Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)

IIM CAT Admit Card 2026

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Important Dates

  • Registration Begin : 03/08/2026
  • Last Date for Registration : 22/09/2026 (5:00 PM, extended from 15/09/2026)
  • Last Date for Fee Payment : 24/09/2026 (5:00 PM)
  • Edit Window (Photo, Signature, Test City) : 05/10/2026 to 06/10/2026
  • Admit Card Download : 06/11/2026 to 29/11/2026
  • Mock Test Available From : 06/11/2026
  • Exam Date : 29/11/2026 (Sunday, three sessions)
  • Result : First week of January 2027 (tentative)

Application Fee

  • General / EWS / NC-OBC : ₹2700/-
  • SC / ST / PwBD : ₹1350/-
  • One fee covers all the IIMs you apply to; fee once paid is not refunded.
  • Payment Mode : Credit Card / Debit Card / Net Banking / UPI / Wallet

Age Limit & Selection Process

  • Age Limit: No age limit for CAT 2026.
  • Selection Process: CAT 2026 (Computer Based Test) → Shortlisting by each IIM on its own criteria (CAT score, academics, work experience) → Further rounds as per each IIM’s admission policy.

Exam Details

Exam NameCategoryEligibility/Details
CAT 2026General / EWS / NC-OBC
  • Bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA, or CA / CS / ICWA (CMA) / FIAI with 50%
  • Final year students of a bachelor’s degree can also apply
CAT 2026SC / ST / PwBD
  • Bachelor’s degree with at least 45% marks or equivalent CGPA, or CA / CS / ICWA (CMA) / FIAI with 45%
  • Final year students of a bachelor’s degree can also apply

Course Details & Score Use

  • Programmes : MBA / PGP and Fellow / PhD programmes of 22 IIMs
  • IIMs : Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bodh Gaya, Calcutta, Guwahati, Indore, Jammu, Kashipur, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Sambalpur, Shillong, Sirmaur, Tiruchirappalli, Udaipur, Visakhapatnam
  • Conducting IIM for CAT 2026 : IIM Indore
  • Reservation : SC 15%, ST 7.5%, NC-OBC 27%, EWS up to 10%, PwBD 5%
  • Non-IIM institutions listed on the CAT website also use CAT 2026 scores; IIMs have no role in their selection.
  • Score Valid Till : 31/12/2027. Seats and course fees are set by each IIM.

Exam Pattern

  • Mode : Computer Based Test (CBT) at the test centre, not an internet test
  • Duration : 120 minutes, 40 minutes per section; PwBD get 40 minutes extra
  • Section I : Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
  • Section II : Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
  • Section III : Quantitative Ability
  • Sections in a fixed order; no switching between sections during the 40 minutes
  • MCQ : +3 for a right answer, -1 for a wrong answer
  • Non-MCQ (type the answer) : +3 for a right answer, no negative marking
  • On-screen calculator provided; own calculator not allowed

Exam Centers

  • Exam in around 170 cities; centre allotted from your 5 preferred cities and named on the admit card. No change after allotment.
  • Uttar Pradesh : Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida-Greater, Noida-Ghaziabad, Prayagraj, Varanasi
  • Bihar : Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea
  • Rajasthan : Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur
  • Madhya Pradesh : Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain

How to Download Admit Card

  1. Open iimcat.ac.in and click Login under “Admit Card / Application Form Download”.
  2. Enter your CAT 2026 User ID and Password; use “Forgot User ID/Password” if you have lost them.
  3. Open the admit card and check your name, test centre, session and reporting time.
  4. Download it and take a printout; the admit card is not sent by post.
  5. Paste on the printout the same photograph you uploaded in the application form.
  6. Bring the printed admit card to the centre; writing or rough work on it counts as unfair means.
  7. If the admit card does not show after login, raise a ticket in the Grievance Portal tab inside the login.

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