CAT 2024 - Common Admission Test, 2024

CAT 2024 Eligibility Criteria

The IIMs determine the Common Admission Test (CAT) eligibility requirements. These requirements include factors like educational requirements, minimum marks, and reservations. Candidates should familiarise themselves with the eligibility criteria before applying for the CAT exam. 

Candidates applying for the CAT 2024 must meet at least one of the following requirements to be eligible:

• 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 the required percentage of marks

• The final year of the bachelor’s degree with the required percentage of marks (It is to be noted that these candidates if selected, will be allowed provisional admission only if they submit a certificate from their university/institute's principal or registrar attesting that they have met all requirements for a bachelor's degree or an equivalent qualification as of the certificate's issue date. The certificate must have been issued on or before the date specified by the specific IIM.)

At several points of the selection process, IIMs may verify eligibility. Applicants should know that merely fulfilling the minimal eligibility criteria will not guarantee consideration for shortlisting by IIMs. 

Throughout the selection process, candidates are required to provide and maintain a unique and active email address and cell phone number.

Reservation -

Reservation benefits are available to candidates belonging to specific categories such as Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Other Backward Classes belonging to the "non-creamy" layer (NC-OBC), and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwD). The candidate must possess a valid caste/category certificate issued by the Government of India in order to claim reservation under these categories.