What is CAT ?

Common Admission Test (CAT) is an all India Entrance test conducted by IIMs.

Why CAT ?

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) started this exam and is a pre-requisite for selecting students for their business administration programs.

How CAT is being conducted ?

This computer-based test is conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for admission to their 2-year full time postgraduate programs in management.

Which other colleges accept CAT scores ?

Other Indian business schools like IITs, FMS, S P Jain, MDI, and NITIE also accept CAT scores as part of their selection process. From 2009 onwards, CAT became a computer based test wherein subjects are subdivided into different areas i.e.: Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency, Logical Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning and Verbal Ability.

Who Can Apply

To appear for the CAT, the candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree, with at least 50 percent marks or equivalent CGPA (45 percent in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Differently Abled (DA)), 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 recognised by the Ministry of HRD, 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. If selected, such candidates will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if he/she submits a certificate latest by June 30 (of the admission year) from the Principal/Registrar of his/her College/Institute stating that the candidate has completed all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.

For reference purpose, refer the below table with the details as per CAT 2022

Section Section Name Total Number of questions Time
Section-I Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension 26 40 min
Section-II Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning 24 40 min
Section-III Quantitative Ability 26 40 min
Total 76 120 min

The Scoring pattern of CAT 2022 will be +3 for each correct answer and -1 for each wrong answer. The students are also scaled on percentiles which are the criteria for short listing students for the next round.

MBA Entrance Exam Notifications 2022
BALSU'S SUCCESS ACADEMY- MBA ENTRANCE EXAM NOTIFICATIONS
Exam Name Application Opening Date Application Closing Date Exam Date Official Website
ATMA
(Association of Indian Management Schools)
March 1, 2022 May 22, 2022 May 29, 2022 http://www.atmaaims.com/
B-School Notifications 2022
BALSU'S SUCCESS ACADEMY- B SCHOOL NOTIFICATIONS
B - SCHOOLS APPLICATION OFFICIAL WEBSITE ELIGIBILITY EXAM
OPENING DATE CLOSING DATE
XLRI-Jamshedpur Admission Ongoing 11 Dec 2022 xlri.ac.in XAT
IMI-Bhubaneswar,Kolkata,New Delhi Admission Ongoing 18 Dec 2022 imibh.edu.in CAT, XAT, CMAT, GMAT
IIFT-New Delhi,Kolkata,Kakinada Admission Ongoing 18 Dec 2022 iift.ac.in OWN TEST
GIM-Goa Admission Ongoing 20 Dec 2022 gim.ac.in XAT, CAT, GMAT, CMAT
TAPMI-Manipal Admission Ongoing 20 Dec 2022 tapmi.edu.in CAT, XAT, GMAT
IISWBM-Kolkata Admission Ongoing 23 Dec 2022 iiswbm.edu CAT
IFMR-Chennai Admission Ongoing 30 Dec 2022 krea.edu.in CAT, XAT, GMAT, CMAT, NMAT, GRE
IRMA Anand-Gujarat Admission Ongoing 31 Dec 2022 irma.ac.in CAT, XAT, CMAT
MBE(DBE DU)-Delhi Admission Ongoing 7 Jan 2023 dbe-du.org CAT
WE School-Mumbai,Bengaluru,Hyderabad Admission Ongoing 15 Jan 2023 welingkar.org CAT, XAT, CMAT, GMAT, ATMA
SIMSR-Mumbai Admission Ongoing 18 Jan 2023 simsr.somaiya.edu CAT, XAT, GMAT, NMAT, CMAT
BIM-Trichy Admission Ongoing 31 Jan 2023 bim.edu CAT, GMAT, XAT
NITIE-Mumbai Admission Ongoing 20 Feb 2023 nitie.ac.in CAT
SPJIMR-Mumbai Admission Ongoing TBA spjimr.org CAT/GMAT
IMT-Ghaziabad,Hyderabad,Nagpur Admission Ongoing TBA imt.edu CAT, XAT, GMAT, CMAT
SPM.PDPU-Gujarat Admission Ongoing TBA spm.pdpu.ac.in CAT, XAT, NMAT
SDMIMD-Mysore Admission Ongoing TBA sdmimd.pgdm.co.in CAT, XAT, MAT, GMAT, CMAT, ATMA
IIFM-Bhopal Admission Ongoing TBA iifm.ac.in CAT, XAT, MAT, GMAT
ITM-Navi Mumbai,Mumabi,Warangal,Chennai,Vadodara,Raipur Admission Ongoing TBA itm.edu CAT, XAT, CMAT, GMAT, ATMA, MAT, ATMA, STATE-CET
LBSIM-Delhi Admission Ongoing TBA lbsim.ac.in CAT, XAT, GMAT
LIBA-Chennai Admission Ongoing TBA liba.edu CAT, XAT
UPES-Dehradun Admission Ongoing TBA upes.ac.in CAT, XAT, MAT, CMAT, Own test
IMS-Ghaziabad Admission Ongoing TBA ims-ghaziabad.ac.in CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, ATMA
NIBM-Pune Admission Ongoing TBA nibmindia.org CMAT, XAT, CAT, GMAT, GRE
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