After the declaration of CAT Result, IIM Calcutta will be separately declaring its cut off for admission to the courses offered by it. Candidates will be shortlisted for admission rounds on the basis of their  CAT scores.
The institute offers the following full-time post-graduate programs- PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management), PGDCM (Post Graduate Diploma in Computer aided Management), FPM (Fellow Program in Management) and PGPEX (Post Graduate Program for Executives).   

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CAT Cut Off refers to the minimum marks that students must obtain in order to qualify the next round of the selection process.

• CAT 2019 is going to scheduled for 24 November through online (computer based) mode.
• The overall CAT cut off for general category is 90 percentile,  
• For Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), CAT cutoff is 70.
• For Non-creamy Other Backward Castes (NC-OBC) is 85, and for Persons with disabilities (PWD) it is 70 percentile.
• Following is the CAT Selection Criteria  for IIM Calcutta for PGP- PGDM course:

1. Shortlisting for Personal Interview (PI)

1. Shortlisting of students achieving the minimum section-wise cutoff.
2. Calculation of Composite Scores for short-listing for the PI stage.

2. Criteria for Final Selection for PGP- PGDM

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About CAT Cut Off

After the result of CAT Exam, IIMs will declare the separate cut off list for the shortlisted candidates. All the shortlisted candidates are eligible to take part in the selection process.

• The cut off comprises both sectional cutoffs as well as the overall cut off.
• Sectional cut off is the marks that candidates must score in each section in order to qualify the test.
• The overall cut off marks range from 90-100 percentile.
• IIMs declare their separate cut offs for admission to their offered courses.
• All the shortlisted candidates will be called for group discussion and personal interview round.

Factors Affecting CAT Cut Off 2019

While preparing CAT cut off 2019, the IIMs and other participating B-Schools will consider various factors. Following are the few common factors determined while preparing the cut off-

• The level of difficulty of the test
• Total number of test takers
• Total marks scored in the test
• Average marks scored in CAT
• Availability of seats

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IIM Calcutta 2019 Cut Off

The overall CAT Cut Off required by general category student is 90 percentile. 

• The cut off for Scheduled Castes (SC) is 70, Scheduled Tribes (ST) is 70,
• For Non-creamy Other Backward Castes (NC-OBC) is 85, and Persons with disabilities (PWD) is 70 respectively.
• The institute offers two years full-time post-graduate management programs. 

The institute offers the following full-time post-graduate programs:

• PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management)
• PGDCM (Post Graduate Diploma in Computer aided Management)
• FPM (Fellow Programme in Management)
• PGPEX (Post Graduate Programme for Executives)

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IIM Calcutta 2019: Minimum Cut-off Percentile

The cut off of CAT 2019 refers to the minimum marks or percentile a student must obtain in order to qualify for the next round of selection process. Expected CAT 2019 cut off of IIMs. 

Following is the Minimum Section wise Expected Cut-off of IIM Calcutta 2019:

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IIM Calcutta 2019: Selection Criteria

Students are first shortlisted on the basis of the CAT cut-off percentiles, sectional as well as overall, along with past academic record and work experience. After students will get shortlisted they will call for WAT- PI rounds.
The selection for this round is based on the performance at each stage of the round with assessment on past academic records, work experience, co-curricular activities and diversity factors.

 IIM Calcutta Admission Process is a two-step process. IIM Calcutta Admission Criteria is mentioned below:

• Personal Interview (PI)

1. Shortlisting of students achieving the minimum section-wise cutoff.
2. Calculation of Composite Scores for Short-listing for PI stage.

• Criteria for Final Selection for PGP- PGDM

Step-1  Personal Interview (PI)

There are 2 Stages for Short-listing candidates based on CAT cut-off percentiles for Personal Interview (PI)

Stage I: Short-listing of students achieving the minimum section-wise cutoff.

Stage II: Calculation of Composite Scores for Short-listing for PI stage.

Calculation of Composite Scores involves Class X and Class XII aggregate percentages, and gender diversity factor.

The following table shows Class X and Class XII aggregate marks and their points:

The number of candidates short-listed for the PI stage would be the discretion of the institute and would depend on the batch size of 2020-2022.

Following table shows Components and corresponding weightage assigned for generating category-wise shortlisted students for the PI stage:

where,

                   A= Candidate’s Total CAT score 2019
                   B = Maximum CAT Score 2019

Candidates based on their composite score will be called for the PI stage of the selection process that would comprise a Personal Interview (PI) and a Written Ability Test (WAT).

Step-2 Criteria for Final Selection for PGP- PGDM 

Following Table shows the Criteria and weightage for final selection for PGP- PGDM 2019:

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