CUSAT CAT Application Form 2026: Registration Date, Form-filling Process, Documents Required & More

Candidates can check the detailed CUSAT CAT 2026 eligibility criteria below for various B.Tech disciplines offered at the university.

• Pass in +2 examination of the State of Kerala or any other examination accepted as equivalent thereto with Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry as optional subjects, securing a separate minimum of 50% marks in Mathematics and 50% marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry put together.
• Candidates belonging to Kerala Scheduled Caste (KSC) and Kerala Scheduled Tribe (KST) communities are eligible to apply if they have a minimum pass mark in the qualifying examination.
• SEBC candidates of Kerala State belonging to the non-creamy layer category are eligible for 5% relaxation in the minimum required marks for the qualifying examination.
• Five marks relaxation is granted to the cutoff marks in Higher Secondary examination marks for admission to UG programs of the University to those who have participated in Scouts, Guides, Rover, Ranger and earned “Rajyapuraskkar”, Nanmudra Certificate” during Higher Secondary level.

To successfully submit the CUSAT CAT 2026 application form, applicants will have to provide their details, upload the documents and pay the fee. The CUSAT CAT application form will be accessible through the candidate login only. Candidates can check the steps to fill out the application form for CUSAT CAT 2026 below:

How to Fill the CUSAT CAT Application Form?

• Visit the CUSAT CAT official website.
• Click on “New candidate registration” button.
• Fill the mandatory details.
• After submitting the details in CUSAT CAT application form, candidates will receive an activation on their registered email id.
• Click on the activation link to activate the user account.
• Username will be the candidate’s email address and note the password.

Details Required for the CUSAT CAT Application Form

Candidates will have to provide the following details while filling out the form:

• Name, parents’ name, academic details, etc. 
• Gender.
• Communication and Permanent Address.
• Caste category (Gen/OBC/SC/ST).
• For Keralite status, NRI reservation and Children of Indian Workers in Gulf Countries (CGW), candidates must read the clauses provided in the CUSAT CAT prospectus.

Documents Required for CUSAT CAT Registration

• A recent passport-size photograph (in portrait orientation and 150px x 180px dimension).
• The file size of the photograph should not be larger than 500 KB.
• Upload a scanned image of the signature (in the dimension of 130px x 57px.).
• The file size of the signature must not be greater than 100 KB.
• The format of photo and signature can be .png or .jpg or .jpeg..

Select Course

• Candidates should select the programme or combination of programmes from the dropdown list with utmost care in CUSAT CAT 2026 application form.
• After that, select the qualification acquired or going to acquire.
• After confirming the course, the candidate has to click on the “confirm test” based on the qualification.
• Then submit the course details.

Short Preview

• Just after submitting the course details, a short preview will be displayed.
• Candidates should inspect the short preview carefully.
• After confirming short preview, no candidates will be able to modify the details.

Fee Payment

• Later, candidates should make CUSAT CAT 2026 fee payment online.
• Fee payment can be done through credit/debit cards or net banking

Select Centre

• After successful fee payment, list of available centres will be displayed.
• Candidates should select the centre as per their convenience for appearing in the CUSAT CAT exam.

Print Confirmation Page

• After centre selection, a final preview of CUSAT CAT application form will be displayed.
• Then wait for the confirmation from the University (it may take 2 days).
• After approval, candidates will be able to download the confirmation page.

Candidates can check the fee details of CUSAT CAT application form for different categories in the table below.