CAT 2025 exam date is November 30, 2025. The IIM CAT 2025 official notification has been released on July 27, 2025 on the IIMCAT website at iimcat.ac.in. IIM Kozhikode will organise CAT 2025 in online mode across 155 cities. The CAT 2025 scores will be accepted by 21 IIMs and more than 1200 B-schools across India for admission into various PG management programs.
Prospective candidates can start the registration process from August 1, 2025. To take all exam-related steps on time, it is crucial to know the detailed information of the CAT exam date 2025 . CAT 2025 notification includes key details such as the exam date, registration timeline, admit card release, and result announcement.CAT 2025 Key Highlights | |
Particulars | Details |
Exam Name | Common Admission Test (CAT) |
Conducting Body | Indian Institutes of Management, Kozhikode (Expected) |
CAT Frequency | Annual |
Exam Level | National |
Medium of Exam | English |
Exam Mode | Computer-Based Test (CBT) |
No. of Questions | 66 |
CAT Question Types | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) Type in The Answer (TITA) |
CAT Score Validity | 1 year |
Number of IIMs Participating in CAT 2025 | 21 IIMs |
Non-IIMs Accepting CAT Scores | 1000+ prestigious management institutes and business schools in India |
Official Website | iimcat.ac.in |
CAT Exam Date 2025 | |
CAT 2025 Event | Date (Expected) |
CAT 2025 Notification Release | July 27, 2025 |
Start of CAT 2025 Registration | August 1, 2025 |
End of CAT 2025 Registration | September 13, 2025 |
CAT 2025 Form Correction Date | September 2025 |
CAT 2025 Admit Card Issue | November 5 - 30, 2025 |
CAT 2025 Exam Date | 30th November 2025 |
CAT 2025 Results Announcement | December 2025 |
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CAT 2025 Exam Date | CAT Registration 2025 |
CAT Eligibility Criteria 2025 | CAT Exam Pattern 2025 |
CAT Syllabus 2025 | |
CAT Sections | Topics Covered |
VARC | RC passages, Verbal logic, Para jumbles, Odd sentence out, Para summary, Inferences, One-word substitution, Odd one out, Syllogism, Analogies |
LRDI | Blood Relations, Directions, Syllogism, Binary Logic, Clocks and calendars, Tables, Charts, Graphs, Connectives, Matching/Puzzles, Logical Sequence, Number and Letter Series, Venn Diagrams, Seating Arrangement, Coding-Decoding, Caselets and Table |
Quantitative Aptitude | Geometry, Averages, Simple & Compound Interest, Trigonometry, Percentages, Arithmetic, Number Systems, Algebra, Modern Maths, Mensuration, Profit and loss |
CAT 2025 Exam Pattern | |
Particulars | Details |
No. of sections | 3 sections VARC DILR QA |
Total Number of Questions | 66 |
Type of Questions | MCQs and TITA (Type In The Answer) |
Questions per Section | VARC: 24 DILR: 20 QA: 22 |
Time Allotted | 120 minutes (40 minutes per section) |
Marks for Correct Answer | +3 for each correct answer |
Negative Marking for Wrong Answer | -1 for each incorrect answer |
Negative Marking for TITA Questions | No negative marking for TITA questions |
CAT 2025 Score Vs Percentile | ||||
DILR Score | VARC Score | QA Score | Overall Score | Percentile |
30 | 42 | 30 | 86 | 99.5 |
25 | 36 | 25 | 74 | 99 |
20 | 30 | 22 | 52 | 95 |
14 | 24 | 13 | 42 | 90 |
11 | 20 | 9 | 35 | 80 |
9 | 18 | 7 | 30 | 70 |
CAT 2025 Cut Off | |
Institution | Expected Cut Off (Percentile) |
IIM Ahmedabad | 99-100 |
IIM Calcutta | 99 |
IIM Bangalore | 99-100 |
IIM Indore | 97+ |
IIM Lucknow | 97+ |
IIM Amritsar | 95+ |
IIM Kozhikode | 97 to 98 |
IIM Sambalpur | 95+ |
IIM Nagpur | 95+ |
IIM Raipur | 94 |
IIM Trichy | 94 |
IIM Kashipur | 94 |
IIM Ranchi | 94 |
IIM Udaipur | 92 |
IIM Vizag | 92 |
IIM Sirmaur | 95 |
IIM Bodhgaya | 92 |
IIM Rohtak | 95 |
IIM Shillong | 90 |
IIM Mumbai | 97 |