The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta has announced that 3.29 lakh candidates have registered for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2024, slightly higher than the 3.28 lakh registrations last year. The CAT exam is conducted for admission into postgraduate management programs in IIMs and other management colleges.
Candidates can refer to the box below to get a complete overview of the CAT 2024 exam:
Events | Details |
Number of Registrations | 3.29 lakh (a slight increase from last year) |
Exam Date | November 24, 2024 |
Sessions | Three sessions |
Exam Cities | 170 cities across India |
Result Announcement | Expected by the second week of January 2025 |
Score Validity | Till December 21, 2025 |
The CAT exam is a gateway for admission into postgraduate management programs in IIMs and other management colleges that accept CAT scores. Every year, one of the IIMs organizes the CAT exam. This year, IIM Calcutta is the conducting body.
Here is the selection process:
Here are the details of the past few years:
Year | Total number of registration | Total candidates appear for the exam | Total number of candidates qualified for the exam with 100 percentile |
2024 | 3.29 lakh | Not conducted yet | TBD |
2023 | 3.28 lakh | 2.88 lakh | 14 candidates |
2022 | 2.55 lakh | 2.22 lakh | 11 candidates |
2021 | 2.30 lakh | 1.92 lakh | 9 candidates |
2020 | 2.27 lakh | 1.90 lakh | 9 candidates |
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