Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) was established in 1963 by Government of India. The main aim behind its establishment was to provide courses in foreign trade to the civil servants, and to facilitate professionalizing the country’s Foreign Trade Management skill.

Over the years, the institute has worked with a number of Organizations like World Trade Organization (WTO), World Bank, UNCTAD and the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and evolved itself into a complete business school, offering Management Programmes in various streams of International Business. Besides, offering full time programmes in Management, it also offers part-time programmes for working professionals.

So far more than 40,000 business professionals across 30 countries have attained education from the institute. The institute has also entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with various institutes for research and exchange programme. A list of the same is given below :

• • International Association of Trade Training Organizations (IATTO), United Kingdom
  • Academy of International Business, United States of America
  • Association of Training Institutions for Foreign Trade in Asia and the Pacific (ATIFTAP), Manila, Philippines
  • Centre for Globalization and Sustainable Development, Columbia University, USA
  • CERAM Sophia Antipolice, France
  • Dubai International Institute at Al Ghurair University, Dubai
  • Institute for Trade Studies & Research (ITSR), Iran
  • Institute of Financial Management (IFM), Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
  • International Institute for Trade and Development, Bangkok, Thailand
  • School of Public Policy (SPP), George Mason University, USA
  • United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)