The minimum qualifying CAT cut-off percentile for IIM Kozhikode admission is 85 for General, 75 for NC-OBC/EWS, 65 for SC, and 55 for ST/PwD candidates.
The minimum CAT Cutoff for IIM Trichy admission is 92 for general, 70 for EWS, 74 for NC-OBC, 54 for SC, and 40 for ST and PwD candidates.
However, it’s important to note that the qualifying CAT cutoff alone is not enough to seek admission to these institutes. One needs to clear the Personal Interview and meet other criteria too.
The minimum qualifying CAT cut-off percentile for IIM Kozhikode admission is 85 for General, 75 for NC-OBC/EWS, 65 for SC, and 55 for ST/PwD candidates.
The minimum CAT Cutoff for IIM Trichy admission is 92 for general, 70 for EWS, 74 for NC-OBC, 54 for SC, and 40 for ST and PwD candidates.
However, it’s important to note that the qualifying CAT cutoff alone is not enough to seek admission to these institutes. One needs to clear the Personal Interview and meet other criteria too.
For 2021, IIM Kozhikode cutoff was 85 for General candidates. IIM Trichy cutoff for 2021 was 92 for general category students.
Besides CAT score, IIM Kozhikode and IIM Trichy consider 10th and 12th percentage, graduation branch, stream, work experience, gender, etc. for shortlisting. So, there are a lot of factors at play.
The minimum CAT percentile to get a call from IIM Kozhikode and IIM Trichy is 97 and 94 respectively for the 2020-22 batch. The CAT cutoff is not the only requirement for taking admission into IIMs, along with the CAT cutoff the institutes also consider the candidate’s performance in Personal Interview (PI) and Written Analysis Test (WAT), past academic records, relevant work experience.
IIM Kozhikode CAT Cutoff 2020
Category |
X class percentage |
XII class percentage |
Sectional percentile |
CAT Score percentile |
General |
60 |
60 |
75 |
85 |
OBC (NCL) |
60 |
60 |
65 |
75 |
SC |
55 |
55 |
55 |
65 |
ST/PWD |
55 |
55 |
45 |
55 |
The shortlisted students at IIM Kozhikode are evaluated for final selection based on the different parameters given below.
CAT Index Score - 35%
Personal Interview- 35%
Written Ability Test-20%
Resume-10%
IIM Trichy CAT Cutoff 2020
Category |
Quantitative Aptitude |
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning |
Verbal and Reading Comprehension |
Overall percentile |
General |
80 |
80 |
80 |
94 |
EWS |
60 |
60 |
60 |
75 |
NC-OBC |
60 |
60 |
60 |
75 |
SC |
45 |
45 |
45 |
55 |
ST |
30 |
30 |
30 |
40 |
DAP/p> |
30 |
30 |
30 |
40 |
NOTE: Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Caste (Non-creamy layer), Person with Disability (PwD), the Differently abled person (DAP)
IIM Trichy shortlists the students based on their performance in CAT and the shortlisted students are evaluated for final selection based on different parameters as given below.
CAT Index Score - 50%
Personal Interview- 20%
Written Ability Test-15%
Undergraduate Performance -10%
Work Experience – 5%