JAP 2026

JAP 2026 Registration Policy Overview

• Participating IIMs: 
  
  1.  IIM Raipur (coordinator)
  2. IIM Kashipur
  3. IIM Ranchi
  4. IIM Tiruchirappalli
   
• Eligibility: Candidates must have appeared for CAT 2025 and achieved the cutoff set by JAP 2026.
• Step 1 – Online Registration:
  • Candidates receive an invitation email from the JAP 2026 Admission Office.
  • They must register online within the given time window.
  • Registration is mandatory and serves as a pre-interview requirement, not an interview call.
• Step 2 – Personal Interview (PI):
  • Only candidates who complete registration are considered for PI shortlisting.
  • Missing registration = automatic disqualification.
• Launch Date: JAP 2026 was introduced in September 2025 as a new admission route.

Shortlisting Criteria :

The minimum cut-offs of CAT percentile required in each section and overall percentile for shortlisting candidates for JAP 2026 personal interview are given below:

Shortlisting of candidates for the PI for JAP 2026

All candidates who have completed online registration  after receiving the email invitation from JAP 2026. A shortlist of candidates in each category (GEN, EWS, NC-OBC, SC, ST, PwD) will be prepared based on the CAT 2025 scores for participation in the Personal Interview (PI) process. The cutoff percentiles for different categories will be decided  later and will be published on the JAP 2026 portal.

Candidates will be informed of the date, time, and venue of the PI through email. They can also view this information by logging into the JAP 2026 portal using their respective login ID and password.

Work Experience Score
Work experience scores will be awarded based on the length of service as of December 31, 2025. 
Only full-time, remunerative work experience - calculated in complete months after the date of  declaration of the candidate’s Graduation/CA/ICWA (CMA)/CS results - will be considered. 
Candidates must ensure that the work experience they claim is authentic and professionally significant to merit credit.

What will be considered as work experience?
Only full-time remunerative work experience supported by Income Tax Deduction at Source, Provident Fund deduction, or Professional Tax (wherever applicable) will be considered as valid full-time work experience

What will NOT be considered as work experience?

Pre-graduation/Part-time/Project/Internship/Articleship
Pre-CA/ICWA(CMA)/CS
Fellowship/Unpaid work in any organization or institute
Salary received in cash or through UPI (Pay TM, Google Pay, etc.)
Work done in a partnership firm/sole proprietorship as an Owner or as a part of Family Enterprise

Important:

Originals of all certificates (academic/reservation/work experience/professional) must be produced for verification on the day of PI. If a candidate fails to produce any relevant original 
certificates mentioned he/she will be disqualified from attending the PI processes.

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CAP 2026

Criteria for Shortlisting to PI Process, and Conduction of PI for CAP 2026

The 3 IIMs (IIM Bodhgaya, IIM Jammu and IIM Sirmaur) have decided to adopt a common admission process (CAP 2026 process) of PI through Offline Mode and to be coordinated this year by The performance of the candidate in PI of CAP 2026 would be considered for preparing the merit list.
There will be cut-off percentile, in the three sections and the total CAT percentile, for shortlisting to PI process through CAP. The cutoff for CAP 2026 is provided below for reference only. However, the cutoff for CAP 2026 will be finalized after the CAT 2025 result.

List of IIMs Participating in CAP 2026

The CAP round is organized for the IIMs which started operation in 2010-11 and for the new generation IIMs that started operating in 2015-16.  It is the final selection round comprising common PI and WAT process for following  IIMs which are participating in CAP 2026:

1. IIM Bodh Gaya
2. IIM Jammu
3. IIM Sirmaur

The minimum cut-offs of CAT percentile required in each section and overall percentile for shortlisting candidates for CAP 2026 personal interview are given below:
 

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Last Year

CAP 2025

CAP 2025 is a single point selection process and is common for all the participating IIMs.
Candidates are not required to separately appear in PI-WAT for each of the participating IIMs as the scores of CAP are applicable for all the participating IIMs.

Final admission offer to the candidates is released by the new IIMs based on the performance in CAP round, CAT score, Academic Profile, diversity, work experience among other parameters.
CAP is conducted in prominent cities of India. 

List of IIMs Participating in CAP 2025

The CAP round is organized for the IIMs which started operation in 2010-11 and for the new generation IIMs that started operating in 2015-16.  It is the final selection round comprising common PI and WAT process for following 8 IIMs which are participating in CAP 2025:

1. IIM Udaipur
2. IIM Tiruchirappalli
3. IIM Kashipur
4. IIM Nagpur
5. IIM Ranchi
6. IIM Bodh Gaya
7. IIM Jammu
8. IIM Sirmaur

IIM CAP 2025
Shortlisting Criteria :

The minimum cut-offs of CAT percentile required in each section and overall percentile for shortlisting candidates for CAP 2025 personal interview are given below:
 

Link to login:  https://cap2025.iimbg.ac.in/login

The CAP 2025 is a joint initiative of eight IIMs to conduct PI and WAT for MBA 2025-27 batch.

However, PI and WAT scores of CAP-2025 may be used for other specialized MBA program.

The processes, academic cut-offs, and the weights allocated to the evaluation parameters

may vary across IIMs. For more information, refer to the admission policies of individual IIMs

on their respective websites.
 

The admission policy, merit list finalization, and subsequent admission offers are independent

at all eight IIMs. Based on the candidate’s position in the merit rank and other admission criteria, the provisional admission offer will be shared by respective IIMs.

