IIM Ahmedabad PhD Admission 2025

IIM Ahmedabad Admission 2025: NIRF Ranked No. 1 Business School of India, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM A) opened applications for PhD Admission 2025. The last date to apply is Jan 20, Application date now extended till January 31, 2025 till 5:00 PM

Candidates may submit applications for the following areas of high levels of specialization:

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(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.

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PhD 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 (received 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 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.

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Selection Process

Candidates applying to the Doctoral Programme are required to take the Common Admission Test (CAT) or a standard test instead 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 instead of CAT. These standard tests are given in the following table: 

How to Apply: Candidates may submit applications for a maximum of two areas of high levels of specialisation using the online application form. An application fee of Rs. 500/- can be paid through IIMA’s payment gateway. 

Candidates can apply Online. The last date for submitting an Online Application: is January 20, 2025

About IIM Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has over fifty years of leadership in management education. It is the 2nd oldest IIM and was established in 1961 as an autonomous Institution by the active collaboration of the government of India, government of Gujarat, and industry—no #1 Business School in India by NIRF Ranking 2024. No #2 Business in India and 39 ranked globally by Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking 2024. It has also been consistently ranked in the international rankings. Recently IIM A was ranked  42nd globally by QS Masters in Management Rankings (MBA) 2024.

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Application Fees: Rs. 500

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