Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT 2016) has not prescribed any minimum percentage of marks to register and apply for the entrance exam 2016 for admission to its flagship 2 years MBA (IB) 2017-19 batch. All candidates with 3 years of recognized bachelor’s degree in any discipline are eligible to apply for the IIFT 2016 exam which will be held in paper pencil mode on November 27, 2016 in 20 test cities from 10AM to 12 Noon.
Candidates below 50% marks can apply
According to IIFT 2016 exam notification released on July 15, 2017, all the candidates who have following qualifications are eligible
-- Recognized Bachelor’s degree of minimum 3 years duration in any discipline.
-- Candidate appearing in the final year examination of Graduation can also apply subject to submission of proof of requisite qualification by next year 7th October 2017.
Offers good opportunity without 50% cut-off
All other national level MBA entrance tests require minimum 50% marks in bachelor’s degree to become eligible to register and apply for the exam. For example, Common Admission Test (CAT) 2016 needs 50% marks in graduation to register for the exam.
SNAP, NMAT by GMAC, XLRI-XAT and AICTE-CMAT also require recognized bachelor’s degree of minimum 3 Years duration obtained with at least 50% marks at the qualifying Examination. IIFT entrance exam however, is an exception to this fact. The notification as well as the brochure released for IIFT 2016 exam specifies the requirement of only bachelor’s degree.
IIFT prescribes hidden age limit
IIFT 2016 exam according to the notification, can be attempted by the candidates in any age group provided only that they are graduates. A candidate at the age of 70 years can also appear in IIFT 2016 entrance exam.
But there is hidden age limit as most of the Universities till their early 80’s awarded bachelor’s degree of 2 years duration. Since IIFT requires minimum 3 years of bachelor’s degree, and those who did their graduation before late 80’s with 2 years duration can not apply for the entrance exam. Accordingly most of the candidates above 52-54 years of age may not be able to compete for IIFT admission.
Last date to register
Registration and application process for IIFT 2016 entrance exam will close on September 5, 2016.
Registration & Application fee
The application fee for IIFT entrance exam is Rs.1550/- for general category candidates. The application fee for SC/ST/PH Candidates is Rs.775.
According to IIFT ‘The cost of Prospectus and Application Form is one-time payment of Rs.1,550 which includes application screening and Entrance Test Fee and the candidates are not required to pay any other fee while sending back the filled-in Application Form to IIFT”.
Facility to apply online or offline
IIFT will offer the facility to apply both online as well as off line. However the last date of submission of completed application forms in either mode will remain the same on September 5, 2016.
How to apply On-line
For online registration to IIFT entrance exam, candidates are required to visit IIFT website and register themselves with their mail id. The online form for IIFT 2016 registration will be available thereat. The form is to be filled in as per the given instructions.
How to apply Off line
IIFT 2016 registration can also be done in off-line mode. The application fee will remain the same Rs.1550/-. The candidates should buy the Prospectus in cash or through demand draft. They need to complete the Application Form and send the same in the envelope provided for the purpose to the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, B-21, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110016 so as to reach IIFT on or before the last date.
It is advisable to retain a photocopy of the completed application form and demand draft for future reference.
Exam Pattern
IIFT MBA (IB) admission 2017 entrance test will be a paper pencil mode, multiple choice objective type written test (in English) consisting of questions covering English Comprehension, General Knowledge & Awareness, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Analysis.
IIFT 2016 entrance exam will offer admission opportunity to 360 seats in MBA (International Business) 2017-19 batch at its Delhi and Kolkata campuses. IIFT doesn’t accept any other score than the score of its own entrance test for domestic candidates. For NRIs and foreign nationals GMAT scores are accepted.
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