IIFT 2020

IIFT Exam 2020 Registration process has started on September 9, 2019 in the afternoon. The IIFT Exam Registration for MBA (IB) admission 2020 can be done at NTA IIFT website. Earlier the IIFT registration and application process was to commence at 10 AM on NTA website on September 9, 2019. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) MBA Admission Test-2020 will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) for the first time and not by IIFT.  IIFT 2020 MBA (IB) entrance exam date is December 1, 2019. For the first time IIFT entrance test will be held as computer based test on Dec 1.  

NTA will conduct IIFT 2020 MBA (IB) entrance test as a computer based exam this year. The Director of IIFT Prof Manoj Pant had already confirmed to MBAUniverse.com that IIFT 2020 MBA entrance test will be a computer based test instead of paper based test. The IIFT registration 2020 process is available at NTA website instead of IIFT admission website from September 9, 2019 to October 25, 2019. The IIFT 2019 exam date will lead to IIFT 2020 admission and therefore the IIFT entrance exam is more prominently known as IIFT 2020 instead of IIFT 2019, although the IIFT exam will be held in 2019.

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) used to conduct IIFT admission Test annually for admission to its flagship MBA (IB) programme offered at its three campuses located at Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada (AP). However, now the responsibility to conduct IIFT exam from this year has been assigned to National Testing Agency which will also conduct CMAT 2020 exam of AICTE.

IIFT Exam for MBA 2020: 5 Important Changes
Many changes will be effected in the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Entrance exam to be held on Sunday December 1, 2019 over the last year IIFT entrance test. Some of the key changes are:

1. IIFT 2020: Conducted by NTA, Not by IIFT
   NTA has announced the complete schedule of IIFT 2020 entrance test after taking over the responsibility to conduct the exam from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.

2. IIFT 2020: Changed to Computer Based Test
   IIFT 2020 Admission Entrance Test for MBA (IB) 2020-22 will be a computer based test. IIFT Director Prof Manoj Pant has confirmed that IIFT entrance test format has been changed to computer based test from paper based exam. The IIFT 2020 exam will be conducted at national level in 20 cities.

3. IIFT Notification: Out on August 21, 2019
   Instead of releasing its admission test notification in the month of July, IIFT Notification for MBA 2020 entrance test has been released by NTA on August 21, 2019. IIFT notification contains all the key dates for the IIFT exam, registration dates, admit card download date.

4.  IIFT Registration & Application 2020: Starts on September 9, 2019
   IIFT Registration and application process for IIFT admission 2020 starts on September 9, 2019. The Registration process is online and has to be completed at NTA official website. Last date to apply for IIFT 2020 exam is October 25, 2019. Earlier IIFT registration used to start in the month of July.

5. IIFT 2020 Result Date: December 11, 2019
   Moving faster in declaration of IIFT 2020 exam result, NTA has announced to declare the IIFT exam result on December 11, 2019 – within 10 days from the conduct of IIFT exam 2020.

6. IIFT Kakinada (AP) Campus: Yet to Commence Operations
   According to the Director, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Dr Manoj Pant, the Kakinada campus of IIFT in Andhra Pradesh is yet to commence operations. The campus was supposed to take off with a strength of 60 students in 2018 but the date of its launch is not yet finalized.  

7. Changes in IIFT Exam Pattern
   Not only IIFT Exam 2020 will be computer based, you could expect changes in its number of sections, scoring pattern among others in the revamped format of IIFT 2020 exam which will be held in a single session on December 1, 2019.

IIFT 2020 Exam: Not to offer Admission to Dar-es-Salaam campus
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade has advised that the Agreement with IMF Tanzania has not been renewed and therefore IIFT 2020 entrance exam on December 1, 2019 will not offer admission opportunity to the IIFT Dar-es-Salaam campus

IIFT Exam 2020: Highlights
One of the most important MBA entrance exams – IIFT Entrance Exam has following key highlights:

The IIFT 2020 exam registration opens on September 9, 2019. The last date to apply for IIFT 2020 exam is October 25, 2019. IIFT Exam full form is Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Entrance exam for MBA (IB).

IIFT 2020 exam Admit Card is available for download till the IIFT 2020 exam date and is to be downloaded from IIFT website. The changed pattern of IIFT exam consists of 6 sections instead of earlier 4 sections.

IIFT 2019 or IIFT 2020: Clear the Confusion
The IIFT 2020 is the exam for MBA admission 2020-22 batch and will be conducted on December 1, 2019. Similarly, the IIFT 2019 exam for admission to MBA (IB) 2019-21 batch was conducted on December 2, 2018.

