Indian Institute of Management Mumbai

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

For 2026 admission, Indian Institute of Management Mumbai accepts only the CAT 2025 score for its flagship two-year MBA programmes, and its minimum qualifying cutoff for the General category is an 85 overall percentile, with sectional minimums of 80 in VARC, 80 in DILR and 75 in QA. That 85 percentile is only the eligibility threshold; the actual percentile at which General-category candidates are shortlisted for the Personal Interview at IIM Mumbai is far higher, expected around 97-98 percentile for the 2026-28 batch. IIM Mumbai (formerly NITIE Mumbai, renamed an IIM by Gazette notification dated 16 August 2023) released its PI calls on 21 January 2026. Final selection is decided on a composite score weighting CAT at 60%, the Personal Interview at 20%, and academics plus work experience at 20%, so clearing the 85 percentile floor alone does not guarantee a call.

Because IIM Mumbai does not publish branch-wise closing ranks the way an engineering college does, the relevant numbers here are CAT percentiles rather than JEE-style ranks. Below, the year-wise table shows how the official qualifying cutoff has moved across the 2024, 2025 and 2026 admission cycles, followed by a programme-wise breakdown and a trend analysis of what an aspirant realistically needs.

Year-Wise Cutoff Trends (2024-2026)

This table tracks the minimum qualifying CAT overall percentile that Indian Institute of Management Mumbai has set for each category across three consecutive admission cycles: 2024 (CAT 2023), 2025 (CAT 2024) and 2026 (CAT 2025). It answers the core question every applicant asks, which is the lowest percentile that keeps them eligible for the WAT/PI stage in their category. Read each row as a category and follow it left to right to see whether IIM Mumbai has raised or relaxed the bar over time. Remember these are eligibility floors, not the higher composite-score cutoffs at which candidates are actually called.

The clear takeaway is stability at the top and a small easing in the middle: the General qualifying cutoff at IIM Mumbai has held firm at 85 percentile for all three years, while the reserved categories dipped slightly between 2024 and 2025 (EWS from 77 to 75, NC-OBC from 76 to 75, SC from 72 to 70) and then stayed flat into 2026. ST at 65 and PwD at 55 have not moved at all. For an applicant this means the eligibility bar is predictable, but because every category here is a floor and not the calling cutoff, comfortable shortlisting still demands scoring well above these numbers.

Course-Wise Cutoff at Indian Institute of Management Mumbai

Indian Institute of Management Mumbai runs three full-time, two-year MBA programmes, and all of them admit through the same CAT 2025 qualifying cutoff rather than separate per-programme percentiles. This table lists each programme alongside the entrance exam accepted and the General-category overall qualifying percentile, so an aspirant can see at a glance that there is no "easier" programme on paper at the eligibility stage. The differences between programmes show up later, in seat numbers, specialisation focus and the composite-score calling cutoff, not in the published minimum. Use it to confirm which IIM Mumbai MBA your CAT 2025 score makes you eligible to apply for.

The practical lesson is that programme choice at IIM Mumbai does not lower your entry barrier: the flagship MBA, the Operations and Supply Chain Management MBA (a legacy strength from its NITIE roots) and the Sustainability Management MBA all share the 85 percentile General floor and identical sectional minimums of 80/80/75. Candidates who narrowly clear the overall percentile but miss a sectional cutoff are filtered out regardless of programme, so balancing all three CAT sections matters as much as the aggregate. The real separation comes at the interview-call stage, where the composite score governs.

Cutoff Trend Analysis

The qualifying cutoff at Indian Institute of Management Mumbai is best described as flat-to-slightly-easing rather than rising: the General threshold has been pinned at 85 percentile from the 2024 through 2026 cycles, and reserved-category floors fell modestly in 2025 before holding steady for 2026. This stability reflects IIM Mumbai's settled position as a top-tier institute, ranked 6th in the NIRF Management category in both 2024 and 2025, where the institute fixes a consistent eligibility bar and then lets the composite score do the real shortlisting. The slight relaxation for EWS, NC-OBC and SC between 2024 and 2025 likely reflects fine-tuning of category-wise applicant pools rather than a drop in competitiveness.

What this means in practice is that the gap between the published floor and the percentile you actually need is wide. While the official General floor is 85, the expected calling percentile for a General-category PI shortlist at IIM Mumbai for 2026 sits around 97-98, with EWS near 90-91, NC-OBC near 92-93, SC near 80-81 and ST near 68-69. A realistic target, therefore, is 97+ percentile for a comfortable General call, and clearing every sectional cutoff (80 VARC, 80 DILR, 75 QA) is non-negotiable. Strong academics and work experience, which carry 20% of the composite weight, can offset a percentile sitting at the lower end of that range, while a weak interview can sink an otherwise high scorer. Given IIM Mumbai's placement strength (a median package of around Rs 33 LPA reported in its NIRF 2025 submission and an average climbing to roughly Rs 47.5 LPA in the 2026 drive), competition for those calls is intense, so aiming well above the floor is the only safe strategy.