IIFT IPM Admission 2025: Selection Process from IIM Indore IPMAT Exam; Check Dates, Fees, Placements

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is one of the top management institutes in India. It offers prestigious 2 years full time MBA in International Business apart from other management programmes. As IIFT has launched 5-year integrated MBA, it has become another top management institute to have entered the undergraduate education segment

1.1 IIFT – an Institute of Excellence: IIFT was established in 1963 by the Government of India as an autonomous organization and as a Centre of Excellence in International Trade and Business

1.2 IIFT Accreditations and Membership: The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade was granted the prestigious AACSB Accreditation on 17th November, 2021. With this the IIFT figures amongst the top Business Schools of the world which have earned this accreditation. IIFT is the Member of Academy of International Business (AIB), The Association of Indian Universities (AIU), All India Management Association (AIMA), Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS), The Global Compact Network India (GCN) among others

1.3 IIFT Top Rankings: IIFT is ranked #15 in National Institute Ranking Framework 2024 (NIRF 2024); Ranked #7 in Business Today Ranking 2024-MDRA; Ranked #10 in MBAUniverse B-School Ranking 2025. IIFT has consistently been awarded top ranking places in other top rankings also. 

1.4 High Placements: IIFT has a consistent record of 100% placement with high salary packages. IIFT Placement 2024 has registered an average salary of Rs. 27.30 LPA while the highest salary has stood at Rs.75.60 LPA and highest international salary stood at Rs.85.40 LPA. 

1.5 Top Recruiters: IIFT conducts joint placements for its Delhi and Kolkata campuses. 120 marquee companies made offers to the students in IIFT placement 2024. Some of the top recruiters are Accenture Strategy, Deloitte Consulting, EY, Infosys, EXL, Mckinsey, Reliance, Godrej, Goldman Sachs, Google, ITC, JP Morgan Chase & Co, L’Oréal, Microsoft, Shangrila, Tata Steel, Trafigura, Wipro, ZS Associates, Dell Technologies, Citibank, Crisil, DE Shaw, HDFC Bank, HSBC

1.6 International Exchange & Collaborations: As a university, IIFT has signed MOUs with leading institutions of the world for mutual exchange of students and teachers in the area of International Trade and Business. IIFT has collaborations with 38 universities and business schools throughout the world. The key areas of collaboration with partner institutes are student exchange, faculty development programmes, training programmes, study tours and joint research.

Most of the B-Schools that IIFT has ties with, are Triple Crown Accredited B-Schools. There is always a scope to learn from this B-Schools about how these keep themselves updated according to the latest technology and trends across the globe.

1.7 Accomplished Leadership: IIFT is led by Prof Rakesh Mohan Joshi as its Director and Vice Chancellor. He is Professor and Chairperson (Research) with IIFT and is spearheading Research activities of the Institute. Prof. Joshi has a scholarly aptitude and a flair for writing. His contribution in the field of management is evident from his books “International Business” and “International Marketing” both published by Oxford University Press which are highly popular and sold worldwide. He is also an Independent Director on the Board of Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (RFCL), a joint venture of National Fertiliser Ltd. (NFL), Engineers India Ltd. (EIL) and Fertiliser Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL). He is also a Member, Council of Management, All India Management Association (AIMA).   He received his education and training from Harvard Business School, Boston; IIFT; Rajasthan University and National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal. Prof Joshi is PhD, Executive Masters in International Trade (Gold Medalist), from IIFT and is an MBA. His specialization is in Marketing area. 

1.8 Catalyst to Internationalize Indian Economy: IIFT is a catalyst for new ideas, concepts and skills for the internationalization of the Indian economy. IIFT is the primary provider of training and research-based consultancy in the areas of international business, both for the corporate sector, Government and the students community. 

1.9 Vast Alumni Network: IIFT has a vast and growing alumni network. There are more than 50000 illustrious alumni members spread across 30+ countries. The robust alumni network provides an excellent platform for social, educational, and professional networking opportunities. 

