IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2024-2026: Check all Important Details

Overview: IIM Ahmedabad admission criteria and PI shortlist for the 2025-2027 batch. The CAT 2024 aspirants who applied for IIMA in their application can check the IIMA PI shortlist status and proceed with the further rounds. Read on to know more!

• The Indian Institute of Ahmedabad is ranked 1st by the NIRF ranking 2023 and offers PGP and PhD in management courses.
• The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad has finally released the PI shortlist for the 2025-2027 batch. The candidates can apply for the next rounds from the official website.

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• It is important to note that the CAT 2024 aspirants who qualify for the minimum cut-off for IIMA are eligible for the PI round.
• The qualifying CAT 2024 cutoffs for the IIMA Personal Interview calls remain at the 80 percentile; it is noted that the final cut-offs will be higher than the 98-100 percentile.

If you are targeting MBA and want to join IIM Ahmedabad then here are the details about the IIM Ahmedabad admission criteria!

IIM Ahmedabad Shortlist 2025: How to Check PI Status?

It's good news for CAT 2024 aspirants that IIM Ahmedabad has started their PI shortlisting process and realised it on 8th January 2025. The CAT 2024 candidates who mentioned IIMA in their CAT application form can check their names using their login ID and Password on the official website.

We have mentioned the steps to check the IIM Ahmedabad PI Status:

Step 1: Visit the official website of IIM Ahmedabad.

Step 2: Move to the announcement section.

Step 3: Now click "Admission Status" and apply for the 2025-2027 batch.

Step 4: Next, click on the go to the link section.

Step 5: Log in with your CAT ID and Password.

Step 6: Click on "Go".

Step 7: A new PI status window will appear on your screen.

Step 8: Check your name and fill in the relevant fields in the PI confirmation form.

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IIM Ahmedabad Admission To MBA 2025 Dates

The application process for IIM Ahmedabad starts as soon as the CAT 2024 results are announced. The CAT 2024 results were announced in the last week of December 2024, and the admission process to IIMA will start on 8th January 2025.

Here are some more important dates to note down:

IIM Ahmedabad Admission Events	Important Dates
PGP AWT PI Shortlist declared	January 08, 2025
PGP Merit List Declaration	April 14, 2025 (Tentative)
PGP Seat Confirmation	3rd Week of April 2025
Commencement of Classes	First Week of June 2025

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IIM Ahmedabad Admissions 2025: CAT Cut Offs

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad has also released the minimum CAT cutoff for getting selected for PI round:

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	70	70	70	80
NC-OBC/	65	65	65	75
EWS	70	70	70	80
SC	60	60	60	70
ST	50	50	50	60
PwD	60	60	60	70

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Eligibility Criteria for IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2025 

IIM Ahmedabad Eligibility Criteria 2025	Details
Bachelor's Degree Requirement	Must have completed a bachelor's degree.
Minimum %age for unreserved categories	Minimum 50% marks or equivalent CGPA.
Minimum %age SC/ST/PwD Categories	Minimum 45% marks or equivalent CGPA.
Duration of bachelor's degree	The degree must include at least three years of study post-higher secondary education (10+2) or equivalent.
Final Year Students	Candidates in the final year of their bachelor's degree or equivalent are also eligible to apply.

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IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria 2025 

The selection of the candidates for admission to the 2025-27 Batch of the PGP at IIMA is a two-step process, viz.,

Preliminary Screening

This step involves the conduction of the CAT exam and screening of the candidates on the basis of cutoff. In CAT-2024, there will be three sections:

• Quantitative Ability (QA),
• Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)
• Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

Only the candidates above the following minimum cut-offs in the sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and obtaining a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT-2024 will be considered for all the subsequent stages.

