EXIM Bank MT 2025 Eligibility: Age, Degree & Criteria Guide
Know the complete EXIM Bank Management Trainee 2025 eligibility—upper age limits, relaxations, degrees required, marks needed, and who counts as final‑year eligible.
Export‑Import Bank of India’s 2025 Management Trainee notification keeps its eligibility framework broadly consistent with previous cycles but bakes in two subtle shifts that aspirants must grasp: a snapshot age cut‑off of 1 October 2025 and an explicit broad‑based inclusion of STEM‑plus‑commerce master’s degrees. Candidates must not have attained 25 years on the reference date—effectively meaning anyone born after 30 September 2000 qualifies—but statutory relaxations apply: three years for OBC (non‑creamy layer), five for SC/ST, and ten for PwBD, stackable where categories overlap up to a ceiling of fifteen. The bank clarifies “attained” as completion of the 25th year, so a candidate turning 25 on 1 October 2025 is disqualified, whereas one celebrating the birthday on 2 October squeezes in. Equally critical is proof of nationality: only Indian citizens, subjects of Nepal/Bhutan, or Tibetan refugees settled before 1 January 1962, plus persons of Indian origin migrating from select countries with intent of permanent settlement, are eligible—provided they hold a Government of India eligibility certificate by interview time. On the educational front, EXIM demands a minimum 60 % aggregate (55 % for SC/ST/PwBD) in either (a) a full‑time MBA/PGDBA/PGDM with finance specialization recognized by AICTE or UGC, or (b) a Chartered Accountancy qualification for the MT‑CA stream, or (c) a dual‑degree master’s integrating economics, statistics, or quantitative finance from a university ranked in the top 150 of the latest NIRF list. Final‑year post‑graduates may apply if they can produce provisional certificates by 31 December 2025; however, their interim mark sheets must show the requisite percentage till the penultimate semester and be attested by the institution’s controller of examinations.
Beyond headline numbers, fine print can make or break candidacy. Distance‑learning MBAs, even from NAAC‑A++ universities, are not acceptable because the bank views immersive cohort exposure as essential for cross‑functional MT rotations. Likewise, the 60 % benchmark is calculated on the aggregate of all semesters, not the final two, and universities using CGPA must convert to percentage via their official formula; self‑conversion tables are rejected at document‑verification. Age relaxations hinge on possessing valid caste or disability certificates in the GOI‑prescribed format—state‑government versions won’t suffice. For ex-servicemen, actual military service duration plus three years is deductible from chronological age, but total age may not exceed 50 years for any category. Candidates qualifying through CA must have cleared all ICAI papers without exemptions—a clarification added this year after audit‑trail anomalies surfaced.
