Archive · 6 Oct 2026
IIM Ahmedabad Revises MBA Admissions for 2027–29 Batch
IIM Ahmedabad has changed part of its process for choosing students for its MBA programme.
The change is for students applying to the 2027–29 batch.
The programme lasts two years.
The institute will use applicants’ CAT 2026 percentiles when making a shortlist.
The shortlist is for the next steps, called the Analytical Writing Test and Personal Interview.
Before, the institute used a normalized CAT score for this shortlist.
The article does not say exactly how much weight the CAT result will have.
It also does not explain why the institute made the change.
IIM Ahmedabad revised admission criteria for its two-year Post Graduate Programme in Management.
The changes apply to the 2027–29 batch.
For shortlisting candidates for the Analytical Writing Test and Personal Interview, the institute will use CAT 2026 percentile.
This replaces the normalized CAT score used earlier for that shortlist.
The article does not specify the numerical CAT weightage or explain the reason for the revision.
- Who
- IIM Ahmedabad and applicants to its two-year Post Graduate Programme in Management.
- What
- IIM Ahmedabad revised its admission criteria, replacing the normalized CAT score with the CAT 2026 percentile for shortlisting candidates for the Analytical Writing Test and Personal Interview.
- When
- For the 2027–29 batch; CAT 2026 results will be used.
- Where
- IIM Ahmedabad.
- Why
- The reason for the revision is not stated.
- Institute
- Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad)
- Programme
- Two-year Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), or MBA
- Batch
- 2027–29
- CAT used
- CAT 2026
- New shortlist measure
- CAT percentile
- Previous shortlist measure
- Normalized CAT score
- Shortlist stages
- Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI)