IIM Mumbai PhD Admission 2024: Dates, Application, Results

IIM Mumbai PhD Admission 2024: IIM Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra invites online application for PhD admission for the academic session 2024-26.

Check full details on IIM Mumbai PhD Admission 2024 here.

IIM Mumbai PhD Programs

Regular Ph.D. Candidates

A scholar in this category works full-time for his/her Ph.D. He/she receives an Ph.D. from the Institute as per the latest Ministry of Education guidelines. They must record their daily attendance. They must not take up any employment either full-time or part- time while they are drawing fellowships from the Institute.

Executive Ph.D. Candidates

A scholar in this category is a professionally employed person who pursues the Ph.D. while continuing their service duties. The institute does not provide any fellowship to such a scholar. The research work leading to the degree may be carried out mainly in the parent organization under the overall guidance provided by a faculty member of the institute.

IIM Mumbai PhD Specialisation

• Analytics & Data Science
• Finance, Economics & Strategy
• Marketing
• Operations & Supply Chain Management
• Organisational Behaviour & HRM
• Sustainability Management

IIM Mumbai PhD Admission 2024 Eligibility Criteria

Regular PhD Eligibility

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.

Executive PhD Eligibility

A 1-year/2-semester master’s degree programme (Full Time) with at least 65% marks in aggregate after a 4 year/8-semester bachelor’s degree programme (Full Time) with at least 65% marks or a 2-year/4-semester master’s degree programme (Full Time) with at least 65% marks after a 3-year bachelor’s degree programme (Full Time) with at least 65% marks, or its equivalent grade wherever grading system is followed. Candidates applying based on master’s degree programme should have at least 2 years of professional experience after master’s degree.

OR

A candidate seeking admission after a 4-year/8-semester Bachelor’s degree programme (Full Time) should have a minimum of 75% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade on point scale wherever the grading system is followed. Candidates applying based on Bachelor’s degree programme should have a minimum of 4 years of professional experience after Bachelor’s degree.

OR

A Candidate with professional qualifications CA, ICWA, CS (with at least 60% aggregate marks) along with a B.Com/ Degree (with at least 60% aggregate marks). Candidates applying based on the mentioned degree should have at least 2 yrs. of professional experience after completion of their professional degree.

IIM Mumbai PhD Admission 2024 Important Dates

IIM Mumbai PhD Admission 2024 Application Process

• Candidates have to apply online on the link available at IIM Mumbai website.
• Read instruction given there carefully before filling application form.

Application Fee

Selection Process

The selection of candidates for admission at IIM Mumbai is a three-step process.

• First – initial screening and shortlisting;
• Second – written test
• Third – Research Presentation and Personal Interview.

Candidates applying to the Ph.D. Programme are required to take the Common Admission Test (CAT) or a standard test in lieu of CAT. Candidates applying to the Ph.D. Programme in their Areas can take GRE/GMAT/UGC JRF/GATE in their areas in lieu of CAT. 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.

Validity of Test Scores:

• CAT: 5 Years
• GRE: 5 Years
• GMAT: 5 Years
• GATE: 3 Years
• UGC JRF: 3 Years

Initial Screening & Shortlisting:

In this first step, candidates are screened from among the candidates:

• Who has submitted the filled-in application form to the Ph.D. Programme and paid the prescribed application fees within the window of time specified, and
• Who fulfills the eligibility criteria for the Ph.D. Programme, and
• Who has passed the qualifying exams with a valid score

Candidates shortlisted for admission process to the Ph.D. Programme at IIM Mumbai will only be intimated by email and/ or online notification. Individual regret communication will not be sent to applicants.

Shortlisted candidates will be called for IIM Mumbai written test, Research Presentation, and Personal Interview (Pl) at IIM Mumbai. All shortlisted candidates must attend the written test, Research Presentation, and Personal Interview, otherwise, they shall not be considered for the admission process further.

Selection Process for Shortlisted Candidates:

All shortlisted candidates must attend Written test, Research Presentation and Personal Interview. However, the institute reserves the right to change the admission process.

• Written Test
• Research Presentation and Personal Interview

The final merit list shall be prepared based on the performance of the candidates in the different evaluation components.

IIM Mumbai PhD Admission 2024 Results

IIM Mumbai PhD Admission 2024 Results will be available as per schedule. Result will be updated here when available.

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