Although the IIFT exam was conducted in the year 2018, its score was accepted for IIFT MBA admission 2019 and IIFT exam on December 1, 2019 will lead to admission in 2020, at all the campuses of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, the exam is referred to IIFT 2019 and IIFT 2020  instead of IIFT 2018 or IIFT 2019 exam respectively.

IIFT 2020 Important Dates and Schedule
All the details of IIFT Exam being conducted by NTA this year, are made available with the release of IIFT notification. The IIFT 2020 important dates have now been officially announced by National Testing Agency. The IIFT exam related dates for all the activities are as under:

IIFT 2020 Exam Dates:

IIFT Exam Details: Exam Pattern, Sections, Question paper-Key changes
In 2017, IIFT Exam changed its exam pattern by increasing the number of sections in the exam. The format of IIFT exam 2020 has changed to computer based test for Dec 1, 2019 exam from earlier paper based test. IIFT exam consists of 6 sections with questions on English Grammar; Vocabulary and Comprehension; General Knowledge & Current Affairs; Logical Reasoning; Data Interpretation; and Quantitative Analysis. IIFT 2020 admission test remains a multiple choice objective type written test (in English) of 120 minutes.  

(Based on last year pattern)

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IIFT 2020 Admission Process

IIFT 2020 Exam: How to Apply
NTA will release the detailed notification for IIFT 2020 exam for MBA (IB) application process which starts on September 9, 2019.

You can register for IIFT 2020 exam online on the official NTA website and can pay the IIFT exam fee of Rs.2000/- online. The IIFT exam registration fee includes the fee for IIFT exam application form and for registration. 

Step by Step IIFT 2020 Registration Process
IIFT 2020 Registration and Application form can be filled up in four steps:

• Step-1: Register as New User & Fill in Personal Details at NTA website
• Step-2: Login again with your registered ID & Password and complete the IIFT Application form
• Step-3: Make Payment of Rs.2000/- online towards application fee
• Step-4: Submit the IIFT Application form at NTA website and take print  

No IIFT Application Offline
The earlier practice of IIFT application in offline mode has been discontinued and candidates should apply online only at NTA website. To apply for IIFT 2020 entrance exam, you must visit NTA website to fill in the online form as per details given in website. Read more

How to Prepare for IIFT 2020 Exam
IIFT Exam Preparation guide how to start IIFT preparation at home as per the revised IIFT exam pattern, is focused on following points when you start your IIFT 2020 exam preparation:

• IIFT Exam Pattern: You must be aware about the Changed IIFT 2020 exam pattern
• IIFT 2020 Syllabus: Important topics & Changes
• Choose the best Books for IIFT preparation
• Plan your IIFT Preparation Time
• How to start IIFT preparation at home?
• How to prepare for IIFT in 6 months, 3 months or 2 months?
• How to prepare for IIFT without coaching and with self study?
• IIFT Preparation with Coaching-Key benefits
• Solve IIFT Previous test papers & Mocks: How to attempt and analyse? 
• Strategy to score 95+ percentile in IIFT exam – Tips from Toppers
• GK Preparation for IIFT Exam. Read More

IIFT Exam Syllabus
IIFT 2020 Syllabus & exam pattern comprises the questions on English verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension, General Knowledge & Awareness, Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation and Quantitative Analysis.

In a major shift introduced in IIFT exam Syllabus, now the syllabus for IIFT Exam will have questions split in more number of sections. Not only this, the IIFT syllabus for the increased number of sections has also changed. The revamped IIFT exam pattern has also changed the number of questions in each section. Read More

IIFT 2020 Exam Eligibility

The candidates with following qualifications are eligible to apply for IIFT 2020 exam for admission to MBA (IB) 

• Recognized Bachelor’s degree of minimum 3 years’ duration in any discipline with 50% marks.
• Candidates appearing for a qualifying examination can also apply subject to submission of proof of requisite qualification by October, 2020
• No age limit to appear in IIFT entrance exam.
• Work experience not necessary

The admission of a candidate who joins the programme on provisional basis but fails to qualify in the Bachelor’s degree examination with requisite percentage of marks is liable to be cancelled. Read More

IIFT Exam Form: Error Correction Process
National Testing Agency will open the Application Details Edit facility for the IIFT  Exam for 3-4 days in the first week of November. NTA allows the candidates to amend and modify the details in their IIFT exam registration and application form. Error correction in IIFT application form is a one-time option to modify the data. Modification option is available for those who have completed all four stages of application form - Primary registration, Academic and Personal details, Payment and Photo/Sign upload. No change in Resident status, Mobile No., E-mail, Category, Written Test & GD Centre can be done. 

