Common Admission Test
65
Universities accept it
20
States covered
₹2 K – ₹27 L/yr
Annual fee range
17
Cutoffs on record
CAT is the entrance test for the IIMs and is accepted by most leading business schools and university management departments in India. Scores are reported as percentiles, and institutions publish their own sectional and overall cut-offs.
A bachelor's degree with at least 50% marks (45% for SC/ST/PwD), or in the final year of one.
Three sections — Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Ability — of 40 minutes each, with sectional time limits.
These are the usual months, not this year's dates. Always confirm on the official notification.
Registration
August – September
Exam
November
Result
December – January
Interviews & admission
January – April
Lowest closing values first. Indicative seed data for this prototype — verify against official counselling records.
| University | Programme | Closing percentile | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovely Professional University Phagwara | MBA | 60%ile | 2025 |
| Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Bhubaneswar | MBA, KIIT School of Management | 70%ile | 2025 |
| UPES Dehradun | MBA | 70%ile | 2025 |
| Anna University Chennai | MBA, Department of Management Studies (CAT/TANCET) | 75%ile | 2025 |
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore | MBA, Amrita School of Business | 75%ile | 2025 |
| Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya Indore | MBA, IMS-DAVV | 78%ile | 2025 |
| Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune | MBA, PUMBA | 80%ile | 2025 |
| Pondicherry University Puducherry | MBA, Department of Management Studies | 80%ile | 2025 |
| Nirma University Ahmedabad | MBA, Institute of Management | 85%ile | 2025 |
| Banaras Hindu University Varanasi | MBA, Faculty of Management Studies | 85%ile | 2025 |
| Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi | MBA, Centre for Management Studies | 88%ile | 2025 |
| University of Hyderabad Hyderabad | MBA, School of Management Studies | 90%ile | 2025 |
| XIM University Bhubaneswar | MBA-BM, XIMB | 92%ile | 2025 |
| Panjab University Chandigarh | MBA, University Business School | 92%ile | 2025 |
| Symbiosis International (Deemed University) Pune | MBA, SIBM Pune | 94%ile | 2025 |
| SVKM's NMIMS (Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies) Mumbai | MBA (Core), School of Business Management | 94%ile | 2025 |
| University of Delhi Delhi | MBA, Faculty of Management Studies | 98.5%ile | 2025 |
Pilani, Rajasthan
Deemed University (Private) · Estd. 1964
₹2.8 L – ₹6.5 L/yr
BITS Pilani is a private deemed university and Institution of Eminence with campuses at Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai.
Manipal, Karnataka
Deemed University (Private) · Estd. 1993
₹1.5 L – ₹18 L/yr
Manipal Academy of Higher Education is a private deemed university and Institution of Eminence located in the university town of Manipal, Karnataka.
Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Deemed University (Private) · Estd. 1984
₹1.2 L – ₹4 L/yr
Vellore Institute of Technology is one of India's largest and best-known private engineering universities, with campuses at Vellore, Chennai, Bhopal and Amaravati.
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Deemed University (Private) · Estd. 2003
₹1.2 L – ₹4 L/yr
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is a multi-campus private deemed university with campuses in Coimbatore, Amritapuri, Kochi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Amaravati.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Deemed University (Private) · Estd. 1985
₹1.5 L – ₹5.5 L/yr
SRM Institute of Science and Technology is a large private deemed university headquartered at Kattankulathur near Chennai with additional campuses at Ramapuram, Vadapalani, Tiruchirappalli and Delhi-NCR.
Patiala, Punjab
Deemed University (Private) · Estd. 1956
₹3.5 L – ₹5.5 L/yr
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology in Patiala is one of the oldest private engineering institutions in India and a deemed university.
Pune, Maharashtra
Deemed University (Private) · Estd. 2002
₹1.8 L – ₹12 L/yr
Symbiosis International is a multi-campus deemed university headquartered at Lavale, Pune, best known for the Symbiosis Law School, SIBM and SCMHRD management institutes and the Symbiosis Institute of Design.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Deemed University (Private) · Estd. 1981
₹2.5 L – ₹13 L/yr
NMIMS is a private deemed university headquartered at Vile Parle, Mumbai and best known for its flagship School of Business Management, one of the top private B-schools in India.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Deemed University (Private) · Estd. 1992
₹1.2 L – ₹4 L/yr
KIIT is a large private deemed university in Bhubaneswar known for its engineering, law and medical schools and for its sister institution KISS, which educates 30,000 tribal children free of cost.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
State Govt University · Estd. 1978
₹25 K – ₹90 K/yr
Anna University is Tamil Nadu's premier technical university, with the College of Engineering Guindy (est.
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Deemed University (Private) · Estd. 1984
₹1.5 L – ₹2.5 L/yr
Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA) is a private deemed university in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi, Delhi
State Govt University · Estd. 1941
₹2 L – ₹2.5 L/yr
Delhi Technological University, formerly Delhi College of Engineering, is the Delhi government's flagship engineering university at Bawana Road in Rohini.
65 universities on ShikshaSphere accept CAT. The full list on this page is ordered by the ShikshaSphere Score and can be filtered by state, fees and accreditation.
Common Admission Test is conducted by The IIMs, on a rotational basis. It is computer-based test, once a year.
A bachelor's degree with at least 50% marks (45% for SC/ST/PwD), or in the final year of one.
Three sections — Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Ability — of 40 minutes each, with sectional time limits.
Annual tuition across these universities runs from ₹2 K – ₹27 L/yr. Fees on this page are indicative seed data for the prototype — check the university's own prospectus before applying.
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