CAT is COMMON ADMISSION TEST for the management programs.Held on third Sunday of November each year.

It is conducted to:

1. Take first step for admission to the IIMs


2. Test the candidates' ability to prioritise under pressure.


3. Add more proficiency in concepts and fundamentals.


4. Examine candidate's analytical and logical abilities.
   
   

The Exam is conducted by the (IIMs) INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENTS

• 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) or Persons with Disability (PWD) category), of any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutes established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under section 3 of UGC Act, 1965, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.


• The Bachelor's Degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent. The percentage obtained by the candidate in the bachelor's degree would be based on the practice followed by the university/institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree.


• In case of the candidates being awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence would be based on the equivalence certified by the University/Institution from where they have obtained Bachelor's degree. In case the University/ Institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalence marks, the equivalence would be established by the IIMs by dividing obtained CGPA with the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the resultant with 100.