1.10 Dynamic Curriculum at Global Standard: IIFT offers a dynamic curriculum. It aims to familiarize the students with fundamental concepts of management, international business and trade. The course structure is in sync with international trade and business demand, industry requirements and expectations. It incorporates all the vital subject areas and disciplines relevant to global business, emphasizing on analytical and quantitative approach. The course is a combination of core subjects and a wide range of electives that cater to the changing dynamics of international business.

IIFT’s launch of New Campus to Offer 5-Year IPM: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade offered most sought after MBA in International Business at its Delhi and Kolkata campuses. However, it did not have any undergraduate or integrated management programme for young students as were being offered by many IIMs. As such to offer opportunity to young students to study at IIFT, a new campus was launched in Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) dedicated to undergraduate education in 2022. At its Kakinada campus, IIFT launched 5 year Integrated programme in Management offering BBA+MBA degree from the academic session 2022-23.

IIFT IPM is 5 year integrated program in management, leading to BBA+MBA degree on successful completion of the IPM course. IIFT IPM programme is offered to the young students who have passed class 12 or are appearing in it. IIFT IPM course is designed to impart managerial and decision making capabilities to young professionals along with integrating management education with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). In line with the New Education Policy 2020, with an early induction into the programme and a rigorous and holistic curriculum, the students will be able to demonstrate problem solving skills supported by appropriate analytical techniques and will use ethical and socially conscious judgement while analyzing business situations.

2.1 IIFT IPM Awards Dual Degree BBA+MBA
The Candidates successfully completing the course requirement of IIFT Integrated Programme in Management would be awarded Bachelor of Business Administration (Business Analytics) and Master of Business Administration (International Business) by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. The first three years of the IPM programme would be based on semester system and the last two years would be based on the trimester system (as per the prevailing 2 years Full Time MBA course structure offered by IIFT).

IIFT 5 Year IPM Programme: Key Highlights & USPs  

• The Integrated Programme in Management (BBA- Business Analytics and MBA-International Business) at Kakinada campus is a fully residential programme.  
• Candidates successfully completing the course requirement of integrated programme in management would be awarded Bachelor of Business Administration (Business Analytics) at the end of 3 years and Master of Business Administration (International Business) at the end of 5 years by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. 
• Candidates opting for exit after completing the requirement of first three years, would be awarded Bachelor of Business Administration (Business Analytics). 
• The first three years of the IPM program would be based on semester system and the last two years would be based on the trimester system (as per the prevailing MBA course structure). 
• Promotion from BBA (Business Analytics) to MBA (International Business) will be based on fulfilment of all academic requirements as per rules. 
• IIFT IPM equips students with conceptual and interpersonal skills for
• managerial decision-making.
• Builds leadership & team skills to enhance students’ performance in a
• cross-cultural environment.
• Enables the students to demonstrate knowledge of foundational subjects
• for management studies
• Develops good analytical, statistical and problem-solving skills.
• Develops data visualization skills, and makes recommendations on what decisions to take based on the data analytics.
• Imparts knowledge & skills to students for entry-level managerial roles
• in the varied management functions across different industries

IIFT IPM Eligibility for Admission 2025 is as below

• Candidates should have passed 10+2/XII/HSC examination in arts/commerce/science stream or equivalent with 60% (55% for candidates from SC/ST/PwD/Transgender) or more in the year 2023, 2024 or appearing in 2025 latest by July 31, 2025. 
• The candidate must have passed class 10th examination with 60% (55% for candidates from SC/ST/PwD/Transgender) or more in the year not before 2021.
• A key component of IIFT IPM eligibility is that the candidates must have studied Mathematics/ Business Mathematics as a subject in class 12 (+2 level). This is a mandatory part of IIFT IPM Eligibility criterion 
• A candidate should have been born on or after August 01, 2005 (5 years of relaxation to the candidates from SC/ST/PwD category will be given i.e. born on or after August 01, 2000). 
• As IIFT accepts IPMAT exam conducted by IIM Indore for IPM admission the candidate should apply and appear in IPMAT 2025 conducted by IIM Indore.

