CAT 2016 eligibility & test centres

Aspirants willing to register for CAT 2016 must check the eligibility criteria before registering for the exam. The eligibility criteria of CAT 2016 has been defined by IIM (Indian Institute of Management).

 

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Applications of candidates who do not abide by the eligibility criteria will be rejected. Keeping this is mind, it is always advised to first check the eligibility criteria, and only then register for the exam.

 

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The eligibility criteria for CAT 2016 is as follows:

• The candidate should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology that should be of a duration of 4 years after 10+2/Post B.Sc./Post Diploma or
• The candidate should hold a degree in B.E/B. Tech recognized by MHRD/UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by Institution of Engineers-India, AMICE by the Institute of Civil Engineers India).
• A candidate holding a qualification that is recognised by Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi, and is equivalent to a UGC recognized University/Institution’s Bachelor’s degree is eligible for the exam.
• The graduate applying for CAT 2016 should have secured a minimum aggregate of 50%, or equivalent CGPA.

 

Once the registration is done successfully, candidates will get access to their respective admit cards. Candidates must take a print out of these admit cards. When appearing for CAT 2016, candidates will have to produce the admit card before entering the exam hall.

IIM Bangalore likely to conduct CAT 2016

CAT 2016 official notifications will be declared by last week of June. The application process is expected to commence from first week of August. Like every year, this year too, the exam is likely to be conducted in the last week of November.

 

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Exam centres

CAT 2016 is likely to be conducted in the following centres:

State/UT	Cities
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh	Kurnool, Nellore, Tirupati, Vijayawada,Visakhapatnam
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
Assam	Guwahati
Bihar	Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Chattisgarh	Bhilai, Raipur
Delhi	New Delhi
Goa	Madagaon
Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
Haryana	Faridabad, Gurgaon, Palwal, Rohtak
Himachal Pradesh	Solan
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu
Jharkhand	Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Karnataka	Bengaluru, Belgaum, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi
Kerala	Kochi, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar
Maharashtra	Ahmednagar, Amravati, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Solapur
Meghalaya	Shillong
Odisha	Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur
Puducherry	Puducherry
Punjab	Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Ropar, Sangrur
Rajasthan	Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur
Tamil Nadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Namakkal, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelvelli
Telangana	Hyderabad, Karim Nagar, Khammam
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Allahabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi
Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Roorke
West Bengal	Durgapur, Hooghly, Howrah, Kolkata, Siliguri

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