CAT 2023 Exam Date: IIM CAT notification in last week of July; syllabus, eligibility

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) will conduct the Common Admission Test (CAT 2023) exam for admission to various management programmes offered by IIMs. The CAT exam date, notification, syllabus and eligibility criteria will be soon announced on the official website, iimcat.ac.in.

The MBA admission in 20 IIMs is done through the CAT score 2023. Besides, management courses offered by Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), MDI Gurugram, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Goa Institute of Management (GIM) among others consider CAT 2023 score for admission.

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CAT 2023 exam date

For years, IIM has been conducting the CAT exam on the last Sunday of November. Therefore, it is expected that the IIM CAT exam 2023 will be held on November 26 this year. Last year, the exam was conducted on November 27.

CAT syllabus 2023 has three sections namely verbal ability and reading comprehension (VARC), data interpretation and logical reasoning (DILR), and quantitative aptitude (QA). The detailed CAT syllabus PDF will be uploaded on the official website along with other important information.

CAT 2023 notification

The IIM will be publishing the CAT notification in the last week of July and the registration will begin in the first week of August. The exam will be conducted in three sessions in online mode at around 300 exam centres across the country.

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CAT 2023 Eligibility

Prospective candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria and wish to take admission in MBA, executive MBA programmes will have to appear for the CAT 2023 exam for further selection process.

• Students who hold bachelor’s degrees with 50% aggregate marks will be eligible to apply for the exam. SC, ST, PwD candidates should have a score of 45%.
• Candidates appearing for the final year bachelor’s exam are also eligible, however, will have to produce the certificate upon completion of degree to be granted admission.
• Candidates who have done Chartered Accountant (CA), Company Secretary (CS) or Cost and Works Accountant (ICWA) and have scored the required percentage can also appear for CAT 2023.
• As per the reservation criteria, 15% of the seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC), 7.5% for Scheduled Tribe (ST) and 27% of the seats are reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBC).