CAT Exam Centres 2023: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) will release the list of CAT exam centres in its official notification. The exam will be held online in 150 test cities across India. Candidates applying for the exam can check the test centres online at iimcat.ac.in. Moreover, they can check the list of test cities on this page.

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The Computer Based Test (CBT) will be conducted on November 26, 2023. The online applications for this exam will be released in August 2023. While filling out the application form, candidates need to choose six test centres as per their preference. They can check the details of their allotted test centres on the admit card. Read this article to find out more.

How to Choose CAT Exam Centres 2023?

The notification for IIM CAT Exam 2023 will be tentatively issued on July 31, 2023. Candidates willing to fill out the application form need to choose test centres as per their preferences while filling out the application form. The test centres will be allotted based on city preferences filled in during the registration. The process of choosing exam centres is listed below:

• 1st Step: Candidates must visit the official website to register for CAT 2023.
• 2nd Step: Create a login ID and register on the website and fill out the online application form.
• 3rd Step: While filling out the application form, a candidate will reach a tab of exam centres “select test city”.
• 4th Step: Here candidate will have to select 6 cities as per the preference. The city mentioned first will be the most preferred and the last filled city means least preferred.
• 5th Step: After this, the candidate must fill out the rest of the fields by themselves and make a payment of the exam fee to submit the application form.

State-wise CAT Exam Centres 2023

IIM CAT is a computer-based MBA entrance exam that is usually conducted for candidates wanting to get admission into IIMs and other B-schools in India. Aspirants can check the state-wise exam centres for CAT 2023 from the table provided below:

State/UTs	Test Cities
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh	Guntur, kakinada, kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Tirupathi, Vishakapatnam, Vijayawada, Vizianagaram
Bihar	Arrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna
Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar – Naharlagun
Chattisgarh	Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu	Silvassa
New Delhi	New Delhi
Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
Goa	Madgaon, Panaji
Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Shimla
Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad – Gurugram
Jharkhand	Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu, Srinagar
Kerala	Kannur, Ernakulam, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Trivandrum
Karnataka	Belagavi (Belgaum), Bengaluru, Hubli – Dharwad, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Mangaluru (Mangalore), Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Udupi
Ladakh	Leh
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain
Meghalaya	Shillong
Maharashtra	Ahmednagar, Amravati, Aurangabad, Bhiwandi, Boisar, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Palghar, Pune, Raigad, Satara, Solapur, Thane, Vasai
Manipur	Ukhrul
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Kohima
Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur
Puducherry	Puducherry
Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala
Rajasthan	Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur
Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Warangal
Tamil Nadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore
Tripura	Agartala
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Greater Noida – Noida, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Prayagraj, Varanasi
Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee
West Bengal	Asansol, Bankura, Burdwan, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri

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States/UTs with Only One CAT Test Centre

There are 13 states or Union Territories that have only one CAT test centre. Check out the list below:

State/UTs	Test Cities
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar – Naharlagun
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu	Silvassa
New Delhi	New Delhi
Ladakh	Leh
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
Meghalaya	Shillong
Manipur	Ukhrul
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Kohima
Puducherry	Puducherry
Tripura	Agartala

Note: The official authority has the right to change or remove any exam centre from the list.

Important Points on CAT Test Centres

Test cities will be mentioned on the CAT website, and the details of the test centre will be shown on the admit card. Let’s check the below-mentioned points related to the exam centres:

• Candidates can change the exam test city as the exam conducting body provides the facility to change their test city preference during the CAT application form correction.
• Exam centres will be allotted on the basis of preference of the choices that are filled by the candidate.
• If the first choice filled preference is not available, then the candidate will be assigned a second preference.
• Selection of the test city will be done in order of preference starting from first to sixth.

CAT Admit Card 2023

Candidates who have filled out the application form successfully will be able to download the CAT admit card 2023. On the admit card, candidates can check their allotted exam centre name and address. Once they download their admit cards, they can locate the test centre through the google maps link. The officials provide the Google map link facility for candidates to locate the test centres on the admit card.

CAT Interview Centres

After successfully qualifying for the CAT online test, shortlisted candidates will be called for the interview procedure. Candidates can check the interview centres of IIMs below:

Name of IIM	Interview Centres
IIM Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad, Bangalore, New Delhi & Kolkata
IIM Amritsar	IIM Kozhikode
IIM Bangalore	Bangalore, Kolkata & New Delhi
IIM Bodhgaya	IIM Calcutta
IIM Calcutta	Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai
IIM Indore	Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi
IIM Kashipur	Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
IIM Kozhikode	Kozhikode, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata
IIM Lucknow	Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad
IIM Nagpur	N/A
IIM Raipur	Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
IIM Ranchi	Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
IIM Rohtak	Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
IIM Sambalpur	IIM Indore
IIM Shillong	Shillong, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai
IIM Sirmaur	IIM Lucknow
IIM Trichy	Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
IIM Udaipur	Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
IIM Visakhapatnam	IIM Bangalore

CAT 2023 Exam Day Guidelines

Aspirants after successfully filling out the application form must check the exam day guidelines:

• Candidates must reach the exam centre at least 30 minutes before the gate gets closed.
• Carry the admit card, and the required documents along to the exam centre.
• The candidate’s primary reference identity is the application number.

Do’s for Candidates

• CAT admit card must be carried.
• The candidate must fix the photograph in the space provided on CAT admit card.
• The candidate must carry the admit card along with identity proof.
• Make use of the Google Maps link to locate the exam centres.
• Candidates must report to the test centre before the reporting time.
• The candidate will have to undergo document verification, IRIS and photo capture, and temperature checking with the thermal gun.
• Candidates will be providing attendance with a signature on the form.

Don’ts for Candidates

• Avoid carrying prohibited items to the exam centres.
• CAT cannot be attempted more than once in the same year.
• Do not use the keyboard, as this will lock the system.

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