CAT Test Centre Codes 2025: Check City-Wise CAT Exam Centres and Centre Codes

CAT Test Centre Codes 2025: Check City-Wise CAT Exam Centres and Centre Codes

Sambhav ThakurUpdated on 15 Nov 2025, 12:00 PM IST

The CAT centre code is mentioned on the CAT 2025 admit card. Candidates who are appearing for the CAT exam are advised to check their CAT centre code in the Assessment details section of the CAT admit card 2025. The CAT 2025 will be held across around 375 CAT exam centres with varying CAT centre codes in 170 exam cities on November 30, 2025. The CAT exam centre will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, along with seat availability and proximity for the aspirants. Additionally, candidates are advised to download and print their CAT admit card once released on the CAT 2025 admit card date of November 12, 2025. Keep reading this article for more information related to the CAT centre code and exam centre.

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  1. CAT Test Centre Code 2025: Exam Centres
  2. CAT 2025 Test Centre Code: Exam Centre List
  3. CAT Centre Code 2025: Exam City Selection Process
  4. CAT Centre Code 2025: How to Check Exam Centre
CAT Test Centre Codes 2025: Check City-Wise CAT Exam Centres and Centre Codes
CAT Test Centre Codes 2025

CAT Test Centre Code 2025: Exam Centres

The CAT 2025 exam will be conducted in three slots across the country at 375 CAT 2025 exam centres. Candidates are advised to check the CAT centre code and the CAT slot timings on the CAT admit card before the CAT exam on November 30, 2025.

CAT Exam Years

Number of CAT Exam Cities

Number of CAT Exam Centres

CAT 2025 Exam

170

375

CAT Exam 2024

156

400

CAT 2025 Test Centre Code: Exam Centre List

IIM CAT has released 375 test centres in over 170 CAT exam cities. Candidates are required to check the CAT centre code and exam centre locations before the CAT 2025 exam. The following table highlights the CAT 2025 exam centres and their cities. Please refer below table:

CAT 2025 Exam Centres

CAT 2025 Test Cities

CAT Exam Centre in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

  • Port Blair

CAT Exam Centre in Arunachal Pradesh

  • Itanagar

  • Naharlagun

CAT Exam Centre in Andhra Pradesh

  • Anantapur

  • Guntur

  • Kurnool

  • Rajahmundry

  • Visakhapatnam

  • Tirupati

  • Vijayawada

  • Chirala

  • Chittoor

  • Kadapa

  • Kakinada

  • Nellore

  • Ongole

  • Vizianagaram

CAT Exam Centre in Assam

  • Dibrugarh

  • Guwahati

  • Silchar

  • Jorhat

  • Tezpur

CAT Exam Centre in Bihar

  • Patna

  • Gaya

  • Muzaffarpur

  • Bhagalpur

  • Darbhanga

  • Arrah

  • Aurangabad

  • Purnea

CAT Exam Centre in Chhattisgarh

  • Raipur

  • Bilaspur

  • Bhilai Nagar

CAT Exam Centre in Chandigarh

  • Chandigarh

  • Mohali

CAT Exam Centre in Delhi

  • New Delhi

Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu

  • Silvassa

CAT Exam Centre in Gujarat

  • Ahmedabad

  • Surat

  • Vadodara

  • Rajkot

  • Gandhinagar

  • Anand

  • Mehsana

  • Vapi

CAT Exam Centre in Goa

  • Panaji

  • Madgaon

CAT Exam Centre in Haryana

  • Gurugram

  • Faridabad

  • Hisar

  • Ambala

  • Kurukshetra

CAT Exam Centre in Himachal Pradesh

  • Shimla

  • Hamirpur

  • Kangra

  • Bilaspur

CAT Exam Centre in Jharkhand

  • Ranchi

  • Jamshedpur

  • Dhanbad

  • Bokaro Steel City

  • Hazaribagh

CAT Exam Centre in Jammu and Kashmir

  • Jammu

  • Srinagar

  • Samba

CAT Exam Centre in Kerala

  • Thiruvananthapuram

  • Kozhikode

  • Thrissur

  • Alappuzha

  • Ernakulam

  • Kannur

  • Kollam

  • Kottayam

  • Malappuram

  • Palakkad

CAT Exam Centre in Karnataka

  • Bengaluru

  • Mysuru

  • Mangaluru

  • Hubli-Dharwad

  • Belagavi

  • Kalaburagi

  • Shivamogga

  • Udupi

CAT Exam Centre in Ladakh

Leh

CAT Exam Centre in Lakshadweep

Kavaratti

CAT Exam Centre in Maharashtra

  • Ahmednagar

  • Akola

  • Amravati

  • Aurangabad (CS Nagar)

  • Bhiwandi

  • Chandrapur

  • Jalgaon

  • Kolhapur

  • Mumbai

  • Nagpur

  • Nanded

  • Nashik

  • Navi Mumbai

  • Palghar-Boisar

  • Pune

  • Raigad

  • Sangli

  • Satara

  • Solapur

  • Thane

  • Vasai

  • Wardha

CAT Exam Centre in Madhya Pradesh

  • Bhopal

  • Indore

  • Gwalior

  • Jabalpur

  • Sagar

  • Satna

  • Ujjain

CAT Exam Centre in Manipur

Imphal

CAT Exam Centre in Meghalaya

Shillong

CAT Exam Centre in Mizoram

Aizawl

CAT Exam Centre in Nagaland

Kohima

CAT Exam Centre in Odisha

  • Balasore

  • Berhampur

  • Bhubaneswar

  • Cuttack

  • Dhenkanal

  • Rourkela

  • Sambalpur

Puducherry

Puducherry

CAT Exam Centre in Punjab

  • Amritsar

  • Bhatinda

  • Jalandhar

  • Ludhiana- Phagwara

  • Patiala

CAT Exam Centre in Rajasthan

  • Ajmer

  • Bikaner

  • Jaipur

  • Jodhpur

  • Kota

  • Sikar

  • Udaipur

CAT Exam Centre in Telangana

  • Hyderabad

  • Warangal

  • Karimnagar

  • Khammam

CAT Exam Centre in Tamil Nadu

  • Chennai

  • Coimbatore

  • Kanchipuram

  • Madurai

  • Salem

  • Tiruchirappalli

  • Tirunelveli

  • Vellore

CAT Exam Centre in Uttar Pradesh

  • Agra

  • Aligarh

  • Bareilly

  • Ghaziabad

  • Gorakhpur

  • Jhansi

  • Kanpur

  • Lucknow

  • Mathura

  • Meerut

  • Moradabad

  • Muzaffarnagar

  • NOIDA-Greater NOIDA

  • Prayagraj

  • Varanasi

CAT Exam Centre in Uttarakhand

  • Dehradun

  • Roorkee

  • Haldwani

CAT Exam Centre in West Bengal


  • Asansol-Durgapur

  • Bankura

  • Burdwan

  • Howrah

  • Kalyani-Hooghly

  • Kolkata

  • Siliguri

CAT Centre Code 2025: Exam City Selection Process

Candidates are required to fill in the five CAT exam state-city preferences during the CAT 2025 application process. The IIM CAT authorities allot the CAT centre code as per the candidates' preference and availability of seats in that particular CAT exam centre. The allocation of the CAT exam centre is based on a first-come, first-served basis, which means if you applied early, you will get your first choice.

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CAT Centre Code 2025: How to Check Exam Centre

Candidates who are appearing for the CAT 2025 exam are requested to thoroughly read and check their CAT admit card details, including their CAT centre code, CAT exam centre, slot details, etc. The following points highlight the step-by-step instructions to check the CAT exam centre and slot details.

  • Visit the IIM CAT official website - iimcat.ac.in

  • Log in with your CAT User ID and Password on the CAT candidate login page.

  • Navigate to the CAT dashboard and download the CAT 2025 admit card.

  • Scroll down to the “Assessment Details” Section and look for the CAT centre code.

  • Check and verify your CAT centre code, exam centre, and slot details.

  • In case any of the above is wrong or missing, contact the CAT official helpdesk immediately.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Where is the CAT centre?
A:

The CAT exam centre can be anywhere in the country, among the specific list of state-city exam centres. Candidates can fill five CAT state-city exam centres in their CAT application form. 

Q: How are CAT centres allotted?
A:

The CAT exam centres are allotted on a first-come, first-served basis by the IIM CAT authorities. The authority considers candidates' preferences, seat availability and proximity while allotting the CAT exam centre. 

Q: How do I know my CAT exam centre?
A:

Candidates are required to log in to the CAT candidate portal with their CAT User ID and Password and navigate to the CAT dashboard to download the CAT admit card for the CAT exam centre details. 

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