Industrial and Management Engineering, IIT Kanpur (IME IIT) Cutoff

The available DoMS MBA cutoff information is edition-specific and contains a material CAT-year inconsistency. The official admission process page is headed for the 2026-2028 MBA batch, but it names CAT 2025 as the qualifying examination in one place, CAT 2024 for the SC/ST/PwD eligibility threshold, and CAT 2024 again for the shortlisting stage. DoMS does not publish a 2027-28 cutoff in the pages reviewed. The figures below are therefore a careful reading of the last published material, not a current or predicted cutoff for a future batch.

Published MBA thresholds for the 2026-28 batch

The DoMS admission process page gives these minimum criteria for shortlisting. Its category labels and test years are shown as written in the source:

For both category blocks, the page says the bachelor’s degree must involve at least three years of education after 10+2 or equivalent diploma and include Mathematics as a subject. It says applicants taking their final degree examination may apply, but admission is provisional if selected and the degree requirements must be completed by joining. These are published 2026-28 criteria; check the current official notice before relying on them for a later intake.

The table records the source’s wording, including its different CAT years. It does not silently replace CAT 2024 with CAT 2025 for the SC/ST/PwD line, or assume the discrepancy is a harmless typo. A candidate in any category should check the live admission notice and application instructions for the exact test edition that applies to that category before submitting a score.

Eligibility is not the same as the actual shortlist cutoff

The page says the department decides the actual category cutoffs for shortlisting based on the number of eligible, complete applications and the number of approved seats in each category. That means the 80 and 55 percentiles in the eligibility blocks should not be presented as confirmed final shortlist thresholds for a future batch. They are the published minimum criteria for the stated 2026-28 process. The department’s eventual shortlist threshold can be higher and depends on the applicant pool and seat count; the official pages reviewed do not provide the resulting category-wise shortlist percentiles.

DoMS also says overall CAT percentile is considered at the shortlisting stage. Its FAQ states that there is no sectional CAT cutoff and that overall cutoffs are considered for shortlisting and subsequent selection rounds. A student comparing the page with another MBA programme should keep overall percentile separate from section-wise scores, raw marks and scaled CAT score. A percentile is not a percentage of marks, and it cannot be converted into a raw score without the examination and score-conversion context.

Passing a minimum threshold only makes an application eligible for further processing. It does not guarantee an interview call or admission. The 2026-28 process continues through a Group Discussion and Personal Interview for shortlisted applicants, then category-wise merit lists based on aggregate scores. DoMS says the general/EWS/OBC(NCL) group and the SC/ST group proceed independently at the later stages. The policy page does not disclose the future cutoffs or final merit marks needed for an offer.

Why final selection cannot be read from one CAT percentile

The DoMS FAQ lists a composite score for the CAT 2025 admission context: scaled CAT score 20%, school-level academic performance 20%, work experience 10%, Personal Interview 35%, and undergraduate performance 15%. It also mentions a gender-diversity provision for women candidates. Those weights explain why a CAT threshold is not a complete selection score. They are part of the historical 2026-28/CAT 2025 material, not a confirmed formula for a later intake.

The admission process page gives a separate eligibility screen for academics: Class X and XII marks and the minimum undergraduate aggregate or CPI are considered alongside CAT for the listed categories. The FAQ says work experience is not mandatory but receives additional points. A candidate near an overall CAT threshold should therefore check all listed academic conditions, the correct category and CAT year, and any current application-specific rules; meeting the CAT number alone does not answer whether the application is complete or whether it will be shortlisted.

Other DoMS programmes and what remains unreported

DoMS runs programmes beyond the MBA, so the MBA percentile table must not be reused as a cutoff for MTech, PhD or eMasters. The MTech overview describes GATE as the first step, followed by the department’s comprehension and quantitative tests and a Personal Interview. It does not give a numeric GATE cutoff on that page. No comparable numeric PhD or eMasters cutoff was established from the official pages reviewed. Those gaps are not zero cutoffs; they are values that the cited material does not establish.

For an applicant considering the 2027-28 intake, there is no official 2027-28 CAT percentile threshold or confirmed CAT year in these sources. Watch the DoMS MBA admissions page for a new batch notice, then verify the category block, CAT year, shortlisting rule and section-wise policy in that edition. Until it is issued, use the 2026-28 page only as historical guidance and retain its CAT-year inconsistency as unresolved.