CAT 2025 Result LIVE: CAT result expected on December 19? download final answer key; cut-offs, marks vs rank
Suviral Shukla | December 18, 2025 | 06:07 PM IST | 5 mins read
CAT 2025 Results: Candidates will be able to access the MBA scorecard online at iimcat.ac.in. Updates on institutes accepting CAT score, closing rank, marks vs percentile.
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Over 2 lakh candidates, seeking admission to MBA programmes at IIMs and other management institutes across the country are awaiting Common Admission Test 2025 (CAT 2025) results. The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode) will declare the CAT 2025 results soon on its official website at iimcat.ac.in.
The CAT 2025 final answer key has already been released. The result link for PGDM/MBA admission will be activated tentatively in the first week of January 2026. The CAT 2025, held on November 30 across multiple shifts for admission to MBA and other management programmes.
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Currently, the IIM CAT 2025 final answer key is available for download through the official portal. The CAT 2025 final answer key is issued after subject experts evaluation of objections raised by the candidates against the provisional answer key.
A total of 187 objections were raised by the CAT 2025-appeared candidates against four sections. Of which only one objection was accepted in the Quantitative Ability (QA) section, covering all three shifts.
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The B-schools admission test result will contain the CAT 2025 registration number, the candidate’s name, date of birth, exam date, slot, timings, the CAT 2025 scaled score, section-wise marks, percentile section-wise, overall score, and validity of score.
CAT 2025 qualified candidates will have to appear in three stages of the selection process for MBA admissions. The selection procedure includes a written ability test (WAT), a personal interview (PI) round, and a group discussion (GD).
The final selection for the MBA, PGDM, and PGP programme on the basis of composite scores (variable for each IIM).
IIM CAT 2025 Results: How to download MBA scorecard?
The CAT 2025 scorecard download link will be activated soon on the official website at iimcat.ac.in. Follow the given steps to check and download the CAT 2025 results.
- Go to the official website at iimcat.ac.in.
- Look for the link ‘CAT 2025 scorecard login’ on the homepage.
- Click on the link.
- A new page will open, type in your User ID and Password.
- Click on the submit icon.
- IIM CAT 2025 scorecard will appear on the screen.
- Check your score and download the result document.
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CAT 2025 Result LIVE: IIM Kozhikode MBA scorecard soon on iimcat.ac.in. Updates on toppers list, colleges, cut-offs, scores vs percentile, other details.
December 18, 2025 | 06:07 PM IST
CAT marks vs percentile 2025
Candidate having a score above 110 can expect to obtain 99.95 percentile.
CAT percentile | CAT 2025 expected cut-off score | Previous year CAT cut-off score |
99.95 | 110 | 130+ |
99.9 | 100-104 | 120+ |
99.5 | 90-92 | 104 |
99 | 78-82 | 95 |
97 | 66-68 | 65-67 |
95 | 56-58 | 70 |
90 | 45-48 | 57 |
85 | 40-42 | |
80 | 35-36 | 43 |
75 | 32-33 | |
70 | 30-31 | 34 |
60 | 25-26 | 27 |
December 18, 2025 | 05:34 PM IST
CAT 2025 results expected on December 19; check percentile predictor
CAT aspirants can evaluate their performance using Careers360's advanced CAT score calculator and CAT percentile predictor. Can easily know your CAT 2025 percentile by entering the following CAT exam details in the CAT score calculator tool.
CAT 2025 percentile predictor. (Image source: Official)
December 18, 2025 | 05:20 PM IST
CAT 2025 results; what previous years' trends indicate?
The previous trends indicate that there is usually a gap of around 24 to 25 days between the CAT examination and declaration of results. Hence, on the basis of this pattern, the CAT 2025 results are likely to be announced between December 24 and 26.
IIM CAT 2025 scorecard in third week of December 2025. (Representational image: Freepik)
December 18, 2025 | 04:55 PM IST
CAT 2025 results on December 19?
There is considerable confusion over the CAT 2025 results date, as the exam-conducting authority has not yet announced an official date. The table given below contains CAT exam dates, answer key dates, and result dates for the previous 4 years.
CAT Years | CAT Exam Date | CAT Answer Key Date | CAT Result Date |
CAT 2025 | November 30, 2025 | December 4, 2025 | December 19 2025 (Expected) |
CAT 2024 | November 24, 2024 | December 03, 2024 | December 19, 2024 |
CAT 2023 | November 26, 2023 | December 05, 2023 | December 21, 2023 |
CAT 2022 | November 27, 2022 | December 04, 2022 | December 21, 2022 |
CAT 2021 | November 28, 2021 | December 08, 2021 | January 03, 2022 |
December 18, 2025 | 04:11 PM IST
CAT 2025: How to access results?
To access your CAT 2025 result, go to the official IIMCAT website, iimcat.ac.in and sign in using your valid user ID and Password. After logging in, click on the “Result” link to view and download your CAT scorecard, which displays your overall and sectional percentiles.
