IIFT 2020 Entrance Exam – Application Form (Available), Eligibility Criteria, Admission Process

IIFT 2020 – Application Form for IIFT 2020 Entrance Exam has been released and is available at iift.nta.nic.in under the respective logins of the candidates. NTA conducts IIFT MBA entrance test for admission in MBA (International Business) a six-trimester general management programme. The candidates who have a Bachelor’s degree with minimum 50% marks are eligible to apply for admission. For more details like IIFT 2020 admission, selection process, entrance test etc, read below.

Latest: IIFT has released the application form for MBA Programme for Kolkata Campus. Check here.

IIFT 2020

IIFT 2020 exam is conducted to fill around 220 seats at the Delhi Campus and and around 200 seats at the Kolkata Campus for the MBA programme for 39,752 candidates in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. Check the complete exam schedule for IIFT 2020 from the table below.

IIFT 2020	Important Dates
IIFT Registration 2020 Start Date	Available – for Kolkata Campus
Last Date to fill IIFT Application Form	30 Sep 2020
Last date to pay the application fee	to be announced
Correction in application form start date	to be announced
Last date to edit details in IIFT 2020 Application Form	to be announced
Application form released for NRI/ Foreign nationals on	to be announced
Last date to submit application form and pay application fee by NRI/ Foreign nationals	to be announced
Issuance of IIFT 2020 Hall Ticket	to be announced
IIFT 2020 Exam Date	3rd week of Oct 2020
Release of IIFT 2020 answer key	to be announced
Declaration of IIFT 2020 Result	Nov 2020
List of shortlisted candidates for GD, PI and WAT	to be announced

IIFT 2020 Application Form

The candidates who are interested in applying for the IIFT 2020 exam can check the step-by-step application form filling process given below. The candidates can follow through these steps to fill the application form:

• Visit the official IIFT 2020 website and click on “Fill Application Form” button
• Complete the primary registration step by filling in Candidate’s Name, Father’s name, Mother’s name, Date of birth, Gender, Nationality, Mobile number, Email id, and create a Login password. After doing this click on submit.
• Check the application number received on the registered email and phone number, use to login into the candidate profile.
• Complete the application form by filling the personal details such as qualification details, work experience and communication details.
• Pay the application fee online and upload the scanned images of the candidate.
• Submit the final application and download the confirmation page.

IIFT 2020 Application Fees

Given below is the category wise application fee for IIFT 2020, the candidates can pay the prescribed application fee online using the Debit/Credit Card/ Net Banking, according to their category:

Category	Examination Fee
General/Gen-EWS/ OBC(NCL)	Rs 2000/-
SC/ST/PwD/Transgender	Rs 1000/-
For Foreign Nationals/NRIs	US$ 150 / Rs.9,500/-

IIFT 2020 Application Form Correction

NTA provides a one-time opportunity to the candidates to edit details in the IIFT 2020 application form correction. The form correction process can be done by online mode only. Candidates have to pay an additional fee, wherever applicable by online mode only. IIFT form correction window is provided for 03 days only and candidates must edit the detail(s) before the end date. NTA has specified that request for a change in IIFT test centre is not allowed.

What’s New in IIFT 2020?

Candidates can check here all the important updates and new addition in the IIFT entrance exam:

1. One of the biggest change is that instead of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, NTA is conducting IIFT 2020 entrance exam. NTA is a very new body but since last year, it has taken over responsibility to hold major examination like CMAT, GPAT, JEE Main, NEET, and now IIFT.
2. Another important change in the exam is that it will be held in online mode. Until last year, the exam exam was held in pen and paper mode.
3. NTA has established “Test Practice Centers (TPCs)” across India  to familiarise candidates with the Computer-based test. Candidates aspiring to appear for IIFT 2020 can appear in more than 4000 Schools/ engineering colleges on Saturday/ Sunday to take the mock test. It is free of cost and will start from September 01, 2019.
4. There will be a form correction facility for the candidates to edit/ modify details in the form.
5. Also, NTA will release Response Sheet, Question Paper and Answer Key for the candidates after the exam.

