CAT Exam Eligibility Criteria 2019

About CAT 2019

CAT or Common Admission Test, the most popular national level management entrance exam is expected to be conducted by Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode for admission to 20 IIMs and more than 100 B-schools across India. 

Around 2.5 lakh MBA aspirants appear for the test every year.

CAT 2019 will be a 3-hour computer-based test consisting of

- 100 (MCQ).
- Non-MCQ type questions.

There are likely to be three sections,

- Quantitative Ability (QA).
- Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC).
- Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR).

CAT 2019 will be held in last week of November in two slots -

- Forenoon (9 AM to 12 PM).

- Afternoon (2:30 PM to 5:30 PM).

The result of CAT 2019 will be announced in the first week of January, and
the selection procedure initiates with the release of CAT cutoff.

Each of the participating institutes of CAT 2019 will execute their individual admission process, but,
the shortlisting would be done based on CAT 2019 cutoff.

Shortlisted candidates will be called for further selection rounds,

- Group Discussion (GD).
- Writing Ability Test (WAT).

- Both and Personal Interview (PI) rounds for the final admission.

The formed IIMs will administer the Common Admission Process (CAP) where the shortlisted aspirants from
all participating IIMs need to appear for WAT and PI rounds.

CAT 2019 Eligibility Criteria

IIM Calcutta has formulated the CAT 2019 eligibility criteria.
As per the official eligibility criteria of CAT 2019, a candidate should meet the following parameters-

- Candidates should be a Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with

minimum 50% Marks or equivalent CGPA from a recognized university or educational institute.
- Candidates from Reserved Category such as Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disability (PWD),

should be minimum 45% Marks in Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or educational Institute.
- Students from the final year of Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification exam and

those who have completed degree course and are awaiting results can apply for CAT 2018 as well.
- Aspirants with any Professional Degree with requisite percentage of marks will be eligible to appear for the exam.
- Age Limit:- There is no limit pertaining to age for appearing in CAT.