Indian Institute of Management Indore

What are the cutoffs for Indian Institute of Management Indore in 2026?

For 2026 admission, Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore) shortlists candidates for its two-year Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP/MBA) on the basis of CAT 2025, with a General/EWS PI-call cutoff of 90 percentile overall and 80 percentile in each of the three CAT sections (VARC, DILR, QA). For its five-year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM), IIM Indore uses IPMAT, where the 2025 General-category sectional shortlist cutoffs were 24 in QA-SA, 28 in QA-MCQ and 112 in Verbal Ability.

IIM Indore does not admit on a single "rank" the way an engineering counselling does. Instead, two distinct entrance routes feed the institute: CAT for the PGP (roughly 600 admits each year, with the 2024 batch admitting about 487 candidates), and IPMAT for the IPM (around 150 seats). The category-wise CAT percentile cutoffs (90 for General/EWS, 80 for NC-OBC, 60 for SC, 45 for ST and PwD) have stayed unchanged across 2024, 2025 and 2026, while the IPMAT marks-based cutoffs shift year to year with paper difficulty. The sections below break down both routes with year-wise numbers so you can judge your own chances at IIM Indore.

Year-Wise Cutoff Trends (2024-2026)

The table below tracks the CAT percentile cutoffs IIM Indore uses to shortlist candidates for the PGP personal interview stage, across the 2024, 2025 and 2026 admission cycles. It answers the most common aspirant question: "What CAT percentile do I need to even get an interview call from IIM Indore?" Read each row as the minimum overall percentile required for that category, with the bracketed figure showing the minimum percentile needed in every individual CAT section. Note that these are qualifying (call) cutoffs, not a guarantee of admission, because final selection runs on a composite score.

The clear takeaway is stability: IIM Indore's CAT call cutoffs have not moved across these three cycles, so a General-category aspirant can plan around the reliable 90 percentile overall plus 80 sectional benchmark for 2026. The constant 10-point gap between the overall and sectional requirement (90 vs 80 for General) is a trap many candidates miss, a strong 95 overall still gets rejected at shortlisting if even one section dips below 80. Reserved-category aspirants get meaningful relaxation, but the sectional discipline still applies at the proportionally lower level.

Course-Wise Cutoff at Indian Institute of Management Indore

IIM Indore runs two flagship full-time entry programmes with completely separate cutoffs, so the table below compares them side by side: the two-year PGP (judged on CAT percentiles) and the five-year IPM (judged on IPMAT marks out of 360). It answers the question "Which IIM Indore programme is realistic for me, and on which exam?" Read the PGP rows as percentile cutoffs and the IPM rows as the actual IPMAT marks-based or sectional shortlist cutoffs for the General category, since IPMAT is scored on marks, not percentile. The IPM figures are the most recent verified General-category numbers for each cycle.

The contrast is sharp: the PGP route is percentile-driven and stable, while the IPM route is marks-driven and fluctuates with paper difficulty, the IPMAT 2026 expected sectional bars (28 / 34 / 117) sit noticeably above the IPMAT 2024 sectional levels (24 / 35 / 113), signalling a tougher or higher-scoring cohort. For an aspirant after Class 12, the IPM is the only direct entry; for a graduate, CAT and the PGP are the path. Across both, clearing the sectional cutoff is only the entry ticket, since IIM Indore then ranks shortlisted candidates on a composite score before issuing final offers.

Cutoff Trend Analysis

The honest verdict for 2026 is that IIM Indore's CAT cutoffs are flat, not rising or falling. The General/EWS bar has held at 90 overall and 80 sectional across 2024, 2025 and 2026, and the same steadiness applies to NC-OBC (80/70), SC (60/55) and ST/PwD (45/40). That stability matters because it lets a serious PGP aspirant set a concrete, dependable target rather than chase a moving figure, a General candidate should aim for a safe 95-plus overall to create a buffer above the 90 cutoff while ensuring no section falls under 80.

Where the real difficulty has risen is the composite score, not the qualifying percentile. For the 2026-28 PGP batch, IIM Indore weights the shortlisting composite score with CAT at 55 percent, Class 12 at 25 percent, Class 10 at 10 percent, academic and gender diversity at 7 percent and work experience at 3 percent, then at final selection shifts to CAT sectional score 40 percent, personal interview 45 percent, Class 10 and Class 12 at 5 percent each and a diversity factor. Crucially, IIM Indore conducts only a Personal Interview and no Written Ability Test. So clearing 90 percentile gets a General candidate noticed, but strong board marks and a sharp interview decide the seat. On the IPM side, the 2025 final composite cutoffs settled at 60.39 for General, 45.49 for EWS and 41.01 for NC-OBC, with the General interview shortlist (ATS) at roughly 41.6, confirming that IPMAT performance and the interview together, not the entrance score alone, close the deal at IIM Indore.