Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Score: There are more than 100 MBA Colleges which accept CAT Score for their admission process for full time MBA programmes. IIMs are the foremost among the MBA colleges accepting CAT scores. There are 20 IIMs at present and all the IIMs accept only CAT scores for admission. There are many other highly ranked and internationally accredited MBA colleges in India which accept CAT score. These institutes will consider CAT performance as the basic criteria followed by academic excellence and work experience as the key parameters for their PGDM admissions.
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Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Score
| College | City | Expected General Cutoff |
| Indian Institute of Management (IIM-A) | Ahmedabad | 99.6 (sectionals considered) |
| Indian Institute of Management (IIM-B) | Bangalore | 99.6 (sectionals considered) |
| Indian Institute of Management (IIM-C) | Calcutta | 99.6 (sectionals considered) |
| Indian Institute of Management (IIM-L) | Lucknow | 99.4 (sectionals considered) |
| Indian Institute of Management (IIM-I) | Indore | 98.2 (sectionals considered) |
| Indian Institute of Management (IIM-K) | Kozhikode | 98.6 (sectionals considered) |
| Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) | Delhi | 98.2 (High weightage for VA Section) |
| National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) | Mumbai | 97 (PGDIM) 88 (PGDISEM) – Sectionals around 90 should be good for PGDIM and 85 for PGDISEM |
| Management Development Institute (MDI) | Gurgaon | 95 overall – 78+ Sectionals should be good |
| Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) | Mumbai | 97 overall |
| Indian Institutes of Technology – Bombay | Bombay | 98.5 overall |
| Indian Institutes of Technology – Delhi | Delhi | 96 overall |
| Indian Institutes of Technology – Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 95 overall |
| Indian Institutes of Technology – Kanpur | Kanpur | 95 overall |
| Indian Institutes of Technology – Roorkee | Roorkee | 95 overall |
| Indian Institutes of Technology – Madras | Madras | 95 overall |
| New IIMs – PGP/ PGDM | Kashipur, Raipur, Rohtak, Trichy, Udaipur | 94 overall with 80 sectionals |
| Indian Institute of Management (IIM Ranchi – HRM) | Ranchi | 92 overall |
| S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) | Mumbai | 96 overall + Profile |
| Institute of Management Technology (IMT) | Ghaziabad | 93 overall |
| International Management Institute (IMI Delhi – PGDM) | Delhi | 92 overall |
| International Management Institute (IMI DELHI – HRM) | Delhi | 87 overall |
| Institute of Management Technology (IMT Nagpur) | Nagpur | 88 overall |
| Institute of Management Technology (IMT Hyderabad) | Hyderabad | 85 overall |
| Xavier Institute of Management (XIM Bhubaneswar) | Bhubaneswar | 92 overall |
| Goa Institute of Management (GIM) | Goa | 90 overall |
| KJ Somaiya Mumbai – PGDM | Mumbai | 92 overall |
| KJ Somaiya Mumbai – IB | Mumbai | 86 overall |
| Great Lakes Institute of Management | Chennai | 90 overall |
| T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI Manipal) | Karnataka | 85 overall |
| MHRM IIT Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 88 overall |
| Welingkar Mumbai | Mumbai | 75 overall |
| Loyola Chennai | Chennai | 85 overall |
| Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) | Chennai | 85 overall |
| University Business School (USB) | Chandigarh | 87 overall |
| NIRMA University | Ahmedabad | 82 overall |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM) | Delhi | 82 overall |
| Department of Business Economics (DU) | Delhi | 85 overall |
| Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM) | Trichy | 85 overall |
| Vanguard Business School | Bangalore | 70 overall |
| IFIM Business School | Bangalore | 50 overall |
| Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) | Pilani | 80 overall |
| Delhi School of Management | Delhi | 80 overall |
| BIMTECH | Noida | 82 overall |
| Christ University | Bangalore | 70 overall |
| Alliance University | Bangalore | 70 overall |
| National Institute of Technology Surathkal | Karnataka | 80 overall |
| Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship (XIME) | Bangalore | 60 overall |
| National Institute of Technology Trichy | Trichy | 80 overall |
| Balaji Institute Of Modern Management (BIMM) | Pune | 60 overall |
| Amity University | Noida/Gurugram | 75 overall |
| Jaipuria National University | Lucknow/ Noida | 70 overall |
| New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM) | Delhi | 70 overall |
| SDMIMD | Mysore | 60 overall |
| Indian School of Business Management (ISBM) | Pune | 60 overall |
| MISB Bocconi | Mumbai | 70 overall |
| MIT Pune | Pune | 70 overall |
| IILM Noida | Noida | 70 overall |
| EMPI Business School | Delhi | 50 overall |
| AIMS Institutes | Bangalore | 60 overall |
| Fortune Institute of International Business (FIIB) | Delhi | 65 overall |
| Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE) | Hyderabad | 65 overall |
| Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) | Vellore | 70 overall |
| MYRA School of Business | Mysore | 70 overall |
| Indus Business School | Bangalore | 65 overall |
| Fore School of Management – Flagship | Delhi | 90 overall |
| Fore School of Management – HR | Delhi | 85 overall |
All these MBA colleges in India accept CAT 2019 scores for MBA admission 2020. Although a few highly ranked MBA colleges also accept other exam scores like XAT, the scores of CAT 2019 is the gateway to top MBA colleges in India. It must be noted that the MBA colleges accepting CAT exam scores are not only the 20 IIMs but also includes the top MBA colleges in India as shared above and hundreds of others.
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