Common Admission Process (CAP) 2025 Overview

Participating IIMs: IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Jammu, IIM Kashipur, IIM Nagpur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Tiruchirappalli, and IIM Udaipur.

Registration  Start date: January 14, 2025

Application Deadline: January 23, 2025. at 5 P.M.

PI/WAT Dates: February 17 to March 15, 2025.

Slot selection for PI/WAT: January 27 to 30, 2025 ( this date is extended now will start on 30th January( 2 P.M.)

Merit List Release: May 2025.

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CAP 2024

CAP 2024 is a single point selection process and is common for all the participating IIMs.
Candidates are not required to separately appear in PI-WAT for each of the participating IIMs as the scores of CAP are applicable for all the participating IIMs.
Final admission offer to the candidates is released by the new IIMs based on the performance in CAP round, CAT score, Academic Profile, diversity, work experience among other parameters.
CAP is conducted in prominent cities of India but for admission 2024, it will be conducted online and the candidates can appear in CAP round from their home.

List of IIMs Participating in CAP 2024

The CAP round is organized for the IIMs which started operation in 2010-11 and for the new generation IIMs that started operating in 2015-16.  It is the final selection round comprising common PI process for following 10 IIMs which are participating in CAP 2024:

IIM Udaipur
IIM Tiruchirappalli
IIM Kashipur
IIM Nagpur
IIM Raipur
IIM Ranchi
IIM Bodh Gaya
IIM Jammu
IIM Sambalpur
IIM Sirmaur

Important:

1. Two Admission Chances for CAP Participating Baby IIMs

The two –IIM Bodh Gaya and IIM Jammu have announced different shortlisting criteria for CAP and for their own selection round. Higher cut offs are announced for the CAP round and lower cut offs are announced for their own selection process after CAP is over. These IIMs have clarified that the Candidates who do not receive call for CAP 2024 will receive separate communication from these IIMs based on their respective shortlist criteria given in their admission policy.

2. Other 3 IIMs Shortlists

IIM Rohtak, IIM Amritsar, IIM Visakhapatnam are not participating in IIM Common Admission Process (CAP) 2024 and are releasing the shortlists independently. 

IIM Rohtak which, earlier used to participate in CAP round, is not participating in new IIM CAP 2024 and is independently conducting its admission process online and has asked the candidates to register and apply for admission again.
 

Baby IIMs Shortlist based on Two Different Cut offs

All the 7 Baby IIMs, whether they are participating in CAP 2024 or are conducting independent PI round will ask the candidates to apply and reconfirm their interest for admission in them by the stipulated date before considering their candidature for final admission. The release dates for all the newest IIMs shortlist 2024 are from March to April.

CAP 2024: Key Changes & Highlights

CAP 2024 will be conducted by IIM Kashipur from February 2024 onwards

The Written Ability Test (WAT) Process is excluded from the CAP 2024 Process

The PI round in CAP 2024 will  be conducted through online mode

Exact date for PI will be communicated by the IIM Kashipur on behalf of all participating IIMs

On the basis of scores obtained in CAP round alongwith their other individual admission components, Each CAP participating IIM will prepare the merit list to make final admission offer to the candidates after the CAP round is over

IIM CAP 2024 Shortlisting Criteria
The minimum cut-offs of CAT percentile required in each section and overall percentile for shortlisting candidates for CAP 2024 personal interview are given below:
 

 Last year IIM CAP 2023 Shortlisting Criteria was :
The minimum cut-offs of CAT percentile required in each section and overall percentile for shortlisting candidates for CAP 2023 personal interview are given below:
 

How to Check Shortlist Status & Register for CAP 2024
You can check your CAP shortlist status at  CAP website 
https://cap2024.iimkashipurportal.org/login
You need to login with your CAT 2023 registration ID and password.

For the MBA/PGDM admission process in 2024-26 through the Common Admission Process (CAP), the following rules apply:

Shortlisting Process:

Individual IIMs will not create their shortlists based on CAP cut-offs.

A unified shortlist will be prepared by the CAP coordinating IIM, and the shortlisting criteria will be consistent for all participating IIMs.

Admission Process:

Candidates from the combined shortlist will undergo the New IIMs Common Admission Process, involving Common Personal Interview (PI).

Written Ability Test (WAT) may not be conducted for the admission process in 2024.

Change of CAP Centre:

Requests for changing CAP centers for the year 2024 should be submitted to the admission cell/e-mail ID of the CAP coordinating IIM by the specified deadline (likely in the last week of January or first week of February 2024).

The acceptance of these requests is solely at the discretion of the CAP conducting IIM, and communication regarding the changes will be conveyed to the candidates.

Merit List Compilation:

Each IIM will consider the PI score of the shortlisted candidates and incorporate it with other scores, including CAT 2023 Score, Profile score, and any additional score, to formulate their individual merit lists.

Only the Personal Interview will be conducted jointly for the new IIMs.

Final Merit List:

The final merit list for each IIM will be determined according to its unique selection criteria, which will be available on the respective institutes' websites.

Compulsory Attendance:

Candidates are informed that attending the CAP 2024 process is mandatory for all those who are shortlisted.

These guidelines outline the key aspects of the CAP 2024 admission process, emphasizing the commonality in shortlisting criteria and the individualized approach each IIM will take in forming its final merit list.