IIM, IIT and IISC to participate in CAT

Updated on: Saturday, August 27, 2011

IIMs, IITs and IISc announced that the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee, and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore have decided to use CAT 2011 as part of the student selection process of their MBA and M Mgt programmes beginning from the academic year 2012-13.

The Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) previously used for admission by the IITs and IISc stands discontinued. A recent review revealed that the relatively young JMET is not too dissimilar to CAT, and that the effort to organise JMET each year seemed enormous in relation to the approximately 40,000 candidates who took the test each year.

Welcoming this move, professor Janakiraman Moorthy, CAT 2011 convenor said, “This is a major initiative that brings two premier higher education systems together. We anticipate that this will result in closer tie-ups and collaborative research work that will provide both sets of Institutions a competitive edge in the long run.”

CAT 2011 will be held over a 20-day window from October 22 to November 18, 2011 across 36 cities. Online registration opened on August 17, and will be available until September 28, 2011. For more details on CAT 2011, including the list of non-IIM institutions registered to use CAT 2011 scores, refer to www.catiim.in.

IIM, IIT and IISC to participate in CAT

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