Ph.D. in Marketing 

at IIT Madras MBA, Adyar

DoMS IIT Madras calls the selected candidates for PhD interview round. The first phase of interview is technical where the candidate is tested on the domain knowledge. The evaluation is done by the panel of faculty members in the area of specialisations selected by the candidates. The member evaluates the understanding of the aspirants in the domain.

Candidates are offered admission in PhD course of DoMS IIT Madras based on academic performance, merit in the last qualifying exam, statement of purpose and research proposal. Selected aspirants are further called for interview session at the department. On the day of the interview, candidates may need to take the Research Aptitude Test. 

Aspirants must pass two to five years dual degree along with five years of managerial experience (for part-time & external) to apply for DoMS IIT Madras PhD course. Other than meeting the eligibility, candidates must have also qualified GATE/ CAT/ UGC-JRF/ UGC NET/ CSIR-JRF/ Research Aptitude Test, have an SOP and appear for the Personal Interview round for final selection. 

DOMS IIT Madras admission to Management courses including MBA is based of valid CAT scores. For MBA is1 IIT Madras MBA admission, students must meet both the overall CAT cut off percentile and the sectional cut off. For last three years the overall cutoff for DOMS IIT Madras has been constant at 85.11 percentile. Tabulated below is CAT percentile for DOMS IIT Madras cutoff for General category students for last three years:

The Department of Management Studies of IIT Madras has fully air-conditioned Wi-Fi-enabled lecture halls that are equipped with LCD projectors. DoMS IITM has a big library, conference halls, and provides various other facilities for students. The college has a big playground, modern classrooms, labs, canteen, and others.

DOMS IIT Madras has a wide alumni network who are working across multiple sectors like Research, Business Development, Consulting, Analytics, Operations, and more. Out of the vast alumni network of IIM Trichy, around 25% of alumni are working in the Operations sector, followed by 20% in Operations and 15% in Business Development, respectively. To know about the domain-wise distribution of DOMS IIT Madras alumni, refer to the pie chart presented below:

DISCLAIMER: The statistics on alumni placements presented above were compiled from various online sources and hence are indicative.

There are a total of 25 faculty members and their streams include Integrative Management, Marketing, Information Systems, Finance, Operations, and others. Some of the DoMS IITM faculty details are mentioned below:

MS is one of the most popular courses of DOMS IIT Madras. The institute offers good placements anuually. In 2024, the highest and average package offered during IIT Madras MS placements in 2024 stood at INR 20 LPA and INR 14.37 LPA, respectively. The key highlights of DOMS IIT Madras placements for the Class of 2023 and 2024 are tabulated below:

The highest stipend offered for Tech MBA students was INR 2,50,000 during summer placements 2023. The table below showcases the highest stipend offered during summer placements 2022:

An increase of nearly 9% has been observed in the highest stipend offered when compared to the last year. The trend graph below showcases the highest stipend offered over the last three years:

The table below showcases the highest stipend offered during DOMS IIT Madras summer placements between 2021 and 2023: