This page explains the 2025 cutoff for IIM Trichy, previous trends, round-wise cutoff, category-wise cutoffs (General, OBC, EWS, SC, ST, PwD), sectional cutoffs (VARC, DILR, QA) the reservation policy, seat distribution and key determining factors of the cutoff.

IIM Trichy Cutoff 2025 refers to the minimum CAT percentile a candidate needs to obtain for selection into the WAT/PI round. Getting this cutoff is essential but not adequate for admission, as a lot of factors come into play after CAT. These cut-offs reflect the competition that the institute faces and where aspirants need to reach in terms of CAT performance.

 Factors Affecting IIM Trichy Cut-Off–

1. Number of Applicants: Since more and more CAT aspirants are arriving to Trichy, the cutoffs also get high.

2. CAT Difficulty Level If the CAT is easy, more students score higher percentiles → cutoffs go up and reverse if the CAT is difficult.

3. Seat intake is constant – the more of considerable measure of applications, the more competition & the higher the cut-off.

4. Effect of reservation: Different category-wise cut-offs; SC/ST/OBC/EWS were offered their reserved seats.

 Importance of IIM Trichy Admission Cutoff 

• Shortlisting via CAT score: The cut-off determines who all get the call for WAT/PI; beyond that cut-off, every candidate is through to the subsequent rounds.

• CAT Prep by IIM Alumni: It gives aspirants a fair percentile target (overall and section-wise) to hit in CAT.

• Profile Strategy: Makes the candidate aware of how important their CAT score would be. Along with PI, academics, work experience and diversity.

• Competition Insight: Shows how competitive IIM Trichy is — if cutoffs are high, aspirants need stronger CAT performance or profiles.

• Reservation Awareness:  By knowing the Category-wise cut-off, you will get awareness about the thresholds for admission into IIM Trichy under General category, OBC, SC and ST categories, i.e., whether it is higher or lower than your actual CAT percentile

IIM Tiruchirappalli Category-wise CAT Cutoff for MBA 2025 Batch

Here we are providing the category-wise shortlisting of IIM Trichy cutoffs (overall + section-wise) 

IIM Tiruchirappalli Sectional Cutoffs for MBA 2025 Batch

Breaking down the sectional (CAT) cutoffs for IIM Trichy 2024 across categories–

Expected IIM Trichy cutoffs for 2025, based on past year trends, are listed below–

• Expected General Cutoff – 94–95 percentile overall; sectional 73–75 in each section.

•  EWS Expected Cutoff – 77–81 percentile overall; 50–55 percentile in VARC, DILR and QA. ANTICIPATED NC-OBC CUTOFF – 77–81 GENERAL; sectionals 52.