IIM Ahmedabad Admission 2024: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM A or IIM Ahmedabad) opens application for PHD Admission 2024. Last date for submitting Online Application: January 17, 2024.
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Candidates may submit applications for the following areas of high levels of specialization:
(1) Agriculture (2) Economics (3) Finance & Accounting (4) Human Resource Management (5) Information Systems (6) Innovation and Management in Education (7) Marketing (8) Operations & Decision Sciences (9) Organizational Behavior (10) Public Systems and (11) Strategy.
Basic Eligibility Criteria – Candidates must possess-
- A Master’s Degree or Two-year Post Graduate Diploma (obtained after completing a bachelor’s degree with 55% marks or equivalent) or a 5-year Integrated Master’s Degree (obtained after completing higher secondary school in the 10+2 pattern) in any field with 55% marks or equivalent.
(OR) Professional qualification – CA, CS, CMA (with a minimum of 50% marks) in addition to a bachelor’s degree (with at least 55% marks). (OR)
A four-year / eight-semester Bachelor’s degree with a minimum CGPA of 6.5/10 or comparable grades. - Note that the Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree or equivalent qualification should be from 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 be recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India; or possess an equivalent qualification from an institution approved by AICTE.
- Candidates in their last year of a Master’s/ Bachelor’s programme that would qualify them to apply may also apply.
Such candidates, if selected, will only be allowed to join the programme provisionally if they submit a certificate latest by May 31, 2024 from the Principal/Head of the Department/Registrar or Director of the university/institute (issued on or before May 31, 2024) stating that they have appeared for the examinations (including practical examinations) in all the subjects required for obtaining the Master’s/Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification. - Their admission will be confirmed when they submit mark sheets and a certificate of having completed the Master’s/Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification referred to in the certificate issued by the Principal/Registrar of their college/institution. The deadline for the submission of Marksheet and the Certificate is December 31, 2024.
- Please note that those candidates who have applied on the basis of their master’s degree will have to meet the 55% marks stipulation, and those who have applied on the basis of their bachelor’s degree will have to meet the 6.5 CGPA (or equivalent) marks stipulation. Non-fulfilment of these conditions will automatically result in the cancellation of the provisional admission.
Selection Process
Candidates applying to the Doctoral Programme are required to take the Common Admission Test (CAT) or a standard test in lieu of CAT. For NRIs and Foreign students this standard test is the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT).
Different areas of high levels of specialization of IIMA have specified different standard tests that candidates applying to the Doctoral Programme in their areas of high levels of specialization can take in lieu of CAT. These standard tests are given in the following table:
PhD Admission Fellow ship Application 2024
| Area of high levels of specialization | Standard Test in lieu of CAT |
| Agriculture | GRE/GMAT/ UGC-JRF (Economics/ Development Studies/Development Economics/ Business Economics/ Management) ICAR-SRF (PGS – merit list for award of SRF) |
| Economics | GRE/GMAT/GATE/UGC-JRF in relevant discipline |
| Finance & Accounting | GRE/GMAT |
| Human Resource Management | GRE/GMAT/GATE |
| Information Systems | GRE/GMAT/GATE |
| Innovation and Management in Education | GRE/GMAT/GATE/UGC-JRF in relevant discipline |
| Marketing | GRE/GMAT |
| Operations & Decision Sciences | GRE/GMAT/GATE/UGC- NET JRF in Mathematical Sciences |
| Organizational Behaviour | GRE/GMAT/UGC-JRF in relevant discipline |
| Public Systems | GRE/GMAT/GATE/UGC-JRF (in relevant discipline) |
| Strategy | GRE/GMAT |
The validity of the CAT and the other standard test scores are given in the following table. Note that the scores should be valid on the deadline for submission of the application form.
| CAT | 5 years |
| GRE# | 5 years |
| GMAT# | 5 years |
| GATE | 3 years |
| JRF | 3 years |
| SRF | 1 year |
How to Apply: Candidates may submit applications for a maximum of two areas of high levels of specialization using the online application form. An application fee of Rs. 500/- can be paid through IIMA’s payment gateway. The last date for submitting the application will be January 17, 2024.
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About IIM Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has over fifty years of leadership in management education. It was established in 1961 as an autonomous Institution by the active collaboration of the government of India, government of Gujarat, and industry.