IIFT is expected to start its application process for IPM Admission 2025 in March 2025. IIFT IPM Admission last date is yet to be announced. Likely IIFT IPM Important Dates for admission 2025 through IPMAT exam are:

IIFT IPM Fees for first 3 Years: IIFT IPM course fees for the first three years of the programme is Rs.4 lakh per annum excluding hostel and mess fees. The total IPM Fees for 3 years is Rs.12 lakhs. The fees is under revision and may go up for IPM 2025-30 batch
IIFT IPM Fees for last 2 Years: IIFT IPM Course fees for the fourth and fifth year would be as per MBA(IB) programme fees set for that year. Presently the IIFT 2 years MBA fees is Rs. 21.82 lakhs.
IIFT Integrated Programme in Management 2025-30 is a fully residential programme. Details about hostel (i.e single/double occupancy, hostel & mess fees etc.) will be informed to the candidates in offer letter for admission.

5.1 IIFT IPM Seats for 2025-30 Batch 
There are Sixty (60) seats in IIFT IPM 2025-30 batch at IIFT Kakinada Campus. The Reservation for different categories in IIFT Integrated MBA Seats is as per Government of India norms

IIFT IPM Admissions 2025 is a two step process. The applicants should apply for IPMAT 2025, conducted by IIM Indore and also apply separately for IIFT IPM Admission 2025. IIFT will use score of IPMAT 2025 cut off for short-listing/selecting the candidates for its IPM 2025-30 batch 

6.1 IPMAT Cut offs for IIFT IPM Admission 2025
Based on last year IPM cut off trends, it is expected that IIFT will have following IPMAT cut offs to shortlist students for IPM 2025-30 batch. IIFT will also release the category wise cut off marks scored in IPMAT 2025 exam. The candidates, who clear cut offs as given below, will be considered for final selection based on other parameters also. 

6.2 IIFT IPM Final Selection Criteria
For final selection in IIFT IPM Admission 2025, IIFT will prepare Merit list for selection of the candidate on the basis of his/her IPMAT 2025 Score, Academic Profile of class 10th and Gender Diversity as per following weightage

Marks for Academic Consistency in class 10th will be calculated as per rating scores provided below

You need to take following steps to apply for IIFT IPM Admission 2025-30 batch:

• Apply Online for IPMAT 2025 conducted by IIM Indore at iimidr.ac.in Check Details
• IPMAT Registration & Application Fees is Rs.4130/-
• Apply Online for IIFT IPM Admission 2025 separately 
• IIFT IPM Application Fees is Rs.2000/-

7.1 IIFT IPM Application 2025? Step by Step Process
Those candidates who wish to apply for IIFT’s Integrated Programme in Management (BBA-Business Analytics and MBA-International Business) 2025-30 have to mandatorily apply for IIM- Indore entrance exam (IPMAT 2025). Step by Step process is given below:

Step-1: 

• Visit IIM- Indore website (visit www.iimidr.ac.in) and fill the Online Application Form.  
• After submitting the application successfully, note the registration number of your application as it is mandatory to fill the same in IIFT online application form.

Check important details, application process, fee and exam pattern of IPMAT 2025 

Step-2: 

• Visit IIFT website (www.iift.ac.in) and click on the ADMISSIONS 2025 icon. 
• Fill & Submit IIFT’s online application form as per details given on the website. 
• Please note that it is mandatory to fill IPMAT-2025 registration number in IIFT application form. 

Please keep the following documents ready as you need to upload them during the submission of online application form for IIFT IPM course:
a) Recent Passport Photograph (In JPG of Size less than 100KB)
b) Your Scanned Signature (In JPG of Size less than 100KB)
c) Your scanned certificates (10th, 12th Marksheets  and category certificate, if applicable) as separate PDF files, each with Size less than 5MB

7.2 IIFT IPM Application Fees
Below is shared application fees for IPMAT 2025 Exam and for IIFT Admission application submission 

IIFT placements are conducted jointly for both its Delhi and Kolkata campuses. As IIFT has launched 5 year integrated programme in Management at its Kakinada campus which is the third campus of IIFT, the IIFT IPM Placements for the first batch will also be conducted in 2028 along with the placement process with Delhi and Kolkata campuses and are to remain at par for all the campuses. Accordingly, the students studying in IIFT IPM programme are expected to receive same placement offers as the students at other campuses are getting from top recruiters, given the reputation of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. 

