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Indrani Choudhury

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The total fee for MBA in International Business at IIFT Kolkata is INR 20.97 lakh. This fee is inclusive of components, namely tuition, library, internet, medical insurance, course material, hostel charges (for double occupancy, boarding charges, students and alumni activity. The students of SC, ST and PWD categories are given 50% concession in the tuition fee. If the student opts for single or triple occupancy accommodation, the aforementioned fee will vary. Having said that, this fee was for the academic year 2022-23, the exact amount of the total fee applicable for the MBA (IB) 2023-25 batch is only informed to the students when the

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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 campu

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The final cutoffs for admission to the MBA-IB 2023-24 batch is not out yet. However, the final cutoffs for IIFT admission 2022 were released along with the final merit list in May 2022. Check the table below for category-wise final IIFT cut-offs 2022:

IIFT Category

IIFT Cut Off 2022

General

52.75

General-EWS

47.75

OBC-NCL

47.75

SC

42.75

ST

42.75

PwD

42.75

Kashmiri Migrants / Non-Migrants

53.67

The IIFT overall cutoff in 2022 was lower for the General/ General-EWS / OBC-NCL categories and higher for SC / ST/ PwD / Kashmiri Migrants / Non-Migrants categories compared to the year 2021. A year-wise comparison of the same is tabulated below:

IIFT Student Category

IIFT cut-offs 2021

IIFT cut off 2022

General

43.5

42.6

General-EWS/ OBC-NCL SC/ ST/ PwD/ Kashmiri Migrants/ Non-Migrants

36

35.1

SC/ ST/ PwD/ Kashmiri Migrants/ Non-Migrants

15

27.6

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For admission to MBA in IB, candidates are shortlisted on the basis of Computer Based Test (IIFT entrance exam). Those who clear all the sectional and overall cutoffs get shortlisted for the second round of the admission process. The sectional and overall cutoffs required for the next round are as follows:

Particulars

Sectional Cutoff (Percentile)

Overall Cut off (Marks)

General

40

40.5

Gen-EWS / OBC-NCL

35

33

SC/ ST/ PwD/ Kashmiri Migrants/ Non-Migrants

30

25.5

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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.

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Indian Institute for Foreign Trade is a pioneer institute in the country to study Foreign Trade. There are four IIFTs in the world, of which three are situated in India (Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada), and one is in Tanzania. But in those four, two of the most popular ones include IIFT Delhi and IIFT Kolkata. Talking about the difficulty level of the exam, the Quantitative Aptitude section of IIFT is comparatively tough if compared with CAT (this section is moderately tough in CAT). Hence, for some candidates, IIFT comes across as a tougher exam. Additionally, the IIFT entrance exam is inclusive of a General Knowledge section which is no

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The table below showcases the sector-wise placements during the summer placements 2022-24 batch:

SectorsStatistics (2022-24 batch)
BFSI23%
FMCG/FMCD, Retail20%
Professional Services15%
Energy/Industrial/Materials15%
IT11%
Pharma and Healthcare5%
ECommerce and Telecom5%
Automobile4%
Transportation/Logistics/Trade2%

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As per the summer placement report 2022-2024 batch, majority of students were placed in Sales and Marketing (33%). The pie chart below showcases the domain-wise summer placements for the batch 2022-24:

IIFT Kolkata

The table below showcases the domain-wise placements during the summer placements 2022-24 batch:

DomainStatistics (2022-24 batch)
Sales and Marketing33%
Finance/IB20%
General Mgt and Strategy13%
Consulting11%
Trade and Operations8%
Product Mgt8%
IT/Analytics7%

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The average package offered to the top 50% students during 2022-2024 batch stood at INR 2.76 lakh. The graph below showcases the top average package offered in the last two years:

IIFT KolkataThe table below showcases the top average package offered in the last two years:
Particulars2021-2023 Batch2022-2024 Batch
Top 50%INR 2.79 lakhINR 2.76 lakh
Top 25%INR 3.13 lakhINR 3.13 lakh
Top 10%INR 3.24 lakhINR 3.24 lakh

 

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The key highlights of IIFT Kolkata MBA IB summer placements 2022-24 batch is presented in the table below:

ParticularsMBA IB Statistics (2022-2024 Batch)
the highest stipendINR 4.40 lakh
Average stipendINR 2.63 lakh
Median stipendINR 2.50 lakh
Total companies 100
New recruiters36

The trend graph below showcases the highest, average and median stipend offered in the last three years:

IIFT Kolkata

The table below showcases the stipend offered during IIFT Kolkata summer placements over the last three years:

Particulars2020-22 Batch2021-2023 Batch2022-2024 Batch
Highest INR 3.2 lakhINR 4 lakhINR 4.4 lakh
Average INR 1.56 lakhINR 2.04 lakhINR 2.63 lakh
MedianINR 1.5 lakhINR 2 lakhINR 2.5 lakh

Note: The stipend was offered for a period of two months.

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