Common Admission Test – CAT 2023 Eligibility Criteria

Common Admission Test (CAT 2023)

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) will conduct the Common Admission Test (CAT) on November 26, 2023, in three sessions. CAT 2023 will be conducted in 158 cities. Candidates will be given the option to choose six optional cities.

Eligibility Criteria for Common Admission Test – CAT 2023

The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Persons with Disability (PwD) categories], awarded by any University or educational institution as incorporated by an Act of Parliament or State legislature in India or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

Candidates appearing for the final year of the Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. However, it may be noted that such candidates, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if they submit a certificate from the Principal/Registrar of their University/Institution (issued on or before the date as stipulated by the respective IIM) stating that they have completed all the requirements for obtaining the Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the certificate.

Candidates applying for CAT 2023 should fulfill any one of the following conditions:

• Completed Bachelor’s degree with the required percentage of marks*.
• Completed professional degree (CA/CS/ICWA/Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India (FIAI)) with required percentage*.
• Should be in the final year of Bachelor’s degree with required percentage*. *SC/ST/PwD candidates should have a minimum 45%. For General, EWS and NC-OBC candidates, the minimum is 50%.

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Common Admission Test (CAT) 2023 Important Dates