COMMON ADMISSION TEST

 Your Gateway to Premier MBA Institutes

The Common Admission Test (CAT) is the gateway to top-tier MBA programs in India, including the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and the Indian School of Business (ISB).

The Common Admission Test (CAT) is conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Specifically, one of the IIMs is assigned the responsibility of conducting the exam each year on a rotational basis

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    LIST OF ALL IIMS

    • Ahmedabad

    • Amritsar

    • Bangalore

    • Bodh Gaya

    • Calcutta

    • Indore

    • Jammu

    • Kashipur

    • Kozhikode

    • Lucknow

    • Mumbai

    • Nagpur

    • Raipur

    • Ranchi

    • Rohtak

    • Sambalpur

    • Shillong

    • Sirmaur

    • Tiruchirappalli

    • Udaipur

    • Visakhapatnam

    ADMISSION PROCESS

     Please note that IIMs shortlist candidates for the interview stage based on their own criteria, which may be independent of each other. The process may include Writing Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI). Performance in the CAT examination is an important component in the admission process. IIMs may additionally use other factors such as the previous academic performance of the candidates, relevant work experience, gender and academic diversity and other similar inputs in shortlisting and ranking of candidates at various stages of the admission process. The processes, academic cut-offs and the weights allocated to the evaluation parameters may vary across IIMs.

    Eligibility FOR CAT

    • The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disability (PwD) categories], awarded by any University or educational institution as incorporated by an Act of Parliament or State legislature in India or declared to be deemed as an University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognised by the Ministry of Education, Government of India
    • Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. However, it may be noted that such candidates, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if they submit a certificate from the Principal/Registrar of their University/Institution (issued on or before the date as stipulated by the respective IIM) stating that they have completed all the requirements for obtaining the Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the certificate.
    • Candidates applying for CAT EXAM should fulfill any one of the following conditions: a) Completed Bachelor’s degree with the required percentage of marks*. b) Completed professional degree (CA/CS/ICWA (CMA)/Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India (FIAI)) with required percentage*. c) Should be in the final year of Bachelor’s degree with required percentage*. *SC/ST/PwD candidates should have a minimum 45%. For General, EWS and NC-OBC candidates, the minimum is 50%.
    • The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate would be calculated based on the practice as followed by the respective University/Institution. In case of grades/CGPA, the conversion to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure as certified by the respective University/Institution. If any University/Institution confirms that there is no scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA, and multiplying the result with 100.

    Marks pattern

    According to the pattern, there are three exam portions: DILR, VARC, and QA. The CAT VARC section included 24 questions and a weightage of 72 marks. The CAT DILR section comprised 22 questions and a weightage of 66 marks. The CAT Quantitative Aptitude section consisted of 22 questions and a weightage of 66 marks.

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