IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) is one of the top 10 schools that offer MBA in International Business. Candidates wishing to take admission into IIFT would have to appear the IIFT Entrance examination. The associated timelines have been detailed as below:

The candidates applying for IIFT 2018 can check the complete eligibility criteria which is set for Indian Residents belonging to the General, OBC, SC,ST and PH; a separate set of eligibility criteria is also set for Non Resident Indians. The eligibility criteria in brief has been detailed below:

• Candidate must hold a Bachelor's degree from a recognized university or institute of atleast 3 years duration in any discipline.

• Candidates in their final year of Graduation can also apply. However such candidates have to submit the proof of requisite qualification by September 24, 2018.

• There is no age limit for the applicants.
• Candidates belonging to the general category should have got at least 50% marks in graduation while the others from the reserved categories should have scored 45% in their graduation.
   

The Application form for IIFT can be filled in both Online and Offline mode.

Application Procedure Via Online Mode

Candidates first have to register on the official site of IIFT. candidates can follow the below-mentioned steps to register for IIFT 2016:

• Click on "Apply Now" and select the category you belong from to apply for the exam.
   
• Read carefully the information displayed on your screen regarding the payment of application fee.
   
• Fill in the basic details asked in the application form and submit the form.
   
• Application number will be sent to you to the registered email id after the successful submission of the form.
   
• Use the application no. sent to you in email and password entered by you while registration to log in to the website.
   
• To complete the registration process, follow the links displayed.
   
• After completing the formalities, candidates shall be informed regarding successful registration through an email at registered email id.
   

The Admit Cards will be sent BY POST to all the students, who submit filled-in Application Form complete in all respects (online or offline), in the first week of November 2018. Applicants, who do not receive their Admit Cards by can download the Admit Card from IIFT's website. With a printout of the Admit Card, the candidates should reach the venue of the Exam Centre on December 2, 2018latest by 9.00 a.m. with one of the following documents:

• Passport
• Election I-Card
• College I-Card
• Driving Licence
• PAN Card

IIFT will be held in a paper pencil based format. In the past years also the IIFT entrance exam is held in a paper pencil based pattern only. IIFT 2017 Sections There are 4 sections in the IIFT 2017 paper pattern with 2 subsections. The areas or the sections on which the IIFT exam pattern are Quantitative Ability, Logical Ability, Data Interpretation, Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension and General Awareness. While Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning form a section, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension form another.

With the help of IIFT Exam Pattern, a candidate would have a good understanding of the type of questions that they would be coming across on a usual basis. Candidates would be knowing the paper structure and the type of questions that they would be coming across. Any candidate appearing for the entrance exam must verify that the IIFT Application Form has been filled for which the admit card has been downloaded on release. 

The IIFT Marking scheme is different across sections. In the Data Interpretation section, a correct answer would be getting 0.75 marks while a correct answer would carry 1 mark.Negative marking would be about 1/3 of the marks allotted in total. The detailed marking scheme can be found below for candidates

IIFT 2018 as similar to the previous years always has had a variable amount of questions. There could be about 120-200 objective type questions which would be further divided into four sections. The IIFT Marking scheme is different from each section, the exam would be for a total of 100 marks. A wrong answer would have a negative marking of 1/3 of the marks.

The below-mentioned points provide an understanding of the sections and what is questioned from each of them:

1. Logical Section: This section would be containing 20-25 questions and is unique every year. The questions are of the objective type.
2. Verbal Ability: Candidates would be required to answer about 20 questions. The difficulty level would be from easy to moderate level.
3. Quantitative Ability: The Quantitative Ability is a difficult section for various candidates. Candidates would be able to answer about 25 questions in this section.
4. General Awareness: General Awareness sections would have questions from over current affairs dating back to 6 months and static affairs concerning Geography, Politics, History etc.

The IIFT 2018 would be taking place in a pen paper mode for a total duration of 2 hours. The IIFT Syllabus is an important piece of information for candidates as to what expect from IIFT Examination and ensure preparation accordingly.

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade had conducted the IIFT Entrance Examination on November 27, 2016 in the previous year. The IIFT Entrance examination was conducted across various test centers in India.

Though across the sections, the exam pattern was moderate, there were a few surprises thrown at students. Logical Reasoning sections and English Usage were regarded as one of the tough sections to do the exam. The candidates skipping the Reading Comprehension and Data Interpretation section would not have done well in the examination. The IIFT exam analysis has been explained in brief:

IIFT Exam is conducted in the month of November to shortlist the candidates for the MBA - International Business programme. The examination would be followed by Group Discussion, an essay writing and a Personal Interview round.  Basing the performance of the candidate and IIFT Written test cutoff that has been set, an IIFT Merit List would be written for the second round. 

The total marks for the IIFT Examination would be set at 100 irrespective of the different questions in the previous year papers. Since 2011, the number of questions was 122, had shot up to 128 in 2013 to reduce to 118 in 2014 and then rise to 123 in 2016.

The table wise sectional cut-offs have been detailed below:

With the IIFT Cutoff 2018, candidates can check their performance in IIFT 2018.

The IIFT Selection procedure is held for candidates who have cleared the examination and have scored as per the examination cutoff. The IIFT Examination and Selection procedure is conducted by the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade in the Delhi and Kolkata campus. The IIFT Selection Procedure would be commencing in the month of January/February 2018  once the candidates appear for the examination and the IIFT Results are declared.

Once the IIFT Results are declared, the institute would be shortlisting the list of candidates on the basis of the marks scored by everyone as per their cutoff. The selected candidates would be invited for subsequent selection rounds. IIFT Selection procedure is conducted for those candidates who would want to pursue MBA International Business at IIFT Delhi and Kolkata campuses. 

The IIFT Selection Procedure is conducted after candidates take IIFT 2018 and the respective result for the same is announced. Candidates would have to get the desired IIFT Cutoff that is set by the institute in order to be eligible for IIFT Selection procedure in the year 2018. The IIFT Selection procedure comprises of various stages after which the candidate admission shall be ensured. 

The candidates are admitted under various categories such as General, OBC, SC/ST and PH. Both the campuses of IIFT offer over 450 seats for about 40,000 students. The marks scored by the candidates in the IIFT Exam and the same scored in the selection rounds would be combined in order to determine the final merit list.