The Indian Institutes of Management will conduct Common Entrance Admission Test 2016 (CAT 2016) on Sunday 04th December 2016 in two sessions.

CAT 2016 will be Conducted by IIMs as a pre-requisite for admission to various Management Programmes of IIMs.

Name of the Courses Offered Under CAT 2016

PGPEM
PGP
PGP-ABM
PGPBM
PGP-UAE
PGPWE
PGPPM
EPGPM
PGP-Mumbai
PGPSM
PGDHRM
PGDM
PGPEX

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates Must Have Graduation Degree in any Discipline are Eligible to apply CAT 2016

Candidates who want to appear in CAT 2016 should have attained minimum of 50% marks or equivalent CGPA.

For reserved categories the percentage is reduced to 45%.

Reservation of Seats for CAT 2016

Reservation of seats for SC Candidates: 15%

Reservation of seats for ST candidates: 7.5%

Reservation of seats for OBC: 27%

Reservation of seats for the person with disabilities: 3%

CAT 2016 Important Dates:

Official date of CAT 2016 exam notification: 31st July, 2016
Starting date of CAT 2016 Registration: 8th August 2016
Last date of registration:22nd September, 2016 5.00 PM
Admit card issued Date: 18th October, 2016
CAT 2016 exam date: 4th December, 2016
Date of Result announcement: 2nd Week of January, 2017

Application Fee :

For general and NC/OBC Category Candidates Registration Fee is Rs.1600/

For the SC/ST/Person with Disability application fee is Rs.800/.

Selection Process :

The process may include Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI).

Performance in CAT 2016 exam is an important component in the admission process

Exam Pattern :

The Duration of the Paper CAT 2016 Exam will be of 180 Minutes.

The paper will comprise of 100 Question Based on
logical reasoning & data interpretation,
verbal ability & Reading Comprehension
quantitative ability

Each correct answer will be rewarded with 3 marks, each incorrect answer will be punished with 1 mark deduction and no mark will be provided to questions that are not answered.

Sections Questions
QA 34
DILR 32
VRC) 34
Total 100