The Indian Institute of Management will conduct the Common Admission Test during Saturday, 28 November 2009 to Monday, 7 December 2009 for admission to the following programmes:

A. 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

B. Fellow Programmes in Management (FPM) [equivalent to Ph.D.] of IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode and IIM Lucknow.

Note: Each IIM follows its own admission process independant of other IIMs.List of non-IIM member institutes that have registered to avail CAT 2009 scores is provided at www.catiim.in CAT score is restricted only for admission to IIMs and non-IIM member institutes. A candidate can appear for CAT 2009 only once during the 10dat testing window.

Eligibility: The candidate must hold a Bachelor's degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% in case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Differently Abled categories. Candidates appearing for their final year of Bachelor's Degree/ equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results may also apply.

IIMs may verify eligibility at various stages of the selection process.Details are provided at www.catiim.in.

Note: Prospective candidates must maintain a valid email account throughout the selection process.

Sale of CAT Vouchers: The CAT 2009 vouchers can be obtained from branches of AXIS BANK and their associated outlets during the period from Wednesday, 9 September 2009 to Thursday, 1 October 2009 for Rs.1400/- (Rs.700/- for SC/ST candidates) Extended to Thursday, October 8, 2009

Note: A candidate needs to buy only one voucher irrespective of the no of institutes he/she is applying to. The voucher must be bought only in the name of the candidate as it appears in the school leaving certificate. If a voucher is lost, not readable due to mishandling or a candidtae thinks he/she had made mistakes in filling-out information during the online registration then the candidate can purchase a new voucher and re-register online.

Axis Bank Branches: For a complete list and exact location of Axis Bank and their associated outlets visit www.catiim.in

Registration For CAT: On purchasing the CAT 2009 voucher, prospective candidates must log on to the wesitee www.catiim.in to register for CAT 2009. Registration window starts on Wednesday, 9 September 2009 and closed on Thursday, October 8, 2009 (now closed).

Test Centres: Test will be conducted in venues across many centres. These centres are at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, 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.

CAT Score: A candidate's CAT score card will be available to the candidate at the web site www.catiim.in from 22 January 2010. Candidates must retain a print-out of their score card.

 Information Sources:
Cat Web site   www.catiim.in           IIM Ahmedabad  www.iimahd.ernet.in
IIM Bangalore www.iimb.ernet.in      IIM Calcutta      www.iimcal.ac.in
IIM Indore     www.iimidr.ac.in         IIM Kozhikode    www.iimk.ac.in
IIM Lucknow  www.iiml.ac.in            IIM Shillong      www.rgiim.ac.in