Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009

By Contributor on September 26th, 2009

The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009 registrations are ending on October 1.
The Common Admission Test, CAT, which will be getting online, will be held from Nov 28 over a period of 10 days, to get over on Dec 7. The official notification regarding CAT came on Sunday.

The CAT will be an online test, for which a US-based firm has been hired by the IIMs. This firm will conduct the competitive exam across the country for candidates seeking admission to the prestigious B-schools.

The test will be conducted at 30 centres including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, New Delhi, Chennai, Kochi, Guwahati, Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad, it said.

There are around 1,800 seats in the existing seven IIMs at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknow and Shillong.

Besides IIMs, about 50 other reputed B-schools in the country give admission to students from the CAT merit list.

The results of the test will be announced on January 22 and can be accessed from the CAT website www.catiim.in.