Executive Ph.D. Programme - Eligibility Criteria

A 1-year/2-semester Master's degree programme (Full Time) with at least 60% marks in aggregate after a 4 year/8-semester Bachelor's degree programme (Full Time) or a 2-year/4-semester Master's degree programme (Full Time) with at least 60% marks after a 3-year Bachelor's degree programme (Full Time), 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.

Reservation Policy will be followed as per Government of India rules.

The upper age limit is 45 years. For exceptionally brilliant Executive Executive Ph.D. candidates the age limit can be relaxed to 55 years. Candidates should preferably have demonstrated research potential through research papers in reputed International Conferences/ Journals/ Patents/ Technology transfer.

Candidates who meet the above requirements should look out for prospective faculty member(s) from IIM MUMBAI in the area where he/she is interested to apply for his/her Doctoral Programme. A research proposal approved by the prospective Faculty Guide(s) shall be submitted by the candidate at the time of the application.

Note: In case a candidate is awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence would be based on the equivalence certified by the institution/ university from where they have obtained the bachelor's degree. In case the institution/university does not have any scheme for converting the CGPA into equivalent marks (or percentages), the equivalence would be established by 1/M Mumbai by dividing the obtained CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result by 100.