Top 10 CAT Coaching Institutes in Surat (2026)

By the Online Coaching 4u team

Surat is Gujarat's largest city and India's diamond and textile capital, but it has also quietly built one of western India's more active CAT-coaching markets over the past decade. Coaching activity clusters around four pockets — Vesu, Adajan, Athwalines and City Light Road — mixing long-established national chains with institutes built specifically for Surat and Gujarat's aspirants. The list below sticks to institutes with a genuine, checkable local presence: a real address, a track record we could cross-reference across more than one independent source, and current operations in the city as of 2026.

How we picked this list

We looked for institutes with a genuine, checkable CAT-coaching presence in Surat: a real local address, a track record we could find independent confirmation of (founding year where available, branch locations, years actually operating in the city), and coverage across Surat's main coaching clusters rather than a single branch. None of the ten below have paid Online Coaching 4u for placement; ranking is not for sale on this platform.

1. Career Launcher Surat

Career Launcher, the national coaching chain founded in 1995 by Satya Narayanan R, runs two Surat centres — Astha Corporates Capital on VIP Road in Vesu, and a New City Light Road branch. Both offer CAT classroom coaching built on the chain's CL Smart online platform, national test series and mentoring from IIM-alumnus faculty.

2. IMS Surat

IMS Learning Resources was founded in Mumbai in 1977 by Prof. N.R. Rane, and its Athwalines centre — opposite SPB College — gives Surat students access to the same nationally benchmarked SimCAT mock series and "IMS CATcracker" workbooks used across the chain's other centres, with a particular focus on verbal ability and logical reasoning.

3. TIME Surat

TIME (Triumphant Institute of Management Education), founded in 1992, runs its main Surat centre at Green Plaza on L P Savani Circle in Adajan, with a second branch on City Light Road. The chain is known nationally for its exhaustive question-bank-driven test series, delivered through both classroom sessions and the TIME4Education online platform.

4. Endeavor Careers

Endeavor Careers runs its Surat centre at Platinum Plaza near the Parle Point flyover on Athwalines, positioning itself as a selective, premium CAT-coaching option with smaller batches and closer mentoring aimed at students targeting the top IIMs.

5. Stalwart Career Institute

Stalwart Career Institute is a CAT, CMAT, IPMAT and CUET coaching chain that has operated since 2016 across cities including Indore, Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Agra. Its Surat centre, at Aadinath Arcade on Honey Park Road, offers classroom coaching alongside the chain's AI-based mock-analysis platform.

6. PT Education

PT Education's Surat operation spans two locations — a main branch on Ghod Dod Road at Shiv Shakti Shopping Complex, and a nodal centre in Japan Market near Delhi Gate — extending the Delhi-founded chain's CAT and MBA-entrance coaching, along with other competitive-exam programmes, to the city.

7. Chahal Academy

Chahal Academy, on New Civil Road opposite Kapadia Health Club, has run in Surat for roughly 14 years per its local business listing. Better known for UPSC coaching, its Surat centre also offers preparation for CAT, CLAT, CMAT and SNAP, both offline and online.

8. LK Academy

LK Academy, at Atop Nagar Society behind an ICICI Bank branch near Vidyabharti School, is a Surat-based institute offering CAT preparation in both online and offline formats, built around a consistent core faculty team through the full course.

9. ProTalent

ProTalent, at Om Terrace in Central Plaza near New City Light, runs online, offline and hybrid CAT coaching for Surat students, combining recorded video lectures with regular practice tests and mock exams.

10. Intelligent Classes

Intelligent Classes, at Citylight Complex on City Light Road, offers a broader management-entrance portfolio spanning CAT, MAT, XAT and NMAT alongside BBA-entrance coaching — a reasonable option for students who haven't fixed on a single MBA-entrance exam yet.

How these institutes compare

The national chains — Career Launcher, IMS, TIME and Endeavor Careers — bring the largest mock-test pools, multi-decade track records and multiple physical locations across Vesu, Adajan and Athwalines, useful if you want a statistically meaningful percentile benchmark. Surat-based institutes — Stalwart, PT Education, Chahal Academy, LK Academy, ProTalent and Intelligent Classes — generally offer more flexible batch timings, broader multi-exam portfolios (several also coach for XAT, CMAT, SNAP and NMAT alongside CAT), and a more locally rooted fee structure. Vesu, Adajan, Athwalines and City Light Road are Surat's four biggest coaching clusters, so proximity to home or college is worth weighing alongside brand name when you shortlist.

A note on choosing between them

Fees, batch timings and faculty assignments change often enough that this list shouldn't replace a direct visit or call to your shortlisted institutes. Ask specifically who teaches your batch (not just who founded the institute), how many full-length mocks are included, and whether GD-PI-WAT preparation is bundled in or a separate add-on — these three questions cut through marketing copy faster than any ranking can. Compare full details and additional Surat institutes on our Surat coaching directory.

Frequently asked questions

Which is the best CAT coaching institute in Surat?

There's no single 'best' — it depends on whether you want a large national chain's mock-test scale and multi-decade track record (Career Launcher, IMS, TIME, Endeavor Careers) or a Surat-based institute's more flexible batches and multi-exam coverage (Stalwart, PT Education, Chahal Academy, LK Academy, ProTalent, Intelligent Classes). Compare batch size, faculty and current fees directly with 2-3 shortlisted institutes before deciding.

Where are Surat's main CAT coaching clusters?

Vesu, Adajan, Athwalines and City Light Road are Surat's four biggest coaching clusters. Most institutes on this list run at least one centre in one of these areas.

What is the average fee for CAT coaching in Surat?

Fees vary widely by institute and format, roughly from the mid-tens-of-thousands for local institutes to over a lakh for premium classroom programmes at national chains. Confirm current fees directly with each institute, since they change often.

Is online CAT coaching available in Surat?

Yes — most institutes on this list, including TIME, IMS, Career Launcher, Stalwart and ProTalent, offer online or hybrid options alongside their physical Surat centres.

Does Online Coaching 4u accept payment for institute rankings?

No. None of the institutes in this list have paid Online Coaching 4u for placement, and ranking is not for sale on this platform.