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Shortlisting for Analytical Writing Test (AWT) & Personal Interview (PI) in IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria

Stage 1: From the Applicants’ pool: Selection of exceptional performers across different disciplines

• IIM Ahmedabad admission criteria are designed to identify the right candidates based on their academic achievements and performance in the CAT exam while ensuring diversity in academic backgrounds.
• To achieve this, top candidates from each academic discipline will be shortlisted for the Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI) based on their Composite Score (CS), provided they meet specific requirements. 
• As per the official website of IIM Ahmedabad admission criteria, a specific method is used to shortlist candidates for the AWT and PI.
• This method applies to each Academic Category (AC) that has at least 100 applicants appearing for the CAT-2023 exam from reserved categories such as SC (Scheduled Caste), ST (Scheduled Tribe), NC-OBC (Non-Creamy Other Backward Classes), and PwD (Persons with Disabilities).
• Here's how it works: Within each AC, the top 5% of candidates - considering only those in their respective reservation categories (General, SC, ST, NC-OBC, PwD) - will be shortlisted for the next rounds.
• This selection is based on their composite score (CS), further explained in the admission criteria. However, as detailed in the table below, there are upper limits to the number of candidates that can be shortlisted in each AC.

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Table: The upper limits (UL) on the number of candidates to be shortlisted per RC for AC-1, AC-2, AC-3, AC-5

Category	Upper Limit (UL) Per ACRC [2]
General	100
NC-OBC/Transgender	57
SC	32
ST	16
PwD	6

Table: The upper limits (UL) on the number of candidates to be shortlisted per RC for AC-4

Category	Upper Limit (UL)  Per ACRC [3]
General	150
NC-OBC/Transgender	85
SC	48
ST	24
PwD	9

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In the context of evaluating academic performance, we have set specific criteria that students need to meet. These criteria are defined as follows:

Criterion 1 (C1): To meet this criterion, students must ensure that their performance in key assessments, such as PVARC, PDILR, PQA, and PT, meets or exceeds the minimum thresholds outlined in another table below.

Criterion 2 (C2): For this criterion, students must attain a minimum score specific to their category and academic stream. This score is denoted as "P" and calculated as the average of the percentages obtained in their 10th and 12th standard examinations.

Minimum cut-off for P across different disciplines and different categories:

Stream in 12th std.	General, EWS Category	NC-OBC / Transgender Category	SC Category	ST Category	PWD (General, EWS, NC-OBC / Transgender, SC)	PWD (ST)
Science	80	75	70	65	70	65
Commerce	77	72	67	62	67	62
Arts & Humanities	75	70	64	59	64	59

Criterion 3 (C3): (Percentage of marks in the bachelor’s examination) To be eligible, candidates must achieve a minimum percentage of marks in their bachelor's examination.

This minimum cut-off percentage is determined based on the 80th percentile of the percentage of marks obtained by applicants from their respective ACRC groups.

The ACRC group refers to the category of candidates who appeared for the CAT-2023 exam, applied to IIM Ahmedabad, and belong to the same specific category.

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The Final Selection

In this stage, candidates will be selected based on their 'Final Composite Scores' (FCS), which have been separately shortlisted for each category (General/SC/ST/NC-OBC/PwD).

The selection process ensures that the number of candidates chosen in each reservation category aligns with the legal requirements.

The FCS of a candidate who appears in AWT & PI will be computed as follows:

FCS PIF * = Normalized PI Score + AWTF * Normalized AWT Score + CATF_FCS * Normalized CAT Score + ARF_FCS * AR

Additional Information Around IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria

Applicants for the post-graduate programs in Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad admission criteria should take note of the following important information regarding the Analytical Writing Tests and Personal Interviews (AWT & PI):

Test Locations: IIMA will conduct AWTs and PIs in multiple cities, including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, and New Delhi.

City Selection: When filling out the CAT application form, candidates must choose two preferred cities where they would like to take the AWT & PI.

Notification: Candidates who are shortlisted for the AWT and PI rounds will receive notifications via registered post and email. These notifications are expected to be sent out tentatively during the second week of January 2024.

Checking Shortlist Status: CAT takers interested in IIMA's post-graduate programs can also verify their shortlist status for AWT & PI by visiting the official IIMA website (www.iima.ac.in) around the second week of January 2024.

Regret Letters: Please note that individual regret letters will not be dispatched to candidates who are not shortlisted for the AWT & PI rounds.