The Indian Institute of Finance (IIF), Greater Noida, offers a variety of institutional financial assistance, merit awards, research stipends, and access to state and national government scholarship schemes to support high-achieving students and research scholars.
The institute awards merit-based financial aid to outstanding students admitted to its flagship post-graduate programs (such as the Management of Business Finance - MBF):
Top Rank Holders / Toppers Waiver: Candidates who secure top positions in national entrance exams (CAT, MAT, CMAT, XAT, GMAT) or are university gold medalists/distinction holders in their graduation are eligible for merit scholarships of up to ?20,000 per year.
Academic Term Performance Awards: Merit scholarships and tuition waivers are extended to top-ranking performers in internal term/trimester examinations at IIF.
IIF provides targeted fee concessions to encourage diversity, social equity, and inclusion in higher financial education:
Defense & Armed Forces Personnel Wards: Concessions on tuition fees for children and dependents of active or retired Indian Armed Forces and Paramilitary personnel.
Girl Child & Diversity Discount: Special fee concessions provided to deserving female applicants to promote women leadership in corporate finance.
Economically Weaker Sections (EWS): Partial tuition waivers and flexible fee installment structures for students from low-income families demonstrating high academic potential.
Government & Corporate Sponsored Candidates: Custom fee structures and financial arrangements for candidates nominated by corporate bodies or government departments.
For candidates enrolled in the Fellow Programme in Business Administration (FBA)—IIF’s doctoral-level research track:
Research Fellowships / Stipends: Selected full-time doctoral scholars receive monthly research fellowships or stipends along with tuition fee concessions.
Teaching & Research Assistantships (TA/RA): Doctoral candidates can work as Teaching or Research Assistants on funded consultancy projects and journal editing tasks for Finance India, earning additional monthly stipends.
Students enrolled in eligible full-time management programs at IIF can also leverage central and state financial aid portals:
National Scholarship Portal (NSP): Central schemes like the PM-USP Central Sector Scheme for College and University Students and Post-Matric Scholarships for SC/ST/OBC students managed by central ministries (scholarships.gov.in).
scholarships.gov.in
UP State Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme: Domicile students of Uttar Pradesh meeting income criteria can apply for state tuition fee reimbursement via scholarship.up.gov.in.
scholarship.up.gov.in
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