Eligibility Criteria for IIFT 2020

The eligibility criteria for admission in the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) MBA IB programme is given below, the candidates must ensure if they are eligible to give the exam before filling the application form.

Eligibility criteria for Indian Nationals:

• Bachelor’s degree (minimum 3 yrs duration) in any discipline with 50% marks for general candidates and 45% marks for SC/ST/PwD candidates.
• Candidates in the final semester of gradation can also apply subject to submission of proof of requisite qualification by October 07, 2020.
• There is no age limit for applying.

Eligibility Criteria for Foreign Nationals and NRI candidates:

• Should have a recognized Bachelor’s degree of minimum 3 years’ duration with minimum 50% marks.
• Those appearing for a qualifying examination can also apply subject to submission of proof of requisite qualification by October 07, 2020.
• A candidate should have been (expected to be) resident outside India for a period of not less than 18 months as on December 31, 2020 and be outside India during the IIFT examination window.
• The Indian nationals who are living, working, studying abroad have to produce with application a certificate from the Indian Embassy / High Commission /Consulate of the country where the candidate is currently based, stating that the candidate has been resident in that country continuously for a period of not less than 18 months as on December 31, 2020.
• Foreign Nationals must have a valid passport/travel document from a country other than India. The Foreign Nationals who are present in India at the time of IIFT entrance test are required to take the same.
• Candidate should produce Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) score which should be received by the Institute latest by 15th February 2020. GMAT taken before January 01, 2020 is not valid.
• In case if a candidate has appeared for any MBA entrance examination for that year in India (2020) such as CAT /XAT /IIFT, etc., he /she is not eligible to apply. Candidates are required to give the undertaking for the same.
• NRI-Sponsored candidates and Children of NRIs are not considered under this category.

IIFT 2020 Admit Card

IIFT issues the admit card to the registered candidate once the application form filling process is over. Candidates can download the admit card on the scheduled dates from the official website of IIFT 2020. The candidates will need the application registration number and password to download the same. Follow the exam instructions given on the admit card carefully, and carry a color printout of the admit card along with a valid photo id proof to the examination hall. The admit card has the candidate details along with the date, time and venue details for the IIFT 2020 exam.

IIFT 2020 Test Centers

While filling the application form for IIFT 2020, the candidates must select any four cities of their choice for giving the CBT. Candidates can check the list of IIFT 2020 Test Centers from the table below.

