Common Admission Test (CAT) is the prerequisite entrance examination for admission into various Post Graduate and Fellow/ Doctorate programmes of prestigious Indian Institutes of Managements (IIM) across the country. However, CAT scores are also allowed to be used by a few other listed non-IIM member institutions to shortlist eligible candidates for various management courses.

Indian Institutes of Management has released the official notification of IIM Common Admission Test CAT 2023. This year, Indian Institutes of Management will conduct the computer- based Common Admission Test 2023 (CAT 2023) on November 26th, 2023 in three sessions. Interested and eligible candidates who wants to pursue their career in the field management, may apply online here for this entrance test .

IIM CAT Examination Details :

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Name of exam: Common Admission Test (CAT) 2023

Name of exam conducting body: Indian Institutes of Management (IIM)

List of IIMs: Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bodh Gaya, Calcutta, Indore, Jammu, Kashipur, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Nagpur, Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Sambalpur, Shillong, Sirmaur, Tiruchirappalli, Udaipur, Visakhapatnam

Date of exam: November 26, 2023

Mode of application: Online

Mode of exam: Computer-based

Duration of exam: 2 Hours

Total marks of exam: 198 marks

Total number of questions: 66

Participating institutes: All IIMs and other institutes

Official website: www.iimcat.ac.in

Helplines: 18002108720 | cathelpdesk@iimcat.co.in

Age Limit: There will be no age limit to apply for CAT examination conducted by IIMs.

Educational Qualification: The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in 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 a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognised by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. The percentage of marks obtained by

Final Year Student: 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 the issue of the certificate.

CAT Application Fee :

Interested and eligible candidates have to pay an application fee of amount as mentioned below during online submission of CAT application . The fee can be paid using a credit card/ debit card/ net banking/ e-challan/ UPI.

Category	Application Fee
General/ OBC	Rs 2400/-
SC/ ST/ PWD	Rs 1200/-