IIM Ahmedabad Admission/Selection Criteria 2025-27: Eligibility, AWT/PI Shortlist, CAT Cutoff

IIM Ahmedabad selection criteria 2025-27 for MBA admissions will be announced on the official website. The IIM Ahmedabad final shortlist of students for the flagship PGP program will be released in April 2025, tentatively. Students targeting this top institute must be aware of every requirement. It will be based on three stages: CAT 2024 score, WAT-PI round, and final selection basis the final composite score. The overall qualifying CAT cutoff 2024 for IIM A is expected to be 85 percentile for General, 80 percentile for NC-OBC, 60 for SC, and 45 for PwD & ST categories. After taking the CAT 2024 exam, you should know your expected percentile and the process to make it to one of the top MBA colleges in the country - IIM Ahmedabad . Find out more about IIM Ahmedabad admission criteria 2025 below.

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IIM Ahmedabad Selection Criteria 2025: Important Dates

Given below are the IIM Ahmedabad selection criteria 2025 dates:

Events	Dates
CAT 2024 Registration Window	August 2024
CAT 2024 Admit Card Release Date	November 2024
CAT Answer Key Release Date	December 2024
CAT 2024 Exam Date	November 24, 2024
CAT 2024 Result Date	December 2024/January 2024
Availability of IIM Ahmedabad Admission Form 2025	August 2024
List of Shortlisted Candidates	January 2025
Online Interview Application Deadline	January 2025
Final Admission List	April 2025

IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2025: Eligibility Criteria

Candidates preparing to take admission to IIM Ahmedabad PGP must fulfill the eligibility criteria set by the institute:

• Students must hold a bachelor's degree with a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 50%. The academic requirements for students in the reserved category will be relaxed by 5%.

• In addition to 10+2 or its equivalent, the bachelor's degree requires a minimum of three years of education.

• The conversion of marks or CGPA will be done in accordance with the requirements of the university or institution the student graduated from. The IIM Ahmedabad will determine the equivalent by dividing the achieved CGPA by the highest CGPA and multiplying the result by 100 if the institute/university does not offer any conversion plan.

• Candidates who will be taking the qualifying exam's final year exam are also eligible to apply as long as they submit the necessary paperwork within the deadline. When the student presents the mark sheets and certificate of passing the Bachelor's degree with the required minimum percentage, the admission of such a candidate will be confirmed on a provisional basis.

Stage-wise IIM Ahmedabad Selection Criteria 2025-27

IIM Ahmedabad admission criteria are based on specific factors. So, the three-step IIM Ahmedabad selection criteria/process 2025 is as follows:

1. Preliminary Screening for IIM Ahmedabad

The preliminary screening is done based on the Application Rating (AR) and CAT score secured by the candidate. The candidate has to clear the defined overall cutoff as well as sectional cutoffs to qualify for the first stage. The minimum cutoff requirements for IIM Ahmedabad are as follows:

Minimum Cut-offs of CAT-2024 Percentile Ranks

AR is evaluated based on your academic performance and marks scored in class 10 board exams, class 12 board exams as well as graduation. AR is computed based on the following tables:

Class 10 Board Score

Percentage in Class 10 Board Exams	Rating Score A
<= 55	1
> 55 and <= 60	2
> 60 and <= 70	3
> 70 and <= 80	5
> 80 and <= 90	8
> 90	10

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Class 12 Board Score (Commerce)

Percentage in Class 12 Board Exams	Rating Score B
<= 50	1
> 50 and <= 55	2
> 55 and <= 65	3
> 65 and <= 75	5
> 75 and <= 90	8
> 90	10

Class 12 Board Score (Science)

Percentage in Class 12 Board Exams	Rating Score B
<= 55	1
> 55 and <= 60	2
> 60 and <= 70	3
> 70 and <= 80	5
> 80 and <= 90	8
> 90	10

Class 12 Board Score (Arts)

Percentage in Class 12 Board Exams	Rating Score B
<= 45	1
> 45 and <= 50	2
> 50 and <= 60	3
> 60 and <= 70	5
> 70 and <= 85	8
> 85	10

Bachelor’s Degree (AC-1)

Percentage in Bachelor’s Degree (AC-1)	Rating Score C
<= 55	1
> 55 and <= 60	2
> 60 and <= 62	3
> 62 and <= 65	5
> 65 and <= 70	8
> 70	10

Bachelor’s Degree (AC-2)

Percentage in Bachelor’s Degree (AC-2)	Rating Score C
<= 50	1
> 50 and <= 53	2
> 53 and <= 55	3
> 55 and <= 57	5
> 57 and <= 63	8
> 63	10

Bachelor’s Degree (AC-3)

Percentage in Bachelor’s Degree (AC-3)	Rating Score C
<= 55	1
> 55 and <= 60	2
> 60 and <= 65	3
> 65 and <= 70	5
> 70 and <= 80	8
> 80	10

Bachelor’s Degree (AC-4 & AC-6)

Percentage in Bachelor’s Degree (AC-4 & AC-6)	Rating Score C
<= 60	1
> 60 and <= 65	2
> 65 and <= 70	3
> 70 and <= 77	5
> 75 and <= 85	8
> 85	10

Bachelor’s Degree (AC-5)

Percentage in Bachelor’s Degree (AC-5)	Rating Score C
<= 50	1
> 50 and <= 55	2
> 55 and <= 60	3
> 60 and <= 65	5
> 65 and <= 75	8
> 75	10

Rating Scores for Work Experience (Rating Score D)

