CAT 2025 — IIM and Top B-School Admission

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9th May 2026

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Common Admission Test for IIM PGP/MBA/MBA-PGPM and 1,000+ top B-schools in India.

Short Information

CAT (Common Admission Test) is the entrance examination conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management on a rotational basis for admission to the two-year flagship MBA / Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) at all IIMs and 1,000+ partner B-schools. The CAT 2025 cycle (results in early 2026, admission process running till mid-2026) covers Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Ability sections. Each IIM independently runs Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds with individual cutoffs. CAP / CAP-style joint counselling exists for IIM Shillong and a few smaller IIMs.

Department

Indian Institutes of Management (IIM)

Stage Level

National

Eligibility

Minimum Qualification

Bachelor's degree in any discipline with aggregate ≥ 50% (45% for SC/ST/PwD); final-year candidates may also apply

Job Type

Permanent

Exam Mode

Offline Computer Based

Applicants Gender

All

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Application Start Date	1st March 20261st March 2026
Application End Date	30th April 202630th April 2026
Exam Date	30th May 202630th May 2026
Result Announcement Date	5th June 20265th June 2026

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