Common Admission Test
Acronym | CAT
Type | Computer-based standardized test
Developer / administrator | Indian Institutes of Management
Knowledge / skills tested | Quantitative Aptitude, Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency, Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension, Logical Reasoning, and Analytical Reasoning
Purpose | Admission to post-graduate management programs
Year started | 1950 (1950)
Duration | 3 hours
Score / grade range | -100 to 300
Score / grade validity | 1 year
Offered | Once a year (usually in November/December).
Countries / regions | 354 centres in 99 cities and towns all over India.
Languages | English
Prerequisites / eligibility criteria | Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) with at least 50 % marks or equivalent GPA (45 % in case of SC, ST, PWD candidates). Final year undergraduate students also eligible
Fee | ₹1,800 (US$26) for general category candidates. ₹900 (US$13) for SC / ST / DA (PWD) category candidates
Scores / grades used by | Various business schools in India
Website | iimcat.ac.in