IIM Ahmedabad Admission 2027

IIM Ahmedabad runs PGP 2027-29 admission on CAT 2026, held on Sunday, 29 November 2026. IIM Indore conducts the exam in three sessions across roughly 170 test cities.

Its PGP 2027-29 Admission Policy fixes the CAT-2026 cut-off at 95 overall and 85 sectional for General and EWS candidates (PGP 2027-29 Admission Policy). It plans to release the shortlist in the second week of January 2027 and offers in the second week of April 2027. Offer acceptance closes in the first week of May 2027. The institute labels those three dates tentative.

Every stage on this page traces to an official document. Those are Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad's admissions page, its dated Admission Policy PDFs, and the official CAT notification. Where the institute has not published a figure, this page says so rather than estimating one.

The calendar below follows the institute's own published policy, with its tentative labels intact.

What is the IIM Ahmedabad admission dates pattern for the next cycle?

IIM Ahmedabad now publishes its PGP 2027-29 dates itself, so you no longer need a pattern. It labels the shortlist, offer and acceptance dates tentative, which means it can move them. IIM Indore, the conducting institute, fixes the CAT 2026 registration and exam dates. Those do not move.

Domestic Indian candidates apply through CAT. Candidates under the Overseas Indian Category or the foreign-national Supernumerary Quota apply through GMAT. IIM Indore conducts CAT 2026 on 29 November 2026. Registration ran from 3 August to 15 September 2026, and admit cards release on 4 November 2026 (official CAT website).

The Overseas Indian Category accepts a valid test-centre-administered GMAT score in place of a CAT score. It charges a non-refundable application fee of US$ 200 for the 2027-29 batch (OIC Admission Policy).

IIM Ahmedabad selects PGP candidates in six stages: entrance exam score, Composite Score, shortlist, Analytical Writing Test and Personal Interview, final offer, and offer acceptance. The steps below follow the PGP 2027-29 Admission Policy.

What are the six stages of the IIM Ahmedabad admission process?

What is the IIM Ahmedabad admission eligibility rule in one line?

You need a three-year bachelor's degree with 50% marks, or 45% for SC, ST and PwD candidates. You must also turn 19 or older by 30 June 2027, for the PGP 2027-29 cycle.

How does IIM Ahmedabad calculate the Composite Score?

IIM Ahmedabad gives 65% weight to your CAT percentile and 35% weight to your Application Rating. This gives your Composite Score, which decides whether you are shortlisted.

The Application Rating is not a separate test. It is built from details you already give in your application form:

IIMA then normalises the score within your undergraduate discipline.

What CAT percentile does IIM Ahmedabad need for the shortlist?

General and EWS candidates need 95 overall and 85 in each of the three sections. Other categories have lower cutoffs, and PwD candidates get a further relaxation.

You can see the category-wise trend on the IIM Ahmedabad cutoff page.

How do I accept the IIM Ahmedabad offer?

You accept by completing all the acceptance formalities within the window set by IIMA. For PGP 2027-29, this is tentatively by the first week of May 2027.

• Waiting list: Some candidates may be placed on a waiting list in the offer week. Their offers depend on how many selected candidates accept.
• Refunds: IIMA deducts a ₹1,000 processing fee from any refund. The refund goes to the original payment account.
• Fee amount and payment method: The admission policy does not state these. See the IIM Ahmedabad fees page and your offer letter.

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IIM Ahmedabad weights your normalised CAT percentile at 65% and your Application Rating at 35% to build the Composite Score. The Application Rating draws on your academic record, work experience and profile details already sitting in your application form. It is not a fresh test.

A candidate at 97 percentile with a thin Application Rating can still lose ground. A 94-percentile candidate with a stronger one can pass them. Most guides skip that nuance and quote only the CAT cutoff.

How does the IIM Ahmedabad selection criteria actually work at the interview stage?

IIM Ahmedabad scores the interview stage on a separate Final Composite Score, or FCS. It has three parts: 50% Personal Interview, 10% Analytical Writing Test, and 40% your Stage-1 Composite Score.

That Stage-1 score carries forward whole, rather than splitting back into CAT and Application Rating. So CAT, at 65% of a score that itself carries 40%, contributes roughly 26% of the final number. The Composite Score only earns a shortlist slot, not the final outcome. The Personal Interview alone carries half the weight at that stage.

What happens at the AWT and Personal Interview stage?

Shortlisted candidates sit the Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and the Personal Interview (PI). You choose two cities from Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi.

IIMA then builds a Final Composite Score (FCS) from three parts. Your Stage-1 Composite Score carries forward as one number, and the interview carries half the weight.

IIMA selects candidates separately for each category on the basis of this score.

When does IIM Ahmedabad release the shortlist and offers?

For PGP 2027-29, IIM Ahmedabad plans to release the shortlist in the second week of January 2027 and offers in the second week of April 2027.

IIM Ahmedabad shortlisted 1,308 candidates for the Analytical Writing Test and Personal Interview stage in the PGP 2026-28 cycle. It shortlisted a further 3 candidates under the Overseas (GMAT) Indian candidates category. That sits just below the 1,312 shortlisted for PGP 2025-27, even though the cutoff rose 15 percentile points.

The category-wise split for that shortlist:

Category-wise shortlist figures: IIM Ahmedabad PGP 2026-28 media release.

IIM Ahmedabad does not route admission through JoSAA or CSAB, the centralised counselling systems engineering institutes use. It runs every stage itself, from shortlist through final offer.

IIM Ahmedabad asks for your latest available marksheets for all completed semesters or years, at every stage of the process. It also asks for your bachelor's degree marksheets and certificate. Final-year candidates additionally submit a degree-completion certificate signed by their Principal, Head of Department, Registrar or Director.

• Latest available marksheets for every completed semester or year, submitted at each stage the institute asks for them.
• Bachelor's degree marksheets and certificate, provisional or final.
• CAT or GMAT scorecard, matching your application category.
• Degree-completion certificate for final-year candidates, once available.

Withholding an available marksheet for any semester or year can lead to disqualification, per the institute's own admissions page. For the PGP 2027-29 cycle, final-year candidates must complete the degree by 30 June 2027. They must submit the marksheet and completion certificate by 31 December 2027. The PGP 2026-28 cycle set the equivalent deadline at 31 December 2026, and missing it cancelled the provisional admission automatically.

Which documents do I need during the IIM Ahmedabad admission process?

You need marksheets for every completed semester or year, and you must give them at any stage when IIMA asks. Some documents depend on your situation.