Beyond IIMs: Top MBA colleges accepting CAT 2025 scores
Vaishnavi Shukla | December 25, 2025 | 05:39 PM IST | 2 mins read
CAT 2025 scores are accepted by several MBA colleges and B-schools, including SPJIMR Mumbai, FMS, IIT Delhi, MDI Gurgaon, Great Lakes Chennai, and others. IIM Kozhikode has announced the Common Admission Test results.
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Download EbookCommon 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.
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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.
| CAT colleges | Department | Total seat intake (Approx) |
|---|---|---|
|
Department of Management Studies |
115 |
|
|
IIT Bombay |
Shailesh Jha Mehta School of Business |
152 |
|
IIT Kharagpur |
Vinod Gupta School of Management |
200 |
|
IIT Madras |
Department of Management Studies |
70 |
|
IIT Roorkee |
Department of Management Studies |
95 |
|
IIT Dhanbad |
Department of Management Studies |
92 |
|
IIT Kanpur |
Department of Management Studies |
78 |
CAT 2025: MBA colleges accepting 90-100 percentile
The list of MBA colleges accepting 90-100 percentile CAT scores 2025 is as follows.
|
Best colleges accepting CAT percentile 90-100 |
Course Fees (Approx) |
|---|---|
|
IIT Delhi |
Rs 12 lakhs |
|
IIT Bombay |
Rs. 14.95 lakh |
|
Rs 60 thousand for each semester |
|
|
MDI Gurgaon |
Rs. 24.16 lakh |
|
IMI Delhi |
Rs 20.64 lakh |
|
JBIMS Mumbai |
Rs 4 lakh |
|
SPJIMR, Mumbai |
Rs 22 lakh |
|
SDA Bocconi Mumbai |
Rs. 20 lakh |
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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.
|
Colleges |
Entrance exams |
|---|---|
|
ISB, Hyderabad |
Accepts GMAT / GRE for its PGP/MBA-equivalent programmes |
|
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM, Pune) |
Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) |
|
NMIMS School of Business Management Mumbai |
NMAT by GMAC |
|
Central University Entrance Test -Postgraduate (CUET-PG) |
|
|
SPJIMR, Mumbai |
Entrance via exams like XAT / GMAT / institute’s own criteria (not strictly CAT-only) |
|
XAT (and sometimes GMAT) |
|
|
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute Of Management Studies |
|
|
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai |
Accepts XAT, GMAT, and other tests |
|
KIIT School of Management (KSOM) |
KIITEE Management exam |
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