ABOUT CAT

CAT The Common Admission Test (CAT) is an all-India test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) as an entrance exam for the admission to the Post-graduate and Fellow Programs in management courses of several management institutes in India including the IIMs. It is on the basis of CAT result that the eligible candidates are short listed and called for a Group Discussion and Personal Interview. top Eligibility 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) categories], 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 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)categories], 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. 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. IIMs may verify eligibility at various stages of the selection process, the details of which are provided at Selection Process of IIMs. Prospective candidates must maintain a valid and unique email account throughout the selection process.  Note for SC/ST, NC-OBC, and DA Candidates If you belong to SC or ST categories, your caste/tribe must be listed in the Government of India schedule. The caste certificate that you send to IIM should be in the Government approved format and should clearly state: (a) Name of your caste/tribe; (b) Whether you belong to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe; (c) District and the State or Union Territory of your ordinary residence; and (d) the appropriate Government of India schedule under which your caste/tribe is approved by it as Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe. A copy of the certificate must be sent to CAT Centre, C/O Admissions Office, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road, Lucknow - 226013. Mention the Voucher Serial Number on the certificate. Failure to produce a copy of the caste certificate will result in the rejection of your CAT registration. The caste certificate must be shown and a photocopy enclosed at the time of interviews. Moreover, the caste certificate must be submitted at the time of joining programmes of any of the IIMs. If you belong to the Non-Creamy Other Backward Classes (NC-OBC), you must produce the NC-OBC certificate duly signed by competent authority and enclose its photocopy at the time of interviews. Moreover, the certificate must be submitted at the time of joining programmes of any of the IIMs. Failure to do so during the post CAT selection process will result in you not being considered under the reserved category. If you belong to Differently Abled (DA) Category, a copy of the DA certificate must be sent to CAT Centre, C/O Admissions Office, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road, Lucknow -226013. Mention the Voucher Serial Number on the DA certificate. Failure to produce a copy of the DA certificate will result in the rejection of your CAT registration. The DA certificate must be shown and a photocopy enclosed at the time of interviews. Moreover, the DA certificate must be submitted at the time of joining programmes of any of the IIMs. top Testing Areas CAT has two stages: Written Test Group Discussion & Personal Interview (GD/PI) The written test consists of questions that evaluate a candidate's quantitative, verbal, and logical & data interpretive abilities. The CAT 2011 will have only two sections. Only students who qualify in the Aptitude test are eligible to appear for the GD/PI. To qualify in the Aptitude test you have to perform well in each section. There is a sectional cut-off as well as a combined cut-off. All the students are informed about their score through written communication. Group Discussion and Personal Interview: The GD/PI is essential part of final selection. In the GD/PI, a candidate's communication skill, presentation power, perception, general awareness, confidence, interpersonal skill, group behaviour etc. are checked. top Exam Format The CAT 2011 will have only two sections. The first section is Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation; the second section is Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning. These two sections will be implemented sequentially with separate time limits. The examination will be 140 minutes. Candidates will have 70 minutes to answer 30 questions within each section which will have an on-screen countdown timer. Within the 70 min provided for the section, candidates can review the answers. Once the time ends for the first section, they will move to the second section and will no longer be able to go back. A 15-minute tutorial will be provided before the start of the test, and candidates are advised to go through that carefully before starting the main examination. The total duration will be two hours and thirty five minutes including the tutorial. A practice test to provide candidates with a feel of the timed sections, as well as navigation and functionality of the actual test will be made available in the coming weeks. Once again candidates are advised to go though them carefully to familiarise themselves with the screens, layout, and navigation. At the test venue, each candidate will be seated at a desk with a computer terminal and he/she will be provided with a scratch paper for calculations. After the test, candidate must leave the scratch paper at the desk. Rough work cannot be done on any other paper/sheet, as nothing will be allowed inside the testing room. No breaks will be given during the test. More details about the CAT Test Duration and Pattern.  top Important Dates CAT Advertisement : 7th August 2011 Start date of Sale of CAT Vouchers 17 August 2011 End date of Sale of CAT Vouchers 26 September 2011 Start Date for registration 17 August 2011 End Date for registration 28 September 2011 CAT Test Dates : 22 October 2011 - 18 November 2011 CAT Result : Wednesday 11 January 2012 top Affiliated Colleges To download this information as a pdf, click here. College Website ACCMAN Institute of Management www.accman.in Accurate Institute of Management & Technology www.accurate.in/ Alliance Business School www.absindia.org Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham www.amrita.edu/asb Amrut Mody School of Management Ahmedabad University www.aespgibm.ac.in Apeejay School of Management www.apeejay.edu/asm Appejay Institute of Technology, School of Management www.appejay.edu/aitsm Aravali Institute of Management www.aravali.org Army Institute of Management www.aim.ac.in Army Institute of Management & Technology www.aimt.ac.in Aryans Business School (ABS) www.aryans.edu.in Aryans Institute of Management (AIM) www.aryans.edu.in Aryans School of Management (ASM) www.aryans.edu.in Asian School of Business Management (ASBM) www.asbm.ac.in Asia-Pacific Institute of Management www.asiapacific.edu Balaji Institute of International Business (BIIB) www.biibpune.com Balaji Institute of Modern Management (BIMM) www.balajisociety.org Balaji Institute of Telecom and Management (BITM) www.bitmpune.com Banaras Hindu University www.bhu.ac.in /www.fmsbhu.ac.in Bharathidasan Institute of Management www.bim.edu Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Usha and Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management www.bulmim.ac.in Birla Institute of Management Technology www.bimtech.ac.in Birsa Institute of Technology (Trust) www.bitt.ac.in Calcutta Business School www.calcuttabusinessschool.org Career Institute of International Management www.ciim.ac.in Center for Management Studies www.gurukulcms.com Centum U Institute of Management & Creative Studies www.centumu.edu.in Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna (CIMP) www.cimp.org.in Chitkara University www.chitkara.edu.in College of Agribusiness Management www.cabm.ac.in College of Management Studies - IILM Academy of Higher Learning www.iilmcms.ac.in Delhi School of Professional Studies & Research www.dspsr.in Department of Business Administration, Tezpur University www.tezu.ernet.in Department of Business Management, P A University www.pau.edu Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta www.mbmcu.org Department of Commerce Delhi Scool of Economics, University of Delhi bhanumurthykv@yahoo.com Department of Management Studies, Indian School of Mines University www.ismdhanbad.ac.in Department of Management Studies, School of Management www.pondiuni.edu.in Disha Institute of Management And Technology www.dimatindia.com Dr. Gaur Hari Singhania Institute of Management & Research www.ghsimr.org DRIEMS Business School www.dbs.ac.in Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (EIILM) www.eiilm.edu.in EMPI Business School www.empiindia.com Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India www.ediindia.org FORE School of Management www.fsm.ac.in Fortune Institute of International Business www.fortune.edu.in G L Bajaj Institute of Management And Research www.glbimr.org Galgotias Business School www.galgotiasbschool.in Gitam Institute of Management www.globsynbschool.com /www.globsyn.edu.in GNIT College of Management www.gnitcm.net Graduate School of Business & Administration www.gsbaindia.org /www.gsbaindia.com Haryana School of Business www.gjust.ac.in Heritage Institute of Technology www.heritageit.edu IEM Institute of Business Management www.iemibm.ac.in /www.iemmba.com IFIM Business School www.ifimbschool.com IIBM International www.iibminternational.com IILM Institute for Higher Education www.iilm.edu Indian Institute of Finance www.iif.edu /www.financeindia.org Indian Institute of Forest Management www.iiita.ac.in Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management www.iiswbm.edu Integrated Academy of Management and Technology (INMANTEC) www.inmantec.edu Indian Instiute of Plantation Management www.iipmb.edu.in Indus Business Academy www.ibagreaternoida.org Indus Business Academy (Arihant Education & Research Foundation) www.ibainternational.org Institute for Financial Management and Research www.ifmr.ac.in Institute for Integrated Learning in Management - Graduate School of Management - www.iilmgsm.ac.in Institute of Advanced Management & Research www.iamrindia.com Institute of Agri Business Management www.iabmbikaner.org Institute of Management Development & Research www.imdr.edu Institute of Management Education www.imesahibabad.ac.in Institute of Management Studies www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Institute of Management Technology www.imtnagpur.ac.in Institute of Management Technology www.imt.edu Institute of Management, Nirma University of Science & Technology www.imnu.ac.in Institute of Marketing & Management www.immindia.com Institute of Public Enterprise www.ipeindia.org Institute of Science & Management www.ismranchi.org International Institute of Business Studies www.iibsonline.com International Management Institute www.imi.edu International School of Business & Media Training Pvt. Ltd. www.isbm.edu.in International School of Management Excellence (ISME) www.isme.in ISBR Business School www.isbr.in ITM Business School www.itm.edu J K Lakshmipati University www.jklu.edu.in Jagan Institute of Management Studies www.jimsindia.org Jaipuria Institute of Management www.jimnoida.ac.in Jaipuria Institute of Management www.jiml.ac.in Jaipuria Institute of Management www.jimindore.ac.in JK Padampat Singhania Institute of Management & Technology www.jkps.edu.in K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research www.simsr.somaiya.edu Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies www.kiams-hrr.org Kohinoor Business School & Centre for Management Research www.kbscmr.kohinoor.ac.in Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management www.lbsim.ac.in Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management & Technology www.lbsimt.com Lovely Professional University www.lpu.in Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole University www.mjrpuniversity.com Management Development Institute www.mdi.ac.in National Institute of Bank Management www.nibmindia.org National Institute of Technology Calicut www.nitc.ac.in National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal www.nitk.ac.in National Insurance Academy www.nitk.ac.in National Insurance Academy www.niapune.com National Power Training Institute www.npti.nic.in National School of Business www.nsbindia.org Netaji Subhas Institute of Business Management www.nsibm.com NIILM Centre for Management Studies www.niilm.com NIIT University www.niituniversity.in O P Jindal Global University www.jgu.edu.in /www.jgbs.edu.in PES Institute of Technology www.pes.edu Prayag Dant Vigyan Anusandhan Sansthan www.devprayag-im.co.in Proton Business School www.proton.in Pune Institute of Business Management www.pibm.in Rai Business School www.rbs.edu.in Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies (RIMS) www.rimsbangalore.in S D M Institute for Management Development www.sdmimd.ac.in S P Jain Institute of Management & Research www.spjimr.org School of Management Sciences www.smsvaranasi.com School of Management Sciences www.smslucknow.com School of Management Studies University of Hyderabad www.uohyd.ernet.in School of Petroleum Management www.pdpu.ac.in Shobhit University www.shobhituniversity.ac.in Sri Mata Vaishno Devi University www.smvdu.ac.in Shri Ramswaroop Memorial College of Engineering and Management www.srmcem.ac.in Skyline Business School www.skylinecollege.com South State Business School abhi@southstate.in Sri Sri University wwww.srisriuniversity.org SRMS International Business School www.ibs.srms.ac.in Suryadatta Group of Institutes www.suryadatta.org T. A. PAI Management Institute www.tapmi.edu.in Taxila Business School www.taxila.in Techno India Group B School www.technoindiagroup.com Techno Institute of Management Sciences www.tims.edu.in The Business School www.jammubusinessschool.in /www.jammuuniversity.in Thiagarajar School of Management www.tsm.ac.in Unitedworld School of Business www.unitedworld.in University Business School www.ubs.puchd.ac.in University Business School www.pu.ac.in University of Calcutta www.caluniv.ac.in University of Lucknow, Institute of Management Science www.lkouniv.ac.in University School of Management www.kukinfo.com VIT University www.vit.ac.in Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research www.welingkar.org Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research www.welingkar.org top How to Apply Buy the scratch voucher from a designated bank. To locate the Axis Bank branch nearest to you on a map, click here. Register online on the CAT website www.catiim.in Once you choose the date, you will need to choose the 10 a.m. (displayed as 10:00) session or the 3:30 p.m. session (displayed as 15:30). You must show original mark sheets and submit photocopies to prove your eligibility at the time of interview. Further, if you are selected for a programme, original degree certificate and mark sheets along with your photocopies must be submitted for verification at the time of joining the programme. top Official Website http://www.catiim.in