Premium

Old Vs New IIMs: These IIMs give most weightage to CAT scores

IIM CAT Scores Weightage 2025: This breakdown highlights the weightage of the IIM CAT scores in the final admission list, shedding light on how the evaluation process is evolving across the country’s top B-schools.

4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jan 3, 2026 10:41 AM IST

Old Vs New IIMs: A breakdown of CAT scores weightage for upcoming batch

With the admission season for the upcoming batch underway, understanding how much weightage each IIM assigns to CAT scores offers insight for aspirants strategising their applications. (Image: AI generated)

The Common Admission Test (CAT) remains the gateway to India’s management institutes, although its role in final admissions varies significantly across campuses. While the older IIMs balance CAT scores with academic records, personal interviews, many of the newer IIMs still place a heavier reliance on the MBA test performance.

With the admission season for the upcoming batch underway, understanding how much weightage each IIM assigns to test scores offers insight for aspirants strategising their applications.

Read | Inside the minds of educators who still write CAT

This breakdown highlights the weightage of the IIM Common Admission Test scores in the final admission list, shedding light on how the evaluation process is evolving across the country’s top B-schools. Here is the table of the IIM Common Admission Test scores weightage:

Read | CAT score vs percentile

IIM Final Selection: CAT Score Weightage

All numbers written in the table are in percentage form.

Name of IIM	CAT Score Weightage	Other weightage (WAT, Profile, Experience & others)	Interview weightage
IIM Ahmedabad	65	–WAT: 10 –AR: 15	50
IIM Bangalore	55	–Class 10th board score: 10 –Class 12th board score 10 –Bachelor’s score: 10 –Work experience / Professional course: 10 –Gender diversity: 5	40
IIM Calcutta	56	–Class 10th marks: 10 –Class 12th marks: 15 –Gender Diversity Factor:4	48
IIM Lucknow	60	–Class 12th scores: 10 –Graduation scores: 10 –Work Experience: 10 –Diversity Factor: 5	40
IIM Kozhikode	50	–Class 10th scores: 15 –Class 12th scores: 20 –Work Experience: 5 –Diversity Factor: 10-5%	35
IIM Indore	35	–Class 10th scores: 39 –Class 12th scores: 20 –Diversity Factor: 6	50
IIM Shillong	40	–AR: 10 –Gender: 10	40
IIM Rohtak	60	A weightage of 20% will be given to Academic diversity and Gender diversity	20
IIM Nagpur	45	–Academic Performance: 6 –Work Experience: 9 –Academic Diversity: 5 –Gender Diversity: 10	25
IIM Raipur	50	— Class 10th: 20 –Class 12th scores: 20 –Work Experience Score: 15 –Gender Diversity Score (female/transgender candidates): 7 –GD Score: 5 –Profile Score: 5 Story continues below this ad –Academic Diversity Score: 3	23
IIM Trichy	47	–WAT: 5	20
IIM Udaipur	60	— Academic Profile: 9–Work experience: 9 –Diversity: 7 –Profile: 20	25
IIM Kashipur	33	— Class 10th: 5 –Class 12th scores: 5 –Graduation: 5 –Professional qualification: 5 –Work experience: 12 –Diversity factor: 10 (inclusive of DFa and DFb)	25
IIM Jammu	42	–Profile: 28 –Academic Profile: 10 –Work Experience: 10 –Diversity (Gender): 8	30
IIM Bodh Gaya	45	–Personal Appearance: 25 –Profile: 30 –Academic Profile: 14 –Work Experience: 16	20
IIM Sirmaur	50	–Academic: 15 –Work Experience: 20 –Gender: 5	25
IIM Sambalpur	40	–Class 10th scores: 3 — Class 12th scores: 3 –Graduation: 4 –Work Experience: 20 –Gender Diversity: 10	60
IIM Amritsar	50	–Work experience: 10 –Gender diversity: 10 –Academic diversity: 10	70
IIM Visakhapatnam	25	–Class 10th scores: 10 –Class 12th scores: 10 –Bachelors: 10 –Diversity: 10 {Gender (Female & Transgender)} –Work Experience: 10	48

The above table highlights that at one end of the spectrum, IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Ranchi place the highest premium on the entrance exam, with the Common Admission Test score accounting for 65 per cent of the total selection weight. They are followed closely by IIM Lucknow, IIM Rohtak, and IIM Udaipur, all of which assign a 60 per cent weightage.

Story continues below this ad

Conversely, several institutes adopt a more holistic or profile-based selection approach, where the Common Admission Test score is just one of many components. IIM Visakhapatnam stands out with the lowest reliance on the exam at only 25 per cent, followed by IIM Kashipur at 33 per cent and IIM Indore at 35 per cent.

Read | Top Business Schools in India 2025-26

Most other institutes, including the IIM Bangalore (55%) and IIM Calcutta (56%), maintain a middle ground, ensuring that while the CAT score remains the primary driver of the application, the candidate’s performance in the subsequent selection rounds carries nearly equal importance.