You can edit limited details in your IIFT application form by entering your IIFT registration number and password, Please note that Resident, Mobile No., E-mail, Category and Written Test & GD Centre cannot be modified by the candidate.

IIFT Exam Centre Change: Last Date on Nov 5
For once, NTA will permit the facility to submit request for IIFT 2020 admission entrance test Centre Change. The last date to submit request for IIFT Exam centre change is November 5.  The Application fee for IIFT test centre change is Rs.1000/-.  The Request can be submitted online only. No requests in this regard can be entertained offline.  
 

IIFT 2019 or IIFT 2020? IIFT clarifies…
Since the IIFT 2019 Entrance exam will lead to IIFT 2020 admission in MBA (IB) programme, students have been searching both for IIFT 2019 and IIFT 2020 exam. It is the IIFT 2019 exam date which will lead to MBA (IB) IIFT admission 2020.

IIFT Exam Fees for IIFT 2020 Admission
The IIFT 2020 Exam Fee to appear in the IIFT entrance test on December 1, is Rs.2000/-(Unless the IIFT Fee is increased further this year.) The IIFT 2020 exam fee includes the IIFT Registration Fee, IIFT Application Fee and IIFT 2020 Exam Fee. The IIFT exam fee also includes the participation and registration fee for GD-PI-WAT process, after the result declaration of IIFT 2020 entrance exam.

IIFT Intake
With the launch of Kakinada campus, the IIFT intake of students campus wise stands as under:

In case the Kakinada campus is not again launched this year, IIFT MBA (IB) 2020-22 intake will remain 360 students.

The IIFT 2020 MBA (IB) admission test score will be accepted only by IIFT for admission to its campuses and no other MBA college accepts IIFT exam score. With effect from the entrance exam held on December 3, 2017, the IIFT entrance exam is now conducted on the first Sunday of December, across the country instead of 4^th Sunday of November.

More than 60,000 candidates are expected to register and apply for IIFT 2020 exam as happens every year. Last year there were 62,000 candidates who had registered to appear in IIFT exam and out of them 55000 candidates appeared on the IIFT Exam date. With the growing popularity, unique learning process and high placement prospects of MBA (IB) at IIFT, it is expected that IIFT 2020 MBA (IB) Admission Test on December 1, 2019 will again have more than 60,000 registrations.

Free Practice Sessions for IIFT Computer Based Exam 
4000 Schools/ engineering colleges with computer centres are available on every Saturday/Sunday starting from 1st September, 2019 and more Schools/ engineering colleges with computer centres will be added in time to come for IIFT Test Practice.  NTA has established a countrywide network of Test Practice Centres (TPCs) across India to familiarise aspiring students.

All students have an opportunity to practice and have first-hand experience of taking “Computer Based Test (CBT)” before the exam. The candidates can choose the nearest TPC. This facility is available free of cost as a support measure, especially for candidates hailing from remote and rural areas. The experienced, qualified and professional Nodal Officer and staff available at the TPC will help the candidates so that they become familiar with the CBT mode of examinations. The TPCs will have a downloaded “Computer Based Test (CBT)” which will be similar to the actual test to be conducted on the IIFT exam day. The TPCs will help the candidates to familiarise themselves with logging into the systems, going through the detailed instructions regarding the test, using mouse or numeric keyboard on screen (virtual) for attempting calculation based questions, scrolling down or scrolling up for the next questions, navigating between questions, review and editing their options and submitting them

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is one of the highly ranked dream B- schools in India. IIFT has been positioned at 31st rank among top MBA colleges in India in MHRD Government of India NIRF Ranking 2019. After launching its one more campus at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, IIFT will offer MBA (International Business) at its 3 campuses in India namely New Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada campuses. IIFT 2020 is the gateway to MBA (IB) 2020-22 batch at IIFT. It is considered as one of the best 2 years MBA programmes in International Business.

Success in IIFT 2020 entrance exam with around 45 to 50 marks out of 100 marks, may lead to admission to the institute’s highly reputed 2 years full time MBA International Business programme at its Delhi, Kolkata or newly launched Kakinada campus. IIFT offers great learning experience with high placement to its students.

The IIFT Exam Notification Dates
Following has been the trend of IIFT exam notification release: