CAT Exam
CAT EXAM – Common Admission Test, popularly known as the CAT Exam, is a computer-based standardized test for shortlisting candidates for admission into the various Post Graduate and Fellow programmes of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) across the country. The CAT Exam is conducted on a rotational basis by a different IIM each year. This year, CAT entrance exam will be conducted by one of the IIM in the month of November every year.
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Why is CATÂ Exam important?
A valid CAT score is essential to qualify for the next steps of the selection process for the batch of the two-year MBA, PGP and PGDBM programmes at the IIMs.
There are currently 20 IIMs in India. CAT scores will be a prerequisite for admission to MBA and PGDBM programmes at the older and most reputed IIMs, namely, IIM Ahmedabad (IIM A), IIM Bangalore (IIM B), IIM Calcutta (IIM C), IIM Lucknow (IIM L), IIM Kozhikode (IIM K) and IIM Indore (IIM). These IIMs figure prominently in the NIRF Top 10 Management Institute Rankings announced by the Union HRD Ministry in June.
Admission to the MBA, PGP and PGDBM programmes at the other IIMs – IIMShillong, IIM Rohtak, IIM Visakhapatnam, IIM Tiruchirappalli, IIM Udaipur, IIM Amritsar, IIM Nagpur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIMSirmaur, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Kashipur, IIM Jammu, and IIM Raipur will also depend on the valid CAT score of candidates.
The CATÂ scores are also allowed to be used by listed non-IIM member institutions. Apart from the IIMs, several other highly acclaimed management institutes will accept CAT Exam results as a criterion for admission to MBA and PGDBM courses.
Prominent MBA Colleges that accepts CAT score
- SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR),
- Faculty of Management Studies (FMS),
- Management Development Institute (Gurgaon),
- Institute of Management Technology (IMT), and
- Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS). International Management Institute (IMI),
- National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE),
- Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) and
- Welingkar Education (WE School)
- IITs
IITs
These are some of the other top names that will be accepting CAT 2020 scores. However, the selection process for each of these institutes will be conducted independently.
What is CATÂ Exam pattern?
The pattern for the CAT Exam has undergone changes many times in the past. Breaking away from the pattern in vogue till 2019.
CAT Exam will be held in three sessions of two hours each on the test date. Sufficient time will be given between any two sessions to allow staggered entry and exit of candidates.