Admission Process

GENERAL INFORMATION

Candidates are required to fill the Registration Form Online as per the instructions mentioned and upload the requisite documents at the time of Registration. A candidate has to make an online payment of Rs. 600/- (General/OBC (Non Creamy)/GEN-EWS Category) & Rs. 300/- (SC/ST/PWD Category) against the registration.

Payments of application fee (Rs. 600/- or Rs. 300/-) can be made through credit cards/debit cards/internet banking. The bank and/or transaction charges on the application fee will be borne by the candidate.


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IMPORTANT DATES FOR ADMISSIONS 2023

SR.NO DETAILS DATE
1. Launch of Admission Prospectus / Online application for AIST 2023 15/12/2022
2. Last date of Online submission of application for AIST 2023 14/06/2023
3. Availability of open window for editing forms 26/05/2023 to 27/05/2023
4. Availability of Admit cards:
For candidates who have registered till 31/05/2023

For all other candidates who have registered between 1st June to 14th June 2023

05/06/2023

15/06/2023
5. Entrance exam Date (AIST 2023) 18/06/2023
6. Merit list display on www.fddiindia.com 30/06/2023
7. Dates of Counseling - 2023 2nd or 3rd week of July 2023
8. Last date of fee submission 31/07/2023
9. Date of reporting at the allotted campus 1st week of Aug 2023

LAST DATE FOR ONLINE SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TILL 14TH JUNE 2023.

Note: The candidates are advised to complete their registration process at the earliest for timely release of Admit Cards.



ADMISSION PROCEDURE - INDIAN APPLICANTS

A Paper Based Test (PBT) for all Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) Programmes will be conducted on 18th June 2023 at 31 cities:


Examination Centers

The candidate may select only ONE city for the examination. No request for change in examination center will be entertained at any stage.

  • FDDI Ankleshwar (Surat)

  • FDDI Chandigarh

  • FDDI Chennai

  • FDDI Chhindwara

  • FDDI Fursatganj (Raebareli)

  • FDDI Guna

  • FDDI Hyderabad

  • FDDI Jodhpur

  • FDDI Noida

  • FDDI Patna

  • FDDI Rohtak

  • Agra

  • Ahmedabad

  • Bengaluru

  • Bhopal

  • Chennai

  • Dehradun

  • Delhi

  • Gwalior

  • Indore

  • Jaipur

  • Jamshedpur

  • Kanpur

  • Kolkata

  • Kochi

  • Lucknow

  • Mumbai

  • Pune

  • Ranchi

  • Raipur

  • Vishakhapatnam

Note :Please note that FDDI reserves the right to cancel any of the Examination Centres mentioned. In such a case, an alternate centre, which is locationally and administratively convenient, will be allotted. Candidates may e-mail: admission@fddiindia.com for related queries.

Procedure for Admission through Counseling

Admissions will be made strictly on merit basis (Rank-wise) and counseling. The programme & campus will be awarded to the candidates on the basis of their rank in AIST 2023 and preference. Successful candidates will be called for the counseling in order of their rank based on aggregate score in All India Selection Test (AIST) 2023.

For Postgraduate programmes, the candidates who have opted for both M.Des. & MBA programmes shall be offered separate ranks in both the programmes.

Students will be called in the counseling in excess of the seats, therefore, there are possibilities that all the seats will be filled as per merit. Institute does not take any responsibility for any inconvenience caused to parents/candidates due to closure of the counseling prior to their turn.

A candidate who is allotted a seat will be required to pay an amount of Rs. 25,000/- at the time of counseling /admission to reserve the seat. This includes Rs. 10,000/- (Non Refundable) as Registration Fee + Rs 15,000/- as Advance Fee to be adjusted against the balance fee.

The Registration Charges shall not be refunded in case of withdrawal of admission. The candidates will be given 10 working days from the date of reserving his/her seat to deposit the balance fee.

ADMISSION PROCEDURE - NRI/ INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Over and above the regular seats, 10% seats are reserved in each programme for NRI / Industry-Sponsored / International candidates who meet the prescribed eligibility criteria. The NRI/ Industry Sponsored Candidate shall be interviewed and the selection shall be done on merit basis. NRI/ Industry sponsored candidates are required to pay twice the tuition fee in case of Noida, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Chandigarh campuses and 50% extra tuition fee for other campuses in addition to the other components of the fee. International Students can refer to see the prescribed fee structure as uploaded at

https://studyinindia.gov.in/institute_details?instituet_ID=SII-I-0269&active_tab_index=1
or
https://www.fddiindia.com/foreign-nationals.php

NON RESIDENT INDIAN (NRI)

Non Resident Indians, who are citizens of India holding an Indian passport and have temporarily immigrated to another country for six months or more for work, residence or any other purpose and who meet eligibility and admission requirements of FDDI can also apply for admission.

Only a person who is a NRI himself/herself may seek admission and no other candidate without NRI status would be eligible. Admission under this category shall be made on the basis of merit. If any or all seats from the NRI quota remain unfilled, the resulting vacancy shall be filled on merit of the applicants for admission.

The vacant seats under NRI / Industry-Sponsored/ Foreign Nationals category will not be offered to any regular candidate.

Candidates may apply for admission under NRI/ Industry Sponsored category in the mid of July 2023. Please visit the FDDI website for regular updates regarding submission of Application Form under this category.