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| CAT or the Common Admission Test is the most competitive MBA entrance exam of India taken by around 2 lakh candidates each year. Conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management, CAT is the most popular entrance exam for the admission to 19 IIMs and around 100 B-schools across India. |
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| CAT 2015 Eligibility Criteria : The CAT 2015 Eligibility Criteria requires minimum 50% aggregate mark in graduation in any discipline from a recognized institute. The candidates from SC, ST, OBC and DA category need an aggregate of 45% marks. Final year graduation students can also apply provided they can submit the graduation final marks to the institutes within the requisite schedule. |
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| CAT 2015 Application ProcedureSince last year the application process for CAT has become completely online. Candidates have to register at the official CAT 2015 website and login through the given credentials. Fill up the application form and pay the application fee through Credit/Debit Card or Net Banking. The application cum registration window has started from August 6, 2015 and will continue till September 20, 2015. The CAT 2015 application fee to be paid is Rs.1600 (General and NC-OBC candidates) and Rs. 800 (SC/ST/PWD/ DA) candidates. |
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| At the time of registration, the candidates have to select any four Test Cities as per their preference from the drop down menu. Candidates will be allotted one among the 4 preferred Cities in any 1 of the 2 sessions after the last date of registration. |
| CAT 2015 Admit Card:The Admit Card can be downloaded by the registered candidates from the given date and time in the official website of CAT 2015. |
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| CAT 2015 Exam Pattern: CAT is a computer based objective type test with multiple choice questions. The new CAT Exam Pattern is explained below, The total duration of the exam is 180 minutes with exact 60 minutes to answer each section. The total number of questions is 100, divided into three sections. The three sections will be, Quantitative Aptitude (QA), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC), in that order. Candidates will not be allowed to switch from one section to another while answering questions in a section. |
| QA and VRC will have 34 questions each, and DILR will have 32 questions. Some questions in each section may not be of multiple choice type, instead, candidates have to type direct answers on the screen. |
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| One of the major changes, and also first time in the history of CAT, candidates will be allowed to use basic on-screen calculator for calculation. The tutorial, explaining the CAT 2015 Exam Pattern will be launched on October 15, 2015, for the candidates to have a better understanding of the changed pattern, and the procedures to be followed at the time of CAT 2015 exam. |
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| CAT 2015 Selection Process |
| : The candidates are first shortlisted by IIMs and other participating B-schools on the basis of CAT cut off scores, followed by Personal Interview (PI) and Written Ability Test (WAT)/GD. The B-schools conduct separate selection process, apart from the 6 new IIMs. Since last 3 years, the 6 new IIMs- Kashipur, Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Trichy and Udaipur are conducting Common Admission Process (CAP) for the final admission through WAT and PI. However, the final admission offers are made on the basis of the institute specific admission criteria. |
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| CAT 2015 Important Dates: |
| The CAT 2015 dates are as follows |
- Announcement of CAT 2015 by IIM Ahmedabad: Sunday, July 26, 2015
- CAT 2015 Application Start Date: August 6, 2015
- CAT 2015 Application End Date: September 20, 2015
- CAT 2015 Admit Card Download starts: October 15, 2015
- CAT 2015 Exam Date: November 29, 2015
- CAT 2015 Result Date: Second week of January, 2016
CAT 2015 Test Centers: Last year CAT was conducted in 99 cities and 307 test centers across India. This year CAT will be conducted in 136 Cities comprising of 650 Test Sites. |
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| CAT 2015 Result: The CAT 2015 Result is expected to be declared by the second week of January, 2016 |
