Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) 

at IFMR Krea University, Andhra Pradesh - Other

Candidates who want Ph.D. admissions at IFMR Chennai needs to download the application form from the Ph.D. admission section available on IFMR GSBs website. The institute does not charge any application fee for Ph.D. admission. Candidates can email the application form along with the documents required to gsb. Phdadmissionskrea. Edu. In. Candidates can also send the filled in application form along with the self-attested supporting documents to the college address. The documents required for IFMR Chennai Ph.D. admissions include Class 10 and Class 12 mark sheet, UG mark sheets (if applicable), PG mark sheets (if applicable), Date of birth Certificate Passport-size photograph, Transfer Certificate Character Certificate etc.

IFMR Chennai offers Ph.D. courses in Data Science & Information Systems, Economics, Finance, Accounting & Quantitative Finance, Marketing, Operations, Organisational Behavior & Human Resources, and Strategic Management. Moreover, the selection process includes application screening, written exam, and Personal Interview.

Yes, IFMR accepts CAT scores for admission to MBA course. Candidates seeking for admission to MBA can qualify for CAT exam with minimum 75 percentile and submit their scores at the time of filling the application form. Apart from this, the institute also accepts scores of other national level entrance exam such as XAT, NMAT, CMAT, GRE and GMAT. Candidates can qualify for any one of the respective entrance exam in order to get the admission.

IFMR Chennai offers admission to candidates based on their entrance exam scores. Candidates need to have a valid score in CAT/ XAT/ CMAT/ GMAT/ GRE/ NMAT for MBA. Further, aspirants are also called for an online interview. Candidates willing to seek Executive MBA admission at IFMR GSB, need to appear for a written test carried out by IFMR GSB faculty, followed by a PI round at L&T Construction's offices all over India. For integrated and PhD courses, aspirants have to qualify for any one of the entrance exam such as IPMAT, SAT, Krea Aptitude Test and CAT, CMAT, GATE, etc., respectively.

Institute for Financial Management and Research had 65 recruiters that were part of the 2024 placements. Earlier in 2023. The total number of recruiters participated during IFMR Chennai placements between 2023 and 2025 are tabulated below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
Total recruiters	55	70	65

As per the latest report, 95% of the MBA batch 2023-25 was placed. The highest and average package offered during IFMR placements in 2025 were INR 21.32 LPA and INR 12.04 LPA, respectively. The key highlights of IFMR placements for the Class of 2023 to 2025 are given below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
Highest package	INR 22.90 LPA	INR 21.74 LPA	INR 21.32 LPA
Average package	INR 13.50 LPA	INR 13.04 LPA	INR 12.04 LPA
Median package	INR 11.09 LPA	INR 13.06 LPA	INR 11.5 LPA
Placement rate	100%	nearly 100%	95%
Total recruiters	55	70	65
New recruiters	14	12	19
PPOs offered	30	23	40

The IFMR average package offered during the 2025 placements was INR 12.04 LPA. The IFMR average package offered to the top 10%, 25%, and 50% of students during IFMR placements 2024 and 2025 is given below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
Average package (overall)	INR 13.04 LPA	INR 12.04 LPA
Top 10% average package	INR 18.93 LPA	INR 17.05 LPA
Top 25% average package	INR 16.40 LPA	INR 15.77 LPA
Top 50% average package	INR 14.86 LPA	INR 14.16 LPA

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
Average package	INR 13.5 LPA	INR 13.04 LPA	INR 12.04 LPA

Yes, IFMR Graduate School of Business, Krea University is considered to be a good college as it is one of the schools of Krea University. IFMR Graduate School of Business was established in 1970 and is located in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. The college has been accredited by the South Asian Quality Assurance System (SAQS) for a period of five years since December 2017. Additionally, IFMR Krea University is ranked 99th by the NIRF 2024 rankings under the ‘Management Institutes’ category.

IFMR Graduate School of Business offers a large diversity of courses to students in Management field. IFMR Graduate School of Business admissions are held on the basis of entrance tests. Students seeking course admissions must clear their previous qualifying examination and appear for any of the prescribed entrance exams such as NMAT, XAT, APICET, CAT, CMAT, SAT India, IPMAT, etc. Students can visit the official website to learn more regarding the course-wise eligibility and specialisation details.

The CAT exam is always conducted in November every year so CAT 2026 will be conducted in November next year. Students can click here to know more about the CAT examination.