Indian Institute of Management
Kolkata, West Bengal
Admission to Ph.D. Programme, session 2026
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta
Kolkata, West Bengal
Admission to Ph.D. Programme, session 2026
Doctoral (Ph.D.) Programme (full-time) Admission 2026
The last date of the application is January 30th, 2026.
The Doctoral Program of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta invites applications from candidates with proven academic backgrounds, who have the intellect, interest, and ingenuity to pursue doctoral studies in management sciences and related disciplines. Applicants must possess the ability, motivation, and discipline to sustain themselves in a rigorous doctoral program for four-to-five years.
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 June 30th, 2026. 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 December 31st, 2026.
An applicant can apply to at most two areas of specialization. (S)he needs to have taken the Common Admission Test (CAT) in 2025 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
January 30th, 2026.
Candidates should get their GMAT scores officially reported to the Institute using the code: 9CP-HT-94.
Candidates should get their GRE scores officially reported to the Institute using the code: 7496.
|
Test(s) in lieu of CAT* # |
| Economics |
GMAT / GRE / GATE in Economics / UGC-NET in Economics |
| Finance & Control |
GMAT / GRE |
| Human Resource Management |
GMAT / GRE / UGC-JRF in Economics / Management / Law / Labour and Social Welfare / Human Resource Management / Labour Welfare / Personnel Management / Industrial Relations / Psychology / Sociology / Anthropology |
| Management Information Systems |
GMAT / GRE / GATE in any discipline / UGC-JRF in any discipline |
| Marketing |
GMAT / GRE / GATE in any discipline / UGC-JRF in any discipline |
| Operations Management |
GMAT / GRE / GATE in any discipline / UGC-JRF in Mathematical Sciences |
| Organizational Behaviour |
GMAT / GRE / GATE in any discipline / UGC-JRF in Psychology / Sociology / Anthropology / Public Administration / Social Work / Management / Labour Welfare / Personnel Management / Industrial Relations / Labour and Social Welfare / Human Resource Management |
| Public Policy and Management |
GRE / GATE in Architecture and Planning / UGC-NET in Anthropology / Economics / Education / Environmental Science / Geography / History / International and Area Studies / Law / Management / Political Science / Psychology / Public Administration / Social Work / Sociology |
| Strategic Management |
GMAT / GRE / GATE in any discipline |
* Validity of score (other than CAT) - Two years from the date of the test and should be valid on the deadline of submission of the application form.
# Online GMAT/GRE (Take home) exam scores are not valid. Only test center-based GMAT/GRE scores are valid. Candidates should get their GMAT scores officially reported to the Institute using the code: 9CP-HT-94, and GRE scores officially reported to the Institute using the code: 7496.
The following conditions may lead to your ineligibility or cancellation of your application (or admission offer) at any stage of the admission process:
-
If you have submitted more than one application form.
-
Misrepresentation or suppression of any information/data in the application form, including use of unfair means to complete the application form (including plagiarism of content).
-
Submission of incomplete application form.
-
Informal recommendation/s or canvassing from any individual/s or organization/s (apart from the requirements mentioned in the application form).
-
If you do not meet any of the requirements at any stage of the admission process.
-
If you have been expelled or withdrawn from any programme of IIM Calcutta prior to submitting your application.
Please contact your referees early and initiate the referral process to ensure that they submit the recommendation online within the due date (January 30th, 2026). An application without the complete sets of referrals will be considered as incomplete.
-
You are advised to go through the detailed eligibility and admissions criteria.
-
For the SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PWD, need to upload/submit the copy of the RECENT/LATEST certificate.
-
You may choose to apply to a maximum of two areas from the given choices (areas of specialization). However, there is no need to pay a second fee.
-
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.
Only official email ids of the referees will be accepted. NO, personal email id will be accepted (eg., gmail, yahoo, rediff, hotmail, etc).
-
PLEASE NOTE THAT ONCE YOU SUBMIT THE REFEREE FORM, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CHANGE THE AREA(S) OF SPECIALIZATIONIN WHICH YOU HAVE APPLIED.
-
The Application cannot be submitted without the payment of application fee. The SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PWD applicants (submitting copy of SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PWD certificate) are required to pay an application fee of INR 1500/- and all other applicants are required to pay an application fee of INR 3000/-. 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.
The INR 1500/- & 3000/- application fee (wherever applicable) is non-refundable and will not be refunded under any circumstances.
-
Students applying through CAT can only apply with the scores. You may apply after the CAT results are declared.
-
In the Other Information Page you can only upload doc, pdf, jpeg and txt files of your Credentials.
CONTACT
033 2467 8300, +91 75960 68946
admissionsdp@iimcal.ac.in
REGISTER NOW
Click for more information
Published By: Sahadeb
Published On:
22 Nov 2025
Admission 
Apply Now 
Merit List 
