IIM Calcutta CAT cutoff has remained similar as that of last years. The overall CAT cutoff required by general category student is 90 percentile.

The minimum CAT cutoff for all the categories has remained same. The cutoff for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Non-creamy Other Backward Castes (NC-OBC), and Persons with disabilities (PWD) is to 70, 70, 85, and 70 respectively.

The Indian Institutes of Management through their tough selection process selects the best lot of students for different coveted IIMs.

Minimum Cut-off Percentile for short-listing the candidates

Category Quantitative Data Interpretation Verbal and Reading Overall
Aptitude & Logical Reasoning Comprehension percentile
percentile percentile rank percentile rank rank (PT)
rank (PQA) (PDILR) (PVRC)

General 80 80 80 90

NC-OBC 75 75 75 85

SC 65 65 65 70

ST 60 60 60 70

PWD/DA 65 65 65 70

Criteria for short listing and final selection of candidates for 2017-2019 Batch by IIM Calcutta

A. Short-listing for Personal Interview (PI)
One will be short listed on the basis of CAT 2016 score, past academic performance, and other criteria for the next round, which is personal interview.

Stage I: Candidates eligible to be considered for PI
At this stage, one must have minimum section wise and overall percentile in CAT 2016. One securing the above mentioned minimum percentile in each category in CAT 2016 will only be considered for calculation of their composite score in Stage II.

Stage II: Calculation of Composite Scores for Short-listing for PI stage
The Composite Score is calculated on the basis of CAT 2016 score, Class X and Class XII aggregate percentages, and gender diversity factor. Method of allotting points for Class X and Class XII percentages of marks based on aggregate scores:

Points for Class X and Class XII marks

Class X Marks (in %) Points Class XII Marks (in %) Points
≥80 10 ≥80 10
≥ 75 and < 80 8 ≥ 75 and < 80 8
≥ 70 and < 75 6 ≥ 70 and < 75 6
≥ 65 and < 70 4 ≥ 65 and < 70 4
≥ 60 and < 65 2 ≥ 60 and < 65 2
< 60 0 < 60 0