Top MBA colleges accepting CAT 2013 scores

With the CAT (Common Admission Test) 2013 exam Results now being out, it is time to choose the best MBA colleges which plays a huge role in your career. Ideally, one wants to join the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) but not all can go to these top colleges.

But there are also so many other top colleges which accept CAT scores and are widely respected for their courses and curriculum and placements. In fact some of the colleges like XLRI are known for their Human Relation specialization which can land one a great career in the corporate world.

Various colleges across the country accept CAT scores for admission. So, after clearing your CAT you can plan for your MBA courses in these top colleges which have their own selection criteria with Group Discussion and Personal Interview and also in some cases, a Written Ability Test.

While it is not a definitive guide, here we list some of the popular MBA colleges of the country apart from the 13 IIMs which one can apply for a great career.

Institute	Course	Expected Cut-offs
K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai	PGDM	CAT: 90
Institute of Rural Management Anand, Anand	PGP in Rural Management	CAT
T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal (TAPMI)	PGDM	CAT: 80
International Management Institute (IMI), Delhi	PGDM	CAT 90
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai	PGDM	CAT: 90
Institute of Management, Nirma University	MBA	CAT: 80
Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Goa	PGDM	CAT: 90
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, IIT Chennai	MBA	CAT: 96
Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai	PGDM	CAT: 85
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)	MBA	CAT: 95.75
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Delhi/NCR	PGDM	CAT: 83.21
ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad	MBA	CAT, IBSAT: 65
Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi	PGDM (Rural Management)	CAT
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi	MBA	CAT: 84
Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai	PGDM	CAT: 80
Institute of Management Tecnology (Nagpur)	PGDM	CAT: 90
University Business School (UBS), Panjab University, Chandigarh	MBA	CAT: 88
Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal	PG Diploma (Forest Management)	CAT: 75.7
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	MBA	CAT: 83
Birla Institute of Management Technology	PGDM	CAT: 75
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) - Bangalore	MBA	CAT: 94
National Institute of Technology, Durgapur	MBA	CAT
MDI, Gurgaon	PGP	CAT: 97.5
IMT Ghaziabad	PGDM	CAT: 96
Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology, Pune	MBA (ITBM)	CAT: 70