CAT 2015 Exam Notification & Information

CAT is conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management as a pre-requisite for

admission to various management programmes of IIMs, Indian Institutes of
Technology (IITs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bharathidasan Institute of
Management-Tiruchirappalli (BIM-Trichy), National Institutes of
Technology (NITs), Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) and few other institutions.
CAT has a 170-minute test consisting of 100 questions (50 from quantitative ability
& data interpretation and 50 from verbal ability & logical reasoning).
CAT Notification: The CAT has only two sections. The first section is Quantitative
Ability & Data Interpretation; the second section is Verbal Ability & Logical
Reasoning. The examination is of 170 minutes with no sectional time limits. In
August 2011, it was announced that Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian
Institute of Science (IISc) would also use the CAT scores, instead of the Joint
Management Entrance Test (JMET), to select students for their management
programmes from 2012-14 year
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) started this exam and use the test for
selecting students for their business administration programs. The test is conducted
every year by one of the IIM's based on a policy of rotation. In 2014, CAT Exam was
a 170-minute test consisting of 100 questions (50 from quantitative ability & data
interpretation and 50 from verbal ability & logical reasoning).
The candidate must hold a Bachelors 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) (It may also referred to as Persons
with Disability (PWD) category)], 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 bachelors 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 bachelors 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
candidates CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result with
100.
Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelors 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 the website www.cat.ac.in
Applicants should note that the mere fulfillment of minimum eligibility criteria will
not ensure consideration for short listing by IIMs.

CAT Admission Process

Please note that each IIM shortlists candidates for second stage of selection which
may be independent of each other.
The process may include Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussions (GD) and
Personal Interviews (PI).
Performance in CAT examination is an important component in the admission
process.
IIMs may use previous academic performance of the candidates, relevant work
experience and other similar inputs in short listing 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 you may refer the admissions policies of IIMs from their
respective websites
CAT Result and Short-listing
Information related to CAT results will be available on their website.
List of shortlisted candidates for the next level of selection will be made available on
the individual IIM websites.
Each IIM will send interview letters to the candidates it has short-listed.
The criteria for short-listing vary from IIM to IIM.
For more information visit www.SuccessCDS.net