CAT 2023/ 2024 Eligibility Criteria, Qualifying Criteria – Check Here

CAT Eligibility Criteria 2023/ 2024 must be checked by candidates before applying for the examination. Common Admission Test (CAT) is a national level management test will be organized by IIM on the rotation basis. This year, it is being conducted by Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bengaluru. Through this examination, students will get admission in various management programmes offered by IIMs, IITs, NITs and other reputed institutions. Here in this article, we are providing details regarding CAT Eligibility 2023/ 2024.

CAT 2023/ 2024 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates should check the eligibility before filling the CAT 2023 application form. Here, we are providing complete details about CAT 2023/ 2024 eligibility criteria:

General Eligibility:

• Students should have passed a bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree from any recognized university or college.
• In graduation, candidates should have obtained minimum 50% marks for general candidates and 45% marks for SC, ST & PwD/DA candidates.
• The percentage of marks secured by students will be calculated on the basis of practice followed by the college/university from where candidates have obtained the bachelor’s degree.
• Students appearing in the final year of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification are also eligible to apply.
• Students appearing in the qualifying exam are required to produce certificate from the principal/registrar of their college stating that the candidate has completed all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/ equivalent qualification.

Qualifying Examinations:

Students have to qualify/appearing in any one of the following examinations to get eligible for CAT 2023/2024:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Technology or BE/B.Tech equivalent examinations of Professional Societies, recognised by MHRD/ UPSC/AICTE.
• Any qualification recognized by AIU, New Delhi, which is equivalent to a bachelor’s degree awarded by colleges/ universities recognized by UGC.
• Student must be in the final year of bachelor’s degree with required percentage.

Age Restriction:

• There will be no age limit for taking the CAT examination.

Reservation Percentage:

• Students must fill correct category in application form in order to avail the reservation.
• The reservation percentage is 7.5%, 15%, 27% & 5% for ST/ SC/ PBC/ PWD respectively.

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CAT Exam Dates

CAT 2023 Application Form

Candidates can check following details regarding CAT 2023 application form:

• The registration process has been started on 2nd August 2023.
• No candidate can fill the application after 20th September 2023.
• Candidates can fill the application form through online mode.
• No candidate receives any application form via post or courier as offline mode.
• While filling application form, candidates have to upload passport size photograph & signature in the form.
• Candidates must also check their eligibility criteria before filling the application form.
• Candidates also have to fill six test city preferences.
• During registration, candidates must provide valid phone number & email ID in their application form.
• After the submission of application form, candidates must also take printout of it for further use.

Application Fee:

• Candidates have to pay application fee through online mode.
• The modes of payment are credit card, debit card or net-banking.
• The registration fee according to different category is mentioned below:

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