Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) -

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is one of the top-ranked B-school in India. It is ranked among the top 30 management institutes in MHRD-NIRF Ranking 2020. IIFT conducts a national level entrance exam for its MBA program. The IIFT exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency. It is organized for the aspirants seeking admission in 2 years of full-time MBA in International Business (IB) course offered by IIFT for all the three campuses: Delhi, Kolkata, and Kakinada. IIFT is expected to be held in December every year in computer-based or online mode across various exam centres in India.

Eligibility

Educational Qualification – General category candidates with a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with 50% marks from a recognized university/institute will be eligible to apply. For candidates belonging to, SC, ST, and PwD category a minimum of 45% marks in graduation are required. Final year graduation students are also eligible to fill the application form for IIFT.
Age Limit – no age limit for candidates to apply by IIFT for MBA 2021 entrance exam.
Nationality: Indian and Foreign National students both are eligible for the IIFT entrance exam

Eligibility for Foreign Nationals and NRI

Candidates should have been residing outside India for at least 18 months as of 31st December 2020
Candidates must have a valid passport/ travel document from a country other than India.
Candidates must have a valid GMAT score which should be received by the Institute latest by 15th February 2021

Exam Structure

Section	Sections	No. of Questions	Marks per Questions	Total Marks	Negative Marks/Questions
Section – 1	RC & Verbal Ability	35	3	75	1
Section – 2	Quantitative Aptitude	25	3	105	1
Section – 3	DI & Logical Reasoning	30	3	90	1
Section – 4	General Awareness	20	1.5	30	0.5
	Total	110		300

IIFT MBA – IB 2021 admission test this year is delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. NTA is probably going to release the IIFT entrance exam schedule in the last week of October. Generally, the IIFT MBA entrance exam is led on the first Sunday of December. Since the IIFT 2021 registration process has not started yet, it is expected that the exam would be conducted in December 2020.

IIFT 2021: Important Dates

IIFT 2021 Events	IIFT 2021 Dates(Tentative)
IIFT Exam 2021 Registration Start	October 2020
IIFT Exam 2021 Registration Deadline	Last Week of November 2020
IIFT Exam 2021 Admit Card Release	First week of December, 2020
IIFT Exam 2021 Date	Second week of December, 2020
IIFT Exam 2021 Result	Fourth week of December, 2020

How to register for the IIFT exam

You can register for the online application of IIFT on the official NTA website.

Step 1 – IIFT Registration 2021

For the IIFT online application procedure, candidates need to register themselves on the NTA-IIFT https://iift.nta.nic.in/

Follow the steps to register for IIFT 2021:

Click on “Fill Online Application Form”
Fill in the details asked in the application form
Insert a password and choose a security question
Note down the system generated application number

Step 2 – Fill the application form

Use the application number to log in and complete the IIFT registration process
Candidates shall be informed through an email about their registration

Step 3 – Upload Photo/Signature/Certificates

The photo should be recent and in colour or black/white
The size of the photo should be between 10 kb – 200 kb and it should be in JPG/JPEG format
The size of the scanned signature should be between 4 kb – 30 kb and it should be in JPG/JPEG format.
The category certificate (if applicable) should be uploaded in size between 50 kb to 300 kb.

Step 4 – Application fee

The candidates can pay the fees through various modes: credit card/debit card (VISA/MasterCard), net banking, or mobile wallets (PayTm/UPI).

Category	Fee
General/OBC candidates	Rs. 2000
SC/ST/PH candidates	Rs. 1000
For Foreign Nationals/NRIs	US$ 150 (Rs. 9,500)

Note: No IIFT Application Offline has to be filled this time.

List of colleges accepting that exam

S.NO	College Name	Location	Website Link
1	IIFT Delhi – Indian Institute of Foreign Trade	Delhi	http://tedu.iift.ac.in/iift/index.php
2	IIFT Kolkata: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade	Kolkata	https://tedu.iift.ac.in/iift/iiftkolkata.php
3	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Kakinada	Kakinada	http://tedu.iift.ac.in/iift/index.php
4	IPS Business School	Jaipur	https://ipsedu.in/
5	IFIM Business School	Bangalore	https://ifimbschool.com/
6	Adarsh Institute of Management & Information Technology	Karnataka	https://www.adarshaimit.org/
7	Community Institute of Management Studies	Karnataka	https://www.cimsbschool.org/
8	GITAM School of International Business	Andhra Pradesh	https://gim.gitam.edu/
9	CII School of Logistics – Amity University	Maharashtra	https://www.ciischooloflogistics.com/

For more information, kindly visit the site: http://tedu.iift.ac.in/iift/index.php

IIFT Cut off

IIFT cut-off is the score required to be at least eligible for further rounds like Essay Writing, Group Discussion, and Personal Interview round of IIFT admissions. Shortlisting of candidates for the further round of IIFT admission is based on the sectional cut-offs. Given below are expected section-wise IIFT cut-offs, campus-wise cut-offs, previous year’s cut-offs.

IIFT 2019- Sectional Cut-off ( Score-wise)

Sections	Delhi Campus	Kolkata Campus	Kakinada Campus
Data Interpretation	3-4	3	3
Logical Reasoning	5.5	5	4.5
General Knowledge	1	0.85	0.8
Reading Comprehension	3	2.5	2
Verbal Ability	4	3.5	3
Quantitative Aptitude	4.5	4	3.5
Overall	36	34	32

IIFT 2019- Category Cut-off( Score-wise)

Category	Cut-off (out of 100)
General	32.25
ST	20.26
SC	22.25
OBC (NCL)	27.25
PH	22.25

IIFT 2018/2017 – Sectional Cut-off ( Score-wise)

Sections	Cut off
	2019	2018
Reading Comprehension	2.5-2.75	2.69
Verbal Ability	3.25-3.5	3.35
Quantitative Aptitude	3-3.25	3.01
General Awareness	0.83-1	5.67
Logical Reasoning	4-4.5	0.82
Data Interpretation	0.75	0.25

IIFT 2018/2017 – Category Cut-off ( Score-wise)

Category	2017 Cut off (out of 100)	2018 Cut off (out of 100)
General	48.5	32.25
OBC	43.5	27.25
ST	27.17	20.26
SC	38.5	22.25
PwD	28.85	22.25

IIFT Previous Year Paper Analysis

Click Here to Check IIFT Previous Year Paper Analysis of 2019 , 2018, 2017