The C-DAC’s Computerised Common Admission Test (C-CAT) is conducted by the Center for Development of Advanced Computing for admissions to all PG Diploma courses of C-DAC.

C-CAT Eligibility Criteria

Graduate in Engineering or equivalent (e.g. BE/B.Tech/4-year B.Sc Engg/AMIE/DoEACC ‘B’ Level, etc.) in IT/Computer Science/Electronics/Telecommunications/Electrical/Instrumentation or related areas (Or);

Post Graduate Degree in Engineering Sciences (e.g. M.Sc. in Computer Science, IT, Electronics, etc)

There is no age restriction for admission

Candidates who have appeared/will be appearing for the final examination of their qualifying degree can also apply

C-DAC Exam Pattern

Admissions to all PG Diploma courses of C-DAC are done through C-DAC's computerised Common Admission Test (C-CAT)

Every year, C-CAT is usually conducted in June (for August admissions) and December (for February admissions).

C-CAT has three sections (Section A, Section B, Section C) of one hour duration each.

Every section in C-CAT will have 50 objective-type questions.

Each question will have four choices as possible answers of which only one will be correct

There will be +03 (plus three) marks for each correct answer, -1 (minus one) for each wrong answer, and 0 (zero) marks for each un-attempted question

The maximum mark a candidate can obtain in any one section of C-CAT is 150

C-CAT Important dates 2017

Beginning of Online Registration and Application for C-CAT 05 May 2017
Closing of Online Registration & Application, and Payment of
Examination Fee for C-CAT 8 Jun 2017
Downloading of C-CAT Admit Cards 15 – 22 Jun 2017
C-DAC’s Common Admission Test (C-CAT) 18 Jun & 25 Jun 2017
Announcement of C-CAT Ranks 06 Jul 2017
Online Selection of Courses and Centres (1st Counselling) 6 – 11 Jul 2017
Declaration of 1st Round of Seat Allocation 13 Jul 2017
Last Date of Payment of first installment course fee for
candidates allocated seats through the 1st round 20 Jul 2017
Declaration of 2nd Round of Seat Allocation 24 Jul 2017
Last Date of Payment of first installment course fee for candidates
allocated seats through the second round 28 Aug 2017
Online selection of Course and Centres (2nd counselling) after paying Caution Deposit. 2 – 7 Aug 2017
Declaration of Third Round of Seat Allocation
(based on 2nd Counselling) 10 Aug 2017
Last Date of Payment of Balance course fee 16 Aug 2017
Registration of Students at Training Centres 16 Aug 2017
Commencement of PG Diploma Courses 17 Aug 2017