engineering degrees and professional qualifications: 6
- Work experience: 8
The final selection list will be based on merit in each category, IIM Calcutta said.
For more details about the admission policy of IIM Calcutta, click here.