IIFT 2017 Application Form, Exam Date

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is the top business school of India that organizes a national level exam known as IIFT Entrance Exam. This entrance exam is conducted for admission in the MBA program of International Business (IB). IIFT 2017 entrance exam is the self organizing admission test that will be conducted on 26th November 2016. In this article, we are providing the all the information about application form, admit card, exam pattern result and counselling.

Important Dates for IIFT 2017 Entrance Exam- Announced

IIFT 2017 entrance exam notification expected	15th July 2016
Last date for obtaining application from cash counter (Offline)	5th September 2016
Last date to receipt application	5th September 2016
Last date for online registration	5th September 2016
Admit card availability	first week of November 2016
IIFT 2017 Examination Date	27th November 2016
Result announcement	January 2017
Commencement of course	First Week of July 2017

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates who want to apply for this entrance exam must read the below criteria as follows:

• There is no age limit for this exam.
• The candidate should have three years duration bachelor degree in any discipline from the recognized university.
• Appearing candidates of final year of graduation can also apply but they have to submit the proof of requisite qualification by 7th October 2017.
• Seats are reserved for Foreign Nationals, NRIs and Children of NRIs and the admission is considered on the basis of General Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) score of which should not have been declared  before 1st January 2015 and should be received by the Institute latest by 31st March 2017.

IIFT 2017 Registration

• The IIFT registration 2017 had released on 15th July and end by 5th September 2016.
• IIFT Application form could be filled through online or offline process.
• Those candidates apply through the offline process they could buy the Prospectus from the post office and at the counter of IIFT in cash or through demand draft.
• Candidates are advised to retain a photocopy of the completed application form and demand draft for the future reference.
• Candidates who belong to the SC/ST/PH category they had to send the photocopy of the requisite certificate with the filled application form.
• After filling the registration form they could send the application form in the envelope to the given address below.

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade,
B-21 Qutab Institutional Area,
New Delhi-110016

Application Form Fee

The cost of the prospectus and application form was Rs. 1550 for the general category. The fee of prospectus and application form for SC/ST/PH candidates was Rs 775. There was no need to pay any other fee while sending back the filled application form to IIFT. The application form fee for the Foreign National/NRI/Children of NRI candidates is US$ 80 (INR Rs 4500).

Exam Pattern

The IIFT exam pattern is listed below.
Type: Objective type test
Mode: Pen & Paper based test
No. of questions: 125  objective type test
Marking Scheme: Different for different section
Negative Marking: one-third for every wrong answer
Time Duration: 2 hours

Sections	No. of Question	Marking Scheme
Quantitative Ability	25	1
Data InterpretationLogical Reasoning	1920	10.75
RCGeneral Awareness	1628	0.750.75
Verbal Ability	20	0.75

Syllabus

The IIFT syllabus generally covers the section of English Comprehension, General Knowledge and Awareness, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Analysis. Candidates must prepare for the above section and practice mock test papers.

Preparation Tips

To get score good marks in the entrance exam candidates have to make a proper schedule to give equal importance to each topic. Candidates will take help from the previous year question papers and sample paper books. Don’t leave any topic for the last moment, prepare each topic. Maintain your health and avoid the pressure it will affect on your exam preparation.

Admit Card

IIFT Admit Card for entrance exam is sent by post for all the candidates who filled the application form through online or offline mode. Candidates get their admit cards till the second week of November 2016. If candidates not get their admit card till the second week of November 2016 they can download their admit card from the website from the 15th November 2016 through online mode.

Answer Key

The answer key will be published in the official portal after the two or three days of the entrance exam. Through answer key candidate will calculate their rough marks for the examination and check their performance. With the help of expected score candidates can figure their chances for the admission process.

Result

The IIFT result will be declared in the first week of January 2017 (tentative). Candidates will check their result at the official site by entering their roll no. and date of birth. Candidate will take the print out of the scorecard for further procedure.

IIFT Admission

Candidates will get admission in IIFT on the basis of Written Test, Group Discussion, Interview and Essay Writing. Based on the written exam score candidates will be called for the essay writing, group discussion and Interview to be held at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai. It will be held in the month of January/February 2017. Selected candidates will get admission in IIFT, New Delhi and Kolkata. Written Test will be held on SUNDAY 27th November 2016 during 10.00 AM – 12.00 Noon at Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bhubeneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Guwahati, Hydrabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur and Visakhapatnam. IIFT reserves the right to add/delete any centre, if required.

Disclaimer: Career Guidance is not an official website for IIFT ; we are here just providing you details about IIFT exam 2017.

Note: Above mentioned dates are tentative, they are subject to change. We will update changes if any.