

IIFM Bhopal PhD Courses & Fees: 2025: Eligibility, Seats, Placements, How to Apply
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IIFM Bhopal PhD Eligibility & Highlights 2025
IIFM Bhopal Doctoral Programme in Management (DPM) is a research-based doctoral programme offered in full-time mode. For this course, the institute has designed a rigorous curriculum with the aim of preparing individuals for careers in academia, research institutions, government, and industry. After completion of the course, students are awarded a PhD degree. Moreover, under its DPM/PhD course, the institution provides students the opportunity to conduct research in the following areas of specialisation:
- Communication and Extension Management
- Ecosystem and Environment Management
- Environment and Developmental Economics
- Financial Management, Human Resource Management
- Information Technology and Quantitative Techniques
- Marketing Management
- Sociology and Community Development
- Strategic Management
- Technical Forestry
Moreover, a candidate is expected to finish the DPM IIFM Bhopal within a period of five years. During this duration, students devote the first two years of coursework to advanced electives and the next three years of thesis work and research /teaching assignments.
IIFM Bhopal PhD admissions are subject to fulfilment of the admission criteria. The admission policy states that students are evaluated based on their performance in the accepted entrance followed by a written test and interview process. Moreover, students must also fulfill the following minimum qualifications:
IIFM DPM Entry Requirements
Particulars | Statistics |
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Age |
Candidates must not be more than 45 years old as of 1 Jul, 2025 |
Educational Qualification |
Master’s degree or Post Graduate Diploma/BE or BTech Degree or its equivalent, followed by at least 2 years of relevant work experience/Professional qualifications, namely CA, ICWA, CS, with a minimum of 60% marks (absolute) and a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 60% marks |
Tests Required | Candidates require a standard test score of CAT/GMAT/GRE/UGC NET- JRF for applying in all areas of specialisation, and additionally award of ICAR-SRF (PGS– merit list for award of SRF)/DST Inspire/CSIR NET –JRF for Ecosystem and Environment Management and Technical Forestry will also be accepted |
IIFM Bhopal PhD Fees 2025
For admission to IIFM Bhopal courses, students must pay various fee components, including Tuition Fees, One-Time Admission Charges, Registration Fees, Examination Fees, and other related expenses included in the IIFM Bhopal fee structure. Some of these components are to be paid once, such as a one-time fee, and some are to be paid semester-wise, such as tuition fees. As per the structure, the total tuition fee to pursue a PhD at IIFM is INR 92,500.
Note: The above-mentioned fee is as per the official website of the university. However, it is subject to change.
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IIFM Bhopal PhD Admission Dates 2025
IIFM Bhopal PhD admission dates 2025 encompasses the important events related to the different processes included in the admission cycle. These processes are the application stage, selection stage, admission confirmation stage, and more. It is important that students stay aware of the relevant and important events.
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IIFM Bhopal Ph.D.IIFM Bhopal PhD Seats 2025
IIFM Bhopal PhD seats after a thorough evaluation of all the applicants. There are three broad parameters that a student is evaluated on. These parameters are scores obtained in the entrance exam, performance in the following written test and PI session. Moreover, the institute offers only limited seats under its DPM programme. Thus, students seeking admission are advised to register timely. Interested students can also check the below table to know the total seat intake at IIFM Bhopal:
Courses | Seats |
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Doctoral Programme in Management(DPM) | 10 |
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IIFM Bhopal PhD 2025 FAQs
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Answered 2 months ago
It truly depends on the number of seats in your desired course verses number of applicants partipating.
The waitlist usually moves from 2 to 3 wait list kindly go through the cutoff of the first list, if you are around that you may get chance in the second list
Thank you
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered 2 months ago
While there's no guarantee, past instances suggest there's a possibility of an extension. IIFM Bhopal has extended application deadlines before 17 February 2025, for the 2025-27 batch. The last date to apply for the MBA programs was initially February 28, 2025, but was later extended.
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Answered 6 months ago
The top recruiters for the IIFM Bhopal placements are given below:
IIFM Bhopal Top Recruiters | ||
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PWC | EY | S&P Global |
Infosys | ICICI Bank | Ernst & Young |
Zydex | Fincare | Aditya Birla |
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 5 months ago
The Research Aptitude Test (RAT) exam is an aptitude test and part of the Indian Institute of Forest Management evaluation process for the PhD course. The test is preferably during the month of June-July. To be able to appear for the exam, students must first apply with a valid entrance test score.
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Answered 5 months ago
Check out the tabulated data below for more understanding on the IIFM Bhopal PGDFM and PGDSM placements for batch 2021-2023:
Particulars | Placement Statistics (2023) |
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the highest Package | INR 20.5 LPA |
Median Package | INR 10 LPA |
Average Package | INR 10.38 LPA |
75th Percentile Package | INR 11.52 LPA |
25th Percentile Package | INR 8.2 LPA |
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