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.

Note: Candidates appearing for the final bachelor's degree / equivalent qualification examination can also apply. Such candidates must produce a certificate from the Head of the Department / Registrar / 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.

If selected, such candidates will be allowed to join the program provisionally only if they submit a certificate latest by June 30, 2007 for the 2007 batch, from the Principal/Registrar of their college/institute stating that they have completed all the requirements (the results may, however, be awaited) for obtaining the bachelor's degree/ equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the certificate.

Programs

Post Graduate Programs in Management (PGP)

• IIM Ahmedabad PGP, PGP-ABM and PGP-PMP
• IIM Bangalore PGP and PGSEM
• IIM Calcutta PGP-PGDM and PGP-PGDCM
• IIM Indore PGP and Exec-PGP
• IIM Kozhikode PGP
• IIM Lucknow PGP and PGP-ABM

The Test

Number of questions and sometimes pattern varies from year to year. The test comprised 90 questions divided into 3 sections in the year 2005. Typically as the past historical record shows this test can be expected to comprise between 100 to 150 objective type questions and is usually divided into three to four sections. The duration of the test is of 120 minutes.

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. There is negative marking in the CAT paper and for every wrong answer a certain score is deducted from your total. The IIMs do not disclose the way they calculate the negative marks for the wrong answers.

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Fee

Annual expenses on tuition, library, computer, hostel and other fees (excluding personal expenses on travel, clothes and laundry) are about Rs. 2,00,000 (2 lacs)at present for domestic candidates.

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