IIM Calcutta Releases CAT 2024 Notification; Registration from 1st August

IIM Calcutta: Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta released the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2024 notification today. Notification has been released in newspapers and on the official LinkedIn account of IIM Calcutta.

CAT 2024 will be a computer-based test that will be conducted in three sessions on November 24. CAT will be conducted at examination centers spread across approximately 170 test cities. Candidates will be given the option to select any five test cities in the order of their preference. The list of cities may be subject to change at the discretion of CAT officials.

The registration process for CAT 2024 will start on August 1 at 10 am and will end on September 13 at 3 pm. The registration window will be available on the official IIM CAT website – iimcat.ac.in. Candidates must declare and maintain a valid and unique email account and a mobile phone number during the selection process.

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Once the registration process is completed, IIM Calcutta will release the admit card between November 5 and 24. After the exam in November, CAT 2024 result is expected to be released in the second week of January 2025.

The registration fee for SC, ST and PWD category candidates is Rs 1250. For all other categories of candidates it is Rs 2500.

Students should note that a candidate has to pay the registration fee only once, no matter how many institutions he/she is applying for. No refund will be issued for any fees paid, regardless of the circumstances.

Last year, the exam calendar was released on August 2 and the exam was conducted on November 26, for which a total of 3.28 lakh candidates had registered, out of which around 2.88 lakh candidates appeared for the exam.

CAT is a prerequisite for admission to various postgraduate and fellow/doctoral programs at IIMs. Non-IIM member institutions are allowed to use CAT scores for admission. A list of such institutions has been made available on the CAT website. IIMs have no role in the selection process of non-IIM institutes. Last year, a total of 91 non-IIM institutes also used CAT scores to admit candidates into various management programmes.

While the IIMs that got admission through CAT score were – IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Amritsar, IIM Bangalore, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Calcutta, IIM Indore, IIM Jammu, IIM Kashipur, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Lucknow, IIM Nagpur, IIM Raipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Rohtak, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Shillong, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Tiruchirappalli, IIM Udaipur, IIM Mumbai, and IIM Visakhapatnam.