For admission into different management courses across the country, various entrance examinations are conducted. One such important exam is CAT (Common Admission Test), whose rank is used to get enrolled into top Colleges like IIMs. So, the non IIMs colleges of the country who take CAT score for admission are:
| Colleges | City |
| IITs (across India) | Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai etc. |
| NITs (across India) | Major city of the country |
| Faculty of Management Studies | Delhi |
| Xavier Institute of Management | Bhubaneswar |
| National Institute of Industrial Engineering | Mumbai |
| Loyola Institute of Business Administration | Chennai |
| Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development | Mysore |
| Jaypee Institute of Information Technology | Noida |
| Institute of Finance and International Management | Bengaluru |
| Amrita University | Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu |