JAGSoM’s current admissions page lists applications for 2027–29. For Bengaluru applicants, the relevant course is the AICTE-approved PGDM. The school lists a separate UGC-recognised MBA at its Greater Mumbai campus; its course and campus should not be confused with the Bengaluru PGDM route. Confirm the campus and award on the application form before submitting, especially if you are comparing the two programmes.
Bengaluru PGDM eligibility
The current PGDM eligibility page asks for a recognised undergraduate degree. It states a minimum aggregate of 50% for general-category applicants and 45% for reserved-category applicants. Final-year students may apply, subject to the school’s conditions. The published page does not fully spell out how marks are calculated across different grading systems, backlogs or degree formats. If your transcript uses CGPA, includes a pending result, or falls close to the stated threshold, ask admissions to confirm the conversion and documentation required for your case rather than assuming a formula.
These percentages are the published academic eligibility baseline, not a promise of selection. Meeting them makes an application eligible for consideration; it does not establish that a candidate will receive an offer. The school’s admissions material describes a broader profile review after eligibility and score submission.
Accepted tests and cutoff policy
For the Bengaluru PGDM, the current admissions FAQ lists CAT, XAT, CMAT, GMAT and MAT scores. The FAQ does not state a fixed CAT or XAT minimum percentile. It also does not publish a programme-wide numerical cutoff table for the other listed tests. That means applicants should not treat a coaching-site estimate or an older year’s score as an official JAGSoM cutoff. The absence of a published threshold is not evidence that test performance is irrelevant: the school names entrance-test performance among its selection considerations.
If you have taken more than one accepted test, use the score and test edition the application asks you to report, and retain the official score report. The admissions page does not set out a conversion formula for comparing percentiles or scores across CAT, XAT, CMAT, GMAT and MAT. Do not assume that a particular percentile in one examination is equivalent to a numerical score in another. Applicants who do not yet have a result should confirm directly with the admissions team whether they can submit an application first and update the score later; the public page does not specify a result-submission deadline or a test-specific exception.
Selection process and what to prepare
The school describes an online application followed by its Admissions Selection Process (ASP). Its FAQ says the profile review considers academic readiness, entrance-test performance, communication, solution orientation, learning potential, fit with the school’s values and relevant experience. These are the institution’s stated factors, not a published scoring rubric: JAGSoM does not disclose weights, interview marks, a minimum profile score or how it resolves a close decision. Applicants should therefore prepare a consistent account of their academic choices, work or project experience, and reasons for pursuing management study, while avoiding the assumption that any one factor guarantees admission.
The FAQ names the ASP but does not provide a complete, dated 2027–29 schedule of every stage, interview mode, document deadline or offer-round date. Follow the instructions in the application portal and any individual communication from the school. Keep copies of the submitted application, score report and supporting documents. If a stage or deadline is not shown in your portal, ask admissions to confirm it in writing; do not rely on an older cohort’s timeline as the current schedule.
Cutoffs: how to read the available information
A separate cutoff table is not currently available on the official PGDM admissions page. The school’s explicit FAQ answer is that it does not set a fixed minimum CAT or XAT cutoff, while describing entrance performance as one part of a wider profile. This is why cutoff information is covered here rather than presented as a separate score table. It would be misleading to supply a predicted percentile as though it were an official threshold, or to infer a cutoff from the profile of candidates admitted in a different year.
For a practical decision, first check that you meet the stated degree and aggregate requirements, then submit an accepted test result and complete the ASP instructions shown to you. If your score is below a figure quoted by a third party, that figure alone does not establish ineligibility under the published policy. Conversely, the lack of a declared cutoff does not mean that a low score cannot affect the overall assessment. The school has not published enough information to quantify that effect.
Bengaluru PGDM and Greater Mumbai MBA are separate routes
JAGSoM’s admissions page distinguishes the Bengaluru PGDM from the Greater Mumbai MBA. The current PGDM FAQ information on eligibility, accepted tests and the ASP should be read as applying to the Bengaluru course unless the school confirms otherwise. The page’s MBA FAQ answer repeats a PGDM label in its answer, so it does not provide a reliable basis for transferring the PGDM requirements or fee details to the MBA. Applicants seeking the Greater Mumbai MBA should use that programme’s own application instructions and obtain confirmation of its eligibility, tests and selection stages from the school.
The current page identifies the 2027–29 cycle, but it does not provide a complete closing-date calendar in the source reviewed for this guide. Check the official admissions page and portal for updates before applying. JAGSoM’s available PGDM brochure is explicitly for Batch 31, 2026–28; it is useful as a record of that earlier intake, not as a substitute for a 2027–29 calendar or a basis for carrying forward its dates. Because test policies and application stages can change between intakes, rely on the current cycle’s written instructions rather than an archived brochure or an aggregator summary.