Common Admission Test (CAT)

CAT (Common Admission Test) is conducted by IIMs (Indian Institute Of Managements) for its admission to Post Graduate (P.G) Programmes and Fellow Programmes. Candidates aspiring to get admission to the Indian Institutes of Managements need to appear for the Common Admission Test. Apart from the IIM's, various other Management Institutes use the CAT score for short listing the candidates. CAT is conducted once in a year usually in the month of October-November.

Programmes

Post Graduate Programmes in Management (PGP)

• IIM Ahmedabad PGP and PGP-ABM
• IIM Bangalore PGP, PGSEM and PGPPM
• IIM Calcutta PGP-PGDM and PGP-PGDCM
• IIM Indore PGP and EPGP
• IIM Kashipur PGP
• IIM Kozhikode PGP
• IIM Lucknow PGP and PGP-ABM
• IIM Raipur PGP
• IIM Ranchi PGDM and PGDHRM
• IIM Rohtak PGP
• RGIIM Shillong PGP
• IIM Tiruchirappalli PGP
• IIM Udaipur PGP

Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) [equivalent to Ph.D.] 

• IIM Ahmedabad
• IIM Bangalore
• IIM Calcutta
• IIM Indore
• IIM Kozhikode
• IIM Lucknow 
• IIM Raipur
• IIM Ranchi
• IIM Tiruchirappalli

Note: Separate advertisements will appear for the Fellow Programme of each institute as well as PGP-ABM of IIM Ahmedabad, PGSEM and PGPPM. Programmes of IIM Bangalore, PGDCM Programme of IIM Calcutta, EPGP of IIM Indore and PGDHRM of IIM Ranchi. See the CAT Bulletin for further information.

ELIGIBILITY

The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Differently Abled (DA) (It may also referred to as Persons with Disability (PWD) category)], awarded by any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in the bachelor’s degree would be calculated based on the practice followed by the university/institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree. In case the candidates are awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the conversion of grades/CGPA to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure certified by the university/ institution from where they have obtained the bachelor’s degree. In case the university/ institution does not have any 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.

IIMs may verify eligibility at various stages of the selection process, the details of which are provided at the website www.cat2013.iimidr.ac.in. Applicants should note that the mere fulfillment of minimum eligibility criteria will not ensure consideration for shortlisting by IIMs.

Prospective candidates must maintain a valid and unique email account and a phone number throughout the selection process.

REGISTRATION PROCESS

There are two ways to register

Candidates can purchase vouchers through any one of the following modes

(i)    Online(e-voucher)

(ii) Offline (Through Axis Bank Branches)

CONTACT DETAILS

Address	:	Indian Institute of Management Indore, Prabandh Shikhar, Rau - Pithampur Road Indore 453 556
Phone	:	0731-2439686, 2439687
Fax	:	-
Mobile	:	-
E-mail	:	Contact I
Website	:	www.cat2013.iimidr.ac.in