CAT 2025 notification released, apply for admission in IIM from August 1..

The notification for Common Admission Test 2025, i.e., CAT, has been released. Indian Institute of Management, i.e., IIM, will conduct a computer-based Common Admission Test in three sessions on 30 November 2025. Candidates wishing to appear in this exam can visit the official website of CAT iimcat.ac.in and see the notification. The registration process for CAT 2025 will start on August 1 at 10 am, and students will have until 5 pm on September 13, 2025, to fill out the online registration form.
Admit cards for this exam to be held on November 30 will be made available on the official CAT website between November 5 and November 30, 2025. The exam will be conducted at examination centers located in about 170 cities of the country. Candidates will be given the option to select 5 centers for the examination, where they want to take the exam. According to the notification, the result of this exam will be released in the first week of January 2026.
Who can apply?
Candidates applying for CAT 2025 should have a graduation degree with at least 50 percent marks (or equivalent CGPA). At the same time, the minimum marks for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Divyang candidates are 45 percent. Students of final year of graduation can also apply for it, provided they meet the eligibility criteria at the graduate level.
The registration fee has increased.
This time, the registration fee for CAT has been increased slightly. Earlier, candidates of the Scheduled Caste, the Scheduled Tribe, and the Divyang category had to pay a fee of Rs 1250, but now it has been increased to Rs 1300. Similarly, earlier candidates of all other categories had to pay a registration fee of Rs 2500, which has now become Rs 3000. All the candidates who are applying have to pay their registration fee in one go, and the deposited fee will not be refunded.
How to apply?
Visit the official website of CAT iimcat.ac.in.
Register with a valid email and mobile number.
Fill in personal, academic, and work experience details.
Now upload required documents like photo, signature, category certificate (if applicable)
Pay the application fee online.
Submit the form and download the confirmation page.
List of IIMs offering admission
CAT 2025 score offers admission to MBA, PGP, and other management programmes at 21 IIM institutes. These include premier institutes like IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode, and newer IIMs like IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Jammu and IIM Visakhapatnam.
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