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Top B-Schools Accepting CAT Scores 2025: Colleges, Cutoffs & Admission Details
Top B-Schools Accepting CAT Scores and Cutoffs - The CAT exam is a national-level MBA entrance exam conducted for admission to top B-schools like IIMs IITs, MNITs, MDI, SPJIMR, FMS, etc. Around 2.95 lakh students appear for the CAT exam this year. Around 40, 000 seats are offered based on CAT score and cutoff by CAT participating institutes 2025. Students aspiring to take MBA admission to top B-schools accepting CAT score and cutoff must appear for CAT 2025. The CAT 2025 exam will be conducted by IIM CAT on November 30, 2025.
The CAT is conducted by IIM releases the CAT result in the second week of December. After this, candidates are shortlisted for the further selection process of various top MBA colleges accepting CAT score and cutoff. The CAT cutoff range may vary from institute to institute. Check this complete article by Careers360 to know in detail about the top B-schools accepting CAT scores and cutoffs.
List of Top B-Schools Accepting CAT Scores and Cutoffs
Over 1000 B-schools are accepting CAT scores and Cutoffs for MBA and PGDM admissions. Many participating institutes of CAT 2025 will begin the registration process once the CAT entrance exam is conducted on November 30. Depending upon the candidate's percentile in CAT 2025, the respective authorities of B-schools grant admission to the MBA programme. Check the list of Top B-schools Accepting CAT scores and cutoffs and their percentile in the table below:
Note: The B-schools are arranged according to Careers360 ranks, starting from the Public B-schools followed by Private B-schools. The ranks of the B-schools which have been referred to as 'Not Ranked' have not participated in the ranking or were not deemed eligible as per the Careers360 ranking eligibility criteria.
Top B-schools Accepting CAT Scores and their Cutoffs
College Name | Ownership | NIRF Rank Management 2025 | Minimum CAT Cut-off in Percentile 2025 | Expected CAT 2025 Cutoff |
Public | 1 | 95 | 90.98 | |
Public | 2 | 85 | - | |
Public | 7 | 85 | - | |
Public | 3 | 85 (expected) | 91.03 | |
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi | Public | 4 | 98 (expected) | - |
Public | 5 | 90 | - | |
Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay | Public | 14 | 99 (expected) | - |
Public | 8 | 90 (expected) | 90 | |
Public | 6 | 85 (expected) | 98 | |
| Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak | Public | 97 (expected) | 98.05 | |
Vinod Gupta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur | Public | 12 | 90 (expected) | - |
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras | Public | 13 | 96 (expected) | - |
Public | 22 | 94 (expected) | - | |
Public | - | 99+ (expected) | - | |
Public | 38 | - | - | |
Private | 9 | 94 (expected) | - | |
Private | 20 | 85 (expected) | - | |
Public | 27 | 94 (expected) | - | |
Public | - | 90 (expected) | - | |
Public | 15 | 80 (expected) | - | |
Private | 65 | 83+ (expected) | - | |
Private | 39 | 85 (expected) | - | |
Private | 37 | 95 (expected) | - | |
Private | 45 | 91 (expected) | - | |
Public | 16 | 95 (expected) | - | |
| Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur | Public | 95 (expected) | 94.13 | |
Private | 40 | 90 (expected) | - | |
Private | 59 | 85 (expected) | - | |
Private | 30 | 96 (expected) | - | |
Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | Public | 60 | 85 (expected) | - |
Private | 54 | 96 (expected) | - | |
| Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development, Mysore | Private | - | 75 (expected) | - |
Source: Respective B-School admission officials, websites, B-school reports, and RTI Act.
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