State	City	Code
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar/ Naharlagun	AL01
Assam	Dibrugarh	AM01
	Guwahati	AM02
	Jorhat	AM03
	Silchar	AM04
	Tezpur	AM05
Andaman and Nicobar	Port Blair	AN01
Andhra Pradesh	Anantapur	AP01
	Bhimavaram	AP03
	Chirala	AP04
	Chittoor	AP05
	Eluru	AP06
	Guntur	AP07
	Kadapa	AP08
	Kakinada	AP09
	Kurnool	AP10
	Nellore	AP11
	Ongole	AP12
	Rajahmundry	AP13
	Srikakulam	AP14
	Tirupathi	AP16
	Vijayawada	AP17
	Visakhapatnam	AP18
	Vizianagaram	AP19
	Narasaraopet	AP20
	Proddatur	AP21
	Surampalem	AP23
Bihar	Bhagalpur	BR02
	Darbhanga	BR04
	Gaya	BR05
	Muzaffarpur	BR06
	Patna	BR07
	Purnea	BR08
	Arrah	BR09
Chattisgarh	Durg / Bhilai Nagar	CG01
	Bilaspur	CG02
	Raipur	CG03
Chandigarh	Chandigarh Mohali	CH01
Daman & DIU	Daman	DD01
	DIU	DD02
Delhi	Delhi/ New Delhi	DL01
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	DN01
Gujarat	Ahmedabad / Gandhinagar	GJ01
	Anand	GJ02
	Bhavnagar	GJ03
	Jamnagar	GJ06
	Junagarh	GJ07
	Mehsana	GJ08
	Rajkot	GJ10
	Surat	GJ11
	Vadodara	GJ12
	Valsad/ Vapi	GJ13
	Himatnagar	GJ14
Goa	Panaji / Madgaon	GO01
Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur	HP01
	Hamirpur	HP03
	Palampur / Kangra	HP04
	Shimla	HP06
	Solan	HP07
	Mandi	HP08
	Una	HP09
	Kullu	HP10
Haryana	Ambala	HR01
	Faridabad	HR03
	Gurugram	HR04
	Hisar	HR05
	Karnal	HR06
	Kurukshetra	HR07
	Panipat	HR08
	Sonipat	HR09
	Yamuna Nagar	HR10
Jharkhand	Bokaro Steel city	JH01
	Dhanbad	JH02
	Jamshedpur	JH03
	Ranchi	JH04
	Hazaribagh	JH05
Jammu and Kashmir	Baramulla	JK01
	Jammu	JK02
	Samba	JK03
	Srinagar (J & K)	JK04
Karnataka	Belagavi (Belagum)	KK02
	Bellary	KK03
	Bengaluru	KK04
	Bidar	KK05
	Davanagare	KK06
	Gulbarga	KK08
	Hassan	KK09
	Dharwad / Hubli	KK10
	Mangaluru (Mangalore)	KK12
	Mysore	KK14
	Shimoga	KK15
	Tumakuru	KK16
	Manipal / Udupi	KK17
	Mandya	KK18
Kerala	Alappuzha / Chengannur	KL01
	Ernakulam / Angamaly / Moovattupuzha	KL04
	Idukki	KL05
	Kannur	KL06
	Kasaragod	KL07
	Kollam	KL09
	Kottayam	KL11
	Kozhikode	KL12
	Malappuram	KL13
	Palakkad	KL15
	Pathanamthitta	KL16
	Thiruvananthapuram	KL17
	Thrissur	KL18
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	LD01
Ladakh	Leh	LL01
Meghalaya	Shillong	MG01
Manipur	Imphal	MN01
Madhya Pradesh	Balaghat	MP01
	Betul	MP02
	Bhopal	MP03
	Chhindwara	MP05
	Gwalior	MP06
	Indore	MP07
	Jabalpur	MP08
	Rewa	MP11
	Sagar	MP12
	Satna	MP13
	Ujjain	MP15
Maharasthra	Ahmednagar	MR01
	Akola	MR02
	Amravati	MR03
	Aurangabad	MR04
	Chandrapur	MR09
	Dhule	MR10
	Jalgaon	MR13
	Kolhapur	MR14
	Latur	MR15
	Mumbai / Navi Mumbai	MR16
	Nagpur	MR17
	Nanded	MR18
	Nashik	MR19
	Pune	MR22
	Raigad	MR23
	Ratnagiri	MR24
	Sangli	MR25
	Satara	MR26
	Solapur	MR27
	Thane	MR28
	Wardha	MR29
Mizoram	Aizawl	MZ01
Nagaland	Dimapur	NL01
	Kohima	NL02
Odisha	Balasore	OR02
	Berhampur – Ganjam	OR03
	Bhubaneswar	OR04
	Cuttack	OR05
	Dhenkanal	OR06
	Rourkela	OR08
	Sambalpur	OR09
Punjab	Amritsar	PB01
	Bhatinda	PB02
	Jalandhar	PB04
	Ludhiana	PB05
	Patiala/ Fathegarh Sahib	PB07
	Pathankot	PB08
	Sangrur	PB11
Puducherry	Puducherry	PO01
Rajasthan	Ajmer	RJ01
	Alwar	RJ01
	Bikaner	RJ02
	Jaipur	RJ05
	Jodhpur	RJ06
	Kota	RJ07
	Sikar	RJ08
	Sriganganagar	RJ09
	Udaipur	RJ10
Sikkim	Gangtok	SM01
Tripura	Agartala	TA01
Telangana	Hyderabad / Secunderabad / Ranga reddy	TL01
	Karimnagar	TL02
	Khammam	TL03
	Mahabubnagar	TL04
	Nalgonda	TL05
	Warangal	TL07
Tamil Nadu	Chennai	TN01
	Coimbatore	TN02
	Cuddalore	TN03
	Kanchipuram	TN05
	Kanyakumari / Nagercoil	TN06
	Madurai	TN08
	Namakkal	TN10
	Salem	TN11
	Thanjavur	TN12
	Thoothukudi	TN13
	Tiruchirappalli	TN14
	Tirunelveli	TN15
	Tiruvallur	TN16
	Vellore	TN18
	Virudhunagar	TN20
Uttarakhand	Dehradun	UK01
	Haldwani	UK02
	Haridwar	UK03
	Nainital	UK04
	Pantnagar	UK05
	Roorkee	UK06
Uttar Pradesh	Agra	UP01
	Aligarh	UP02
	Allahabad	UP03
	Bareilly	UP04
	Bulandshahr	UP06
	Faizabad	UP07
	Ghaziabad	UP08
	Gorakhpur	UP09
	Jhansi	UP10
	Kanpur	UP11
	Lucknow	UP12
	Mathura	UP13
	Meerut	UP14
	Moradabad	UP15
	Muzaffarnagar	UP16
	Noida / Greater Noida	UP17
	Sitapur	UP18
	Varanasi	UP19
West Bengal	Asansol	WB01
	Bardhaman	WB02
	Durgapur	WB04
	Hooghly	WB06
	Howrah	WB07
	Kalyani	WB08
	Kolkata	WB10
	Siliguri	WB11

