IIFT Eligibility Criteria 2021: Age Limit, Qualification, Reservation Criteria

IIFT Eligibility:  NTA, the exam’s organizing body, defines the IIFT Eligibility Criteria 2022. Foreign nationals and Indian candidates must meet separate eligibility requirements. Before completing IIFT Registration for admission to MBA IB courses offered at IIFT Delhi, Kolkata, and Kakinada, candidates should review the IIFT eligibility criteria 2022. For the MBA (IB) 2021-23 batch, the IIFT Delhi admission process and criterion have changed.

IIFT Eligibility Criteria 2021-22 | IIFT Admission Criteria

Before registering for the IIFT 2022 exam, candidates should carefully read the IIFT Exam eligibility guidelines. If any of the conditions are not met, the candidates will be barred from participating in the next round of admissions.

The following are the necessary IIFT eligibility criteria that the candidate must meet in order to apply for IIFT 2022:

Particulars	IIFT Eligibility Criteria 2022
Basic Educational Qualification	Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized university.
Duration of Bachelor’s degree	Minimum 3 years
Minimum Marks in Graduation	General/ OBC/ EWS candidates should have obtained at least 50% marks  ST/ SC/ PwD candidates should have secured 45% marks.
Final Year Candidates	Final year students can also apply subject to the submission of requisite qualifications by the requisite date. Candidates who fail to qualify will have their admission canceled.
Age Limit	None
Work Experience	Not Necessary

IIFT Eligibility Criteria 2021-22 for Non-Resident Indians (NRI) / Foreign Nationals

• If an international student (i.e. a student with citizenship other than that of India) wishes to apply for IIFT 2022, he must meet the following IIFT eligibility criteria:
• Candidates who have lived outside India for at least 18 months and will be outside India during the IIFT 2022 entrance exam process.
• Indian nationals living, working, or studying abroad must produce a certificate from the Indian Embassy/High Commission/Consulate of the current country stating that the candidate has been a resident in that country continuously for at least 18 months as of the prescribed date.
• Foreign nationals must have a valid passport or travel document issued by a country other than India.
• GMAT scores and interviews will be used to determine admission. GMAT (Graduate Management Aptitude Test) scores from more than two years ago are no longer valid.
• However, if foreign nationals are present in India at the time of the IIFT entrance exam, they must take it.
• Candidates who have taken any other MBA entrance examination in India that year, such as CAT/XAT/IIFT, are ineligible to apply.
• The application fee for international candidates is USD 200/-, and the tuition fee for the entire program is USD 60000/-.

IIFT Eligibility for Foreign Nationals in 2021-22: Documents Required

Document	Detail
CV	Updated CV in the latest format
Passport	Copy of all Passport pages having official entries.
Academic Qualification Certificates	Attested copy of all academic mark-sheets/ certificates (Class X, XII & Graduation)
GMAT Scorecard	Copy of the latest GMAT scorecard
Undertaking	An undertaking that the candidate has not appeared for any MBA entrance examination for that year such as CAT/ XAT/ IIFT, etc.
Two letters of recommendation	Preferably, one by a current supervisor or manager and another by someone who is in a position to evaluate the applicant’s professional performance, managerial, and leadership potential.
Certificate of Residence	Indian nationals need to submit a certificate issued by the Indian Embassy of the present country stating that the candidate has been resident in that country continuously for a period of not less than 18 months as on the prescribed date

IIFT Reservation Policy

As a public institution, IIFT adheres to the reservation policies established by the Government of India. The following are the reservation criteria:

Categories	Reservation of seats
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)	10%
Other Backward Class (OBC-NCL)	27%
Scheduled Caste (SC)	15%
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	7.5%
Person with Disability (PwD)	5%
Unreserved (General)	35.5%

IIFT Eligibility Criteria 2021: Scholarship Criteria

IIFT provides need-based scholarships in which the interest on their education loan is subsidized for 27 months from the time the loan is obtained from the bank.

• This scholarship scheme is open to any student who has taken out a loan and whose family income is less than INR 4,50,000 per year.
• Every year, the amount of the education loan is revised based on the tuition fee and other expenses.
• Candidates can learn more about all of the scholarship programmes offered by the Government of India by visiting the national scholarship portal at scholarships.gov.in.
• If a student fails any exam during any year of the MBA IB programme, his scholarship will be automatically revoked.

Must Check: IIFT Exam Online Application Form 2021

IIFT 2022 application forms will be available online in September on the IIFT institute website and the IIFT-NTA website. The NTA will most likely announce the dates for the IIFT 2022 application process in August. Candidates who wish to pursue an MBA in International Business at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade should register themselves for the exam.

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