Rs 950 for SC, ST and PwD category candidates.

Rs1900 for all other categories of candidates.

Please note that a candidate needs to pay registration fees only once, irrespective of the number of institutes he / she is applying for. Fees once paid cannot be refunded under any circumstances.

You can register for CAT 2019 at the official CAT 2019 website, between 10:00 am on August 7, 2019 and 5:00 pm on September 18, 2019. The registration steps are as follows:

• Register to generate unique User ID and Password.
• Log in with the generated User ID and Password to fill in the Application form.
• Submit Application form after entering details and making online payment to complete the registration and application process.

During registration, the mobile number and email address provided by the domestic candidates will be verified through an OTP sent to that mobile number and email address. Once the OTP is verified, the User ID will be sent to the email address and the Password will be sent to the registered mobile number to complete the registration process. Overseas candidates will receive the OTP on their email address only. Once the OTP is verified, both the User ID and Password will be sent to the registered email address. Using these credentials, you can login as a Registered User to fill up the Application form. Applicants do not have to complete the application form in a single session. Applicants can save their current session and login later to complete their Application form. This can be done multiple times. 

Once the payment is made and the Application form is submitted, applicants will not be allowed to make any changes. You can only view and print the Application form after submitting the Application form. Details are available on the Application submission page.

To understand the registration procedure for CAT 2019, see the Registration Video (which will be uploaded by 2.00 pm on August 7, 2019) on the CAT website.

Before You Register

Kindly follow the instructions given below before you start registering for CAT 2019.

• Check your eligibility for CAT 2019 by referring to the Eligibility document on the website.
• Ensure that you have a valid and unique email address and mobile number. Please ensure that you retain this  email address and mobile number until the CAT Admission process is completed as all official communications will be done using this email address and mobile number only. 
• “*” (asterisk) indicates a mandatory field. The fields marked with this symbol must be filled in or you  will not be allowed to submit your application for CAT 2019.

Gather all the information you need for filling the form before registering. Candidates are encouraged to skim through all six sections (i.e. Personal Details, Academic Qualifications, Work Experience etc.) to figure out the requirements during the application process. Scanned images of your passport size photo and signature are required for uploading. The photo should not be more than six months old and should have a white background. Please note that candidates will be required to bring printed copies of the same photograph on the examination day (November 24, 2019). Please carefully verify the accuracy and authenticity of the information submitted as part of CAT 2019 application form. For all subsequent admission processes, the information provided in this Application form will be taken as final and no request for change will be entertained at any future stage.

• Step 1: Registration for User ID and Password
• Step 2: Login to CAT Website
• Step 3: Fill Application Form
• The Application Form is categorized into the following six sections:
• Personal Details
• Academic Qualifications
• Work Experience
• Programmes
• Test City
• Payment

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IMPORTANT

Candidates must declare and maintain a valid and unique email account and a mobile phone number throughout the selection process.

Candidates will be allotted exactly 60 minutes for answering questions in each section and they will not be allowed to switch from one section to another while answering questions in a section.

Some questions in each section may not be of multiple-choice type. Instead, direct answers will have to be typed on the screen. The tutorials will clearly explain this. Also, we will allow use of basic onscreen calculator for computation.

Tutorials to understand the format of the test will be available on the CAT website from October 16,  2019. Candidates are advised to work on the tutorials available on the CAT website well in advance.

• ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION

If a candidate is shortlisted for interviews by any IIM, he/she must comply with the following eligibility verification:

• Mark sheets and Degree Certificate

A candidate must show all the mark sheets and submit attested copies to prove his/her eligibility at the time of interview. Further, if a candidate is selected for a programme, original degree certificate and mark sheets of all semesters/years along with their attested copies must be submitted for verification at the time of joining the programme.

• Reservation Category Requirements

If shortlisted for interview, SC, ST, NC-OBC and PWD candidates must show the original caste / class and / or disability certificate and submit a photocopy at the time of interview along with the submission requirements as specified in “Mark sheets and Degree Certificate” section.

• Candidates in the Final Year of Graduation

If shortlisted for interview, candidates appearing for the final bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification examination must show an original certificate from the Principal / Registrar / Director of the university / institution certifying that the candidate has obtained 50% marks or equivalent (45% in case of the candidates belonging to SC, ST, and PWD category) based on latest available grades / marks. He / she must submit an attested copy of the original certificate at the time of interview.

For the Post Graduate Programmes of IIMs, such candidates, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme PROVISIONALLY, only if they submit a certificate from the Principal / Registrar of their University/institution (issued on or before the date as stipulated by the respective IIM) stating that they have completed all the requirements (the results may, however, be awaited) for obtaining the Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate. Their admission will be confirmed only when they submit original mark sheet and qualifying degree certificate of having passed the bachelor's degree / equivalent qualification referred to in the certificate issued by Principal /Registrar of their college/institute. They must obtain at least 50% marks or equivalent (45% in case of the candidates belonging to SC, ST, and PWD category). They also must submit an attested copy of the mark sheets and qualifying degree certificate.

The deadline for submission of the mark sheet and the certificate is December 31, 2019. NONFULFILLMENT OF THIS CONDITION WILL AUTOMATICALLY RESULT IN THE CANCELLATION OF THE PROVISIONAL ADMISSION. Provisional admission will also be cancelled if it is found that the certificate is found to be incorrect subsequently.

It is mandatory for every candidate to carry their CAT 2019 admit card to the exam centre. Any candidates found not carrying the admit card will not be allowed to take the test.

CAT 2019 Admit Card Download Begins at 5:00 PM

• NORMALISATION OF CAT SCORES IN 2019

CAT 2019 shall be conducted in two sessions. Two different Test Forms shall be administered in two Test Sessions. In order to ensure fairness and equity in comparison of performances of candidates across different test sessions, the scores of candidates shall be subjected to a process of Normalisation. The Normalisation process shall adjust for location and scale differences of score distributions across different forms. After normalisation across different forms, the scores shall be further normalised across different sections. The Scaled Scores obtained by this process shall be converted into percentiles for purposes of shortlisting.

For reporting purposes, Scaled Scores for each section (Section I : Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Section II : Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Section III : Quantitative Ability (QA) and Total along with the Percentiles shall be published.

The process of Normalisation is an established practice for comparing candidate scores across multiple Test Forms and is similar to those being adopted in other large educational selection tests conducted in India, such as the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). For normalisation across sections, we will use the percentile equivalence.

• Percentile Score Calculation

Calculation of percentile score of a candidate :

The steps described below are followed to calculate the CAT 2019 overall and sectional percentile scores obtained by a candidate. While illustrating the percentile score calculation process, QA section is chosen as an example. Similar process is followed for the overall percentile score calculation and for the other two sections, i.e. DILR and VARC in CAT 2019.

• Step 1 : Calculate the total number of candidates (N) who appeared for CAT (i.e. including both morning and afternoon sessions). 
• Step 2 : Assign a rank (r), based on the scaled scores obtained in the QA section, to all candidates who appeared for CAT. In the case of two or more candidates obtaining identical scaled scores in the QA section, assign identical ranks to all those candidates.
• As an illustration suppose exactly two candidates obtain the highest scaled score in the QA section, then both of those candidates are assigned a rank of 1. Moreover, the candidate(s) obtaining the second highest scaled score in the QA section are assigned a rank of 3 and so on.
•  Calculate the percentile score (P) of a candidate with rank (r) in the QA section as : P = ((N - r) / N)  x 100
• Step 4 : Round off the calculated percentile score (P) of a candidate up to two decimal points.
• For example, all percentile scores greater than or equal to 99.995 are rounded off to 100, all percentile scores greater than or equal to 99.985 but strictly less than 99.995 are rounded off to 99.99 and so on.

A methodology similar to the one described above is used for the computation of the overall CAT percentile scores and for the percentile scores of other sections.