IIFT IPM curriculum for the first three years is based on the combination of courses on Business Analytics, Foundation (Management), Humanities and Professional Enrichment. Professional enrichment is a combination of Ability Enhancement, Skill Enhancement and Creativity. The curriculum comprises of approximately 150 credits in total for the first three years. While the last 2 years of MBA-IB at IIFT is of 120 credits. The curriculum for the first three years of IIFT IPM programme is as follows:

IIFT IPM Semester -I Curriculum 

• Micro Economics
• Financial Accounting
• English-I/English Language Proficiency
• Mathematics
• Microsoft Excel
• Psychology
• Cocurricular Activities

IIFT IPM Semester-II Curriculum 

• Macro Economics
• Principles of Marketing
• English-II Busines Communication
• Introductory Statistics
• Political Science
• Business Organization & Management
• Cocurricular Activities

IIFT IPM Semester-III Curriculum

• Cost and Management Accounting
• Operations Research
• Advanced Statistics
• Human Resource Management
• Sociology
• CSR and Sustainable Business
• Cocurricular Activities

IIFT IPM Semester-IV Curriculum

• Principals of Financial Management
• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Business Analytics
• Philosophy
• Data and Database Management
• Live Projects
• Co-curricular Activities

IIFT IPM Semester-V Curriculum

• Business Analytics - Domain Exposure
• Entrepreneurship & New Venture Creation
• Indian and Global Economy
• Visual Analytics
• Business Models and Strategy
• Consumer Behaviour
• Cocurricular Activities

IIFT IPM Semester-VI Curriculum

• Elective-1
• Elective-2
• Elective-3
• Elective-4
• Big Data Analytics
• Academic Writing + Seminar (3+1)

Details of Electives
Group-1: Analytics (Select any 2)

• Machine Learning & AI
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems
• Social Media Tools & Techniques
• Principles of Ecommerce & Marketplaces
• Business Forecasting

Group-2: Management (Select any 2)

• Business Laws
• Leadership and Team Management
• Consumer Behaviour
• Export Import Management
• Business Analysis and Valuation

Last 2 Years of Curriculum

• The course structure after the sixth semester will be merged with the MBA programme of IIFT. 
• The course curriculum is subject to revisions based on industry inputs and to keep in line with the dynamic business environment.

IIFT IPM Programme Pedagogy
Combination of Methodologies: The pedagogy varies for each course depending upon the focus on theory or practical as well as needs of the students. The course curriculum will be imparted through a combination of methodologies like case studies, projects, presentations, simulation and games, role play, field visits and industry sessions.
International Exchange: The students will be provided with an opportunity for International exchange programme. 

IIFT already has campuses at Delhi and Kolkata but IIFT launched 5 year integrated programme in Management at its new Kakinada campus in Andhra Pradesh. From the year 2022 IIFT launched its Kakinada campus which is exclusively devoted to undergraduate education and the 5 year Integrated MBA program is offered at IIFT Kakinada. IIFT IPM Kakinada campus is functioning from the Jawahar Lal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Kakinada campus in Andhra Pradesh. Later on, IIFT will come up with its own Kakinada campus in large area after the same is constructed like that of IIFT Delhi and Kolkata campuses.  

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) was established in 1963 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry to contribute in the skill building for the external trade sector of India. It has come a long way to successfully develop into a unique institution involved in imparting knowledge through research and training in international business and trade. The Institute was granted “Deemed to be University” status in 2002. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has recognized IIFT as Grade ‘A’ Institution. Over the years, IIFT has emerged as a national university with focus on International Business Management and Strategy, and such focus is reflected in all three major activities of the Institute: Research, Training and Education. At present, IIFT has three campuses at Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada.