IIFT 2023: Exam Dates, Application Form, Eligibility, Admit Card, Result, Cut Off

Latest Update: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has released the final admission list for the Delhi and Kolkata campuses in online mode. Shortlisted candidates can check the same by visiting the official website. IIFT 2022-24 admission list is available in form of PDF on the official website.
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IIFT 2023: IIFT MBA entrance exam is a national-level management entrance test which is conducted by NTA on behalf of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. Admission is granted to MBA (International Business) courses. There are three IIFT campuses in Delhi, Kolkata, and Kakinada. 

The registration for the IIFT MBA entrance exam will probably till the last week of October and likely around 75,000 candidates will appear for the IIFT exam. IIFT MBA admission test has changed from paper-based mode to computer-based mode in recent past years. The new IIFT campus at Kakinada is expected to launch soon. 

This will increase the total seat intake in IIFT. In order to secure the 95+ percentile in the IIFT MBA IB admission test, a dedicated preparation of 4-5 months is recommended. IIFT exam's difficulty level was moderate to difficult and can be related to CAT and XAT exam levels. 

What is IIFT full form?

The IIFT full form is the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Admission Test. IIFT MBA (IB) entrance exam will be held in a single session as a computer-based test. The IIFT 2023 exam is of 2 hours duration with maximum marks of 300 and will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) for the third time and not by IIFT as was conducted earlier.  

What is the IIFT exam for?

Admissions to the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade’s flagship programme, MBA in International Business (IB) is through an exclusive entrance exam namely the NTA IIFT exam. What is the entrance exam for IIFT? - NTA conducts the IIFT exam as a two-hour computer-based test for admissions to MBA (IB) programmes at IIFT Delhi, Kolkata, and Kakinada campuses.

Students wishing to join the IIFT MBA (IB) program will have to qualify in the NTA IIFT 2023 and then clear the selection process - Group Discussion, Writing Skills Assessment, and Interview. The selection process will be held by IIFT in March/ April 2023 at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Mumbai.

IIFT Exam 2023: Highlights

IIFT 2023 Exam Timings

What is the IIFT exam registration fee?

The registration fee for the IIFT exam will be Rs 1,000 for reserved category candidates and Rs 2,500 for other category candidates.

How many candidates registered and appeared for IIFT 2021? 

In IIFT 2021, a total of 33,393 candidates registered for the exam while 27,944 candidates appeared for it.  

Are 2 months enough for IIFT?

Normally, no 2 months are not enough for preparation for the IIFT exam. In case a candidate has already appeared for CAT or any other top-level management entrance exam, then 2 months are enough. However, if a candidate is starting from level 1, a minimum of 4-5 months of preparation is needed.

Is the IIFT exam tougher than CAT?

Both the exams are of moderate to high difficulty level but in IIFT, candidates have to solve 110 questions in 120 minutes while in CAT, candidates have to solve 100 questions in 120 minutes.

What percentile is needed in IIFT?

As per the past trends, the required percentile for shortlisting for IIFT MBA (IB) admission 2023 at different campuses of IIFT would be as follows: 

• Expected Percentile for Delhi Campus: 98 & above. 
• Expected Percentile for Kolkata Campus: 95 & above. 
• Expected Percentile for Kakinada Campus: 90 & above. 

 What after IIFT 2023?

The result of IIFT 2023 will be declared by the last week of December 2022. Once the IIFT exam results are declared, the institute will release the IIFT shortlist for the MBA IB programme in online mode. The institute conducts a personality assessment of the candidates who meet the cut-off of IIFT for admission. This personality assessment includes Essay Writing (EW), Group Discussion (GD), and Personal Interview (PI). 

Once this round is over, the institute evaluates each candidate who took the IIFT exam and participated in EW, GD, and PI on several parameters, and then the final merit list for MBA IB admission is released.

