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Admission Requirement
Candidates must possess one of the following qualifications to apply for IIMA’s Doctoral Programme:
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A Masters Degree in any discipline, with at least 55 percent marks, with a Bachelors degree/ equivalent qualification with at-least 50 percent marks obtained after a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent.
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(OR)
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Five year/four year Integrated Masters Degree programme in any discipline, with atleast 55 percent marks, obtained after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent
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(OR)
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A professional qualification like CA, ICWA, CS, with at least 55 percent marks.
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(OR)
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A 4-year/8-semester Bachelors degree with at least 60 percent marks or equivalent grade point average.
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The candidate must hold a Bachelors/Masters degree of any of the universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of parliament or declared to be deemed as a university under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India, or possess an equivalent qualification from an institution approved by AICTE. Those in their final year of Masters or Bachelors degree (B.E / B. Tech) in any discipline can also apply. Such candidates have to complete the requirements for the course before 30 June 2013 and produce the original certificates/mark sheets by 31 December 2013.
Admission Material
The completed application for admission to the doctoral programme shall include the following:
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FPM Application Form
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Application Fee: (a)If application form is obtained by post: It is not necessary to send application fee with the completed form. However, please fill in the details in Form 1 of the demand draft that was sent for obtaining the Application form.
(b)If Application Form is downloaded from the web- site: A demand draft for Rs. 500 (Rupees five hundred only) in favour of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, payable at Ahmedabad, should be sent with the filled in application form towards application fee.
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Certified (attested by a gazzetted officer) copies of School and University degrees.
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Certified copies of mark sheets or transcripts of grades obtained during the course of study for the above degrees. Transcripts in languages other than Hindi and English must be submitted along with certified translations.
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Two references with their contact details and their respective email ids from academics who have taught you or with whom you have worked closely on scholarly work. However, your supervisor at work could write a reference if you have been away from the university for long.
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Official/Certified Standard Test Scores: Candidates must submit official/ certified copies of the test scores on one of the various tests depending on the area to which the candidate is applying.
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Validity of Score other than CAT: Two years from the date of test and should valid on the deadline of submission of application form.
The Standard Test Score requirements for various areas of specialization are:
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Agriculture: CAT/UGC-JRF (Economics/Development Studies/Development Economics/Business Economics/Rural Economics/Public Administration/Sociology)/ICAR-ARS NET (Social Sciences/ Horticulture/Food Technology/ Agricultural Biotechnology/Dairy Technology/Natural Resource Management/Fishery Sciences/Engineering and Technology)
Finance and Accounting: GRE / GMAT / UGC-JRF (in relevant discipline)
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Business Policy:CAT/GMAT/GRE
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Productions and Quantitative Methods and Computer and Information Systems: CAT/GMAT/GRE/GATE
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Economics: CAT/UGC-JRF in Economics, Business Economics and Development Economics
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Marketing: CAT/GMAT/GRE
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Organizational Behaviour: CAT/GMAT/ GRE /UGC-JRF in relevant discipline.
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Personnel and Industrial Relations: CAT/GMAT/UGC-JRF in Psychology,Sociology, Social Work, Public Administration, Management, Law, Labour Welfare/PersonnelManagement Industrial Relations/Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management, Women’s Studies, and Human Rights and Duties.
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Public Systems:CAT/GRE/GMAT/GATE/UGC-JRF (in relevant discipline)
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PGP Alumni from all IIMs:Standard Test Scores not required
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PGPX and PGP-PMP of all IIMs where such courses are offered:Standard Test Scores required only for those candidates who have done a three year graduation programme prior to joining PGPX/PGP-PMP
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MBA / PGDM programmes from other Universities/Business Schools:Standard Test Scores required
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Candidates residing outside India could choose to take any of the above tests (depending on the area to which they are applying) or write GMAT. CAT is administered only in India. The doctoral programme accepts test scores that have been taken in the last two years.
CAT is the common admission test required for admission to the Post-Graduate Programmes of the Indian Institutes of Management. CAT will be administered during October - November, 2012 at various centres in India. PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLYING FOR CAT IS NOT THE SAME AS APPLYING FOR THE FPM. Application for admission to FPM must be made on the prescribed admission form.
FPM 2012: Important Information
- Please check eligibility criteria for FPM
-If you are planning to write CAT, please see the advertisement for CAT 2012 which will appear on August, 2012 in leading English dailies
- Application for FPM is separate from application for CAT
- Advertisement for FPM will appear during the month of August, 2012 in daily newspapers/Business Magazines
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