CAT 2019 Eligibility

CAT 2019 Eligibility Criteria

CAT 2019 Eligibility Highlights:

CAT 2019 Eligibility based on Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technology of 4-years duration completed after 10+2 or Post B.Sc. or Post Diploma.

• Candidates with CA/CS/ICWA degree recognized by ICAI, ICSI, and ICMAI.

• Qualification equivalent to 3 years bachelor’s degree recognized by Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi.

• A degree equivalent to bachelor degree in Engineering and Technology of Professional Societies recognized by MHRD/UPSC/AICTE such as AMIE by Institution of Engineers, India or AMICE by Institute of Civil Engineers of India.

• A candidate with any other qualification not listed here can also apply but they will have to produce an equivalency certificate issued by Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi.

• If you are a student of foreign origin and aspiring to take CAT 2019, you are allowed to attempt the CAT, considering you satisfy all the above-mentioned eligibility criteria.

CAT 2019 Eligibility for Final Year Students:

• If you are a student of foreign origin and studying in the final year of your graduation or post graduation, and aspiring to take CAT 2019, you can fill the CAT 2019 form, considering you satisfy all the above-mentioned final year of UG or PG eligibility criteria, as notified by the conducting authority.

CAT 2019 Reservation scheme:

• Reserved Seats: For CAT 2019, Reserved seats are 52.5% of the total seats.

  CAT 2019 Reserved seats
  Scheduled Caste (SC)	15% of the total seats.
  Scheduled Tribes (ST)	7.5% of the total seats.
  Physically Disabled	3% of the total seats.
  NC-OBC	27% of the total seats.

CAT 2019 CGPA-Percentage Conversion:

• CGPA calculation: To convert your CGPA  to Percentage, you have to first Divide your CGPA by maximum possible CGPA and then multiply it with 100. This can be used to check CAT 2019 Eligibility in absence of any percentage conversion scheme in the University.

• Percentage Conversion: If your university already provides the result of graduation and post graduation degree in the percentage format then, the percentage must be calculated on the basis of conversion schemes followed by the concerned university/institution.

• Final year students: CAT 2019 Applicants in the final year of bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification are also eligible to fill the CAT 2019 Application Form.

CAT 2019 Eligibility Key Points:

• Age: There are no criteria for CAT 2019 Age Limit. The individual of any age can appear for the CAT 2019 Exam.

• Shortlisting: Just fulfilling the CAT 2019 Eligibility Criteria will not ensure the Short Listing by the CAT 2019 IIMs.

• Percentile: The CAT 2019 Percentile or CAT 2019 Score will be used to shortlist the candidates and the CAT 2019 Rank List will be updated.

CAT 2019 Eligibility for Work Experience:

• It is not mandatory for candidates to hold any prior work experience.

• Although CAT Application Form does ask for it, it not a necessary condition to fulfill.

• It must be noted that at the time of final selection, this work experience may be given some weightage by some IIMs. However, the exact weightage never revealed and it varies from one IIM to another.

• The bottom line is that work experience does not come into play till the last stage of final selection and even then it does not play a deciding factor.

• IIMs have been known to have a mixed batch comprising of both fresh graduates and students with work experience. 

CAT 2019 Number of Seats in IIMs:

Institute wise CAT Cutoff in percentile: