CAT (Common Admission Test) is the entrance examination conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management on a rotational basis for admission to the two-year flagship MBA / Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) at all IIMs and 1,000+ partner B-schools. The CAT 2025 cycle (results in early 2026, admission process running till mid-2026) covers Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Ability sections. Each IIM independently runs Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds with individual cutoffs. CAP / CAP-style joint counselling exists for IIM Shillong and a few smaller IIMs.