Contents
- 1 Common Admission Test (CAT)
- 1.1 Important Dates
- 1.2 Important Downloads and Official Links
- 1.3 Post Graduate Programmes in Management
- 1.4 Fellow Programmes in Management (FPM) Offering Institutes
- 1.5 Eligibility Criteria
- 1.6 Reservation
- 1.7 Application Process
- 1.8 Registration Fee
- 1.9 Selection Process
- 1.10 Exam Pattern
- 1.11 Test Centers
- 1.12 Score
- 1.13 CAT Exam centers
- 1.14 CAT Score Card
- 1.15 CAT – An Overview
- 1.16 Contact Details
- 2 FAQs
CAT 2024 will be conducted on 24 November 2024 by IIM Calcutta. Its application form has released. The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a National level MBA entrance exam. Full Form of CAT is The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2024 in three sessions at around 300 test centres spread across about 154 cities in India.
CAT (Common Admission Test) is the premier all India level management entrance exam conducted by IIMs (Indian Institute of Management). CAT Entrance exam shortlist applicants for admission in 19 IIM’s located at Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bodh Gaya, Calcutta, Indore, Kashipur, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Nagpur, Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Sambalpur, Shillong, Sirmaur, Tiruchirappalli, Udaipur and Visakhapatnam. Common Admission Test (CAT) is one of the competitive entrance examinations for pursuing postgraduate programmes in Business Administration.
CAT 2024 application form is now available till 20 September 2024. Get the link to apply online here.
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Common Admission Test (CAT)
CAT is the largest MBA entrance test conducted annually in India. The CAT score is also accepted by many Non – IIM institutes for the admission. CAT is a computer based test held in India. The test scores a candidate on the basis of Quantitative Ability (QA),Verbal Ability (VA) and Reading Comprehension (RC), Data Interpretation (DI) and Logical Reasoning (LR). The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) started this exam. It is the gateway for admission to 19 Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) and various B-schools located across the country. This national level examination is conducted by the IIMs on the rotation basis.
Important Dates
| Exam Event | Event Date |
|---|---|
| Release of application form or Start of registration | 01 Aug 2024 |
| Last date to apply | 13 Sep 2024 |
| Issuance of CAT admit card 2024 | 05 Nov – 24 Nov 2024 |
| CAT 2024 exam date | 24 Nov 2024 |
| Release of answer key | As per IIM Calcutta |
| Announcement of CAT result 2024 | 2nd week of Jan 2025 |
Important Downloads and Official Links
- Advertisement
- Percentile Score Calculation
- Selection Process of IIMs
- Eligibility
- Media Release
- Scoring and Equating Process
- Registration Guide
Post Graduate Programmes in Management
| Institutes | Programmes |
|---|---|
| IIM Ahmedabad | PGP and PGP-FABM |
| IIM Amritsar | PGP |
| IIM Bangalore | PGP, PGPEM and PGPPM |
| IIM Bodh Gaya | PGP |
| IIM Calcutta | PGP-PGDM |
| IIM Indore | PGP and EPGP |
| IIM Kashipur | PGP and EPGPM |
| IIM Kozhikode | PGP |
| IIM Lucknow | PGP, PGP-ABM and PGPSM |
| IIM Nagpur | PGP |
| IIM Raipur | PGP and PGPWE |
| IIM Ranchi | PGDM and PGDHRM |
| IIM Rohtak | PGP and EPGP |
| IIM Sambalpur | PGP |
| RGIIM Shillong | PGP and PGPEX |
| IIM Sirmaur | PGP |
| IIM Tiruchirappalli | PGP and PGPBM |
| IIM Udaipur | PGP |
| IIM Visakhapatnam | PGP |
Fellow Programmes in Management (FPM) Offering Institutes
| IIM Ahmedabad | IIM Bangalore | IIM Calcutta |
| IIM Indore | IIM Kashipur | IIM Kozhikode |
| IIM Lucknow | IIM Raipur | IIM Ranchi |
| IIM Rohtak | RGIIM Shillong | IIM Tiruchirappalli |
| IIM Udaipur | IIM Kashipur | IIM Raipur |
Eligibility Criteria
Candidates who passed a 3-year bachelor’s degree from any stream from a UGC-recognized degree are eligible to apply for CAT 2024. A detailed eligibility criteria is given below:
- Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree in any stream from a recognized institution/ university.
- Candidate should secure 50% marks in aggregate (45% for SC/ST/Pwd categories) in the qualifying exam
- Candidates who have done CA/CS/ICWA and have scored the required percentage can also appear for CAT 2024
- Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification exam and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply
- Bachelor’s degree must be of minimum 3 years
- No upper or lower age limit
Reservation
- As per the legal requirements, 15% of the seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates, 7.5% for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates, 27% for Other Backward Classes candidates belonging to the “Non-Creamy” layer (NC-OBC), up to 10% for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) candidates and 5% for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwD).
Application Process
- Candidates can register for Common Admission Test (CAT) through online mode only
- CAT application forms at iimcat.ac.in 2024
- Indian Institute of Management (IIM) will release the CAT 2024 application forms.
- CAT 2024 application forms release at iimcat.ac.in.
- The CAT registration involves three simple steps:
- Step-1: Registration
- Step-2: Fill Application Form and Upload Images of required documents, photograph, signature etc.
- Step-3: Make Payment
- The details will be available in the registration guide on the website www.iimcat.ac.in.
Registration Fee
- For SC/ST/PWD Category Candidates: Rs. 1150/-
- For Other Category Candidates: Rs. 2300/-
- Mode of Payment : Online through using Debit Card / Credit Card / Net Banking
Selection Process
- Every B-school along with IIMs has its own selection criteria and cut-off list
- The first stage for selection includes admission test, academic performance & relevant work experience,
- On the basis of candidate’s performance in the admission test, academic performance & relevant work experience, the candidates will be shortlisted for the second stage of selection process
- The second stage of selection includes – Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussions (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI).