IIFT 2020 Syllabus and Previous Year Questions

The IIFT 2020 exam is going to be conducted on the basis of a predefined set of topics, the question paper is made using the topics given in the table below:

S. no.	Topic
1.	Verbal Ability
2.	Reading Comprehension
3.	General Awareness
4.	Logical Reasoning
5.	Quantitative Aptitude
6.	Data Interpretation

Previous Year question papers play an important role in the exam preparation for any exam, the candidates can find below some of the previous year question papers of IIFT in the table below:

Examination Year	Question Papers
IIFT conducted in 2018 for admission in 2019	Download Here
IIFT conducted in 2017 for admission in 2018	Download Here
IIFT conducted in 2016 for admission in 2017	Download Here
IIFT conducted in 2015 for admission in 2016	Download Here
IIFT conducted in 2014 for admission in 2015	Download Here
IIFT conducted in 2013 for admission in 2014	Download Here

IIFT 2020 Exam Pattern

Given below is the examination pattern for IIFT 2020. The candidates must familiarize themselves with the examination pattern before they start preparing for the exam, a candidate who is well acquainted with the examination process can prepare for the exam without wasting precious time.

Description	Details
Mode of examination	Computer Based Test
Duration of the exam	2 hours
Language of the question paper	English
Type of questions	MCQ
Topics to prepare for IIFT 2020	English Grammar, Vocabulary and Comprehension, General Knowledge & Current Affairs, Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation and Quantitative Analysis.

How to Prepare for IIFT 2020?

The preparation for the round 1 of IIFT MBA IB Entrance Exam is similar to most MBA entrance examination. However because the MBA programme is focused on International Business, the entrance exam paper leans a little towards subject areas related to the topics. The candidates can follow the exam strategies given below:

• Focus first on your weaker areas and since the exam is divided in six sections the candidates must have an exam day strategy, recomments IIFT topper(2018) Harrshit Kansal.
• A proper time management is the strategy to be followed in the exam hall to save time for rechecking of answers.
• Divide your day in sections to focus on new problems, mock tests and revision of topics studied earlier, says 2017 topper, Pranay Das.
• A proper study schedule and managing time while self study is the most important aspect of cracking the IIFT MBA Entrance Exam, according to 2017 topper, Siddharth Tripathi.
• Attempt as many mock tests, and online tests as possible before appearing for the final exam, recommends Manan Shah, the 2017 IIFT topper.
• Study newspapers carefully everyday and keep yourself aware of the current events of at least the past one year.
• Focus on your calculation speed and accuracy through regular practice, which will result in positive results, says 2017 topper Deep Vashi.

