Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata Admission Process

In order to apply for MBA course at IIFT Kolkata, the candidate need to visit the official website. However, students can check the application steps from the points mentioned below:Candidates can pay the application fee online as per their respective category through credit card/debit card (VISA/Mastercard), net banking or UPI. The application fee for IIFT Kolkata's entrance exam for different categories is as follows:CategoryIIFT Kolkata Application Fee*General/General-EWS/OBC-NCL candidatesINR 2,500SC/ST/PH candidatesINR 1,250For Foreign Nationals/NRIsUS$ 200 (INR 15,000)*The application fee is gathered from external sources. Hence, it may vary.

 Admission to PhD at IIFT Kolkata is a two-stage process. Both of these are mentioned below:Stage I: All the eligible candidates are called for an MCQ-based written entrance test comprising of basic statistics, logical reasoning, data interpretation, basic mathematics (up to Class 12) and verbal abilityStage II: Candidates who clear the stage I (the written entrance test) will be called for the Personal Interview (PI)Qualified candidates of UGC NET-JRF are exempted from the Written Entrance Examination and are called for interviews on the basis of their scores inUGC NET-JRF exam. A separate list is released for the candidates shortlisted via this admission process

IIFT Kolkata offers PhD across two specialisations, namely Management and Economics. Both these specialisations along with their eligibility requirements are tabulated below:SpecialisationsEligibility CriteriaManagement- Master’s degree/ MPhil degree in any discipline (including IIFT MPIB) from a recognised university with at least 55% marks/ CGPA equivalent to B plus in aggregateORDiploma courses that are considered equivalent to a master’s degree (e.g., PGDIM from IIMs) with at least 55% aggregate/ CGPA equivalent to B plus, recognised by the AICTE/ UGC - In the case of part-time mode, a minimum of three years of work experience is required for the candidate from the industry and one year of experience is required for the candidate from teaching. - Candidates who are in the final year of the master’s degree can also apply.Economics- Master’s degree in Economics from a recognised university with at least 55% marks (or its equivalent grade ‘B’ in the UGC 7-point scale or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever the grading system is followed) in aggregate. - Relaxation of 5% of marks to SC/ST/ OBC (NCL)/ differently-abled categories - Candidates who are in the final year of the master’s degree can also apply.

Yes, IIFT Kolkata offers a wide range of merit and means scholarships to the students. The details of a few such scholarships offered are as follows:Need-Based Scholarship: The institute offers this scholarship scheme under which it pays an interest subsidy on the Educational Loan for 27 months from the time the loan is taken from any bank. All the students of full-time MBA (IB) course who took a loan and have a family income less thanINR 6 LPA can apply for a loan under this scholarship schemeNew Scholarship Scheme: This scheme covers ten per cent of students with a scholarship waiver of twenty per cent (20%) of the tuition fee in all “full-time/ regular” batches of the courses offered by IIFT. A few other scholarships offered at IIFT as per the Government of India schemes are as follows:Central Sector Scholarship of Top Class EducationCentral Sector Scholarship for Higher EducationMerit-cum-Means based ScholarshipTop Class Education Scholarship for students with benchmark disabilitiesCentral Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education in College