What is Eligibility of CAT 2012?

The Candidate who fulfill below requirement, Provided by CAT 2012 Advertisement on a Newspaper, can apply for CAT 2012.

Eligibility for CAT 2012

The Candidate must hold a Bachelor's Degree, with at least 50% of marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of SC/ST candidate and Differently Abled (DA) It may be also referred as Person with Disability(PWD) categories], awarded by any of Universities incorporated by an act of Central or State legislature in India or other educational institute established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a university under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by Ministry of HRD, Government of India. The percentage of marks obtain by the candidate in the bachelor's degree would be calculates based on the practice followed by the University/Institution from where the candidates has obtained the degree. in case the candidates are awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the conversion of grades/CGPA to percentages of marks would be based on the procedure certified by the University/Institute from where they obtained the bachelor's degree. In case the  University/Institute does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by divided the candidates CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result  with 100. Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. If selected, such candidates will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if he/she submits a certificates latest by June 30, 2013 from the principal/Registrar of he/she college/institutes (issued on or before June 30, 2013) stating that the candidate has completes all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor's degree/equivalents qualification on the dates of the issue of the certificates. IIMs may verify eligibility at various stages of the selection process, the details of which are provided at the website www.catiim.in. Applicants should note that the mere fulfillment of minimum eligibility criteria will not ensure consideration for shortlisting by IIMs. 


Prospective candidates must maintain a valid and unique email account and a phone number throughout the selection process.


For Further Detail read our main CAT 2012 Post