Indian Institute of Management Shillong

Latest Admission Updates (2026)

As of June 2026, the admission cycle at Indian Institute of Management Shillong is at the closing end of the flagship MBA (PGP) intake and the start of the 5-year Integrated Programme intake. Below are the most recent, dated milestones an aspirant tracking Indian Institute of Management Shillong should know.

• Single most important deadline (IPM 2026-31): The IIM Shillong Integrated Programme in Management application closed on 30 May 2026 (opened 1 May 2026), making this the most recently shut window as of June 2026.
• MBA (PGP 2026-28) selection wrapped up: Provisional and final offer letters with the wait list were rolled out by May 2026; campus registration for selected candidates is scheduled for mid-to-late June 2026.
• Personal Interviews held: IIM Shillong conducted its PI-only round (no WAT/GD) between February and April 2026, with the shortlist released in mid-January 2026 after the CAT 2025 result.
• Qualifying exam (CAT 2025): Held on 30 November 2025 by IIM Kozhikode; results were declared on 24 December 2025 at iimcat.ac.in.
• IPMAT 2026: The IIM Indore IPMAT, accepted by IIM Shillong for its IPM, was held on 4 May 2026.
• Next cycle (MBA 2027-29): CAT 2026 registration is expected to open around August 2026, with the exam expected in late November 2026 (based on the 2025 schedule); aspirants targeting Indian Institute of Management Shillong for 2027 should plan around this.

In short, if you are reading this in June 2026, the live action at Indian Institute of Management Shillong is the IPM and PGP registration/joining formalities, while fresh MBA applications now point to the CAT 2026 cycle. IIM Shillong is ranked 38th in the Management category by NIRF 2025, which keeps its CAT shortlisting bar high and stable year on year.

Indian Institute of Management Shillong Admission 2026: Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility for Indian Institute of Management Shillong is programme-specific, and getting it wrong is the single most common reason applications are rejected at the verification stage. The table below maps each programme to its minimum degree, the exact qualifying-mark threshold (including the relaxed bar for reserved categories), and the entrance exam IIM Shillong actually accepts for that programme. Read the "Qualifying Marks" column carefully because the relaxation differs by programme, and note that final-year students can apply provisionally to the MBA but must clear all requirements by 31 December 2026. Use this as your first filter before paying any fee.

The key takeaway is that Indian Institute of Management Shillong runs four distinct admission tracks, and the entrance exam is non-negotiable for each: CAT for the MBA, IPMAT for the BBA/IPM, CAT or GMAT for the Executive MBA, and a wider basket (CAT/GMAT/GRE/GATE/UGC NET) for the PhD. If you fall short of the percentage bar, the relaxed threshold applies only to the listed reserved categories, with valid certificates required at verification. Final-year MBA aspirants should keep their completion certificate ready, since IIM Shillong cancels provisional admission if you cannot prove eligibility by the 31 December 2026 deadline.

Course-Wise Admission Status

Aspirants frequently ask whether a given Indian Institute of Management Shillong programme is still open. The table below shows the live application status as of June 2026, the indicative seat strength, the mode of study, and the accepted exam for each programme. "Closed" means the application window for the current 2026 intake has lapsed; the relevant action then shifts to the next cycle. Treat the seats column as indicative because IIM Shillong adjusts intake (including reserved-category and supernumerary seats) each year, and the flagship PGP batch has grown to roughly 382 students.

The practical message: for the 2026-28 MBA at Indian Institute of Management Shillong, both the CAT window and the IIM Shillong application closed in 2025, so a fresh MBA applicant must now target CAT 2026 for the 2027-29 batch. The IPM 2026 window also closed on 30 May 2026. If you want to enter IIM Shillong in 2026 itself, only the Executive MBA and PhD tracks (which run on their own notified cycles) may still have openings, so check the respective programme pages on iimshillong.ac.in for the current round.

Application Fees

There are two distinct fees an Indian Institute of Management Shillong aspirant pays, and confusing them is a common error. First is the entrance-exam fee paid to the conducting body (IIM Kozhikode for CAT 2025, IIM Indore for IPMAT 2026); second is the institute's own application fee where applicable, and entirely separate is the tuition/programme fee charged after admission. The table below lists each category on its own row so you can see the exact General, EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD amounts, since the reserved-category fee is genuinely lower for the exam component. All figures are non-refundable.

The headline takeaways: for CAT 2025 the General/EWS/OBC-NCL fee was Rs 2,600 and the SC/ST/PwD fee was Rs 1,300 (each rose by Rs 100 and Rs 50 respectively over CAT 2024). For the IIM Shillong IPM 2026 application, General and OBC-NCL pay Rs 2,000 while SC/ST/DA/EWS pay Rs 1,000. Remember these are tiny compared with the tuition: the MBA (PGP) at Indian Institute of Management Shillong has a total programme fee of approximately Rs 26,18,000 (Rs 26.18 lakh) for 2026-28, while the Executive MBA programme fee is around Rs 12,60,000. Pay the exam fee online only through the official portals to avoid fraud.

Entrance Exam Requirements

Indian Institute of Management Shillong does not run its own aptitude test; it relies on national exams, so knowing which exam feeds which programme and what score is competitive here is essential. The table below pairs each accepted exam with the programme it serves, the 2026 exam date, and the broad qualifying score band that historically earns an interview call at IIM Shillong. Read "Typical Qualifying Score" as the shortlisting threshold, not a guarantee, because final calls also weigh academics, work experience and diversity. Aim well above the minimum to be safe.

The bottom line for a serious Indian Institute of Management Shillong MBA aspirant is that the CAT overall percentile bar sits around 90-92 with a 75 percentile floor in each section for the General category, so a balanced, no-weak-section score is what gets you to the interview table. For the Executive MBA the bar is far lower on paper (CAT 50 percentile or GMAT 500), because work experience and the interview carry the real weight. PhD applicants should note that IIM Shillong accepts the widest basket of exams, including GATE and UGC NET, alongside a credible research proposal.

Cutoff Analysis (2024-2026)

Because the IIMs do not publish official closing ranks, the figures below are the well-documented CAT percentile cutoffs Indian Institute of Management Shillong uses to shortlist candidates for its Personal Interview, presented category-wise across the 2024, 2025 and 2026 (2026-28 batch) cycles. The table shows both the sectional floor and the overall percentile, which is exactly how IIM Shillong filters applicants. Use it to benchmark your own scorecard: clear every sectional bar AND the overall bar, because failing even one section knocks you out regardless of a high aggregate. The trend column tells you whether the bar is tightening.

The clear trend across 2024-2026 is stability: Indian Institute of Management Shillong has held its General-category shortlisting bar at roughly 90-92 overall percentile with a 75 sectional floor for four consecutive cycles, mirroring its steady NIRF position (38th in Management, 2025). The bar has neither spiked nor softened, which means a sub-90 General-category score remains risky here. Reserved-category aspirants get meaningfully relaxed bars (down to 60 overall and 50 sectional for ST/PwD), but the gap between clearing the cutoff and actually converting still depends on the interview and profile score, so do not treat the cutoff as the finish line.

Counselling Process

Indian Institute of Management Shillong does not use centralised counselling; it runs its own PI-based selection after CAT. Here is the exact step-by-step flow for the MBA (PGP) cycle, with dates where confirmed for 2026:

1. Register and apply: Appear for CAT (CAT 2025 held 30 November 2025) and submit the IIM Shillong PGP application during the notified window after the CAT score is available.
2. Stage 1 shortlisting: IIM Shillong computes a composite score (CAT around 70% plus a normalised academic rating for Class X, XII and graduation/work experience) and releases the PI shortlist in mid-January 2026.
3. Personal Interview (PI only): Shortlisted candidates attend the interview (no Written Ability Test or Group Discussion) at designated centres or online, conducted February to April 2026.
4. Final score and merit list: The final selection blends PI (around 40%), CAT (around 30%), academics (around 20%, split across Class X, XII and graduation), work experience (around 5%) and gender diversity (around 5%).
5. Offer and wait list: Provisional/final offer letters and the wait list are declared by May 2026.
6. Document verification and fee payment: Selected candidates accept the offer, pay the acceptance/term fee, and submit documents.
7. Registration / joining: Campus registration for the 2026-28 batch is scheduled for mid-to-late June 2026 at the IIM Shillong campus.

For the IPM, the flow is parallel but uses IPMAT 2026 plus a PI, with final weightage of 30% IPMAT, 50% PI and 10% each for Class X and XII marks.

Important Dates (2026)

This master calendar consolidates every canonical milestone for the Indian Institute of Management Shillong 2026 admission cycle so you can see, at a glance, what has happened and what remains. Each row carries a status flag (Completed, Open, or To be announced) accurate as of June 2026. Because the MBA route depends on CAT 2025, several CAT-conducting-body events appear here alongside IIM Shillong's own dates. Where a discrete event was not separately notified for this cycle, it is still listed with "to be announced" rather than dropped, so you never miss tracking it.

Two deadlines deserve a calendar reminder for June 2026: the ongoing PGP document verification and the mid-to-late June 2026 campus registration for selected MBA candidates at Indian Institute of Management Shillong. Everything tied to the CAT 2025 and IPMAT 2026 cycles has concluded, so if you are starting fresh, the next live target is CAT 2026 registration, expected around August 2026. Bookmark iimshillong.ac.in and iimcat.ac.in and check weekly, because IIM Shillong posts its definitive dates there first.