Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong
Shillong, Meghalaya
Admission to Ph.D. (Working Professionals) Program, 2026
Areas of specialization
- Economics and Public Policy
- Finance and Control
- Information Systems and Analytics
- Marketing
- Operations and Quantitative Techniques
- Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
- Strategy & Liberal Studies
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Professional Experience:
Candidates should possess a minimum of five years of professional experience.
Educational Qualification:
A Master’s Degree followed after a Bachelor’s Degree obtained in 10+2+3 pattern, or a 5-year Integrated Master’s Degree (obtained, after completing higher secondary schooling, in 10+2+5 pattern) in any discipline, with at least 55% marks (or equivalent CGPA) in the Bachelor’s and 60% marks (or equivalent CGPA) in the Master’s degrees.
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A Master’s Degree followed after a Bachelor’s Degree (4 year/8 semesters Bachelor’s degree (10+2+4 pattern) with at least 6.5 CGPA or equivalent percentage marks.
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A professional qualification like CA, ICWA, CS with at least 55% marks in B.Com. degree.
A relaxation of 5% marks or its equivalent grade may be allowed for those candidates belonging to SC/ST/DA categories. In case of Grades / CGPA, the conversion to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure certified by the respective University/ Institute. If a University/Institution confirms that there is no scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA, and multiplying the result by 100.
The above qualification should be from any of the recognized Universities incorporated by an Act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956; or, recognized by the Ministry of HRD /Ministry of Education,Government of India.
A valid score of GMAT, GRE, CAT (For last 2 years), GATE, UGC – NET (JRF and/ or Eligibility for Assistant Professorship and/ or Admission to Ph.D. only), CSIR UGC-NET (JRF and/ or Eligibility for Assistant Professorship and/ or Admission to Ph.D. only), will be considered for admission to Doctoral Program for Working Professionals. Valid score needs to be entered while filling the application form.
The following categories of candidates are exempted from standard tests stated above, but will be required to produce two reference letters from senior leadership for the experience:
• Post Graduates of PGP programs (2 years full-time) from IIMs or any of the top 50 Institutions as per NIRF 2025 (Management Category) with CGPA of 6.5 out of 10 (or equivalent) and minimum 5 years post PGP experience.
• Individuals with at least 10 years of management experience from Government or non- Government sector.
Candidates eligible as above, will be shortlisted based on recommendations of the appropriate committee. The shortlisted candidates will be invited for personal interview (and /or written test ) online for final selection.
Note: Mere fulfilment of minimum eligibility criteria is not a claim for admission process/interview call. Based on the number and quality of applications received, the admission committee reserves the right to use additional criteria for shortlisting of applications.
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Filling in of the application form online by the candidate. This includes a tentative research proposal, wherein the candidate will have to present the tentative research problem proposed to be researched upon.
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Shortlisting of candidates for the Personal Interview/Interaction based on the profile and tentative research proposal. The applicants will be informed about this process, once they were shortlisted for the process.
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Personal Interview/Interaction with the candidate over online mode.
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Offer of admission extended to selected candidates.
The total fees for the course are Rs. 11,00,000/- (Rs. Eleven Lakh Only) + GST as applicable. Changes, if any, will be notified before admissions.
| Details |
Date of Payment |
Amount |
| Acceptance Fees (non-refundable) |
At the time of accepting the Offer |
INR 50,000/- |
| Program Fee Instalment |
At the time of Admission/May 2026 |
INR 4,50,000/- |
| Program Fee Instalment |
First Week of May 2027 |
INR 4,00,000/- |
| Program Fee Instalment |
First Week of May 2028 |
INR 1,00,000/- |
| Program Fee Instalment |
First Week of May 2029 |
INR 1,00,000 |
The application fee is Rs. 3,000/- (non-refundable).
| Last date of submission of online application form |
1st November, 2025 - 24th March, 2026 |
| Announcements of candidates short-listed for personal interview/interactions |
05th April, 2026 |
| Interview of shortlisted candidates |
11th and 12th April, 2025 |
| Announcement of Selected Candidates |
April- May, 2026 |
| Registration and Commencement of the Program |
May, 2026 |
CONTACT
0364 2308000
phd@iimshillong.ac.in, admissions@iimshillong.ac.in
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