CAT 2025 Notification Highlights: Dates, Hiked Exam Fees for Gen/OBC/SC/ST, Official CAT Website & Key Changes

CAT 2025 Notification Highlights: Dates, Hiked Exam Fees for Gen/OBC/SC/ST, Official CAT Website & Key Changes

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CAT Application Date:01 Aug' 25 - 13 Sep' 25

Suvam MaitiUpdated on 07 Aug 2025, 10:39 AM IST

The CAT 2025 notification was out on Sunday, July 27, 2025, in the prominent newspapers. The CAT notification 2025 will soon be available on the IIM CAT official website - iimcat.ac.in. A copy of the CAT 2025 notification pdf has already been uploaded on the IIM Calcutta’s website. CAT 2025 will be held on November 30, 2025 by IIM Kozhikode. As per the CAT notification 2025, the CAT exam registration 2025 start date is August 1. Candidates can fill up the CAT application 2025 till September 13, 2025. As expected CAT exam fees 2025 has been increased, continuing the trend of the past few years. CAT fees 2025 for the general candidate is Rs. 2600, while CAT exam fees 2025 for SC/ST is Rs 1300.

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  1. CAT 2025 Notification Out: What changed?
  2. CAT Notification 2025: Highlights
  3. CAT 2025 Exam Dates Official
  4. CAT 2025 Registration
CAT 2025 Notification Highlights: Dates, Hiked Exam Fees for Gen/OBC/SC/ST, Official CAT Website & Key Changes
CAT 2025 Notification Highlights

CAT 2025 Notification Out: What changed?

  • CAT Fees 2025 for General/EWS: Rs 2600/- increased by Rs 100 compared to last year.

  • CAT Fees 2025 for SC/ST: Rs 1300/- increased by Rs 50 compared to the CAT 2024

CAT Notification 2025: Highlights

The CAT 2025 notification is out, and here are some of the CAT 2025 notification.

  • IIM Kozhikode conducting CAT 2025: This year, IIM Kozhikode will be conducting the CAT 2025 exam. Recently, the CAT 2025 Convenor was announced, who is Prof. Ram Kumar P.N. and is from IIM Kozhikode. He is a senior faculty member in the Operations and Quantitative Methods area.

  • CAT Registration Date 2025 : CAT 2025 exam registrations will commence from August 01, 2025.

  • CAT application 2025 last date: CAT applications last date is September 13, 2025.

  • CAT Admit Card 2025: The CAT admit card 2025 will be out on November 5, 2025

  • CAT Exam Date 2025 is November 30, 2025.

  • CAT result date 2025: First week of January 2026.

  • CAT 2025 Exam Pattern: It is expected that the CAT 2025 exam format will largely remain the same. While a sectional breakdown of the number of questions is not given, one can expect around 68-70 questions spread across 3 sections — LRDI, QA and VARC.

  • The CAT Exam 2025 Duration is of 2 Hours. There will be a sectional time limit of 40 minutes per section. Candidates are advised to be mindful of the sectional time limit, as candidates won’t be allowed to switch between sections.

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CAT 2025 Exam Dates Official

CAT Notification Events

CAT Important Dates

CAT Registration Start Date

August 1, 2025

CAT Registration Last Date

September 13, 2025

CAT Form Correction Window

September 20-25, 2025 (tentative)

CAT Admit Card Download Date

November 5, 2025

CAT Exam date

November 30, 2025

CAT Result date

First week of January 2025

CAT 2025 Registration

The CAT exam registration 2025 dates have been released through the CAT notification 2025. CAT registration 2025 will begin on August 01, 2025. The CAT application's last date is September 13, 2025. Aspirants planning to sit for the CAT 2025 exam will be able to fill the CAT application form by visiting the official website, iimcat.acc.in. The CAT registration process will include online registration, application form filling, uploading of documents and payment of fees.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Who can appear for CAT 2025?
A:

Any management aspirant who has a graduation degree of minimum three years can apply for CAT 2025.

Q: CAT happens twice a year?
A:

CAT happens once a year.

Q: When will the CAT 2025 exam take place?
A:

CAT 2025 examination is take place on November 30, 2025.

Q: When CAT 2025 registration will start?
A:

CAT 2025 registration will start on August 1, 2025 and it will continue till September 13, 2025.

Q: When CAT 2025 notification will be out?
A:

CAT notification is out on July 27, 2025.

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