Beyond IIMs: Top MBA colleges accepting CAT 2025 scores

Common Admission Test (CAT) 2025 scores are accepted by several MBA colleges and B-schools across India. While the majority of institutes rely on CAT 2025 cut-offs, some also consider academic performance, overall profile, and other criteria for admission.

Top MBA colleges in India, such as SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon, FORE School of Management Delhi, Goa Institute of Management (GIM), accept CAT scores 2025 for MBA admissions.

Aspirants who do not achieve a high CAT percentile can still apply to MBA colleges that accept candidates having 90 percentile.

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode has announced the CAT results 2025. Around 2.95 lakh candidates registered for the CAT 2025 exam this year, of whom 2.58 lakh appeared. IIM Kozhikode conducted the CAT 2025 exam at 339 centres across 170 cities in India.

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IIMs are the most prominent institutions that accept the CAT scores 2025. IIM Ahmedabad was ranked 1st as per this year’s NIRF ranking 2025, among other IIMs. Whereas the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi was ranked 4th in the management category. Currently, a total of 21 IIMs accept CAT 2025 scores.

Top IITs accepting CAT scores 2025

The list of top IITs accepting CAT scores 2025.

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CAT 2025: MBA colleges accepting 90-100 percentile

The list of MBA colleges accepting 90-100 percentile CAT scores 2025 is as follows.

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CAT 2025: Top B-schools, entrance exams

Many business schools offer admission to management programmes through their own entrance examinations. Candidates who were unable to secure a good score in the CAT 2025 exam can apply to these B-schools by appearing for their respective entrance tests and still gain admission to an MBA program.

The list of such colleges, along with their entrance exam are given in the table below.