IIFT Fees Structure 2023-25 (Expected)

IIFT 2023 Contact Information

NTA office:
Block C-20/1A/8, Sector 62,
Gautam Budh Nagar, Noida -201309 (UP)

NTA Helpdesk:
0120-6895200 (Operational 09:30 AM to 06:00 PM during working days)

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Candidates who wish to apply for IIFT must check the eligibility criteria of IIFT 2023 before filling the application form. Given below eligibility criteria can be checked by candidates for IIFT 2023 entrance exam-

Educational Qualification - General category candidates with a minimum 3-year graduation degree in any discipline with 50% marks from a recognized university/institute/college are eligible to apply. Whereas, SC, ST, and PwD category candidates with a minimum of 45% marks in graduation can also be able to fill the IIFT 2023 application form. Final year graduation students can also be able to fill the application form.

Age Limit - There is no age limit for candidates to apply for IIFT 2023 entrance exam.

Mode of Application : Online

Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card

The registration process for IIFT 2023 will be done in online mode. Candidates can register for IIFT 2023 probably till the last week of October. While registering for IIFT 2023, candidates will be required to enter personal details to create login credentials. 

In case if any candidate enters any wrong information, then they can be allowed to edit their information at the time of the IIFT application form correction window which will open in the last week of October 2022. The IIFT 2023 application form correction window will take place in online mode. At the time of filling the application form for the IIFT exam 2023, one will have to pay the application fee in online mode.

The IIFT 2023 application process can be completed using the below-mentioned steps:

• Candidates need to do a primary registration by filling in their personal details, contact number, email id, and password.
• In the second step, candidates need to fill in the academic and personal details.
• The third step is the payment of the application fee i.e. Rs. 2500 for General and OBC Category candidates and Rs. 1000 for SC, ST, and PWD category candidates. The application fee has been paid via net banking, credit card, debit card, and DD. The application fee for foreign nationals and NRIs is Rs. 15,000 that is US$200.
• In the fourth and final step of the IIFT application form, candidates are required to upload the scanned copy of their photograph (size: not more than 50KB) and signature (size: not more than 20KB) in JPEG/JPG format.
• Make sure that contact number(s) and email id are entered correctly as all communication related to the exam has been sent to those only.

Video guide to fill IIFT application form 

Application Fees

Candidates who will appear for IIFT this should check the exam pattern of IIFT 2023. It allows them to know the topics covered in the exam, syllabus, and marking scheme and they can strategize their preparation accordingly. Here are the complete details related to the pattern of IIFT exam 2023.

Exam Pattern of IIFT 2023:

Let us see the IIFT 2023 exam pattern in detail:

• IIFT will have four sections - Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, General Knowledge and Current Affairs,  Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Ability.
• The duration of the exam will be two hours - There will be no sectional time limit. The total marks for the exam will be 100. The number of questions keeps changing every year. Last year, the exam had 114 questions. The exam will have only multiple-choice questions.
• According to the IIFT 2023 exam pattern, there is negative marking for wrong answers and there is a differential marking scheme.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will release the admit card of IIFT 2023 tentatively in the last week of November. Registered candidates can able to download their IIFT 2023 admit card by using login credentials at iift.nta.nic.in. The IIFT admit card includes all the details pertaining to the entrance exam such as the candidate’s roll number, reporting time, exam centre details, and exam day guidelines.

• The admit card of IIFT 2023 will be available only after completion of the registration process.
• Candidates can able to download the IIFT admit card 2023 with the help of their registered id and date of birth.
• Candidates need to carry the admit card to the exam centre on the day of the exam along with a photo id proof - Driving License, Aadhar id card, Election id card, Passport
• Without the admit card, no candidate will be allowed to write the IIFT exam 2023.
• Candidates need to keep the admit card till the end of the admission process as it would be required at every stage of the admission

Snapshot of IIFT Admit Card Login Window

NTA will release the final IIFT answer key 2023 tentatively in the second week of December in online mode. The final IIFT 2023 answer key will be available in PDF format. The document will carry the question number, question ID and correct answer of each question of all the four sections of the IIFT question paper. Candidates have to visit the official website of NTA to download the IIFT answer key. Candidates were able to challenge the IIFT answer key by producing adequate proof within the stipulated date and time.

