IIM CAT Admission Online Form 2026 Date

IIM CAT Admission Online Form 2026 Date is a certificate verification schedule covered on this page. The key figures are an application window closing 22 September 2026 and a fee of ₹2,700 for unreserved candidates. Everything below — dates, eligibility, fee and the official links — is set out in the order you will need it.

Applications open on 03 August 2026 and close on 22 September 2026, giving candidates 51 days to complete the process. The 51-day window is comfortable, though last-day traffic still causes portal failures every cycle — applying in the first half avoids it. Fee payment closes on 22/09/2026 — note that this can fall on a different day from the form deadline, and an unpaid form is not a submitted form. The exam is currently shown for 29/11/2026; treat this as provisional until the admit card confirms it.

On qualifications, the notification states: Bachelor Degree in Any Stream with At Least Minimum 50% Marks. If your degree is an equivalent under a different name, look for the equivalence clause in the official PDF before paying the fee — a form rejected for a qualification mismatch is not usually refundable.

Fee-paying categories are charged between ₹1,350 and ₹2,700, depending on category. Payment is accepted via debit card, credit card, net banking, and offline bank challan. Pay only through the official portal linked on this page; the fee is normally non-refundable once the form is submitted.

Document verification is where otherwise-successful candidates most often fall out, usually over a missing category certificate or a name mismatch across documents. Assemble originals plus self-attested photocopies well before the date, and get any discrepancy in spelling or date of birth corrected in advance — it cannot be resolved on the day.