CAT 2026 Admit Card Released: Download from 6 November, Exam on 29 November

The CAT 2026 admit card is available to download from 6 November 2026 on iimcat.ac.in. The Common Admission Test runs on 29 November 2026 in three sessions, and IIM Indore is the institute conducting it this year. You log in with your CAT user ID and password, download the hall ticket, and print it on A4 paper. The admit card is not sent by post or email, so the download on the official website is the only way to get it.

CAT 2026 admit card at a glance

CAT 2026 admit card download date changed once already

The admit card was first scheduled for 4 November. IIM Indore then put out a media release on 4 November and moved the release to 6 November. The institute lists that release on the CAT homepage under Know More.

Download the card on the first day if you can. The hall ticket carries your test city, your centre address, your slot, and your reporting time, and you want to know all four well before the exam morning. A centre in a different part of your city, or a morning slot when you expected afternoon, changes your travel plan. Finding that out on 28 November leaves you no room to fix anything.

CAT admit card download: how to get it

Open iimcat.ac.in and go to the candidate login. Enter your CAT user ID and password, the same login you used for the application form. The CAT admit card download link sits inside the candidate dashboard. Open it, check every detail on the screen, then download the PDF and save a copy on your phone as well as on a computer.

Print it on A4 paper, preferably in colour, so the photo and signature on the card are clear. Paste the same photograph you uploaded in the application form in the space given on the printed card. If you need a fresh print of that photo, the passport size photo guide on this site shows the sizes that print cleanly. Keep one spare printout.

Carry a photo ID in original along with the printed admit card to the test centre. A photocopy of the ID is not a substitute, and the centre will not let you sit the test without the original.

CAT is not the only admit card out this week. The latest exam admit cards page on this site lists the ones that are live right now, so check it if you are tracking more than one exam.

Check these details the moment the card opens

Read the card line by line before you print it. Your name must match your photo ID exactly. The photograph and signature printed on the card come from the ones you uploaded in the application form, so if either looks wrong, it is the uploaded image that was wrong.

The test city and centre address decide where you travel on 29 November. The slot and reporting time decide when you leave home, and the reporting time is not the same as the exam start time.

If anything on the card is wrong, raise a ticket in the grievance portal inside your candidate login, or call the CAT helpdesk at 1800 210 0175. Do not wait till the exam week, because corrections take time and the helpdesk gets slower as 29 November gets closer. Do not trust any other website that offers to fix your admit card or download it for you. The CAT homepage states plainly that iimcat.ac.in is the only official website for CAT.

The mock test is live from 6 November too

IIM Indore has also opened the official CAT mock test from 6 November on the same website. Take it once, even if you have practised on other platforms.

The point is not the score. The point is to learn the exact screen you will see on 29 November, where the calculator sits, how the sections switch, and how much time the interface itself eats. Thirty minutes with the real interface is worth more than another mock on a different one.

One detail is now frozen, and the mock test cannot change it. The edit window ran on 5 and 6 October, and in it candidates could change only their photograph, signature and test city preferences. That window has closed, so the photo, signature and test city on your admit card are the ones you last saved. If the photo looks wrong now, the fix is a fresh print of the same photograph pasted on the card, not a new upload.

What to carry on 29 November

The exam runs in three sessions on 29 November, forenoon, afternoon and evening. Your admit card prints your session, its reporting time and its test timing. Reach the centre by the reporting time on the card, not by the exam start time, because entry closes before the test begins.

Carry the printed admit card and an original photo ID. That is the whole list.

The admit card itself tells you what is allowed inside the hall, so read the instructions printed on it instead of guessing from what other candidates carry. One rule to remember is that the centre treats writing anything on the admit card as unfair means. Leave calculators at home and use the on-screen calculator the test gives you.

Sources & verification: IIM Indore, CAT 2026 official website, iimcat.ac.in, read 6 November 2026. The homepage states "Nov 06, 2026, Friday, CAT 2026 Admit Card Download Begins" and "NOV 29, 2026, Sunday, CAT 2026 Test Day", and lists the media release on the admit card dated 4 November 2026. The download window running till the exam day, the three sessions, the mock test opening on 6 November, the helpdesk number and the exam day rules are stated in the CAT 2026 information bulletin and the admit card instructions, as reported on the official admit card page. Apply and download only on iimcat.ac.in.