Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi Entrance Exam

IIFT, which is one of the top business schools, has announced a significant change in its MBA admission criteria for 2024. The authorities have released that the IIFT Exam 2024 has been cancelled and now MBA admissions will be based on the CAT 2023 Entrance Exam. The registration period for CAT 2023 starts on August 2, 2023, and will end on September 25, 2023. The CAT exam for the year 2023 will be on November 26, 2023.

For those who were expecting the IIFT official notification after applying for CAT 2023, it is important to note the fact that they can now seek admission using their CAT 2023 scores. It is worth mentioning that IIFT has discontinued the practice of conducting MBA admissions through its entrance exam.

The National Testing Agency or the NTA was the official agency for IIFT entrance exam. The NTA has been conducting the IIFT entrance exam on behalf of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trae Delhi since 2019. The NTA’s role in conducting the IIFT exam includes scheduling the exam, registration and application process, release of IIFT admit card, preparation and release of answer key, answer key objection and announcement of result. The syllabus and pattern is prescribed by the institute. NTA conducts the exam in over 60 cities across India in computer based test mode. Its role ends with announcement of the exam result, final answer key and date of number of applicants and test takers. It has no role in IIFT cut off determination or selection process for MBA admission at IIFT. However, since 2024, the IIFT does not conduct the entrance exam.

The IIFT exam is usually conducted in about 63 cities including Vijaywada, Visakhapatnam, Guwahati, Patna, Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur, Delhi/New Dehi, Panaji, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Faridabad, Gurugram, Hissar, Shimla, Jammu, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Bengaluru, Hubli, Mangaluru, Mysore, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Aurangabad, Mumbai/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune, Thane, Shillong, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Puducherry, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Patiala, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Chennai, Coimbatore, Vellore, Hyderabad, Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Noida/Greater Noida, Dehradun, Haldwani, Durgapur, Kolkata and Siliguri. Candidates can choose up to three cities in the IIFT application form for test centre allotment. The exam authority strives to allot a test centre in the city of first preference, depending upon availability.

IIFT exam fee for candidates of different categories is different. Check category-wise IIFT application fees below. 

• General/OBC candidates: INR 2,500
• SC/ST/PH candidates: INR 1,000
• Foreign National/NRI/Children of NRI candidates: US $200 (INR 15,000)
  

The IIFT application fee is to be paid at the time of application form filling. Candidates can fill the application form on a particular day and pay the fee later. However, they need to pay the fee before the form submission deadline to be eligible for the IIFT exam. Applications for which fee is not paid, will not be accepted and the candidates will not be eligible to appear in the exam. The exam fee is non-refundable so candidates must not expect fee refund in case of not appearing for the exam or filling the form again due to errors in first one.