INSTITUTE OF FINANCE & INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT, BANGALORE

IFIM Business School, Bangalore (The Institute of Finance and International Management) founded in 1995 with its first batch of students graduating in 1997, finds its place among the Top 15 from amongst the 500+ Business Schools that were started post 1990 in the private sector. We have grown very fast in the last decade and today IFIM Business School has come to acquire a unique ‘institutional equity’ with all its incumbent attributes Excellent curriculum and Faculty inputs, Infrastructure, International exposure, Academia-industry interface and Placements.In recent times, IFIM Business School has taken many bold, forward looking and progressive initiatives to include collaboration with leading academic, research and corporate bodies for conducting Continuing Education Programmes, Research, Corporate Training & Consultancy and offering a Ph.D programme in Management.Shared Vision:“To be the front-runner in Management Education in Asia-Pacific region by 2010”


IFIM Business School offers the following programmes:
Two Year Full Time Post Graduate Diploma in Management - Finance (PGDM) Programme: 60 Seats
Two-Year Full-Time Post-Graduate Diploma in Management(PGDM) Programme: 120 seats
Two-Year Full-Time Post-Graduate Diploma in Management-International Business (PGDM-IB) Programme: 60 seats
Whilst the regular PGDM programme has an ‘International Business’ component as an integral part of dual functional specialization, the PGDM-IB programme offers a ‘sectoral focus’ in International Business. For details of the ‘Programme Highlights & Academic Curriculum Structure’, click the respective programmes.

PGDITM (http://www.aima-ind.org/me_PGDITM.asp)
Ph.D. Programme in Management (VTU)
IFIM Business School offers the following programmes:
Two Year Full Time Post Graduate Diploma in Management - Finance (PGDM) Programme: 60 Seats
Two-Year Full-Time Post-Graduate Diploma in Management(PGDM) Programme: 120 seats
Two-Year Full-Time Post-Graduate Diploma in Management-International Business (PGDM-IB) Programme: 60 seats
Whilst the regular PGDM programme has an ‘International Business’ component as an integral part of dual functional specialization, the PGDM-IB programme offers a ‘sectoral focus’ in International Business. For details of the ‘Programme Highlights & Academic Curriculum Structure’, click the respective programmes.

PGDITM (http://www.aima-ind.org/me_PGDITM.asp)
Ph.D. Programme in Management (VTU)


ELIGIBILITY FOR PGDM & PGDM-IB
A consistent academic record in class X & XII.
A Bachelor’s degree in any discipline under the 10+2+3 system from a University recognized by AICTE/AIU with minimum 50% marks in aggregate.
Candidates appearing for the final year bachelor's degree/equivalent examination and those who have completed degree requirement and are awaiting results can also apply. However, such candidates must produce a certificate* from the Principle/Head of the Department/Registrar/Director of the institution/university certifying that the candidate is currently in the final year/is awaiting final results and has obtained at least 50% marks based on latest available grades/marks.
Candidate appearing for their final year examination after 30th June, 2009 need not apply
Students with work experience will be preferred for both the programmes viz PGDM & PGDM-IB.
Applicants who hold a valid MAT/CAT/GMAT score are eligible to apply.
The cut-off composite/Percentile MAT/CAT/GMAT score shall be noticed in the website: http://www.ifimbschool.com/
ADMISSION PROCEDURE
IIM/AIMA has no role in the selection process or in the conduct of the PGDM/PGDM-IB Programmes.
Students with valid CAT/MAT/GMAT scores and those intending to take the CAT/MAT/GMAT exam in '08/'09 may also apply.Apply to IFIM
Business School by filling in the Application form. Mode of procurement is laid down vide 6.0 below.
Short-listed candidates will be called to participate in the Group Discussions and Personal Interviews at designated test centres: For details please refer to the insert captioned 'Admission Calendar’.
Final selection will be based on ‘composite parameters’ to include: the MAT/CAT/GMAT scores, consistent academic record in Class X and XII, overall personality, eassy in the application form and the extra/co-curricular activities, work experience (if any) and performance in the Group Discussions and Personal Interviews.
Those with academic distinctions and/or extra-curricular activities and/or substantial work experience will be given additional weightage.
Since the CAT/MAT/GMAT score is only an input in the selection process, it is possible for a candidate with a lower CAT/MAT/GMAT score to be selected for GD/PI and to be offered admission, in preference to a candidate with a higher CAT/MAT/GMAT score on account of better performance in other criteria.
IFIM Business School reserves the absolute right to assign and/or re-assign students from the PGDM Programme to the PGDM-IB Programme or vice versa depending upon the availability of a vacancy and/or suitability for the programme and/or at the specific request of a student and/or broader institutional considerations and/or any other overriding and/or unanticipated considerations. The decision of IFIM Business School shall be final and binding upon the candidate. The fact of assignment and/or re-assignment shall be communicated to the candidate. The candidate however, reserves the right of acceptance/rejection as the case may be.
Application Kit for PGDM & PGDM-IBIFIM Business School Brochure, CD and Application Form can be acquired:
By cash payment of Rs. 300/- at IFIM Business School, Bangalore.
By post (enclosing a crossed DD for Rs. 300/- drawn in favour of ‘Centre for Developmental Education’), payable at Bangalore or
The Application Form can be downloaded from our website: http://www.ifimbschool.com/ and sent together with a crossed DD for Rs. 1,100/- or
From designated branches of IMS Learning Resurces Pvt. Ltd., Career Launcher & Cerebral Heights.
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORMUpon submission to IFIM Business School, the Application Form duly filled should accompany a crossed DD for Rs 800/- (Rupees Eight Hundred only) drawn in favour of ‘Centre for Developmental Education’, payable at Bangalore.