FORE School Delhi Admission 2027: Cutoff, Fees & Placements

With no affiliating university, FORE awards postgraduate diplomas. Its off-campus centre in Sector 32, Gurugram, runs the Big Data Analytics, Healthcare & Hospital Management and working-professionals programmes.

NBA accreditation granted on 3 July 2026 covers the PGDM, PGDM (IB) and PGDM (BDA), and the PGDM (FM) accreditation ran to 30 June 2026.

PGDM intake rose from 240 to 360 for 2026-27, and PGDM (IB) fell from 120 to 60. PGDM (Big Data Analytics) moved to Gurugram: its New Delhi intake was approved for closure for 2026-27. FORE has 74 full-time faculty and a faculty-student ratio of 1:19.

As of 3 October 2026 FORE has published no admission notice for the 2027-29 batch; for the 2026-28 batch the PGDM, PGDM (IB), PGDM (FM) and PGDM (BDA) admitted on CAT 2025, XAT 2026 or a GMAT score. Candidates were shortlisted on the test score, then took a personal interview conducted by FORE faculty and industry professionals, and the final selection combined the score, the interview, academic performance and work experience; no weights are published. FORE publishes no cut-off score.

Eligibility. A bachelor’s degree of at least three years after 10+2 with at least 50% aggregate marks. Final-year students of 2026 could apply if they proved graduation with 50% by 1 October 2026, failing which the provisional admission is cancelled without refund. Two GMAT windows are published: tests taken between 1 January 2024 and 31 January 2026, and between 1 January 2024 and 31 May 2026. The category chosen on the form cannot be changed, and a limited number of company-sponsored seats are filled on a separate profile-based process.

The PGDM (HHM) and the working-professionals PGDM, both at Gurugram, also accept CMAT, GRE and FORE’s own aptitude test.

For the 2026-28 batch the two-year fee was ₹23,24,000 for a self-sponsored seat and ₹27,83,750 for a company-sponsored seat, the same for the PGDM, PGDM (IB), PGDM (FM) and PGDM (BDA), plus a one-time ₹23,000 registration fee; hostel is extra.

The fee covers tuition, examinations, co-curricular activities, library, books and reading material, IT services and a complimentary International Immersion Programme with a partner school such as SDA Bocconi, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, NTU Singapore, RMI-NUS, ESSEC or UNITAR. Refunds follow AICTE guidelines.

Scholarships. The means-cum-merit and means scholarships each waive the full tuition fee; the means scholarship is for EWS, OBC, SC and ST students with family income below ₹8 lakh, and means-cum-merit holders must keep a CGPA of at least 7.00. Students domiciled in Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh or the eight north-eastern states get a 10% tuition waiver, and merit scholarships go to top students. FORE awarded more than ₹3 crore in scholarships in AY2024-25, and families earning up to ₹8 lakh a year can get a 3% interest subvention on education loans up to ₹10 lakh under the PM Vidyalaxmi scheme.

FORE has no hostel of its own: for 2026-27 it arranges a private hostel near each campus, the New Delhi one about 1.5 km away, and there a year with breakfast and dinner costs ₹3,10,000 in a single room or ₹1,95,000 on double sharing.

The New Delhi hostels have air-conditioned rooms with attached washrooms, study furniture, RO drinking water, a mess and a common laundry, with Wi-Fi on payment; applicants send a parents’ consent to the admin office. The Gurugram hostel adds a refrigerator and television in each room, Wi-Fi, weekend lunch and biometric entry. Because hostel is not part of the programme fee, a New Delhi student on double sharing adds ₹1,95,000 a year to the ₹23,24,000 fee.

The 2024-26 batch of 720 students averaged ₹16,52,238 with a ₹16,20,000 median and a ₹26.45 lakh highest CTC; 206 companies visited and 39 pre-placement offers were made.

• Two medians are published for each batch: ₹15.2 lakh and ₹17,12,000 for 2023-25 (graduating year 2024-25), and ₹15 lakh and ₹15,52,000 for 2022-24. The second figure in each pair covers all two-year PG programmes together.
• The 2023-25 batch was 59% men and 41% women; by specialisation 38% marketing, 29% finance, 13% international business, 8% big data analytics, 5% operations, 5% HR & strategy and 2% IT; 68% joined as freshers.
• Figures by programme start with 2024-26; earlier batches are reported as a whole.

Among Delhi PGDM and MBA options that admit on CAT, FORE’s fee is above LBSIM’s general seat and its placement average is higher, while IIFT Delhi charges less with hostel included and reports a higher average.

The fees are for different batches, so compare them with the years in mind. LBSIM Delhi also accepts XAT and GMAT, as FORE does, while IIFT Delhi admits on CAT alone and FMS Delhi charges a University of Delhi semester fee. FORE admits through CAT, XAT or GMAT; for other options, see our MBA admission guide.