CAT – The Common Admission Test to the six IIMs is also the entrance test for few other top B-Schools such as SP Jain, MICA, and T A Pai. CAT tests your skills in five broad areas viz.

CAT Eligibility

The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA 45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST) or Persons with Disability (PWD) category], of any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. The Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent. The basis of computing the percentage obtained by the candidate in the bachelor’s degree would be based on the practice followed by the university/ institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree. In case of the candidates being awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence would be based on the equivalence certified by the university/ institution from where they have obtained bachelor’s degree. In case the university/ institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by the IIMs by dividing obtained CGPA with the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the resultant with 100.

Candidates appearing for the final bachelor’s degree / equivalent qualification examination can also apply. Such candidates must produce a certificate from the Principal/Head of the Department/Registrar/Director of the university/ institution certifying that the candidate has obtained 50% marks or equivalent (45% in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD category) based on latest available grades/marks.

CAT - The Common Admission Test to the six IIMs is also the entrance test for few other top B-Schools such as SP Jain, MICA, and T A Pai. CAT tests your skills in five broad areas viz.
The CAT – The Common Admission Test comprised 90 questions divided into 3 sections in the year 2005. Typically this test can be expected to comprise between 75 to 150 objective type questions and is usually divided into three to four sections. Each question has a question statement followed by four alternate answer choices and the candidate has to choose the best answer for each of the questions and mark it on a special Optical Reader answer sheet.

The duration of the test is of 120 minutes. This literally translates to answering a CAT question in 48 seconds. Most successful aspirants do not attempt anything more than 120 plus questions. And quite a lot of them attempt between 70 and 90 marks worth of questions. The key to success, therefore, lies in two important parameters

1. Verbal ability and reasoning
2. Reading Comprehension
3. Quantitative skills
4. Data Interpretation
5. Analytical and Logical reasoning.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIMs)

IIM Ahmedabad, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad – 380015
Website: www.iimahd.ernet.in

IIM Bangalore, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore – 560076
Website: www.iimb.ernet.in

IIM Calcutta, P.O. Joka, Diamond Harbour Road,Kolkatta – 700104
Website: www.iimcal.ac.in

IIM Lucknow, Prahandh Nagar, Off.Sitapur Road, Lucknow – 226013
Website: www.iiml.ac.in

IIM Indore, Pigdamber, RAU, Indore – 453331
Website: www.iimidr.ernet.in

IIM Kozhikode, Kunnamangalam P.O., Kozhikode – 673571
Website: www.iimk.ac.in

Some of the more prominent colleges which accept ones are:

* S.P.Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
* Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
* Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA), Ahmedabad
* Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Trichy
* National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
* International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi
* Amrita School of Bussiness (ASB), Coimbatore.
* T.A.Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal.
* Fore School of Management (FSM), New Delhi
* Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
* Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.
* National Insurance Academy School of Management (NIASoM), Pune