Direct Admission For Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Introduction

For Year

2019

For Course(s)

Master of Business Administration

Form Availability

Online

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Important Dates

Events	Date	Last Date
Registration Dates	-	31/01/2019 12:00 am

Prospectus

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Registration Details

Admission Registration

Application Fee & Procedure

Candidates meeting the eligibility criteria can apply to IFMR Graduate School of Business (IFMR GSB) only online at forms.ifmr.ac.in which has an applicant friendly form which upon completion would require you to make a payment of Rs.1,500/- through Debit Card / Credit Card / Internet Banking. At any stage of filling the application form, you are welcome to contact our help desk who will get back to you and address your queries, solve your difficulties.

Stage of the Process	Early Decision Round	General Round
Release of Shortlist (for Selection Process)	1st / 2nd week of Feb 2019	2nd week of March 2019
Selection Process Starts	2nd / 3rd week of Feb 2019	4th week of March 2019
Announcement of Results	4th week of February 2019	1st week of April 2019
Program Starts on	1st June 2019 (tentative)

Admission Details

Admission Information

Eligibility

Graduates from a full time degree course, but NOT Part time / correspondence / distance mode / online mode in any discipline with consistent academic record; Candidates pursuing final year degree can also apply.
Applicants should have been born on/after 1st January 1992 and on/before 31st December 2000.
Work experience is NOT mandatory, but those with work experience should have less than or equal to 3 years of experience as of 1st December 2018.
Applicants are required to take /have taken any of the following standardized entrance exams – CAT 2018 / XAT 2019 / CMAT 2019 / GMAT & GRE (taken on / after 1st January 2016).
The cut off and weights are not the same for all the entrance exams – so your performance in all the entrance exams you have taken will be evaluated against the respective cut off and only your best performance will be considered.
While CAT / XAT / CMAT percentiles or GRE / GMAT scores are an important component of the admission process, these are not the sole criteria for admission.
The admission committee will consider the applicant’s past academic performance, and performance in Personal Interview.
The admissions committee will be shortlisting applicants for the selection process, taking into consideration, the applicant’s past academic performance, entrance test scores, and a passion for excellence demonstrated even in non-academic endeavor such as, but not limited to, sports (represented country, state or district / University / College / School), Debate, Drama, Moot Court, NCC (but not NSS) volunteering, activism etc.(of a corresponding level);
Those with track record in these areas would get a relaxation with regard to cut off scores, provided they are otherwise eligible, and capable;
However, there is no exemption from the requirement of a valid score in, at least one of CAT / XAT / CMAT / GRE / GMAT regardless of any achievements.