CAT

OPJU offers five specialisations under its MBA programme. These specialisations deal with different functions of Management. Students who wish to know all the specialisations can check out the below list:

• Marketing Management
• Human Resources Management
• Operations Management
• Financial Management
• Business Analytics

The CAT exam is always conducted on the last Sunday of November with the CAT 2024 exam conducted similarly on Nov 24, 2024. Official announcement of the CAT 2024 exam date was made by the convening IIM on Jul 30, 2024. The announcement was made at the iimcat.ac.in website as well as in all the national dailies across India. Registrations cum application process for CAT 2024 began from the first week of August and ended in the third week of September 2024.

Check below CAT exam dates for 2023-2019:

• CAT 2023: November 26
• CAT 2022: November 27
• CAT 2021: November 28
• CAT 2020: November 29 
• CAT 2019: November 24

Once all the OPJU counselling rounds are over, students with admission offers must report to the university for verification of documents. Following is a list of documents that may be required during verification process:

• Class 10 and 12 marksheets
• UG degree
• UG transcripts
• Accepted exam scorecard
• Offer letter
• Category certificate (if applicable)
• Income certificate (if applicable)

CAT is one of the accepting exams for IIFM Bhopal MBA admission. Candidates with a CAT score can apply for MBA provided they also fulfil other selection requirements. The minimum overall percentile required in CAT is 80. The section-wise percentile required for CAT is 50 as per the previous year data. Besides CAT, aspirants can also apply with MAT, CMAT, MAT, XAT or GMAT scores.

Yes, students can get admission at Amity University Kolkata in an MBA course without CAT. The university also considers scores from other national-level management entrance exams such as MAT, XAT, NMAT, and CMAT. Additionally students who have secured considerate scores in their higher senior secondary and graduation are eligible to get admission directly to MBA courses at Amity University Kolkata. 

Yes, for COER University MBA admissions, it is not mandatory for students to have given CAT. Those who have a valid CAT score can apply via that. Those who did not take the exam can apply via XMAT or MAT results. Apart from these, the university also conducts an entrance exam (COER University Entrance Test) for MBA admissions.

The CAT exam is always conducted on the last Sunday of November every year. For 2025, the exam was held on November 30. For 2026, the announcement will be made at the iimcat.ac.in website as well as in all the national dailies across India. We at Shiksha also notify the aspirants through our communication channels. Registrations cum application process for CAT 2026 will begin from the first week of August and end in the third week of September 2026.

Yes, candidate can get into IIM Trichy at 70% in Class 12. But mere 12th marks are not sufficient for MBA admission. Therefore, candidate must attain the neccessary percentile. Looking at the Cutoff ranks for the past 3 years, the CAT Cutoff percentile is expected to be 90-95, for the General AI category candidates.