Ph.D Eligibility

Jaypee Business School Noida offers a three-year PhD programme in Management stream in full-time as well as part-time mode. PhD specialisations include Marketing, Finance, HR, Operations and General Management. The award of PhD degree is in recognition of high academic achievements, independent research, creative and productive inquiry and application of knowledge to the solution of problems in business and Management. Each Admission to the course is based on the qualifying entrance exam score/ PhD entrance test conducted by the JIIT. During the final selection, candidates' performance in the PI round is considered as well. Below mentioned is the eligibility criteria and entrance exams accepted for PhD admission:CourseEligibility CriteriaSelection CriteriaPhDPG degree with minimum 60% aggregate marksUGC, JRF and PhD entrance test conducted by JIIT

For PhD programme, candidates are selected on the basis of marks scored in entrance test and performance in interview round conducted by the University. The entrance test is a theory paper based on postgraduate level syllabus with a weightage of 80 per cent. The remaining weightage of 20 per cent is given to the candidate’s score in interview.Eligibility Criteria: Master’s degree with a minimum of 50% aggregate (45% aggregate for SC/ ST category candidates) OR Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accounts or Institute of Cost and Works Accountants or qualified as company secretary.Selection Criteria: Candidates who have qualified UGC NET/ UGC3 CSIR NET/ GATE/ Teacher fellowship exam or MPhil exam are exempted from the entrance test, they only need to appear for interview round. 

 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.