India Institute of Management (IIMs) has issued the notification for the Common Admission Test 2009, popularly known as CAT. It is conducted admission into the following programmes offered in various management institutes of IIM league, across the country.
i) Post Graduate Programmes in Management
- IIM Ahmedabad PGP, PGP-ABM and PGP-PMP
- IIM Bangalore PGP, PGSEM and PGPPM
- IIM Calcutta PGP-PGDM and PGP - PGDCM
- IIM Indore PGP and EPGP
- IIM Kozhikode PGP
- IIM Lucknow PGP and PGP ABM
- RGIIM Shillong PGP
ii) Fellow Programmes in Management (FPM) – FPM [equivalent to Ph.D.] of IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhilwde, and IIM Lucknow.
Date of Exam
November 28, 2009 to December 7, 2009
Test Centers
Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi. Durgapur, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Patna, Pune, Ranchi, Siliguri, and Varanasi. (IIMs reserve the right to change or cancel any test venue / centre and / or change the test window time and dates at their own discretion.)
Fee
See the prospectus
How to Apply
Interested candidate can obtain the application form branches of Axis Bank and their associated outlets (details given in the website: http://www.catiim.in), against a cash payment of Rs 1400 for General Class and Rs 700 for SC / ST candidates. Thereafter, the prospective candidates must log on to the website www.catiim.in to register for CAT 2009. The registration window starts on Wednesday, 9 September 2009 and will close on Thursday, 1 October 2009. Details of the registration process are provided at the website given. Applicants are requested to buy the application form only in the name as it appears in the school leaving certificate. In case name has been changed due to events such as marriage, the candidate must show the relevant document such as a marriage certificate and submit a photocopy at the time of the test, interview and at the time of joining a programme.
Date of issue of Application Form
September 9, 2009
Last Date of submitting Application Form
October 1, 2009
