IFMR Admissions 2011-2013

Hi all, The admission notification for * Institute* *for Financial Management and Research *is out for the academic session 2011-2013. The announcement could be accessed at the following link:The Institute for Financial Management and Research (…

Hi all,
The admission notification for Institute for Financial Management and Research is out for the academic session 2011-2013. The announcement could be accessed at the following link:The Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai

Courses:
PGDM- 60 seats
PGDM- Financial Engineering- 30 seats
PGDM- Development and Sustainable Finance- 30 seats

Qualifying Exam - CAT,XAT,GMAT

Last Date for form submission:

CAT Aspirants: December 10, 2010
XAT/GMAT Aspirants: January 31, 2011

To know more about the college, please visit the website www.ifmr.ac.in and shoot us your queries here on this thread. We will try our best to help you out.

Useful Links on PG:

The Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai
http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/student-activities-life-ifmr-chennai-25013288

Hi to all the puys. Lets make this a one stop shop for all admissions related queries for the coming months...hope you all are preparing well for CAT and XAT and other exams.Feel free to ask questions pertaining to admission process , application filling , courses offered etc.We will revert at the earliest..All the best..

First and very basic Q.:).
what is the cutoff for CAT score?
Do we need sectional score also ?
and do I get any advantage of 3 yr work ex in GD PI call...?

what is the total fees?

First and very basic Q.:).
what is the cutoff for CAT score?
Do we need sectional score also ?
and do I get any advantage of 3 yr work ex in GD PI call...?


Hello roshan,

due to CAT fiasco ,the cut off was close to 85. We also accept Xat scores. U don hv specific weight-age for scores/work-ex in IFMR. though it does work to certain advantage in interview process.

Would like to mention that IFMR is very very stringent on admission process and does not compromise on student quality.

Also we expect cut off to soar (if CAT goes glitch free)
abhadani Says
what is the total fees?


Fees is 10 lakhs inclusive of laptop,formal wear and study materials.

What about the pay packets graduates from IFMR get? What is the highest salary offered? Which companies recruit from IFMR for i-banking roles ?

medhi2006 Says
What about the pay packets graduates from IFMR get? What is the highest salary offered? Which companies recruit from IFMR for i-banking roles ?


IFMR has had 100 % placement ever since its inception.i guess highest pay package for batch 2010 was 9L ( it was recession).

Wud update you by november on our senior's placements though.

Reg I-bank many of banks did turn up despite torrid times. very soon will be uploading placement report. notable names nywz wud be navera,atreya,and most of the banks.

avg was above 7 L for 2010 and some minimum was 4.8L or something

sushantvimal Says
avg was above 7 L for 2010 and some minimum was 4.8L or something



Hi sushant..yes the average was around 7 lks..will try to come up with more info soon...

Hey wot was the cut off in xat??Nd is there any sectional in either cat or xat??

scan002 Says
Hey wot was the cut off in xat??Nd is there any sectional in either cat or xat??


the cutoffs for both cat and xat were around 85 percentile owing to the utter confusion of cat..prior to last year the cutoffs were much higher..

There were no sectional cutoffs..last year

fees....10lakhs?????does the fee include hostel,mess charges also?plz elaborate on dis....and let us aspirants kno how much we hv to pay for the entire program.....

yere fees is high but other colleges have increased seats instead of increasing fees. plus we have lots of facilities.the college is trying to get the best of the companies .This year sum very good companies have confirmed there participation. so placements r comparable to the same grade institutes otherwise. FE is very challenging and instead of filling seats they chose the best they got and they went with it

hey.....firstly u tell d source from u got dis half baked information.....n also being student of this college we knw exact facts n figure of college n this thread we hv started to give inside out all details to serious applicants...so don't dilute the aim of this thread n stop spamming on this thread......

To All Applicants.....

Please post in ur queries to us n we will reply back to you....in case u want to talk any of us do send us a PM we will give our contact no..... i thk u all r mature enough to judge which information is right or wrong anyways we all always here to guide u.....

@pulkit truly said. We students can give better information regarding college scenario etc. although i agree every college has some problems but seriously guys ifmr is far better than many colleges.
to all the applicants..........
feel free to ask any questions u can clarify your doubts regarding ifmr. you may get information from various sources gud or bad we appreciate both. the facilities they provide r really gud the whole campus has wifi access and all the rooms have two lan ports.
we have a library which is supposed to be among the best. It has collaboration with the world bank and even iims are accessing our library. and one thing its easy to place a batch which is small compared to batches that r large reason being companies recruit in small numbers for managerial positions greater the batch size more are the problems.

chocolateguy Says
fees....10lakhs?????does the fee include hostel,mess charges also?plz elaborate on dis....and let us aspirants kno how much we hv to pay for the entire program.....


No Fee doesnt include hostel and mess charges.But the charges are decentn not too high.
Currently the mess charges are 3000 pm
hostel 30k pa

Hi ,

Can you please let us know the cut off GMAT Scores that are considered for the program.

vndna Says
One should be careful about IFMR on two issues: Huge fees, and poor placement.2010/12 students gave a thumbs down. Single digit enrollment inFin engg, and total student less than previous year by 25%. Hostel is a mess with students falling sick en -mass. Not a great standard of education either. Trading floor not used for last several years. Please check facts carefully before you apply


WOW what an insight you gave and you have posted only one post till now wich shows ur level of research in B-schools,so pls dont misguide other aspirants:), ok frns now lets see actual figures!
Avg placement 2010 batch- 7lakh pa

Financial Engineering : Course with a difference and with pre-requirement of good mathematical skills and provides oppurtunity in investment banking, securities trading, quantitative modeling, risk management, financial consulting, and applied research.

Standard of Education:
The faculty in IFMR is one of the best in the MBA schools,also every week we have visiting faculties and guest lectures from major companies from almost all the sectors.
Every faculty is Doctorate ans helps in presenting your paper in several contests and seminars,which provides you immense exposure to the industry.
Regarding intake in IFMR I would just say that that college focuses on quality of students.It can be observed from the fact that only one list of shortlisted students is released and inspite of the fact that seats are vacant college doesnt call more students.
And it is always better to opt for a college which can provide you right platform to rise and end up in correct job rather than rushing for big names wid huge intakes and repenting later.

For any further insight feel free to ask.:)