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IIFT Kolkata Reviews on Placements, Faculty and Facilities
Kolkata, West BengalAutonomous UniversityEstd 2006NAAC Grade A+
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Admission:
To take admission in the MBA course at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, you have to clear an entrance test. After clearing that test you will be called for essay writing, group discussion and personal interview. After clearing all these rounds you will be called for admission. The admission procedure is certainly difficult but with good preparation and confidence, you can certainly clear the entrance rounds.
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Disha
Executive, International Business
Reviewed on Jun 20, 2020Admission:
In order to take admission in the executive postgraduate course, I first had to submit an application. After my application was shortlisted I was called for essay writing, group discussion and personal interview. After clearing all these rounds I was selected to take admission in the college.
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First of all we have to give the entrance exam which is conducted by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and the selected student are further called for group discussion round where final merit list is came out.
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Tanushree
MA Economics
Reviewed on Jun 20, 2020(Enrolled 2016)Remarks:
The students are taken for various NGOs and awareness activities. This builds their social and life skills in their development towards the world. Students are encouraged to carry out events and engage in the building of social strength.
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Campus life was very awesome here. I enjoyed every day of it, as all my classmates were good and had good communication skills I really had a good time here. We had huge auditoriums, that were capable of accommodating around 500 people. Along with this the college also helped me to upscale my management quality and enhance my leadership skills. I will definitely back the college for top-class education specifically in the International Business domain.
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I opted for this college after doing thorough research. I found out that it is the best college in Kolkata to pursue an MBA course. Also, it is the top B school in West Bengal. My college helped me build and increase good networking among the Corporates. Various events are conducted here to enrich student's caliber.
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The B-school is one of the best in the country and enjoys the position of a premier institution. Every year thousands of aspirants try to secure a seat in this institution and that clearly describes the exclusivity of this institution.
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Anmol Garg
MBA in International Business
Reviewed on Jan 8, 2016Entrance Preview:
Entrance exam for IIFT, Score in Written Exam: 52.66. Essay, Group Discussion and Personal Interview for final selectionI chose IIFT over NMIMS, XIMB and some IIMsIIFT offers a very rigorous curriculum and Trade as a discipline which is not offered in other B Schools. Every subject is treated with an international aspect, which is lacking in most other top B schools.
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Ayush Sethia
MBA
Reviewed on Oct 26, 2015Remarks:
The college is very flexible with respect to providing the infrastructure facilities. Library and academic rooms remain open 24*7*365. Students make good use of these resources.
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IIFT Kolkata: 2 Answered Questions
What's your view on IIFT? Student reviews? Both Delhi and Kolkata?
Pratik ParikhLives in Bangalore
What Students Say About Indian Institute Of Foreign Trade - [IIFT]
- The presence of 70+ top-class faculty members is a very helpful addition to the course curriculum as they provide the best study material among the students.
- IIFT has recorded 100% placements every year with visiting companies in the domain of Marketing, HR, Finance, and Analytics hiring in great numbers.
- There are more than 100 companies that offer internship roles and the median stipend is 1.6 lakhs for 2 months.
- All professors, as well as the visiting faculty, are well known and knowledgeable
- They would surely mention the mess services as the taste, as well as the quality of mess food, is really good.
- IIFT is a perfect place for students who have been all-rounders and have excelled in both curricular as well as extracurriculars.
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Could you please provide unbiased reviews of MDI, NITIE and IIFT Kolkata?
Sashank Arorastudied MBA in Marketing & Operations at Management Development Institute, Gurgaon (2017)
Most of the people have suggested that overall all the three colleges are good and you will not be facing any problem if you take admission in any one of them. The NITIE College is good operations management, MDI is good for General management and Human resource management and IIFT is good for International trade. So, it depends upon you which branch you are interested in.
The overall reviews of these colleges are as follows:
MDI:
- This college is fairly consistent in getting top 10 rankings.
- There are various kinds of live projects in the college which will help you in understanding the working culture in the corporate industry. Some of this live project will also allow formulating business strategies.
- You will be having access to great infrastructure such as Bloomberg terminal and EuroMonitor database.
- Along with the vibrant campus you will also be getting right guidance from Professors like Prof Bakshi , Prof Chatterjee and Prof. Mitra who will help you in getting the right path.
- You will also be getting great placement opportunities in various fields.
NITIE:
- Operations management in this college is very good.
- It is located in Mumbai and because of this location that will get lots of live projects in the industries.
- The college also provides good placement in the field of supply chain management, operations management, etc.
- This college also has a good alumni base. There is not much flexibility in the placements and the rest depends upon you.
IIFT Kolkata:
- It is one of the greatest colleges with economics and trade as its pillars.
- If you are looking for branches like international business and operations management then this is the best college.
- There is a slight disadvantage between Kolkata and Delhi branches but the placements in both locations are similar.
The comparison table of MDI, NITIE, and IIFT Kolkata are as follows:
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MDI |
NITIE |
IIFT Kolkata |
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Placement percentage |
100% |
100% |
100% |
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Highest Package |
40.5 Lakhs |
46.50 Lakhs |
45.45 Lakhs |
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Average package |
22.05 Lakhs |
20.55 Lakhs |
29.00 Lakhs |
Overall IIFT-K is only good for trade and economics. For placements in finance, marketing and consulting roles MDI is a much better college than IIFT K and for operations management, NITIE is the best.
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