CAT Eligibility Criteria 2023, Qualification, Age Limit, Reservation

CAT Eligibility Criteria 2023 : The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) has released the CAT Eligibility Criteria on its website. The CAT 2023 exam will be conducted on November 26, 2023, for admission to MBA/PGDM courses, and the registration process will be concluded on September 20, 2023. Candidates aspiring to appear in the CAT exam must read the detailed CAT Eligibility Criteria discussed in this article to be considered suitable for CAT 2023.

CAT Eligibility Criteria 2023

• Have successfully obtained a Bachelor's degree with the specified percentage of marks.
• b) Have completed a professional degree (such as CA, CS, ICWA, or Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India - FIAI) with the required percentage.
• c) Be in the final year of your Bachelor's degree program and meet the required percentage criteria.
• Please note that for SC/ST/PwD candidates, the minimum required percentage is 45%, while for General, EWS, and NC-OBC candidates, it is 50%.

CAT Eligibility Criteria 2023 Overview

CAT Academic Qualification 2023

CAT Age Limit 2023

• No minimum age restriction has been specified for candidates to take the CAT exam, so applicants of any age can apply for CAT 2023.
• There is also a maximum age limit for candidates applying for the CAT exam. Anyone can apply for the CAT at any point in their career.

IIM CAT Eligibility Criteria 2023- Reservation Criteria

CAT Eligibility Criteria 2023 For Person With Disability (PwD)

• Low vision and blindness
• People who have hearing impairments
• People who have locomotor disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, leprosy survivors, dwarfism, acid attack victims, and muscular dystrophy.
• People with mental illness, intellectual disability, autism, and specific learning disabilities.
• People with multiple impairments who fall under the above categories
• People with other specified disabilities as included in the schedule of the RPwD Act 2016.

CAT Eligibility Criteria for Reserved Categories

• A candidate from SC/ST categories must fall under the caste or tribe recorded in the Government of India schedule.
• The candidate has to submit the caste certificate to the IIM in the format approved by the government of India and should include the following:

1. Name of the caste/tribe
2. Whether it belongs to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe
3. District and State or Union Territory of the candidate's ordinary residence

• The appropriate schedule prescribed by the government of India that states the candidate's caste or tribe is approved as Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe .
• A candidate must upload a copy of the SC/ST/NC-OBC/EWS/PwD certificate while registering online for the CAT exam, without which the candidate's application for the CAT may be rejected.

CAT Eligibility Criteria 2023 For Final Year Students

CAT Eligibility Criteria 2023 - Marks Calculation

• Many universities and institutions have their own systems for calculating a student's percentage based on their grades or CGPA. In such cases, CAT authorities will rely on the practices certified by these educational institutions to determine the candidate's percentage.
• Conversion from CGPA to Percentage: If your university or institution doesn't have a specific conversion method, you can calculate your percentage by dividing your CGPA by the maximum CGPA attainable and then multiplying the result by 100. For example, consider a candidate with a CGPA of 8.8 out of a maximum of 10. The calculation would be: 8.8/10 = 0.88, then multiply this by 100 to get a percentage of 0.88 X 100 = 88%.

Who is Not Eligible for CAT 2023?

• If a candidate is currently in the process of completing their professional degree (such as CS, CA, or ICWA) without having already obtained their bachelor's degree, they are not eligible for CAT 2023.
• Individuals who are simultaneously pursuing both a bachelor's degree and a professional degree but have not yet successfully completed either of them are also ineligible for CAT 2023.
• Candidates whose scores in their bachelor's degree fall below 50% (or 45% for SC/ ST/ PwD candidates) do not meet the eligibility criteria for applying to CAT
• If a candidate's degree is not recognized by MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development), AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education), or UGC (University Grants Commission), they will be deemed ineligible for the CAT examination.

CAT Eligibility Criteria - Work Experience Requirements

Differences Between IIM Eligibility and CAT Eligibility

CAT Registration 2023

CAT Eligibility Criteria 2023 Faqs