CAT 2026

About CAT 2026

The CAT is a major entrance examination for students seeking admission to IIMs, IITs & Top B-Schools. The exam is conducted in CBT Center mode, with the exam scheduled for 29 Nov 2026 (Expected). It is one of the important exams for 2026 admissions in India and is conducted annually to fill seats across participating institutions.

The application process opens from Aug 2026 (Tentative) and the last date to apply is Sep 2026 (Tentative). Candidates are advised to complete their registration well before the deadline to avoid last-minute technical issues. All applications must be submitted online through the official portal. Keep your academic documents, photograph, and signature ready before starting the registration process.

CAT scores are accepted by 117 institutes across India, including IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode. The complete list of participating institutions includes: IIM Ahmedabad (Ahmedabad, Gujarat); IIM Bangalore (Bengaluru, Karnataka); IIM Kozhikode (Kozhikode, Kerala); IIT Delhi (DMS) (New Delhi, Delhi); IIM Lucknow (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh); IIM Mumbai (Mumbai, Maharashtra); IIM Calcutta (Kolkata, West Bengal); IIM Indore (Indore, Madhya Pradesh); MDI Gurgaon (Gurugram, Haryana); XLRI Jamshedpur (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand); SIBM Pune (Pune, Maharashtra); IIT Kharagpur (VGSoM) (Kharagpur, West Bengal); IIT Madras (DoMS) (Chennai, Tamil Nadu); IIT Bombay (SJMSOM) (Mumbai, Maharashtra); IIM Raipur (Raipur, Chhattisgarh); IIM Trichy (Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu); IIFT New Delhi (New Delhi, Delhi); IIM Ranchi (Ranchi, Jharkhand); IIM Rohtak (Rohtak, Haryana); SPJIMR Mumbai (Mumbai, Maharashtra); IIM Udaipur (Udaipur, Rajasthan); IIT Roorkee (DoMS) (Roorkee, Uttarakhand); IIM Kashipur (Kashipur, Uttarakhand); NMIMS Mumbai (Mumbai, Maharashtra); IIM Nagpur (Nagpur, Maharashtra); Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu); IIT Kanpur (IME) (Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh); Jamia Millia Islamia (FMS) (New Delhi, Delhi); IIM Visakhapatnam (Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh); IMT Ghaziabad (Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh); IIM Bodh Gaya (Gaya, Bihar); Chandigarh University (Mohali, Punjab); MICA (Ahmedabad, Gujarat); IIM Sambalpur (Sambalpur, Odisha); IIM Jammu (Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir); UPES (Dehradun, Uttarakhand); Great Lakes Chennai (Chennai, Tamil Nadu); IIM Shillong (Shillong, Meghalaya); TAPMI Manipal (Manipal, Karnataka); IMI Delhi (New Delhi, Delhi); Jaipuria Institute (Noida) (Noida, Uttar Pradesh); IMI Kolkata (Kolkata, West Bengal); GIM Goa (Sanquelim, Goa); Lovely Professional University (Phagwara, Punjab); XIM University (Bhubaneswar, Odisha); Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Patiala, Punjab); ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (Hyderabad, Telangana); IIT (ISM) Dhanbad (DoMS) (Dhanbad, Jharkhand); Amity University (Noida, Uttar Pradesh); Great Lakes Gurgaon (Gurgaon, Haryana); IIM Sirmaur (Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh); Graphic Era University (Dehradun, Uttarakhand); Nirma University (Ahmedabad, Gujarat); IRMA Anand (Anand, Gujarat); LIBA Chennai (Chennai, Tamil Nadu); SRM Institute of Science and Technology (Chennai, Tamil Nadu); NIT Tiruchirappalli (Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu); Christ University (Bengaluru, Karnataka); FORE School of Management (New Delhi, Delhi); Banaras Hindu University (FMS) (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh); BIMTECH Greater Noida (Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh); Malaviya National Institute of Technology (Jaipur, Rajasthan); Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (Chennai, Tamil Nadu); IIM Amritsar (Amritsar, Punjab); K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management (Mumbai, Maharashtra); Siksha O Anusandhan University (Bhubaneswar, Odisha); Jaipuria Institute (Lucknow) (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh); KIIT University (Bhubaneswar, Odisha); Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) (Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh); KL University (Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh); Alliance University (Bengaluru, Karnataka); IMT Hyderabad (Hyderabad, Telangana); Jain University (Bengaluru, Karnataka); Jaipuria Institute (Jaipur) (Jaipur, Rajasthan); Welingkar Institute of Management (Mumbai, Maharashtra); GGSIPU (New Delhi, Delhi); BML Munjal University (Gurgaon, Haryana); Chitkara University (Rajpura, Punjab); Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh); Thiagarajar School of Management (Madurai, Tamil Nadu); Manipal University Jaipur (Jaipur, Rajasthan); CUSAT (Cochin, Kerala); Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh); PSG College of Technology (Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu); NIT Calicut (Kozhikode, Kerala); New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM) (New Delhi, Delhi); Jamia Hamdard (New Delhi, Delhi); Anna University (Chennai, Tamil Nadu); Pandit Deendayal Energy University (Gandhinagar, Gujarat); Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS) (New Delhi, Delhi); Rajagiri Business School (Cochin, Kerala); Panjab University (Chandigarh, Chandigarh); IIITM Gwalior (Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh); IMI Bhubaneswar (Bhubaneswar, Odisha); MANAGE Hyderabad (Hyderabad, Telangana); Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM) (Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu); Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Ranchi (Ranchi, Jharkhand); IIT Jodhpur (DoMS) (Jodhpur, Rajasthan); IMT Nagpur (Nagpur, Maharashtra); University of Lucknow (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh); Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (New Delhi, Delhi); University of Hyderabad (Hyderabad, Telangana); IIHMR University (Jaipur, Rajasthan); Tezpur University (Tezpur, Assam); GITAM (Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh); GLA University (Mathura, Uttar Pradesh); Galgotias University (Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh); National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) (Pune, Maharashtra); Sharda University (Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh); University of Allahabad (Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh); Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology (Hisar, Haryana); Jaipuria Institute (Indore) (Indore, Madhya Pradesh); OP Jindal University (Raigarh, Chhattisgarh); Bharati Vidyapeeth's IMSED (Pune, Maharashtra); Sri Balaji University (Pune, Maharashtra); Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (Chennai, Tamil Nadu); SCMHRD Pune (Pune, Maharashtra). Candidates will be allotted seats based on their rank in the entrance exam along with the counselling process.

For the most current and accurate information on CAT 2026 — including admit card release, syllabus, exam-day instructions, answer key, and result announcement — candidates should regularly check the official website at https://iimcat.ac.in. Bookmark the page and set reminders for key dates to avoid missing any deadlines.

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