After receiving the answer key of IIFT 2023, the candidates can match their answers with the help of the response sheet and they can check if the tried answer is incorrect. Accordingly, candidates can challenge the IIFT answer key by providing adequate proof within a stipulated time.

• As of last year, candidates have to pay Rs. 1000/- for a challenging question.

Steps to download the IIFT exam answer key

• To download the answer key of IIFT 2023, visit the official website of NTA - iift.nta.nic.in.
• Now, find and click the "Download - Answer Key of IIFT 2023" on the homepage.
• It will carry the candidates to the login page. From there, they have to enter their IIFT login credentials to enter into the dashboard.
• In the dashboard, find the download answer key link and click on it.
• Finally, the NTA IIFT answer key 2023 will download in a pdf format.

The IIFT Result 2023 will be announced by NTA. Both the result and scorecard will be available in online mode. Candidates will be able to know the result and download the IIFT scorecard by entering their login credentials like IIFT Application number and Date of birth. IIFT will release the names of shortlisted candidates for the second round of interviews. More details are given below:

• Candidates can check the IIFT result 2023 on the official website of the IIFT exam.
• The result is available in the form of a scorecard where candidates can check the sectional as well as the overall score.
• Candidates can download the scorecard in the form of a pdf file by logging in to the official website with their seven-digit IIFT roll number and date of birth.
• On the basis of the score, candidates will be shortlisted for the selection rounds - Writing Test, GD, and PI. 
• The final IIFT 2023 result or selection will be based on the overall performance in all the rounds.

How to Check IIFT 2023 Result

1. First go to the official website of NTA IIFT 2023
2. Next, find and click the link called "IIFT 2023 NTA Score"
3. It will redirect candidates to the result page. From there, candidates have to enter their IIFT application number, date of birth, and security pin.
4. Then click the "Submit" button to view the IIFT exam result 2023.
5. Download the IIFT scorecard and take a printout of it for future reference.

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) will release the cutoff for the selection process of admission along with the list of shortlisted candidates. The list of shortlisted candidates will be available on the official website of IIFT.

National Testing Agency, NTA the conducting body of the IIFT exam will announce the IIFT 2023 cutoff along with the result which is likely to be declared in online mode. Given below details can be checked by candidates with reference to the cutoff of IIFT 2023:

• The minimum marks required to qualify for the selection rounds will be called the IIFT 2023 cutoff
• The cutoff depends on various factors including the difficulty level of test, the total number of test-takers, number of seats available, etc
• Candidates who meet the IIFT cutoff criterion as announced by IIFT Delhi will be called for the selection rounds - Writing test, GD, and PI 
• The shortlisted candidates will be assigned a centre for the selection rounds. The list of centres may include Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, etc.,
• The cutoff of IIFT 2023 will be different for each category.

The selection process of IIFT 2023 will start after the announcement of the result.  

• Based on the IIFT 2023 cutoff, candidates will be shortlisted for the selection process
• The IIFT 2023 selection process will include - Writing test, Group Discussion and Personal Interview
• The weightage given to each round is different. And the final selection of a candidate will be based on the overall performance in all the rounds including the IIFT 2023

Both Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) round are an integral part of the selection process of IIFT 2023. Tentatively, the selection process will be conducted in the month of February/ March 2023. And the final IIFT 2023 result, the list of selected candidates for admission, is likely to be announced in the month of March.

GD and PI rounds are conducted to judge the communication skills, confidence level, interaction skills, personality, and possibly the knowledge of current affairs of the candidates. Apart from the writing test which is also the part of the selection process, candidates need to perform well in these two rounds to get the admission offer. 

For the writing test, GD and PI, IIFT Delhi will allocate the centres to the shortlisted candidates. These centres will be - Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, etc.