Hello aspirant,

CAT has a fixed number of 100 questions while IIFT goes on changing its number of questions every year. As such CAT has a fixed exam pattern and IIFT exam pattern changes each year. CAT is the mandatory entrance test for admission to IIMs and IIFT entrance test is the mandatory entrance test for admission to MBA (IB) in all the three campuses of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. CAT has uniform marking pattern for each correct answer with +3 marks while IIFT marking pattern varies between 0.5 mark to 1 mark for each correct answer. CAT offers admission opportunity in 20 IIMs, FMS, MDI, IITs, NITIE, IMI, SPJIMR, JBIMS among others while IIFT entrance exam is institute based and offers admission in IIFT Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada campuses. CAT is a computer based test while IIFT is a paper based test.

Hope, this information helps you.

Hi Achal,

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) result is expected to be declared in the second week of February. And now, second week is going on, so the results can be declared anytime. Keep an eye over the official website - http://iift.nta.nic.in/webinfo/public/home.aspx

Refer here for more info - IIFT 2021 - Result, Cutoff, Selection Procedure, Answer Key for MBA (IB) (careers360.com)

Feel free to ask doubts in the Comment Section.

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!

Hello,

IIFT Bangalore is good college for fashion. Due to research infrastructure is good in this college. Classrooms are good and practical classes class rooms also new design. Library good. All important books are available here. Faculties are very well knowledgeable and supportive. Placement also good so many big big companies like Lifestyle, Reliance Trend, Tommy Hilfiger, PN Rao, Tamanna boutique, Shoppers Stop etc are coming. You can join here.

All the best.

Hello dear student

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For more information please visit the link.

https://bschool.careers360.com/exams/iift

Hope that's helpful

Best of luck

Hello,

The eligibility criteria of IIFT are

• Candidates should have completed their graduation in any discipline from a recognized institution or university.
• General/ OBC/ EWS candidates should have obtained at least 50% marks in graduation while ST/ SC/ PwD candidates need to have a score of minimum 45% marks.
• Final year graduation students are also eligible to apply for IIFT

So, if you have done your distance graduation from any recognized University then only you can appear for IIFT.

Check the link below for more information

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iift-eligibility-criteria

Good luck!

Dear Aspirant,

In order to answer your question, I’d like to begin by saying that all colleges are good in their own regards. Also, having said that, it is not advisable to club all the IIMs under one banner, given the advantage that the older IIMs enjoy having been established much earlier and hence having had the time and means to establish a reputation and an alum base in the industry. So, for the sake of this answer, we can split the IIMs into three categories – IIM ABC, IIM LIK and the new IIMs.

As far as IIM A, IIM B & IIM C are concerned, they would rank above IIFT on most people’s lists, except in niche cases where the candidate wants to do an IB course. So, it is not much of a decision and IIM ABC can be opted over IIFT.

Now coming to IIM L, IIM I & IIM K, there are can be merit for both arguments for both parties. Will the IIMs can boast of the brand IIM tag, IIFT can boast of international exposure and the niche IB course. So, the decision is completely dependent on the individual making the call. Also, one thing to be considered here is the fact that placements for both IIFT Delhi and Kolkata campus are conducted together. So, the batch sizes when it comes to a placement point of view is almost the same.

The last part, as far as the new IIMs are concerned, one thing that goes for them is the IIM tag. However, given their age, most of the new IIMs most certainly do not have the sway that an older IIM possesses. Taking into consideration the fees, the corporate competitions opened for the colleges, the companies coming to recruit and most importantly the average packages, IIFT seems to be a better choice in the short to medium run. However, the argument for the newer IIMs would be the fact that in the long run, the brand name might help the candidate. But this is not set in stone and might be a punt in the present condition.

Having talked about the colleges, the modes of getting into IIMs and IIFT is also completely different. The former requires CAT as a base score with a GD-PI-WAT round to follow, and the latter uses their own IIFT exam as a guideline to call people for further GD-PI-WAT process. Both are completely different exams even though their syllabus might seem same. So, the strategy has to be different. That being said, the initial preparation can be the same, given that the syllabus is somewhat similar. The specific preparation for the exams can be taken care of by attempting mocks and coming up with game plans for the said exams.

Cheers and all the best!

Hi.

Here is a list of colleges accepting IIFT Exam (except for 3 IIFT Colleges):

• IPS Business School - JAIPUR, Jaipur
• IFIM Business School, Bangalore
• Adarsh Institute of Management & Information Technology, Bangalore
• CII School of Logistics - Amity University, Mumbai
• KV Institute of Management and Information Studies, Coimbatore
• Community Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore
• GITAM School of International Business, Visakhapatnam

If you have a further specific query please feel free to comment.

Best of Luck.

Hello there,

If you want to take admission to Indian Institute of Foreign Trade for MBA (IB) program, then you must solve IIFT previous year papers before appearing for the final exam. You can check the previous year papers on the link given below.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/bschool.careers360.com/articles/iift-sample-paper/amp

To get a good score in the SNAP exam, it is necessary that, you should solve previous year question papers. I have provided a link below, so check the papers there.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/bschool.careers360.com/articles/snap-sample-paper/amp

The candidates who wish to take admissions in the Tata Institute of Social Sciences should practice with the TISS previous year question papers. These are given in the link below.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/university.careers360.com/articles/tissnet-question-paper/amp

Hope this helps.

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