The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2025 is a critical national-level entrance exam. The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode will conduct the exam for admission to various postgraduate and Fellow/Doctorate programs at IIMs. Over 2 lakh candidates appear for the CAT every year.
To accommodate this large number of test-takers, the CAT 2025 exam will be conducted at over 375 exam centres. These centres are spread across approximately 170 test cities in India. The exam is scheduled for November 30, 2025.
Candidates can select up to five preferred test cities during the registration process. IIM Kozhikode has officially released the state-wise list of CAT 2025 Exam centres.
CAT 2025 Exam Centres List
Candidates should choose their preferred locations carefully. The official CAT Admit Card 2025 will print the exact CAT exam centre’s city, address, and other details.
Here is the state-wise CAT 2025 exam centres list:
| State | CAT Test Cities |
| Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar- Naharlagun |
| Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur, Guntur, Kurnool, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam, Chirala, Kadapa, Nellore, Tirupathi, Vizianagaram, Chittoor, Kakinada, Ongole, Vijayawada |
| Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur |
| Bihar | Arrah, Darbhanga, Patna, Aurangabad, Gaya, Purnea, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh-Mohali |
| Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur CG, Bhilai Nagar, Raipur |
| Delhi | Other-New Delhi |
| Dadra and Nagra Haveli | Daman and Diu Silvassa |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Vapi |
| Goa | Panaji-Madgaon |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur-HP, Hamirpur, Kangra, Shimla |
| Haryana | Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar, Kurukshetra |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Samba, Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| Karnataka | Belagavi (Belgaum), Bengaluru, Hubli-Dharwad, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Mangaluru (Mangalore), Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Udupi |
| Kerala | Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Trivandrum |
| Ladakh | Leh |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| 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 |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
| Odisha | Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
| Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana- Phagwara, Patiala |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur |
| Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Kanchipuram, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore |
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, NOIDA-Greater NOIDA, Prayagraj, Varanasi |
| West Bengal | Asansol-Durgapur, Bankura, Burdwan, Howrah, Kalyani-Hooghly, Kolkata, Siliguri |
Important Points for CAT 2025 Exam Centres
Candidates must remember certain points before taking the CAT 2025 exam.
- The Admit Card contains the official CAT 2025 exam centre details.
- The authorities will not accept any request for a change in the exam centre once they release the admit card.
- The CAT authorities may modify the exam centre due to unfavourable situations.
- Candidates must reach the exam centre on time. The admit card will show the reporting time.
- The authorities may not permit late entry.
- Candidates should visit the CAT test centre before the exam day. This helps avoid a last-minute panic or rush.
- Aspirants must follow all guidelines. Do not carry any prohibited items to the CAT exam centre. Failure to follow rules can result in the cancellation of candidature.
