CAT 2023 Notification Details: Eligibility, Important Dates, Admission Process

The Indian Institutes of Management will conduct a computer-based Common Admission Test 2023 (CAT 2023) for admission to various Post Graduate and Fellow/ Doctorate programmes of IIMs. The examination will be conducted on November 26, 2023 in three sessions. Detailed information on CAT 2023 given below

Admission to the two year post graduate programmes in IIMs is based on merit and involves a rigorous selection process comprising of a Personal Interview, Written Ability Test/Group Discussions, and scores in the Common Admission Test which is commonly known as CAT. It is a computer-based exam and a candidate has to follow the due process of registering in order to appear for this exam conducted once a year.

CAT 2023 Eligibility:

Candidates applying for CAT 2022 should fulfill any one of the following conditions:
Completed Bachelor’s degree with the required percentage of marks.
Completed professional degree (CA/CS/ICWA/Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India (FIAI)) with required percentage.
Should be in the final year of Bachelor’s degree with required percentage
SC/ST/PwD candidates should have a minimum 45%. For General, EWS and NC-OBC candidates, the minimum is 50%.

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CAT 2023 Registration Fees:

₹1200 for SC, ST and PwD category candidates.
₹2400 for all other categories of candidates.

CAT 2022 IIMs Admission Process:

IIMs shortlist candidates for the interview stage based on their own criteria, which may be independent of each other. The process may include Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI). Performance in the CAT 2022 examination is an important component in the admission process. IIMs may additionally use other factors such as the previous academic performance of the candidates, relevant work experience, gender and academic diversity and other similar inputs in shortlisting and ranking of candidates at various stages of the admission process. The processes, academic cut-offs and the weights allocated to the evaluation parameters may vary across IIMs. For more information, refer to the admissions policies of individual IIMs on their respective websites.

CAT 2023 Important Dates:

Events	Dates
Registration opens	August 02, 2023 (10:00 am)
Registration closes	September 13, 2023 (5:00 pm)
Admit card download	October 25 – November 26, 2023
CAT 2023 exam date	November 26, 2023
Result declaration	Second week of January 2024 (Tentative)