IIFT Result 2018: Out on Jan 5 with shortlist; Cut off, fee, placement, result download process

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January 5, 2018
IIFT Result 2018 is ready to be declared on January 5, 2018 or even before this result date. With more number of sections in the IIFT entrance exam and higher difficulty level as compared to last year, IIFT cut offs for admission to its three campuses – Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada are expected to be reduced
With a twist in change of sectional weightage to the components in IIFT exam it is expected that an overall score of 57 in IIFT Result 2018 will be awarded 95 percentile

IIFT Result 2018: Declared on January 5 with shortlist of 1976 candidates; download to check cut off

IIFT Result 2018 contains a list of 1976 candidates shortlisted for GD-PI-WAT round. Check your roll number, application number and name in the list of shortlisted candidates for second round below: Download Now

IIFT Result 2018 for MBA (IB) 2018-20 batch is ready to be declared on January 5, 2018 or even before this result date. With more number of sections in the IIFT entrance exam and higher difficulty level as compared to last year, IIFT score cut offs for admission to its three campuses  – Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada are expected to be reduced.

The IIFT Result 2018 is ready and is going through final checks and verifications and can be announced on any date on or before January 5. There were 62000 candidates who had registered to appear in IIFT 2017 entrance exam and out of them 55000 candidates appeared in the IIFT entrance exam for admission to 420 seats in MBA (IB) 2018-20 batch at the three campuses of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade on December 3, 2017.

IIFT entrance exam result, over the last many years is published in the 3rd week of December. The main reason for the delay in IIFT result 2018 declaration is the late conduct of IIFT entrance exam. Earlier IIFT 2017 entrance exam was scheduled to be held on November 26, but due to the clash of date with CAT 2017, the exam date of IIFT 2017 was shifted by one week to December 3, 2017. IIFT entrance exam over the years is held on the last Sunday of November.

3 Step process to download IIFT Result 2018
IIFT Score Card will be released alongwith the IIFT result 2018. Candidates will be able to view and download their score card from IIFT website by adhering to following process:

  1. Open IIFT website and Click on New Admissions to get access to admission result
  2. At the score card window that opens, Login with your Roll number and Date of Birth in the format as mentioned below:

Please note that you are required to login with your IIFT roll number. The password is your date of birth as registered with IIFT in DD/MM/YYYY format.

  1. It will display your IIFT Result and score card 2018. You can download the result now.

4 Types of Scores in IIFT Result 2018
IIFT exam score card in IIFT Result 2018 will contain four types of scores:

  1. Maximum marks
  2. Sectional cut offs
  3. Marks obtained 
  4. Total percentile score

IIFT Score cut offs: IIFT Delhi, Kolkata, Kakinada
With a twist in change of sectional weightage to the components in IIFT exam it is expected that an overall score of 57 in IIFT Result 2018 will be awarded 95 percentile while sectional cut offs will also remain low.

This year IIFT entrance exam was found more difficult than last year. Therefore, the cut offs at different campuses may also go down.

Overall IIFT score cut offs for General category candidates is expected to remain between 37 to 41 marks out of 100 as against 47-48 last year.

Campus-wise cut offs & intake for MBA(IB) 2018-20
IIFT Result 2018 will consist of candidates shotlisted more than 5 times of the intake for admission to its different campuses. Accordingly, the cut offs with intake and number of candidates to be shortlisted are shared as under:

IIFT campus
Expected cut off score out of 100 marks
Total intake
Number of candidates to be shortlisted
Delhi
41
220
1100
Kolkata
38
140
  700
Kakinada
33
  60
  300

Sectional cut offs
IIFT score card 2018 will also comprise sectional cut offs for each of the 6 sections. It is expected that at Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada campuses following sectional cut offs would apply:

Section name
Section-wise expected highest score
 Expected  Cutoff for Delhi campus
Kolkata campus
Kakinada campus
 General Awareness
    3.5
 0.85 to1 mark
  0.80
   0.75
Verbal Ability
    9
 4
  3.5
   3.0
Reading Comprehension
  10
 5+
  4.5
   3.5
Quantitative Aptitude
  11
 5+
  4.5
  4.0
Logical Reasoning
    9
 4+
  3.0
  2.5
Data Interpretation
   4
 2
  1.75
 1.5
 
 
 37 - 41
 35-38
 31-33

IIFT MBA 2018-20 Fee
The 2 years IIFT MBA (IB) 2018-20 course fee structure is Rs. 15.70 lakhs. The fee is under revision and may be revised upwards a little, although no major changes are proposed.

