CAT 2025 Notification: Registration Window, IIM Shortlisting Criteria and New Features

CAT 2025: Complete Notification Guide

IIM Calcutta is the designated conducting body for CAT 2025 — India's most competitive MBA entrance exam, gateway to 20 IIMs and 1,200+ MBA colleges.

Registration and Important Dates - **Registration Opens:** August 2025 - **Last Date to Register:** September 2025 - **Exam Date:** Last Sunday of November 2025 - **Result Declaration:** January 2026

Exam Pattern CAT 2025 is a 2-hour CBT divided into three sections: 1. **Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC):** 24 questions, 40 minutes 2. **Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR):** 20 questions, 40 minutes 3. **Quantitative Ability (QA):** 22 questions, 40 minutes

MCQs carry +3/-1 marking; TITA questions have no negative marking.

IIM Shortlisting Criteria Each IIM uses its own composite score formula combining CAT percentile (70-80% weightage), board marks, graduation CGPA, work experience, and diversity factor. IIM Ahmedabad/Bangalore/Calcutta typically need 99+ overall percentile with 95+ in all three sections.