The application for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2025 will begin on August 1. This time, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode will be conducting CAT 2025. The CAT 2025 registration will begin on August 1 (10 am) and continue till September 13 (5 pm). The official website of CAT 2025 is iimcat.ac.in. CAT is conducted by IIMs as a prerequisite for admission to various management programmes of IIMs.
The convenor of CAT 2025, Prof PN Ram Kumar of IIM Kozhikode, has urged the MBA aspirants willing to take CAT 2025 to use only the official website — iimcat.ac.in — for all application-related activities. In case of any fraudulent websites or suspicious activity, candidates are encouraged to report the matter immediately to the CAT help desk at cat2025_helpdesk@iimk.ac.in.
CAT 2025 will be held on November 30 in three sessions. CAT will be conducted in test centres spread across around 170 test cities. Candidates will be given the option to select any five test cities in order of their preference.
During CAT 2025 registration, domestic candidates must verify their mobile number and email via OTP. Once verified, the User ID and password will be sent to both. Overseas candidates will receive OTP and login credentials via email only.
Using these credentials, candidates can log in and fill out the application form. The form need not be completed in one go — sessions can be saved and resumed multiple times. However, once the fee is paid and the form submitted, no changes can be made. The submitted form can only be viewed or printed. Full details are available on the application submission page.
Candidates applying for CAT 2025 should fulfill any one of the following conditions:
– Completed Bachelor’s degree with the required percentage of marks
– Completed professional degree (CA/CS/ICWA (CMA)/Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India (FIAI)) with required percentage.
– Should be in the final year of Bachelor’s degree with required percentage
Last year, the IIM Calcutta conducted the exam and 2.93 lakh candidates appeared for it.