IIFT Placements: 100% Placement with rising Average salary
With a jump of 33% in international placement offers, 3 of the IIFT students have grabbed above Rs.1 crore package and 6 above Rs.75 lakh per annum salary in the international placements in Placement 2017 at IIFT campus. The average compensation for the batch of 2015-17 grew to INR 18.41 LPA as compared to INR 18.01 LPA

International placements have always been IIFT’s strength and there has been a remarkable increase in the same over the years. Organizations such as Avantor, Dabur, DSPL, GCPL, Mount Meru, TGI, Trafigura have offered International placement in different locales across the globe.

Highlights of IIFT Placements

  • 3 IIFT students have bagged a package of USD 150000 (more than Rs. 1 crore per annum) and 6 students have got more than 75 lakhs p.a.in International Placements
  • 94 companies visited the campus to recruit IIFT students
  • The average salary offered to IIFT students is Rs.18.41 lakh per annum as compared to Rs.18.01 lakh per annum last year.
  • The highest domestic salary is Rs.26 lakh p.a.
  • The number of International Roles offered to IIFT students this year is 20 as compared to 15 last year marking an increase of 33%
  • 74 Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs) were offered to IIFT students as compared to 64 last year. 
  • There has been significant increase in the number of PPOs offered by corporates.
  • The Placements for the batch 2015-17 has seen a good mix of diverse sectors and industry leaders from every domain participated in the placement process. 
  • Top recruiters at IIFT Placement 2017 are Goldman Sachs, ITC, JP Morgan, Marico, Godrej, Amazon, ICICI Bank, HDFC, Citibank, HSBC, Axis Bank, Cognizant Business Consulting, HP, Infosys Consulting Management, Tata Steel, Wipro, L&T, HPCL, IOCL, SBI, GAIL Citibank
  • Top new recruiters at IIFT include GlaxoSmithKline, Shell, Tetrapak, Trafigura, Eli Lilly, RPG, GE, CRISIL, Aditya Birla Group (LEAP Program), Dell, DHFL Pramerica among others
  • Trade roles were offered by leading recruiters such as Olam International, TGI, DSPL, Mount Meru, HPCL, ITC.

GD-PI-WAT round for MBA 2018-20 at IIFT
The shortlisted candidates have to go through the rigorous process of IIFT final admission round which consists of Written Ability Test, Group Discussion and Personal Interview. The GD-PI-WAT round for MBA(IB) programme at IIFT will take place from January 2018 onwards and final admission offers will be sent by IIFT by the end of March.

IIFT entrance test for its most sought after MBA(IB) 2018-20 programme was held at 20 test centres across India in paper pen mode. The total number of questions that appeared in IIFT this year was 114 as compared to 123 last year. The reduced number of questions, however, was offset by the increase in the number of sections, from 4 to 6.  IIFT doesn’t accept any other score than the score of its own entrance test for domestic candidates.

With an increased intake of 60 students for MBA (IB  2018-20 at its Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) campus, it is expected that more than 2100 candidates will be shortlisted for final admission round in IIFT Result 2018.

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) was set up in 1963 by the Government of India as an autonomous organisation to help professionalise the country's foreign trade management and increase exports by developing human resources; generating, analysing and disseminating data; and conducting research.

IIFT offers a diverse portfolio of long term management programmes in International Business - 2 years full time MBA (International Business) at New Delhi, Kolkata, and Dar-es-Salaam campuses; 3 year MBA (International Business) (Part-Time), New Delhi and Kolkata campuses; Executive Masters in International Business, New Delhi; Certificate Programme in Export Management, New Delhi. Beginning from the academic session 2018-19, IIFT will offer admission to 60 students for MBA (IB) 2018-20 batch at its Kakinada campus also.

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