CAT 2024: IIM Calcutta Releases MBA Admission Policy; Check Details Here

CAT 2024: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta will administer the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2024 on November 24 for admission to Post Graduate Programmes (PGPs) provided by IIMs and other participating institutes for the academic year 2025-26. The institute has declared its admission strategy for 2025, and there are no modifications to the weightage of CAT results from the previous year.

According to the qualifying standards, an applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% for applicants from Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Persons with Disability (PwD) categories) from a recognized university. In the event of a foreign degree, the equivalency must be validated by the Association of Indian Universities.

For applicants who finished an integrated master's or dual degree straight following Class 12, the percentage of marks gained as determined by the institution that is equivalent to the bachelor's degree will be recognized.

Applicants who are in their last year of a bachelor's degree or comparable qualification exam, as well as those who have finished the degree requirements and are awaiting results, are eligible to apply.

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CAT Exam 2024: IIM Calcutta selection process

IIM Calcutta uses a three-stage selection procedure for MBA admissions in 2025.

Stage 1: Minimum CAT percentile cut-offs

Applicants will be shortlisted for stage 2 based on their CAT 2024 score and other criteria such as academic achievement and gender diversity.

Category	Section – I<br>Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)	Section – II<br>Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)	Section – III<br>Quantitative Ability (QA)	Overall Percentile
OPEN	≥80	≥80	≥75	≥85
EWS	≥70	≥65	≥65	≥75
NC-OBC	≥70	≥65	≥65	≥75
SC	≥65	≥60	≥60	≥70
ST	≥55	≥55	≥55	≥65
PwD	≥45	≥45	≥45	≥55

Stage 2: Shortlisting for PI and WAT

Aspirants would be shortlisted for the Personal Interview (PI) and Written Ability Test (WAT) based on their CAT 2024 scores and other criteria.

Parameter	Weight
CAT 2024 score	56
Class 10 marks	10
Class 12 marks	15
Gender diversity factor	4
Total	85

Points for the marks achieved in Class 10 and 12 will be given as follows:

Class 10 Marks (in %)	Points	Class 12 Marks (in %)	Points
≥ 80	10	≥ 80	15
≥ 75 and < 80	8	≥ 75 and < 80	12
≥ 70 and < 75	6	≥ 70 and < 75	9
≥ 65 and < 70	4	≥ 65 and < 70	6
≥ 60 and < 65	2	≥ 60 and < 65	3
< 60	0	< 60	0

Stage 3: Final selection

The final category-wise merit list will be compiled based on the applicant's performance in CAT 2024, PI, WAT, academic diversity, and job experience.

The parameters and their weightage are as follows:

Parameter	Weight
CAT 2024 score	30
PI	48
WAT	8
Academic diversity	6
Work experience	8
Total	100

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