Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM) Cutoff

The official IISWBM material reviewed does not publish a numeric CAT percentile or score cutoff for the MBA (Day) 2026-28 intake. Its schedule says admission uses CAT scores together with group discussion, personal interview and academic background. The 2026-28 shortlisted and selected-candidate notices show later stages, but do not publish applicants’ CAT scores or the lowest score admitted. Treat any precise cutoff quoted by a third-party site as unverified unless IISWBM publishes a score threshold for the same programme, category and admission year.

MBA (Day): what the 2026-28 cycle confirms

IISWBM’s admission calendar for MBA (Day) lists CAT held in November 2025 as the admission test for the 2026-28 session. It gives 19 June 2026 as the last date for issuing and submitting the form, 24-25 June for group discussion, personal interview and result, and the first week of July 2026 for the course to begin. The page says selection combines CAT scores, GD and PI, and academic background. These dates describe a closed historical cycle; they are not dates for a later intake.

A separate IISWBM notice is headed “MBA (DAY) ADMISSION-2026, SESSION: 2026-2028” and names candidates shortlisted for GD and PI. It says shortlisted candidates must bring the CAT admit card and score card, school and degree marksheets, date-of-birth proof, and category or disability certificate when applicable. The notice is evidence that a shortlist and interview stage existed, not a public CAT cutoff table: the published candidate identifiers do not include their CAT marks or percentiles.

There is a date inconsistency to keep in view. The schedule page gives GDPI and results on 24-25 June, while the March 9 shortlist notice includes interview dates beginning March 18 and says the shortlist would be displayed by April 2. These may reflect different notices or scheduling updates; the public material opened does not reconcile them. Applicants should follow the individual notice and the latest admission update for their own cycle rather than treating either old date as a current deadline.

Other programmes use different tests

Do not apply MBA (Day)’s CAT route to every IISWBM programme. The institute’s MBA-Public Systems schedule lists MAT, CAT, CMAT, JEMAT, GATE, XAT and ATMA as admission tests, with group discussions, interviews and selected lists in two phases. Its tentative schedule lists separate exam options for MBA (Evening), MBA-HRM and MBA-Public Systems; MBA-HRM is shown through CAT, while MBA (Evening) and Public Systems list multiple tests. Those are programme-level routes, not alternative tests for the MBA (Day) cutoff.

For a candidate comparing programmes, first identify the exact course and the admission notice that names it. Then check which test scores that notice accepts, whether a particular score year is specified, and whether GDPI or another stage follows. A percentile threshold for one course or one intake cannot be transferred to another course simply because the institute is the same. Where several exams are accepted, a CAT-only cutoff question is incomplete: the relevant benchmark would depend on the exam and cycle, and IISWBM’s reviewed pages do not give numeric thresholds for those alternatives either.

Why a shortlist is not a cutoff

A cutoff is usually a stated minimum score or percentile that triggers consideration or shortlisting. The available IISWBM notices instead describe process and outcomes: a candidate list, interview arrangements and selected candidates. They do not supply a public score-to-decision table. Candidate registration numbers are not CAT scores; the order in which names appear is not a merit rank unless the institute explicitly says so. A selected-candidate list also cannot reveal the minimum score because it omits the score distribution and may represent only a category or selection stage.

The institute’s process page directs applicants to the relevant brochure for eligibility and admission details and warns that forms received after the stated deadline will not be entertained. The schedule also refers to academic background alongside CAT, GD and PI. That means the CAT figure alone is not a complete model of selection. Even if a coaching portal reports a threshold, it may describe a prediction, a call threshold, a reserved-category estimate, or a different year; those meanings should not be collapsed into an “IISWBM cutoff” without a precise source label.

The responsible conclusion from the opened official documents is narrow: CAT is part of MBA (Day) selection, and qualifying candidates proceed through GDPI, but the numeric selection threshold and admitted-score floor are not stated in those documents. This is an evidence gap, not proof that IISWBM uses no internal threshold.

How to use cutoff claims safely

When you see a number online, check five details before using it: programme, academic session, exam and score year, candidate category, and whether the number is an official minimum or an estimate. Also distinguish a call cutoff from the score of the last admitted candidate. A shortlist threshold controls who is invited to a next stage; the final selected list follows additional evaluation, and the two values need not match.

For MBA (Day) 2026-28, the institute identifies CAT November 2025 and describes GDPI plus academic background. It does not provide a numeric CAT threshold or interview-weight formula on the schedule page. For MBA-Public Systems, several tests are accepted, so any useful threshold table would need to identify the test as well as the category and phase. If the source leaves any of these dimensions blank, label the number as an unverified third-party estimate rather than a confirmed IISWBM cutoff.

What applicants should check next

The 2026-28 schedule’s last submission date and interview dates have passed. Before preparing for a later intake, check the institute’s admission updates, the exact course’s admission calendar and its current brochure. Confirm the score year accepted, application deadline, interview dates, category documentation and whether a new notice changes the sequence. If a portal shows a cutoff, ask for the official notice or selection policy that supports that exact figure and scope.

At interview stage, the 2026-28 MBA (Day) notice asked shortlisted candidates to carry original and photocopies of the CAT admit card and score card, academic documents and relevant category certificates. Treat this as historical checklist evidence, not a current document list; the institute can change its requirements. For a current cycle, rely on the checklist linked from the matching programme page and contact IISWBM if a notice and static schedule disagree.