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Answer: No CAT issues reported in the last 24 hours, and it responded normally at our last check on 24 Oct 2026, 4:06 AM IST.
Our automated check runs from one or more locations and may miss in-app problems; reports come from users across India. We only call something "down" when users confirm it too. Here's how we check.
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About CAT
The Common Admission Test (CAT) is the entrance test of the Indian Institutes of Management, used for admission by the IIMs, from Ahmedabad and Bangalore to Calcutta and Lucknow, and by many non-IIM member institutions. IIM Indore runs the CAT 2026 Centre, and iimcat.ac.in is the only official CAT website.
For CAT 2026, registration ran from 3 August to 22 September 2026, admit cards open on 4 November and the test is on 29 November 2026. Registration, the candidate login, score cards and media releases are all on iimcat.ac.in.
20-day history
We checked 21 times over the last 20 days — healthy on 20 days. It typically responds in about 0.1s.
Dashed line is its usual 0.1s, measured over the last 14 days. Gaps are days with no timing data.
If CAT isn't working
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See if other CAT aspirants report it Many reports from aspirants at once mean the CAT site is down, so wait a few minutes.
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Start from iimcat.ac.in Open the login and registration buttons from the official home page each time.
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Pick the right login CAT 2026 candidates and CAT 2025 score card users have separate logins.
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Raise a ticket Registered candidates can use the Grievance Portal tab inside the application login.
Other ways to access CAT
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Read the FAQs The FAQs tab covers registration, category selection, the exam and PwBD questions.
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Take the quick tour The Quick Tour and registration guide on the home page walk through the form.
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Find non-IIM institutions The home page lists non-IIM member institutions that use CAT scores, state by state.
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Call the CAT helpline The toll-free line and the IIM Indore desk are on our CAT helpline page.
Official channels during an outage: Website
Questions
Our CAT card checks iimcat.ac.in and adds up reports from MBA aspirants. If plenty arrive in the same few minutes, the problem is with the CAT site, not your network.
A few things to check.
- The candidate login, registration and score card pages open from buttons on iimcat.ac.in and run on the exam vendor's servers, so they can fail even when the home page loads.
- Use the CAT 2026 login for this year and the CAT 2025 score card login for last year's score.
- Registration closed on 22 September 2026, so the form will not open now.
On Sunday, 29 November 2026. Download the admit card from 4 November 2026 through the registered candidate login.
Yes. The IIMs say iimcat.ac.in is the official CAT website and there is no other. Report any suspicious site asking for payment to the CAT help desk email.
CAT 2026 ka exam Sunday, 29 November 2026 ko hai. Admit card 4 November se candidate login mein milega.
Through the score card login on iimcat.ac.in. For last year's exam, use the CAT 2025 Score Card Login on the home page.
For registration and payment, call toll-free 1800 210 0175, Monday to Saturday. The IIM Indore number for eligibility queries is on our CAT helpline page.
Tap download on the status card at the top. The server down screenshot shows CAT's status, when we last checked, and how many users are reporting problems.
Need to reach CAT for a result, form or technical query? See the verified CAT helpline and candidate support numbers.
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