CAT 2025 results soon at iimcat.ac.in. (Image source: Official)
December 18, 2025 | 03:36 PM IST
CAT 2025: Top MBA colleges besides IIMs
The CAT 2025 results for MBA admissions will be declared tentatively in the last week of December, 2025, as per previous years trends. Meanwhile, candidates can check the list of top MBA colleges in India apart from IIMs below:
- FMS, Delhi
- DMS, IIT-Delhi
- MDI, Gurgaon
- IMI Delhi
- JBIMS, Mumbai
- SIMSR, Mumbai
- IMNU, Ahmedabad
- SJMSOM, Mumbai
- SPJIMR, Mumbai
- LIBA, Chennai
- GIM, Goa
- NIT Trichy
- VGSoM (IIT Kharagpur)LBSIM
- Welingkar (WeSchool), Mumbai
- TAPMI, Manipal
- IBS, Hyderabad
- IIISWBM, Kolkata
- IMT Nagpur
- SOIL Institute of Management
- IILM, Delhi
- BIM, Tiruchirappalli
- Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, Delhi
- FIIB, Delhi
- JIMS, Rohini
- BITSoM Mumbai
- XIMB - Xavier University, Bhubaneswar
- XIME, Bangalore
- Amity Business School, Noida
- Asian Business School Noida
- BIMTECH, Greater Noida
- Woxsen University, Hyderabad
- AIMS Institutes (AIMS), Bangalor
December 18, 2025 | 03:08 PM IST
CAT 2025: Check expected score vs percentile
Candidates who appeared for the Computer-based IIM CAT 2025 on November 30 and awaiting the answer key and response sheet to calculate their probable scores can check the score vs percentile for each slot 1 by experts from the table given below.
Percentile | CAT 2025 Slot 1 (Prediction) | CAT 2025 Slot 2 (Prediction) | CAT 2025 Slot 3 (Prediction) |
99.95 | 115+ | 110+ | 112+ |
99.9 | 103–106 | 101–105 | 102–104 |
99.5 | 90–92 | 89–91 | 88–90 |
99 | 78–80 | 77–79 | 76–78 |
97 | 66–68 | 65–67 | 65–67 |
95 | 56–58 | 55–57 | 55–57 |
90 | 45–48 | 44–46 | 44–45 |
85 | 40–42 | 39–41 | 39–40 |
80 | 35–36 | 34–35 | 34–35 |
75 | 32–33 | 31–32 | 31–32 |
70 | 30–31 | 29–30 | 29–30 |
60 | 25–26 | 24–25 | 24–25 |
December 18, 2025 | 02:52 PM IST
How many days after a CAT exam result will be declared?
As per previous years trends, the Common Admission Test 2025 (CAT 2025) results are expected to be declared in the last week of December. However, the official notification says that the CAT 2025 results will be announced tentatively in the first week of January 2026. 
CAT 2025 results will be announced at iimcat.ac.in. (Representational image: Freepik)
December 18, 2025 | 02:40 PM IST
Are CAT results out in 2025?
No, the Common Admission Test 2025 (CAT 2025) results are not out yet. The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode) will declare the CAT 2025 results tentatively in the first week of January 2026, as per the official notification.
December 18, 2025 | 02:11 PM IST
How long is a CAT score valid?
A CAT score is typically valid for one year from the result declaration date and is used for admissions in the following academic year (for example, CAT 2025 scores are applicable for the 2026–28 MBA batch).
December 18, 2025 | 01:05 PM IST
CAT Result Date 2025: Last year toppers
The CAT 2025 toppers list will be released after the announcement of the IIM MBA entrance exam results. Check the last year's toppers in the CAT exam below.
CAT toppers | CAT percentile |
Aryan Ray | 99.99 |
Sanjiv Kumar | 99.99 |
Sujay Srivastava | 99.94 |
Aniruddh Singh | 99.89 |
Ritwik Raj | 99.88 |
Gourav Agrawal | 99.83 |
Sahil Gupta | 99.77 |
Shouvik Chatterjee | 99.43 |
Virtag Kothari | 99.35 |
Nilesh Shekhar | 99.22 |
Md Jamshed | 99.90 |
Amit Kumar | 99.76 |
Sankalp Karan | 97.24 |
Mayank Raj | 96.97 |
Sumit Kumar Singh | 96.05 |
Ankit Raj from Dhanbad | 95.06 |
Shwet Sneha | 93.70 |
Ayush Kumar Dubey | 92.89 |
Kunal Goel | 99.80 |
Lavya Dhawan | 99.73 |
Dhruv Mittal | 99.69 |
Mitanshi Mehra | 99.55 |
Omkar Subhasish Khuntia | 99.52 |
Anurag Yadav | 99.51 |
Akshad Bhandula | 99.47 |
Siddhartha Singh | 99.39 |
Rohan Garodia | 99.23 |
Sivanjal Gulati | 99.14 |
December 18, 2025 | 12:23 PM IST
CAT 2025 marks vs percentile
The expected scores for VARC, DILR, QA, and the overall scaled score are given below. This will help candidates understand which score range translates to which percentile.
CAT percentile | VARC scaled score | LRDI scaled score | Quants scaled score | Total scaled score |
99.99% | 60.34 | 50.77 | 48.83 | 132.79 |
99.95% | 54.60 | 43.41 | 42.84 | 118.37 |
99.90% | 53.01 | 41.47 | 39.02 | 112.48 |
99.50% | 46.48 | 33.49 | 31.22 | 94.44 |
99.00% | 42.77 | 29.71 | 27.08 | 85.85 |
98.00% | 38.42 | 26.85 | 23.9 | 76.98 |
97.00% | 36.33 | 24.22 | 21.85 | 72.45 |
95.00% | 32.52 | 21.53 | 18.96 | 65.49 |
90.00% | 26.18 | 17.26 | 14.65 | 53.81 |
85.00% | 22.12 | 13.88 | 12.58 | 46.33 |
80.00% | 19.21 | 11.63 | 10.36 | 40.87 |
75.00% | 17.04 | 10.5 | 9.41 | 36.07 |
70.00% | 14.31 | 8.25 | 7.44 | 31.37 |
65.00% | 12.98 | 6.91 | 6.36 | 27.83 |
60.00% | 11.02 | 5.95 | 5.33 | 24.86 |
55.00% | 9.94 | 4.87 | 4.35 | 22.14 |
50.00% | 8.83 | 4.12 | 3.68 | 19.77 |
December 18, 2025 | 11:16 AM IST
CAT percentile calculator
CAT aspirants can evaluate their performance using Careers360's advanced CAT score calculator and CAT percentile predictor. Can easily know your CAT 2025 percentile by entering the following CAT exam details in the CAT score calculator tool.
December 18, 2025 | 10:30 AM IST
CAT 2025 Result Date: MBA IIT cut offs for general
General category candidates seeking MBA programmes at IITs can refer to the expected CAT cut-offs below:
| IIT | MBA Cutoff |
|---|---|
IIT Kharagpur | 90 percentile |
IIT Bombay | 90 percentile |
IIT Delhi | 90 percentile |
IIT Kanpur | 85 percentile |
IIT Roorkee | 90 percentile |
IIT Dhanbad (ISM) | 80 percentile |
IIT Jodhpur | 98 percentile |
December 18, 2025 | 09:54 AM IST
CAT Result Date 2025: IIT MBA cut offs for SC, ST
Candidates who belong to SC, ST, interested in applying for MBA programmes at IITs can refer to the expected CAT cut-offs below:
| IIT | MBA cut-off |
|---|---|
IIT Kharagpur | 75 percentile |
IIT Bombay | 60 percentile |
IIT Delhi | 60 percentile |
IIT Kanpur | 75 percentile |
IIT Roorkee | 70 percentile |
IIT Dhanbad (ISM) | 60 percentile |
December 18, 2025 | 09:00 AM IST
CAT 2025 score vs percentile
The expected CAT scores vs percentile details for the MBA admission 2026 are given below.
| CAT percentile | CAT score |
|---|---|
99.9 | 122 |
99.5 | 103 |
99 | 90 |
98 | 81 |
95 | 70 |
90 | 53 |
85 | 45 |
80 | 40 |
75 | 34 |
December 18, 2025 | 08:41 AM IST
CAT 2025 Result Date: CAT cut off for MDI Gurgaon
The CAT cut-off for MDI Gurgaon generally ranges between 94 and 99 percentile. For the MBA (General) programme, candidates typically need a CAT percentile of 94 or higher, while the MBA (HRM) programme usually requires around a 92 percentile.
December 18, 2025 | 08:21 AM IST
CAT Result 2025: FMS cut off for MBA
To pursue an MBA programme at FMS Delhi, candidates typically need a CAT percentile of 98 or higher. The selection process includes a Written Ability Test (WAT) and a Personal Interview (PI).
December 18, 2025 | 07:47 AM IST
IIM CAT 2025 result date
According to the initial official announcement, the CAT 2025 exam results will be announced in the first week of January 2026. Based on last year's pattern, since the final answer key has already been released, the CAT exam results are expected to be announced soon. IIM Kozhikode is likely to publish the announcement regarding the CAT result date on its official website.
December 18, 2025 | 07:28 AM IST
How do I check my CAT result?
To access your CAT 2025 result, go to the official IIMCAT website, iimcat.ac.in and sign in using your valid user ID and Password. After logging in, click on the “Result” link to view and download your CAT scorecard, which displays your overall and sectional percentiles.
December 18, 2025 | 07:13 AM IST
Is the CAT result out?
Since the final answer key has been released, IIM Kozhikode is expected to announce the CAT 2025 results soon.
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