IIFT 2020 Important Books

Apart from knowing the exam pattern and syllabus, it is important to check which books has to be referred for the preparation of the exam. As this is a popular exam for MBA so there are ample number of books available in the market. Check the table given below to see some of the best study material for the preparation of IIFT 2020.

Books	Links
Verbal Ability & Comprehension for CAT/XAT/IIFT with 5 Mock Tests By Bharat Patodi and Aditya Choudhary	Buy Here
IIFT solved paper and mock test 2019  By Arihant Experts	Buy Here
IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) 2019 – Solved Papers 2006-2018 By Gautam Puri	Buy Here
TARGET IIFT 2019 (Past Papers 2005 – 2018) + 5 Mock Tests By Disha Experts	Buy Here
MBA 2019-20 : Study Guide (XAT|IIFT|NMAT|SNAP|CMAT)  By Gautam Puri	Buy Here

IIFT 2020 Answer Key

The IIFT 2020 Answer Key is released by the exam conducting body along with the question paper on the official website once the admission process is complete. The candidates can download the answer key in the PDF file from the official website.

However many unofficial sources, coaching institutes such as T.I.M.E, Hitbullseye, Gradeup, IMS etc also release their individual answer keys on their websites on the evening of the exam day. Candidates can use these Answer Key to verify the answers attempted by them and to calculate an estimate of their expected score.

IIFT 2020 Result

The result for Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is announced in the online mode at iift.nta.nic.in. The result is compiled as per the answers indicated in the final answer key. The individual result of the candidates is released online in the form of a e-scorecard, which can be downloaded by the candidates from the official website using their roll number and date of birth.

The scorecard comprises of the name of the candidate, application number, category, sectional marks, toatl marks obtained etc. It is to be noted that there will be no re-evaluation of the nswer sheets.

WAT/GD/PI Round of IIFT 2020

IIFT announces the list of shortlisted candidates for the admission process after IIFT entrance exam result is out. The list of selected candidates is uploaded on tedu.iift.ac.in. The admission process includes:

1. Written Ability Test
2. Group Discussion
3. Personal Interview

The candidates shortlisted are intimated about their GD/PI/WAT date, time and venue via their registered email id. To complete the admission process students have to appear at the allotted venue on the given date and time. A merit list of final selected candidates is prepared on the basis of the candidate’s performance in all the rounds.

IIFT 2020 Cutoff

The entrance exam for this year has not been conducted yet, so a cutoff for IIFT 2020 will be updated as soon as it is released. Given below is a list of category wise cutoff from previous year so that the candidates can have a look at the cutoff from the past and prepare for the exam accordingly:

Category	Male Candidate	Female Candidate
General	32.25	30.25
OBC	27.25	25.25
SC	22.25	20.25
ST	22.25	20.25
PwD	22.25	20.25

Apart from the overall cutoff, a sectional cutoff is also released which the candidates have to qualify. The sectional cutoff is the minimum number of marks a candidate must score in each section of the question paper individually to qualify for the next round. The section wise cutoff for the year which can be expected is given in the table below:

Exam Section	Total no. of Questions	Expected Cutoff	Cutoff from 2018
Reading Comprehension	16	2.5-2.75	2.69
Verbal Ability	20	3.25-3.5	3.35
Quantitative Aptitude	20	3-3.25	3.01
Data Interpretation	20	0.75	0.25
Logical Reasoning	20	4-4.50	5.67
General Awareness	18	0.82	0.82

For more information on IIFT 2020, click here to download the information brochure for Kolkata Campus.

Official website: iift.nta.nic.in

MANAGEMENT ENTRANCE EXAMS