- Written Test- Candidate has to write on one or more topics a brief essay in the time duration of 15-45 minutes.
- Group Discussion– A round is held where 8-10 candidates are given a particular topic and they have to discuss on it. This is to check the candidate’s group dynamics.
- Personal Interview– In this round candidate has to present himself/herself before the panel of 4-8 interviewers. This is a final round and is held to check the candidate’s educational qualification, hobbies, interests and work experience
- Students will be selected for admission on the basis of Entrance test, WAT, GD and PI.
Exam Pattern
- CAT is a computer- based objective type test with a mix of multiple choice of questions (MCQs) as well as some non-MCQs
- The CAT 2024 will comprise of three sections, i.e. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning & Quantitative Ability
- The exam duration will be 180 minutes (3 hours) – 60 minutes will be given for each section.
- Total Number of Questions: 100
- Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension: 34 questions
- Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning: 32 questions
- Quantitative Ability: 34 questions
- Marking Scheme
- +3 for right answer
- -1 for wrong answer
- No negative marking for non-MSQs
Test Centers
- CAT will be conducted in centers spread across around 150 test cities. Test cities will be mentioned in the CAT website and the name of the test centre will be indicated in the Admit Card.
- IIMs reserve the right to change or cancel any test centre/city and/or change the test time and date at their discretion.
Score
- Candidates’ CAT 2024 scorecards will be made accessible on the CAT website.
- Candidates may also be intimated individually by SMS.
- The CAT results are likely to be declared by the First week of January 2025.
- Thereafter, no queries related to the issuance of CAT 2024 scorecards will be entertained.
CAT Exam centers
| State/Union Territories | Exam Cities for CAT |
|---|---|
| West Bengal | Asansol, Burdwan, Bishnupur,Durgapur, Howrah, Kalyani, Hooghly,Kolkata, Siliguri |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Roorkee |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Allahabad, Bareilly, Greater Noida, Kanpur, Mathura, Meerut, Lucknow, Varanasi |
| Telangana | Hyderabad, Karim Nagar, Khammam |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelvelli, Coimbatore, Madurai, Namakkal |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur |
| Punjab | Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Ropar, Sangrur |
| Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Odisha | Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Maharashtra | Ahmednagar, Amravati, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Ratnagiri, Satara, Solapur, Thane |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar |
| Kerala | Kasaragod, Kochi, Kollam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thrissur, Trivandrum |
| Karnataka | Kolar, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Ramnagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Belgaum, Bengaluru, Bidar, Chikballapur, Davanagere, Hasan |
| Jharkhand | Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu |
| Himachal Pradesh | Simla |
| Haryana | Gurgaon, Palwal, Panipath, Rohtak, Sonipath, Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Faridabad |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
| Goa | Madgaon, Verna |
| Delhi | New Delhi |
| Chattisgarh | Raipur, Bhillai |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Bihar | Aurangabad, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea |
| Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
| Andhra Pradesh | Chittoor, Kurnool, Nellore, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
CAT Score Card
Scorecard of candidates will be available at the official website of CAT: www.iimcat.ac.in and candidates will be made aware regarding the same. The Scorecard will be possibly available at its official website in the month of January 2025.
For more details and to apply online, please visit the official website
CAT – An Overview
| Aspects | Details |
|---|---|
| Name of Exam | CAT |
| CAT Full Form | Common Admission Test |
| More Exams Of This Type | MBA Entrance Exams |
| Scale Of This Exam | National Level |
| State or Region For Which This Exam Is Most Relevant | India (note – this does not indicate domicile requirement. it only refers to states or regions where score accepting colleges are situated) |
| Organization That Holds This Exam | IIM Calcutta |
| IIM Lucknow Full Form | Indian Institute of Management Calcutta |
| Official Website | iimcat.ac.in |
| Programs or Courses Where Admission Is Through This Test | MBA, PGDM |
| Colleges or Universities Where Admission Is Through This Test | IIMs, and other B-Schools, MBA colleges in India accepting CAT scores |
| List of IIMs | Indian Institutes of Management Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bodh Gaya, Calcutta, Indore, Jammu, Kashipur, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Nagpur, Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Sambalpur, Shillong, Sirmaur, Tiruchirappalli, Udaipur, Visakhapatnam |
| Minimum Educational Qualification | Bachelor’s Degree |
| Mode of Exam | Computer Based Test |
| Exam Duration | 120 minutes |
| Subjects in Question Paper | Section I: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Section II: Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning Section III: Quantitative Ability |
Contact Details
CAT Centre
C/o. Admissions Office,
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore,
Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru – 560 076, Karnataka, India.
Phone.: +91-080-26993388 / 3017 / 3013
FAQs
The official website of IIM CAT is iimcat.ac.in. As per the latest update, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow will conduct the CAT entrance exam for MBA admission this year. Eligible candidates will be able to apply at iimcat.ac.in.
Candidates who score more than the 95 percentile can get a call from most of the IIMs for the WAT and PI rounds. To get a call from top IIMs like IIM Ahmedabad, and IIM Bengaluru, students need to score more than 99%. The expected cutoff will be released by the coaching institutes soon after the conclusion of the CAT exam for MBA. Also read; PGP fees, and seats in IIMs
Currently, everyone across the country has been vaccinated against COVID-19. Therefore, the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow is likely to remove the mandatory submission of vaccination status. Also, the conducting body is expected to reduce the CAT exam centers as the exam authorities did earlier. In 2017, IIM Lucknow conducted the CAT exam in around 140 exam