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Management entrance examination used by IIMs and other participating institutions for postgraduate management admissions.
Understand the exam
Who can appear
Bachelor-degree, marks and reservation conditions must be verified from the current CAT advertisement and each institute admission policy.
Eligibility to appear is not the same as eligibility to be admitted. Individual institutions add their own criteria on top of the exam's rules.
Overview
Subjects
PreparationPlan
AdmissionProcess
Who can appear. Bachelor's degree with minimum 50% marks.
How often. Once a year.
Format. Computer-based.
Conducted by. IIMs on rotation.
Dates, eligibility and the paper pattern change from year to year. Check the current official notification before you plan around any of this.
Where the score is used
Common questions
Management entrance examination used by IIMs and other participating institutions for postgraduate management admissions.
Bachelor-degree, marks and reservation conditions must be verified from the current CAT advertisement and each institute admission policy.
No. Admission also depends on the target course and institution eligibility, score or rank, counselling, documents, category rules and seat availability for the current cycle.
MBA/PGDM admission at IIMs and most leading business schools.
Bachelor's degree with minimum 50% marks. Confirm this against the current official notification, because eligibility rules are revised between sessions.
Once a year. Computer-based.
IIMs on rotation.
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