IIM Calcutta PhD. Admission for session 2022 is now open

Updated on January 5, 2022, 10:03 am
IIM Calcutta opens online registration for Ph.D. (Doctoral Programme) for session 2022

Location:: Kolkata | west Bengal

Level:: | Post Graduate Level


Offered Programmes

Course: Ph.D. (Doctoral Programme)

Eligibility Criteria: An applicant of the Doctoral Programme is required to have: EITHER First Class Master's or Post graduate diploma (2 years) in any discipline and a three-year Bachelor's degree with at least 50% marks in the aggregate; OR CA with minimum 50% marks or CS/CMA with minimum 55% marks, with B.com degree; OR B.Tech/4 year’s degree with 6.5 CGPA or equivalent. Non-engineering candidates who have undergone 10+2+5 years will be considered eligible to apply for the Doctoral Programme. CMA (USA) candidates are also eligible to apply for the Doctoral Programme. In addition, applicant must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks in the aggregate in either the Secondary or the Higher Secondary Examination of a Board (or equivalent). A final-year student appearing for the Bachelor's degree examination in Engineering or Master's degree examination in any discipline can also apply. Such a candidate, if selected, will be provisionally admitted provided (s) he completes all requirements for obtaining the degree before 30th June 2022. Admission of the candidate will remain provisional until (s) he produces mark sheets proving that (s) he satisfies the eligibility criteria. The deadline for submitting the final year degree mark sheets is 31st December 2022. 60% of the seats in the programme are reserved for applicants belonging to the reserved categories (including EWS).

Course Duration:2 Years
Seats:520
Fee:Programme fee for the academic year 2022-23 will be Indian Rupees 27, 00,000/- (non-refundable) or equivalent US$ for one year, payable in four instalments.

Admission Procedures

Please contact your referees early and initiate the referral process to ensure that they submit the recommendation online within the due date. An application without the complete sets of referrals will be considered as incomplete. 1. You are advised to go through the detailed eligibility and admissions criteria. 2. You may choose to apply to a maximum of two areas from the nine choices. However, there is no need to pay a second fee. 3.Applicants are requested to fill up the referral information carefully. Referee Information has to furnish in the online application form. Once submitted, referee details cannot be changed. Two recommendations are required (mandatory) for a candidate applying for the Ph.D. Both the referees should be persons who are in a position to comment on your candidature. At least one referee should preferably be a faculty member of a university, college or institution of higher studies and research. The application will be treated as incomplete without these two recommendation details. ONCE THE REFEREE DETAILS ARE SUBMITTED, THE REFEREES WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH THE LOGIN CREDENTIALS, WHERE THEY HAVE TO GIVE THE RECOMMENDATION ONLINE. NO HARD COPY OF THE RECOMMENDATION IS ACCEPTED. 4. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONCE YOU SUBMIT THE REFEREE FORM, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CHANGE THE AREA IN WHICH YOU HAVE APPLIED. 5. The Application cannot be submitted without the payment of application fee. The SC/ST/PWD applicants (submitting copy of SC/ST/PWD certificate) are required to pay an application fee of INR 500/- and all other applicants are required to pay an application fee of INR 1000/-. Payment can only be made by Credit/Debit Card and Net Banking (electronic fund transfer). A small processing fee (up to approx. INR 30/-) as applicable will be charged by the Bank/Debit Card/Credit Card Company. Those who are unable to pay online may send a Demand Draft payable at Kolkata in favour of "Indian Institute of Management Calcutta" to the following address: Doctoral Programme & Research Office Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Joka, Diamond Harbour Road Kolkata - 700 104 (WB). Phone: (033) 2467-8300 – 04 In case you want to pay the application fees through DD, please select the draft option and provide the DD no., DD date and Bank name in the given space. The INR 500/- / 1000/- application fee (wherever applicable) is non-refundable and will not be refunded under any circumstances. 6. Students applying through CAT can only apply with the scores. You may apply after the CAT results are declared. 7. In the Other Information Page you can only upload doc, pdf and txt files of your Credentials. 8. This section and form is best viewed at IE8 or above, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
Selection Criteria

An applicant can apply to at most two areas of specialization. (S)he needs to have taken the Common Admission Test (CAT) in 2021 OR, depending on chosen specialization(s), alternative test(s) in lieu of the CAT as specified in the following table. The test score(s) should be valid on February 11th, 2022.
Key Dates

Last Date of Application
11/Feb/2022