IIM Bangalore CAT cutoff for 2025 covers admission to PGPM, PG Program and PGPBA, with CAT accepted for all three courses.

In Round 1, the listed 2025 closing percentile is 99 across categories for PGPM, PG Program and PGPBA. Across the available years, General remained at 99, while OBC, SC, ST, EWS and PwD show lower cutoffs in 2024 and 2023 for some tables.

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  1. IIM Bangalore CAT Cutoff 2025
  2. IIM Bangalore CAT Cutoff Trends

IIM Bangalore CAT Cutoff 2025

CAT is the entrance exam used for admission to PGPM, PG Program and PGPBA at IIM Bangalore. The cutoff range below is shown across all categories.

CourseExamCutoff
PGPMCAT99
PG ProgramCAT99
PGPBACAT99

For 2025, Round 1 closed at an overall percentile of 99 for PGPM across all categories.

  • For PG Program, the overall closing percentile in 2025 in Round 1 is 99 across all categories.
  • For PGPBA, the overall closing percentile in 2025 in Round 1 is 99 across all categories.

PGPM General, PG Program Public Policy & Management and PGPBA Business Analytics are the main options listed for CAT-based cutoff details.

In 2025, the PGPM General closing percentile for the General Category is 99 in Round 1.

  • For PG Program Public Policy & Management, the CAT closing percentile 2025 for General is 99 in Round 1.
  • For PGPBA Business Analytics, the CAT closing percentile 2025 for General is 99 in Round 1.

The category-wise CAT closing percentile for PGPM General, PG Program Public Policy & Management and PGPBA Business Analytics is given below.

IIM Bangalore PGPM General Cutoff 2025

CategoryClosing percentile
General99
OBC99
SC99
ST99
EWS99

IIM Bangalore PG Program Public Policy & Management Cutoff 2025

CategoryClosing percentile
General99
OBC99
SC99
ST99
EWS99

IIM Bangalore PGPBA Business Analytics Cutoff 2025

CategoryClosing percentile
General99
OBC99
SC99
ST99
EWS99

IIM Bangalore CAT Cutoff Trends

For PGPM Programs, admission at IIM Bangalore closed at 99 percentile in 2025 and 65 percentile in 2024 across all categories.

  • For PG Program Programs, admission closed at 99 percentile in 2025 and 65 percentile in 2024 across all categories.
  • For PGPBA Programs, admission closed at 99 percentile in 2025 and 65 percentile in 2024 across all categories.

Category-wise and course-wise closing percentile trends are shown below, with the newest year placed first.

IIM Bangalore CAT PGPM Cutoff Trends: Category-wise

Category20252024202320222021
General9999999999
OBC997575--
SC997070--
ST996565--
EWS997575--
PwD-7070--

IIM Bangalore CAT PGPM Cutoff Trends: Course-wise

CoursesClosing percentile 2025Closing percentile 2024Closing percentile 2023Closing percentile 2022Closing percentile 2021
General9965659999

IIM Bangalore CAT PG Program Cutoff Trends: Category-wise

Category20252024202320222021
General9999999999
OBC997575--
SC997070--
ST996565--
EWS997575--
PwD-7070--

IIM Bangalore CAT PG Program Cutoff Trends: Course-wise

CoursesClosing percentile 2025Closing percentile 2024Closing percentile 2023Closing percentile 2022Closing percentile 2021
Public Policy & Management9965659999

IIM Bangalore CAT PGPBA Cutoff Trends: Category-wise

Category20252024202320222021
General9999999999
OBC997575--
SC997070--
ST996565--
EWS997575--
PwD-7070--

IIM Bangalore CAT PGPBA Cutoff Trends: Course-wise

CoursesClosing percentile 2025Closing percentile 2024Closing percentile 2023Closing percentile 2022Closing percentile 2021
Business Analytics9965659999