INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, BANGALORE   

Fellow Programme in Management (FPM)
(Equivalent to Ph.D.)

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The institute encourages candidates to submit valid test scores from either CAT (2007), or GMAT (taken after March 2003), or GRE (taken after March 2003), or GATE (2006 or later), but will also accept applications without any test score. Candidates taking the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) must have the official result reported to the
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). The GRE code number for IIM-B Fellow Programme in Management is 7385.

Waivers

Alumni of IIMs who obtained a post graduate diploma in 1999 or later with a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) equivalent of 2.75 or better on a 4-point scale, if admitted, will enter second year of the programme directly and will not be required to take the first year courses unless asked to do so by their advisors.

Financial Support

FPM at IIM-B provides one of the best financial packages for doctoral students in the country. The FPM students do not pay tuition and hostel rent and get paid a modest stipend and some contingency support. Beginning July 2008, FPM students will get a stipend of Rs. 15,000 per month, and up to Rs. 150,000 in contingency support to meet academic expenses and Rs. 100,000 for participating in conferences abroad during the programme. These rates are expected to go up in future. Some housing is available on campus. Married students living off-campus get a housing allowance of up to Rs. 5,000 per month. In addition, FPM students have opportunities to work as Teaching Assistant or Research Assistant for which they get paid extra. A few scholarships are also available to students from second year onwards.

Scholarships