Work Experience in Month (as filled in the Application Form)	Rating Score D
< 12 months	0
>= 12 and <= 36 months	MF * (number of months of work experience – 11)
> 36 months	5
Work-experience Multiplication Factor (MF) = 0.20

Following is the list of disciplines according to the CAT Application:

• AC-1: Medicine, Surgery, and other Professional courses (70% + required in CAT)

• AC-2: Charted Accountants (CA), Company Secretaryship (CS), and Cost and Works Accountancy (ICWA) - (63 Percentile and above required in CAT)

• AC-3: All commerce, finance, economics, hospitality, and management degrees (80% + required in CAT)

• AC-4: All Computer Application, Technology, Engineering, IT, and Architecture degrees (85% + required in CAT) and All agriculture-related fields apart from agriculture engineering, medicine, and surgery (80% + required in CAT)

• AC-5: All Humanities/Arts, Design, Education, Fashion, Law, and Rural studies-related degrees (75% + required in CAT)

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

The AR score for class 10, class 12, and graduation are added together. However, a normalized AR score is the total AR score divided by the top 50 AR scores among all the applicants.

Application Rating Score: AR= (A+B+C+D)

2. Shortlisting for AWT and PI at IIM Ahmedabad Admissions 2025-27

The shortlisting, part of the IIM Ahmedabad selection criteria, will be carried out in two stages. These are:

Stage 1: Candidates who have performed very well are shortlisted in this process. This is done by either selecting the top 100 performers or by selecting 1% out of all the applicants of IIM Ahmedabad from all categories. These candidates appear for AWT and PI on the basis of their composite scores (CS) which are calculated as follows:

CS (Composite Score) = ARF_CS * Normalised AR score + CATF_CS * Normalised overall score in CAT-2024

The Criteria are as follows:

Criteria C1-C3

C1 : PT >= 80, PQA >= 70, PDILR >= 70, PVRC >= 70

C2 :  P ≥ Minimum cut-offs (specific to the category and the stream as shown in the table provided below), where P is the average of the percentages of marks scored in 10th and 12th std. examinations.

Stream in 12th	General-cum-EWS Category	NC-OBC-cum-transgender Category	SC Category	ST Category	PWD (General, NC-OBC-cum-transgender, SC)	PWD (ST)
Science	80	75	70	65	70	65
Commerce	77	72	67	62	67	62
Arts & Humanities	75	70	64	59	64	59

C3 : Percentage of Marks obtained in Bachelor’s Exam >= Minimum cut-off percentage set by the institute based on the candidates in the ACRC pool among those who have applied for IIM Ahmedabad. This is evaluated based on AC (check the above tables for reference).

Criteria C4-C6

C4 : PT >= 80, PQA >= 70, PDILR >= 70, PVRC >= 70

C5 : Percentage (10th and 12th standard exams) >= 80 (Science), 77 (Commerce), 75 (Arts/Humanities)

C6 : Percentage of Marks obtained in Bachelor’s Exam >= Minimum cut-off percentage set by the institute based on the candidates belonging to AC-1 to AC-6.

Stage 2: this is the category-wise selection of candidates. Once the students from all categories (General, NC-OBC, SC, ST, DA) have been evaluated basis stage 1, additional candidates are shortlisted for AWT & PI following a procedure similar to the process of stage 1. Only criteria C1 and C2 are followed at this stage.

3. IIM Ahmedabad Final Selection 2025-27

Finally, as per the IIM Ahmedabad selection criteria 2025, the ranks of students in each category are separately evaluated based on their final composite scores (FCS). For this, the normalized PI and AWT scores of candidates will be calculated by dividing the actual scores by the top 1% scores in PI and AWT respectively.

FCS = PIF * Normalised PI Score + AWTF * Normalised AWT Score + CATF_FCS * Normalised CAT Score + ARF_FCS * AR

• AWTF: AWT Multiplication Factor = 0.10

• CATF_FCS: CAT Score Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score = 0.25

• ARF_FCS: Application Rating Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score = 0.15

• PIF: Personal Interview Multiplication Factor = 0.50

Courses Offered by IIM Ahmedabad: Duration, Fees, Entrance Exams

After learning the IIM Ahmedabad admission criteria 2025, students must also know the courses offered by the institute. IIM Ahmedabad offers a total of 6 courses at the postgraduate and doctoral levels in both full-time and part-time modes. IIM Ahmedabad courses are offered in several fields such as Management and Business Administration, IT, Computer Application, etc. Here's a list of courses offered by IIM Ahmedabad, along with their duration, entrance exam required, and fees.

Name of the Course	Duration	Fees	Entrance Exams Required
MBA	2 Years	INR 24.61 Lakhs	CAT
Executive MBA	1 Year	INR 30 Lakhs	GMAT, GRE
PGP Food and Agribusiness Management	2 Years	INR 22.29 Lakhs	CAT, GMAT
ePost Graduate Programme in Management	2 Years	INR 20 Lakhs	CAT, GMAT, GRE
ePGD in Advanced Business Analytics	1.3 Years	INR 12 Lakhs	GATE, CAT, GMAT, GRE
Ph.D. Management	6 Years	-	CAT, GMAT

IIM Ahmedabad Seat Intake 2025

IIM Ahmedabad, one of the premier management institutes in India, has a total of 385 seats available for admission in the academic year 2025. These seats are highly coveted and attract students from all over the country due to the institute's reputation for academic excellence, state-of-the-art facilities, and experienced faculty. The admission process is rigorous and involves multiple rounds of evaluation, including written tests, group discussions, and personal interviews to ensure that only the best candidates are selected for the program.

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