IIM Kozhikode Selection Criteria - CAT 2022 Cut Off At 85 Percentile

By Team InsideIIM

What does IIM Kozhikode look for while shortlisting candidates for admission? What matters more - your CAT performance or your profile? As it turns out, the latter. What's the minimum percentile you need to get in CAT 2022 to even be eligible for the admission process? Here's a simple breakdown of IIM Kozhikode's latest admission policy to help you find answers.

IIM Kozhikode's Latest Selection Criteria - Important Highlights

The minimum overall CAT 2022 cut-off is at the 85th percentile. The minimum sectional cut-off is at the 75th percentile.
General category applicants with less than 60% marks in 10th or 12th will be screened out early on in IIM K's selection process.
To shortlist candidates for WAT-PI, IIM K will assign a 55% weight to a candidate's profile (10th, 12th, work ex, diversity), and 45% weight to CAT 2022 score.
If you're a female/transgender candidate OR a non-engineer, you're eligible to get a total of 10% points for diversity.
If you have less than 6 months of work experience, you get no marks for that parameter. The same goes for work experience over 60 months.
To shortlist candidates for admission, IIM K will assign 35% weight to CAT scores, 35% weight to PI, 20% weight to WAT, and 10% to a candidate's resume.
Your resume will be evaluated based on the NIRF ranking of your college and whether you have professional qualifications and certifications.

Read IIM Kozhikode's latest admission policy on the institute's website.

A Simple Breakdown of IIM Kozhikode's Admission Process

There are three steps in IIM Kozhikode's admissions process in the 2023-2025 admissions cycle.

First, a large chunk of candidates are eliminated from the process on the basis of the minimum CAT 2022 overall and sectional cut-offs, or on the basis of their 10th and 12th marks.
Then, from the remaining candidates, IIM K will shortlist candidates for the WAT-PI round. This shortlist will be created on the basis of a weighted score that takes into account your CAT 2022 score, 10th and 12th marks, work experience, and diversity.
After the WAT-PI process, a final shortlist will be created on the basis of a weighted score that takes into account your CAT 2022 score, WAT score, PI score, and Resume score. More on this later.

Here's a closer look at this process.

Phase 1 - Screening on the basis of CAT 2022 and academic score cut-offs

To even be eligible for being shortlisted for the WAT-PI round, you need to meet IIM Kozhikode's CAT 2022 and academic cut-offs. In 2022, IIM Kozhikode has set the overall CAT 2022 cut-off at the 85th percentile, and the sectional cut-off at the 75th percentile for the General category.

Now, please remember that simply meeting the cut-offs doesn't mean you're through to the WAT-PI round. That comes later, as discussed below.

Phase 2 - Shortlisting for WAT-PI round

So, you've safely made it to the WAT-PI shortlisting phase. Now, whether or not you progress in the process depends on your CAT 2022 performance, your academic profile, your work experience, and the diversity you bring to the batch. This is more clear in the table below.

Please remember that you're entitled to a diversity score of 10% if you're a female/transgender applicant OR a non-engineer. If you're in both categories, you'll not be getting 20 extra marks.

Work experience scores will be calculated based on the table below. Your work experience will be calculated upto 31st December 2022.

The number of candidates shortlisted in this phase depends on the batch size IIM Kozhikode wants. All shortlisted candidates will now move on to the WAT-PI process.

Phase 3 - Final shortlisting

This is the final stage of the admissions process. Your selection for the PGP batch will depend on how you've done in your WAT and PI, as well as your CAT 2022 score. More interestingly, your resume will also be evaluated on a certain set of parameters.

If you're wondering how your resume will be evaluated, the table below should help.

And that's it! If you check all the boxes throughout the selection process, you'll be extended an admission offer via email in April 2023, and you'll become a part of IIM K's PGP batch of 2025!