Faculty of Management Studies University of Delhi

Latest Admission Updates (2026)

As of June 2026, the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi has completed its full-time MBA 2026-28 admission cycle, with the final selection list declared in the last week of April 2026. The points below summarise the key dated milestones of the cycle that just concluded and the windows aspirants targeting the next FMS Delhi intake should track. The single most important deadline of the cycle was the application last date, which was extended once due to portal load.

• Application last date (most important): The FMS Delhi MBA 2026-28 application window closed on 26 November 2025, and was then extended to 28 November 2025 after the institute cited heavy traffic on the admission registration portal.
• Application opened: The online form on fms.edu went live on 27 October 2025.
• Qualifying exam: CAT 2025, conducted by IIM Kozhikode, was held on 30 November 2025; the CAT 2025 result was declared on 24 December 2025.
• PI shortlist: FMS Delhi released its shortlist notice on 16 March 2026 and the PI shortlist on 19 March 2026, calling 2,023 candidates across categories for the 2026-28 batch.
• Selection rounds: The SOP Discussion, Extempore and Personal Interview rounds were conducted between 13 and 19 April 2026.
• Final result: The FMS Delhi MBA 2026-28 final selection list was declared in the last week of April 2026; waitlist movement followed thereafter.
• Executive MBA: Applications for the Executive MBA 2026 batch remained open until 11 January 2026.
• PhD: The PhD admission process opened in December 2025 with interviews held in January 2026.

No correction/edit window for the FMS form is currently open as of June 2026, since the 2026-28 cycle has concluded. Aspirants now planning for the next FMS Delhi MBA intake should note that the form historically opens in late October, runs in parallel with the CAT registration calendar, and requires a separate application on fms.edu in addition to registering for CAT.

Faculty of Management Studies University of Delhi Admission 2026: Eligibility Criteria

The table below sets out the programme-wise eligibility for FMS Delhi admission in 2026, answering the most common applicant question: "Am I eligible to apply, and with what marks?" It covers the full-time MBA, the Executive MBA and the PhD, because each has a distinctly different bar - the MBA is open to fresh graduates, the Executive MBA demands five years of work experience, and the PhD requires a postgraduate qualification. Read each row by matching your highest completed qualification to the "Eligibility" column, then checking the minimum "Qualifying Marks" for your category, and finally confirming the "Accepted Entrance Exam" you must hold a valid score in. Note that FMS computes admission on a composite score, so meeting the minimum marks only makes you eligible to apply, not guaranteed a shortlist.

The biggest takeaway is that the full-time MBA has the lowest entry bar on paper (50% in graduation for General candidates), yet it is the most competitive in practice because of the CAT cutoff. Executive MBA aspirants must remember that the five-year experience requirement and the employer NOC are non-negotiable. PhD applicants holding UGC-NET (including JRF), CSIR-NET, DBT-JRF, ICMR-JRF, DST-INSPIRE or similar fellowships are exempted from CAT. Confirm your category percentage against your final-year mark sheet before applying, since FMS does not relax these floors.

Course-Wise Admission Status

This table shows the live admission status of each FMS Delhi programme as of June 2026, the indicative number of seats, the mode of study and the accepted entrance exam. It directly answers "Is FMS Delhi admission still open?" - and the honest answer for the 2026-28 cycle is that the application windows have already closed across programmes. The full-time MBA is the flagship offering with the largest intake, while the Executive MBA and PhD run smaller cohorts. Use the "Seats" column to gauge competition and the "Accepted Exam" column to confirm which test result you need ready for the next cycle.

The headline number to remember is the MBA intake of 314 seats for 2026-28, of which 251 are sanctioned and 63 supernumerary, with reservation applied per University of Delhi norms (General 101, SC 37, ST 19, plus OBC-NCL/EWS/PwD quotas). The PhD is the most selective with just 20 seats. Aspirants who missed the 2026-28 cycle should bookmark fms.edu and prepare their CAT attempt now, because the FMS form typically opens around late October and closes inside four weeks.

Application Fees

The table below lists the non-refundable application (registration) fee that FMS Delhi charges, broken out by individual category so there is no ambiguity. This is the fee paid to FMS at the time of submitting the online form on fms.edu, and it is entirely separate from the CAT exam fee paid to the IIMs and from the institute's programme tuition. The most common applicant mistake is confusing these three: the CAT 2025 registration fee was paid to the conducting IIM in September 2025, the FMS application fee below was paid in November 2025, and tuition is paid only after selection. Read each row by matching your category to find your exact fee.

To keep the two fee types clearly apart: the FMS application fee above (₹1,000 for General/OBC-NCL/EWS and ₹350 for SC/ST/PwD/CW) only secures your candidature, whereas the actual MBA tuition is ₹2,43,000 for the full two-year programme, payable in instalments of about ₹60,818 per semester. The FMS application fee has stayed stable across recent years at these levels, so no year-wise increase applied for 2026. The fee is non-refundable under any circumstances, so verify your eligibility and category before paying.

Entrance Exam Requirements

This section answers "Which exam do I need for FMS Delhi, and what score makes me competitive?" The full-time MBA admits exclusively through CAT, the Executive MBA uses the in-house FMS Selection Process, and the PhD accepts CAT, UGC NET (JRF) or GATE. The table maps each exam to its programme, the 2026-cycle exam date and the realistic score/percentile band that gets a General-category candidate noticed at FMS. Read it together with the cutoff section that follows, because FMS does not admit on raw percentile alone - it builds a composite score in which CAT carries 50% weight.

The key insight for FMS Delhi is that, unlike the IIMs, it weights the verbal section heavily within its composite formula, so a balanced-to-VARC-strong CAT profile helps. For the 2026-28 batch, General candidates realistically needed a 98-99+ CAT percentile to clear the shortlist, and FMS enforced a minimum sectional percentile of 50 in VARC, DILR and QA. PhD aspirants should note the heavy 70% weight on exam scores, making a strong NET/JRF or GATE result decisive. Plan your test attempt at least a year ahead of your target FMS intake.

Cutoff Analysis (2024-2026)

The table below tracks the FMS Delhi shortlisting composite score cutoffs by category across the last three admission cycles, answering "What score do I actually need to get shortlisted?" FMS shortlists candidates using a shortlisting composite score derived from CAT sectionals - calculated as (0.40 x VARC) + (0.30 x DILR) + (0.30 x QA), with a 5-mark gender-diversity bonus added for female applicants. The numbers below are the closing shortlisting scores, not raw percentiles, so they are the most precise benchmark available. Read down each category column to see how the bar has moved year on year.

The trend tells a clear story: the General shortlisting cutoff rose to a peak of 51.103 for the 2025-27 batch, then eased to 46.739 for the 2026-28 batch, reflecting year-to-year variation in CAT difficulty and applicant strength rather than any lowering of standards. The reserved-category 2026-28 cutoffs (EWS 37.031, OBC-NCL 35.189, SC 29.370, ST 23.140) confirm the steep gradient between categories. In percentile terms this still translates to roughly 98-99 for General. Competition remains intense - only 707 General candidates were shortlisted from 6,464 in the 2026-28 round - so target a cushion well above these closing values.

Counselling Process

FMS Delhi does not use a centralised counselling body; admission flows directly through its own portal and the steps below reflect the 2026-28 cycle specifically.

1. Online registration (27 October 2025 to 28 November 2025): Create an account on fms.edu for the MBA 2026-28 admission and fill personal, academic and CAT 2025 registration details.
2. Document upload and fee payment: Upload photograph, signature, Class 10 and 12 mark sheets, graduation mark sheets and category certificate (if applicable), then pay the non-refundable application fee (₹1,000 General/OBC-NCL/EWS; ₹350 SC/ST/PwD).
3. CAT 2025 and result (30 November 2025; result 24 December 2025): Appear for CAT; FMS uses your sectional scores to build the shortlisting composite score.
4. Shortlist release (notice 16 March 2026; PI shortlist 19 March 2026): Check the category-wise shortlist; 2,023 candidates were called for the 2026-28 batch.
5. SOP Discussion, Extempore and Personal Interview (13-19 April 2026): Attend the selection rounds at the FMS campus, North Campus, University of Delhi.
6. Final merit list and seat allotment (last week of April 2026): The final composite score determines the merit list; offers are extended against the 314 seats.
7. Document verification and fee payment: Selected candidates complete verification of originals and pay the first instalment of the ₹2,43,000 programme fee to confirm admission, after which waitlist movement begins for vacant seats.

Important Dates (2026)

The master table below consolidates every canonical milestone of the FMS Delhi MBA 2026-28 admission cycle, from application start through document verification, so you can see the entire timeline at a glance. It answers the two questions aspirants ask most - "When did the form open and close?" and "When were the results out?" Because FMS admits through CAT, several rows reference CAT 2025 dates (conducted by IIM Kozhikode), while others are FMS-specific. Each row carries a status so you can distinguish completed events from any that were not separately notified.

The two dates worth committing to memory are 28 November 2025 (the extended application last date) and the last week of April 2026 (final result), since these bookend the entire FMS Delhi cycle. There was no separate FMS application correction window; only CAT permitted limited edits to photograph, signature and test-city preference. Aspirants preparing for the next intake should expect a near-identical rhythm - an October form launch, a late-November close, March shortlist and April interviews - and keep documents scan-ready well in advance.