The CAT 2026 exam will be conducted on November 29 in three sessions: morning, afternoon and evening. The CAT 2026 admit card is scheduled to be released on November 4, 2026, on the official website. Candidates will be able to check their allotted test city, examination centre address, slot timings and reporting time through the admit card.
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After downloading the CAT 2026 hall ticket, candidates should carefully verify all the details and plan their journey to the examination centre in advance. This article explains how to check the CAT 2026 test city and slot, understand the admit card details and avoid common mistakes on exam day.
Particulars | Details |
Exam name | Common Admission Test (CAT) 2026 |
Conducting institute | IIM Indore |
Admit card release date | November 4, 2026 |
CAT 2026 exam date | November 29, 2026 |
Exam mode | Computer-Based Test |
Exam sessions | Three |
Admit card download mode | Online |
Login credentials | Registered CAT user ID and password |
Official website | iimcat.ac.in |
The CAT 2026 exam will be held on November 29, 2026. Candidates who have registered for the CAT 2026 exam will be able to download their CAT 2026 admit card from the prescribed link mentioned in the table below.
CAT 2026 event | CAT 2026 Important Dates |
Notification release | July 25, 2026 |
Registration began | August 3, 2026 |
Registration deadline | September 22, 2026 |
Correction window | October 5–6, 2026 |
Admit card release | November 4, 2026 |
CAT 2026 exam | November 29, 2026 |
Expected CAT 2026 Result | First week of January 2027 |
Candidates who have filled out the CAT 2026 application form must download their CAT 2026 admit card from the official website and check the important information mentioned in the following points.
Details | What Candidates Should Verify |
Candidate's name | Check spelling against the application and identity document. |
Registration number / candidate ID | Ensure the number matches the candidate's application details. |
Photograph | Check that the photograph is clearly visible and belongs to the candidate. |
Signature | Verify that the displayed signature is correct. |
Exam date | Confirm November 29, 2026. |
Exam slot | Check whether the allotted session is morning, afternoon or evening. |
Reporting time | Note the reporting time printed on the admit card. |
Test city | Check the city allotted by the examination authority. |
Exam centre name and address | Verify the complete venue address and plan the route. |
Exam-day instructions | Read the identity document requirements and other instructions. |
The CAT 2026 exam will be conducted in three different slots to accommodate a large number of candidates who appear for the exam. The CAT exam slot details will be mentioned in the CAT 2026 admit card along with the reporting time at the centre and the closing time for the entry gate. Candidates can check the expected CAT 2026 slot details in the table below for reference.
Sessions | CAT 2026 shift timings | Last Entry Time | Reporting Time |
Morning | 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM | 8:15 AM | 7:00 AM |
Afternoon | 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM | 12:15 PM | 11:00 AM |
Evening | 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM | 4:15 PM | 3:00 PM |
Candidates can check the full details of the CAT 2026 exam centre on the CAT admit card. The CAT 2026 exam will be held in 170 test cities across the country. Candidates belonging to different parts of the country are advised to check their CAT 2026 test cities in the table mentioned below.
CAT 2026 Exam States | CAT Exam Cities 2026 |
CAT 2026 Cities in Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
CAT exam cities in Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur, Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram |
CAT cities in Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar, Naharlagun |
CAT cities 2026 in Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur |
CAT exam cities 2026 in Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea |
CAT 2026 cities in Chandigarh | Chandigarh, Mohali |
CAT exam cities in Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, CG, Raipur |
CAT 2026 cities in Delhi | New Delhi |
CAT exam cities in Goa | Panaji, Madgaon |
CAT exam cities 2026 in Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
CAT 2026 cities in Haryana | Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram |
CAT 2026 cities in Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur, HP, Hamirpur, Kangra |
CAT exam cities in Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu, Samba, Srinagar |
CAT 2026 cities in Jharkhand | Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
CAT exam cities 2026 in Karnataka | Belagavi (Belgaum), Bengaluru, Hubli-Dharwad, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Mangaluru (Mangalore), Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Udupi |
CAT exam centre in Kerala | Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Trivandrum |
CAT test cities in Ladakh | Leh |
CAT 2026 test cities in Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
CAT exam centre 2026 in Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain |
CAT 2026 exam centres in Maharashtra | Ahilyanagar, Akola, Amravati, Bhiwandi, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai-Raigad/Rasayani, Pune, Palghar-Boisar-Vasai, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Mumbai-Thane, Wardha, Baramati |
CAT 2026 cities in Manipur | Imphal |
CAT cities 2026 in Meghalaya | Shillong |
CAT exam centre in Mizoram | Aizawl |
CAT exam cities in Nagaland | Kohima |
CAT 2026 exam cities in Odisha | Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
CAT exam cities 2026 in Puducherry | Puducherry |
CAT test cities in Punjab | Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana-Phagwara, Patiala |
CAT 2026 test cities in Rajasthan | Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur |
CAT exam cities 2026 in Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Kanchipuram, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore |
CAT 2026 cities in Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal |
CAT exam cities in Tripura | Agartala |
CAT test centres in Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, NOIDA-Greater Noida-Ghaziabad, Prayagraj, Varanasi |
CAT test centres 2026 in Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee |
CAT 2026 test centres in West Bengal | Asansol-Durgapur, Bankura, Burdwan, Howrah, Kalyani-Hooghly, Kolkata, Siliguri |
Candidates can follow these steps to download their CAT 2026 admit card:
Visit the official CAT website.
Click on the registered candidate login option.
Enter the CAT 2026 user ID and password.
Open the admit card download link on the candidate dashboard.
Download the CAT 2026 admit card PDF.
Check the allotted exam city, centre address, slot and reporting time.
Save the PDF and take a clear printout as instructed.
Official website: https://iimcat.ac.in/
The download link is scheduled to become available on November 4, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The CAT 2026 admit card will be released on November 4, 2026. Registered candidates can download it from the official website.
The CAT 2026 exam will be conducted on November 29, 2026, in three slots: morning, afternoon, and evening.
Candidates can check their allotted exam city and centre name and address on the CAT 2026 admit card.
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