CAT Result 2025; Percentile, 100 Percentile List

CAT 2025 result is declared by IIM Kozhikode at iimcat.ac.in. It confirms scaled scores and percentiles for the 2.58 lakh candidates who sat for CAT on 30 November 2025. IIM Kozhikode released it on 24 December 2025, earlier than the 6 PM slot originally announced a day before. Twelve candidates scored a perfect 100 percentile this cycle, nine of them with an engineering background.

CAT Result 2025 Highlights

CAT 2025 result carries a few numbers every candidate checks first. The table below lines them up before the sections that follow go into each in more depth.

CAT Result 2025 Declaration Date and Timeline

CAT 2025 result arrived 24 days after the exam itself. IIM Kozhikode had announced the evening before that the result would go live at 6 PM, then released it earlier than that.

How to Check CAT Result 2025

CAT 2025 result sits behind a login, not a public roll-number page. A candidate needs their own credentials ready before checking it.

• Visit the official website, iimcat.ac.in.
• Open the candidate login section on the homepage.
• Enter CAT User ID and password.
• Select the result or scorecard link inside the dashboard.
• The scorecard loads on the screen.
• Download it and keep a printed copy for the selection rounds ahead.

This same login was used earlier for the admit card and the answer key, so no fresh registration is needed to view the result.

CAT Result 2025 Scorecard, What It Shows

CAT 2025 scorecard carries more than a single number. Each field on it feeds directly into how an IIM shortlists a candidate.

CAT Result 2025 Percentile and Scaled Score Explained

CAT 2025 never reports the plain number of marks a candidate scored out of the total. A scaled score and a percentile stand in for it instead, and most first-time candidates find this the hardest part of the scorecard to read.

CAT Result 2025 100 Percentile List

CAT 2025 produced twelve candidates with a perfect 100 percentile score, a small enough group that each one gets tracked individually every year. Reported figures put nine of the twelve from an engineering background, with Delhi home to more 100 percentile scorers than any other state.

• A 100 percentile score does not mean every question was answered correctly, only that no other candidate scored higher on the scaled score for that session.
• A 100 percentile scorer still goes through the same WAT and PI rounds as every other shortlisted candidate.

CAT Result 2025 Normalisation Across Sessions

CAT 2025 ran in 3 sessions on the same day, each with its own test form. A score from one session cannot be compared directly against a score from another without adjusting for that difference first.

• Every candidate's raw score is converted to a scaled score specific to their own session.
• The conversion accounts for how difficult that particular session's questions were compared to the other two.
• Percentile is worked out only after this scaling, which is why two candidates with the same raw score in different sessions can land on different percentiles.

CAT Result 2025 Cutoff

CAT 2025 cutoff is not one number that applies everywhere. Each IIM sets its own combined and sectional cutoff percentile, and these change by category and programme too. A dedicated CAT cutoff page carries the full IIM wise figures. This page only confirms that clearing a personal percentile is a separate matter from clearing a specific IIM's cutoff.

Can CAT Result 2025 Be Challenged

CAT 2025 treats the scorecard as final from the moment it is released. IIM Kozhikode does not run a request process for a second look at a declared score.

• No revaluation or recounting of CAT 2025 marks is available once the result is out.
• The scaled score and percentile shown on the scorecard cannot be revised later.
• A factual error, such as a wrong name or category on the scorecard, should be raised with IIM Kozhikode directly rather than treated as a score dispute.

CAT Result 2025 Selection Process, WAT and PI

CAT 2025 percentile is only the first filter in a longer selection process. Clearing an IIM's cutoff opens the door to further rounds, not a seat by itself.

• Candidates above an IIM's cutoff percentile receive a shortlist call from that specific institute.
• Most IIMs run a Written Ability Test alongside the interview round.
• A Personal Interview follows, sometimes paired with a Group Discussion depending on the IIM.
• Final selection blends CAT percentile with academic record, work experience and WAT-PI performance into one composite score.

CAT Result 2025 Important Points

A handful of extra details from this cycle are easy to miss but matter once the scorecard is in hand.

• CAT 2025 scorecard is not sent by post or email; every candidate must log in and download it.
• Shortlisting calls come directly from each IIM, not from a single combined counselling process.
• Keep a printed copy of the scorecard ready, since most WAT-PI rounds ask for it at reporting.
• A candidate who does not clear any IIM's cutoff can still apply CAT 2025 percentile to non-IIM B-schools that accept the score.

Who Declares CAT Result 2025 Each Year

CAT 2025 result comes from IIM Kozhikode this cycle, but that is not a fixed arrangement. A different IIM takes charge of the entire exam, including the result, on a rotating basis year to year. The declaring institute changes even though the exam itself stays one common test.

CAT Result Declaration Trend, 2024 vs 2025

CAT 2025's gap between exam day and result lines up closely with the cycle before it. The table below sets both cycles side by side.

CAT Result 2025, Scorecard and Merit List, What Sets Them Apart

Candidates often use these three words as if they mean one single thing for CAT 2025. Each actually refers to something distinct in the process.

CAT Result 2025 Candidate Numbers

CAT 2025 drew fewer candidates than the cycle before it, a shift worth knowing before comparing this year's percentile to an earlier one.

CAT 2025 result stage is now complete, with scaled scores, percentiles and the 100 percentile list all confirmed. The next real decision point for most candidates is each IIM's own cutoff and shortlist call, not anything left to check on the scorecard itself.

CAT Result 2025 FAQs

Ques: Does CAT 2025 scorecard show an All India Rank the way some other exams do?

Ques: Can a candidate check CAT 2025 result using only their registration number, without the password?

Ques: If a candidate's CAT 2025 percentile is below every IIM's cutoff, is the scorecard still useful anywhere?

Ques: Does a 100 percentile in CAT 2025 guarantee a seat at an IIM?

Ques: Why do two candidates with the same raw marks end up with different CAT 2025 percentiles?