IIFT Kolkata: Courses, Fees, Admission 2025, Placements, Cutoff

Sure, IIFT Kolkata is good for MBA. It also considered as the one among the top for pursuing MBA in India.

The avearge pacakage received for the students is about 24lakhs per annum and the highest goes for about 48 Lacs per annum. The admission is done through the CAT examination. The students required a aggregation of minimum 50 percent in the under graduation. 

The stipend trends witnessed during IIFT Kolkata summer placements 2022-24 and previous two batches are presented below:

A total of 108 companies visited, and 36 new companies visited IIFT Kolkata campus during the placement drive 2023. More than 17 international offers were made and 39% PPO received. The table below showcases new companies and companies visited trends over the last three years:

The sector and domain-wise placement distribution recorded during IIFT Kolkata MBA summer placements 2022-24 are presented below:

The key highlights of IIFT Kolkata placements 2024 as compared with 2023 and 2022 are presented below:

The admissions at IIFT Kolkata is entrance based and not merit based. The entrance test for the admission is IIFT entrance test which is conducted by the NTA.

The cutoff for the CAT examination is about 60 percentile. The students are should be with an minimum aggregation of 50 percentage in the under graduation course.

The median package offered during IIFT Kolkata placements over the past three years is presented below:

As per the details collated from various sources on the internet, about 140 seats are allocated for MBA in International Business at IIFT Kolkata. Admission to IIFT Kolkata’s full-time MBA (IB) programme 2023-25 is subject to IIFT’s Written Examination scores along with students’ performance in the Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD) or Extempore and Personal Interview (PI) scores. The final selection process also incorporates academic consistency, academic diversity, gender diversity and work experience.

The number of PPOs made (in percentage) during IIFT Kolkata placements over the past three years are presented below:

The sector-wise placement distribution recorded during IIFT Kolkata placements 2024 is presented below:

The sector and domain-wise placement distribution recorded during IIFT Kolkata MBA placements 2024 are presented below:

According to official sources, IIFT Kolkata concluded its placement drive for the year 2021-23 batch. As per the report, the highest domestic and international package (for overall placements of IIFT campuses) stood at INR 75.6 LPA and INR 85.4 LPA. Further, the average and median package offered during IIFT Kolkata placements 2023 was INR 29.1 LPA and INR 26.5 LPA, respectively. A total of 108 recruiters with 36 new recruiters participated during placements in 2023. Major giants participated during placements including Amazon, Flipkart, Amul, EY, Infosys, etc. This placements and salary data, however, is overall for all the IIFT campuses since there is no update on campus-wise placements data.

The placement trend witnessed during IIFT Kolkata MBA IB placements over the past three years are presented below:

The key highlights of IIFT Kolkata MBA IB placements 2024 are presented below:

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Kolkata offers several courses, including MBA in International Business (Full-Time and Part-Time), Executive Post Graduate Diploma in International Business, Certificate Programme in Export Management, and Ph.D. Programme. The fee structure for these courses varies. For instance, the fee for the MBA programme is INR 3,80,000 per annum, while the fee for the Certificate Program in Export Import Management is INR 75,000 . The fee for the Executive Post Graduate Diploma in International Business is INR 8.75 Lakhs per year . The fee for the Ph.D. Programme is not mentioned in the search results. However, the admission fee for the MBA programme is INR 3,65,000. Please note that these fees are subject to change and you should check the official website of IIFT Kolkata for the latest information.

Yes, you can apply for the MBA programme at IIFT Kolkata with a 91 percentile in CAT. The expected cutoff for IIFT Kolkata is 95 percentile and above for the general category . However, the cutoffs may vary each year based on the category of the students. You can also check Shiksha website for the same.

As of the latest guidelines the seat intake in IIFT Kolkata for MBA is 140 seats. The selection is done by the IIFT entrance test which ia conducted  by the NTA, CAT.

The percentile required in the CAT is about 60 and the students should be with the minimum aggregation of 50 percentage in the under graduation course.

Candidates can pay the application fee online as per their respective category through credit card/debit card (VISA/Mastercard), net banking or UPI. The application fee for IIFT Kolkata's entrance exam for different categories is as follows:

The fee for the Certificate Program in Global Trade Logistics and Operations at IIFT Kolkata is Rs. 75,000. The course duration is four months and classes will be conducted at IIFT Delhi Campus on weekends (Saturday: 3:00-7:00 pm & Sunday: 9:00 am-6:00 pm)

To apply to EPGD-IB, candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree in any stream from a recognised university with at least five years of work experience. Candidates holding a master’s/ Engineering degree with a minimum three-year work experience can also apply. Additionally, students must have at least 55% aggregate for admission to the EPGD-IB programme and only managerial work experience until March 31 of the year of admission is considered. There is no age limit.