IIM Jammu vs IIM Udaipur: Two Printed Formulas, One CAT-Score Read

Two solo doors, two fully printed formulas — and both read the CAT itself. IIM Jammu shortlists off a gender-split table — General-category men at 91, women and transgender candidates at 89 — and scores its merit list 42/30/28. IIM Udaipur invites at 94 with 75 sectionals and scores 55/25/20 on the normalised CAT score — its policy spells out that the score, not the percentile, is what it reads. Both official pages were re-read today, 19 October 2026. Jammu bills Rs 22,80,756; Udaipur bills Rs 21,51,258 with hostel and mess inside every term.

The two doors, exactly as printed

	IIM Jammu (MBA 2026-28)	IIM Udaipur (MBA 2026-28)
General bar	Male 91 (72 sectionals) / female and transgender 89 (71s)	94 overall with 75/75/75 sectionals
EWS / NC-OBC	74/72 / 74/72 by the same gender split	81 / 81
SC / ST	54/52 / 32/30	66 / 42
Process shape	Own stages inside CAP 2026	Invitation-email registration after the CAT result
Batch	About 300	375 planned (16th batch)
Offer acceptance	Per the offer letter; withdrawal to 5:30 PM 21 June 2026	Rs 1,00,000 adjusted in Term-1

The bars tell two stories. Jammu’s table splits by gender — the 89 line is the lowest printed General-family door in this pair, and it applies to every female and transgender candidate. Udaipur’s 94 is a single invitation line, two points above Jammu’s male bar, behind which the formula does the work.

The formulas: two printed arithmetic reads of the same exam

Jammu’s final runs 42/30/28: CAT Score 42 — a straight 0.42 multiplied by your absolute CAT percentile — Personal Interview 30, and Profile 28, split academic profile 10, work experience 10 (peaking at 24-36 months) and gender diversity 8.

Udaipur’s final runs 55/25/20: Normalised CAT Score 55%, Personal Interview 25%, Profile 20% — and the policy carries the sentence that settles the usual confusion: the CAT Score would be used, not the CAT percentile. More than half the final rides on the exam itself; the profile block weights academics, work experience and diversity together at 20.

The bills: Rs 1.3 lakh apart, scope in Udaipur’s favour

Jammu prints Rs 22,80,756 across six terms — tuition Rs 2,39,635 a term (Rs 14,37,810 of the total), terms billing Rs 3,85,126 / 3,79,126 / 3,79,126 each year. The page was re-read today.

Udaipur prints Rs 21,51,258 across six terms — Rs 3,29,955 + 3,83,298 + 3,79,255 + 3,56,250 + 3,51,250 + 3,51,250 — with hostel (Rs 25,000-26,250 a term) and mess (Rs 24,255-28,298 a term) inside every term: a residential total, not a tuition headline. The Rs 20,000 caution sits refundable in Term-1, the Rs 5,000 alumni fee in Term-6, and the page prints an assistance line for annual household income below Rs 6,00,000. On print, Udaipur is Rs 1,29,498 lighter — and the gap widens once Jammu’s boarding is priced separately.

The quota question, answered from print

Neither institute prints any management, institutional or discretionary route — no IIM does. Jammu admits through CAP 2026 and its own stages; Udaipur runs its own invitation process after the CAT result — both off the CAT under the Government of India reservation framework. An agent quoting a priced seat at either campus is selling the thing those sentences name.

Who should pick which

• Pick Jammu if you are a female or transgender candidate in the 89-93 band — the split table is the only printed door of the two — or your work experience sits at 24-36 months, where Jammu’s 10-mark block pays it directly.
• Pick Udaipur if your CAT clears 94, you want the exam to carry more than half your final, or the residential Rs 21,51,258 — lighter than Jammu’s print with hostel and mess already inside — suits the family budget. The under-Rs-6,00,000 assistance line is printed if the income test fits.
• Either way — Jammu’s route runs through CAP 2026 and its email link; Udaipur’s through its invitation email after the CAT result. The institutes’ own pages carry the operative dates; no third party does.