Admission Procedure

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Register on the FLAME University website

Start by registering at apply.flame.edu.in to create your user account. Once registered, you’ll receive an auto-generated email containing your login credentials. Use these credentials to access the application portal and complete your application to FLAME University.

Apply to FLAME University

FLAME University has an online application process. You are required to provide information such as your personal contact details, educational qualifications, achievements/extracurricular activities, statement of purpose, and national/international level test scores if any.

International/national level entrance test scores (GRE/JAM(Economics)/CUET-PG(COQP10)) are accepted by FLAME University for admission to the M.Sc. (Economics) program. If the applicant does not have this score, they can opt for PG FEAT. If the applicant opts for it, we will communicate the details of the test, such as the time, date, and other relevant instructions to appear for the online test via email.

You also need to provide your admission cycle preference for PG FEAT (if applicable), Essay, and Online Personal Interview.

Additionally, you need to upload your recent passport-size photograph (.JPG or .PNG format, file size less than 5 MB) and scanned copies (self-attested) of the below-mentioned documents in support of your application. Please upload all the requisite documents on the application portal in the ‘Document Upload’ section. You can upload the documents even after you have completed the application.

The required documents to be uploaded on the FLAME University application portal are:

• Copy of 10th standard (or equivalent) mark sheet, issued by the respective board
• Copy of 10th standard (or equivalent) passing certificate
• Copy of 12th standard (or equivalent) mark sheet, issued by the respective board
• Copy of 12th standard (or equivalent) passing certificate
• Copy of graduation mark sheets (all years/semesters/trimesters), if received
• Copy of graduation degree certificate, if received
• Copies of post-graduation degree mark sheets (all years/semesters/trimesters) and degree certificate, if any
• Copies of any other educational qualification mark sheet and certificate, if any
• Copy of International/national level entrance test scorecard (GRE/JAM/CUET-PG(COQP10)), if available
• Copies of all other certificates (e.g., work experience), transcripts, and testimonials (optional, but these documents may have relevance in assessing your candidature)

Please complete all mandatory details carefully and accurately.

You need not complete the application form in one sitting. You can save and return to the application form as many times as required, but before making the payment of the application fee.

Payment of application fee

Your application will be considered incomplete till an application fee of INR 2,000 is paid by you. The application fee can be paid through either of the following modes:

• Online: Debit Card, Credit Card (All major cards, except American Express), Netbanking, Wallet, UPI, etc.
• Demand Draft (DD): Please make a DD in favor of "FLAME University," payable at Pune. In the application form, you can mention the DD details (such as the DD number, bank, and date). After submission of the application, please send the DD (with your name, program, and application number mentioned on the backside of the DD) to FLAME University’s mailing address (The Admission Office, FLAME University, Gat No. 1270, Lavale, Off Pune-Bangalore Highway, Pune 412115, Maharashtra, India).
• Purchase of scratch card from counsellors: You may directly pay the application fee by cash to any of the FLAME University’s admission counselors by purchasing a scratch card voucher. Please fill in the number mentioned on the scratch card in the application form to proceed for submission.

Note: Application fee is non-refundable.

Completing the application

Once you have made the payment, you can complete the application with a statement of purpose (SOP) and upload your photo. You will receive a confirmation e-mail with your application number (i.e. MSC2026XXXXXX). You will receive a PDF copy of your completed application form by email, on your registered email ID. Well before the selection process, you will receive an email with details regarding date, time and other instructions with respect to the PG FEAT (if applicable), Essay and Online Personal Interview.

In the weeks subsequent to your application completion, we will send you important information regarding your FLAME application status. Please check your registered e-mail account regularly, and keep visiting our application portal.

PG FEAT (if applicable), Long-Answer-Type Questions, and Online Personal Interview (PI)

After you submit your application, FLAME University will conduct a preliminary screening to shortlist candidates for FEAT (if applicable), Long-Answer-Type Questions and Online Personal Interview (PI). If you are shortlisted, you will be intimated about the date, time, and other relevant details of the Essay and Online Personal Interview.

FLAME University's admission panel will conduct the Online Personal Interview (PI). The FEAT (if applicable), Long-Answer-Type Questions and Online Personal Interview are conducted online.

• A] Long-Answer-Type Questions: During the online assessment, you will be required to complete an essay, the topic of which will be provided on the spot. You are required to type your essay in ~200-250 words within 15 minutes.
• B] Online Personal Interview: FLAME University's admission panel of experts will conduct the PI.

To appear for the online selection process, keep identification proof (Aadhaar, Passport, Driving license, or PAN card) ready for verification. This will serve as an identity proof for you to attend FLAME University’s online admission process. Only originals shall be treated as valid proof of identity. You are required to keep the same handy during the entire online admission process. Please ensure that you start the online admission process at your scheduled time.

PG FEAT (FLAME Entrance Aptitude Test)

PG FEAT (FLAME Entrance Aptitude Test) is an online examination conducted by FLAME University for admission to its MSc in Economics program.

If students have International/National Level entrance test scores (GRE/JAM(Economics)/CUET-PG(COQP10)), then PG FEAT is optional. However, if the applicant feels that the GRE/JAM(Economics)/CUET-PG(COQP10) entrance exam score does not fully reflect his/her academic credentials or potential he/she may opt for PG FEAT.

PG FEAT is an online examination (MCQ based) divided into 2 sections with 80 minutes duration:

• Section 1: 40 minutes - MCQ (on Mathematics and Statistics concepts) - (30 Questions)
• Section 2: 40 Minutes - Critical Thinking (10 Questions), Verbal Ability (20 Questions)

If you opt for PG FEAT, we will send you an email including details such as date, time and other relevant instructions to appear for the online test.

SYLLABUS for PG-FEAT

• Critical Thinking: Demonstrating the ability to use rational thinking and critically assess the given information to identify assumptions, draw inferences and evaluate arguments.
• Verbal Ability: Demonstrating the ability to understand, comprehend and convey messages to be delivered effectively in a precise manner with clarity by formulating grammatically correct sentences.

Syllabus for Economics

• Statistics for Economics
• Mathematics for Economics

FLAME University shall evaluate your candidature based on different selection criteria. The admission results would be announced on the application portal as per the admission schedule. If you are shortlisted you will receive a copy of your offer letter by email.

Acceptance of the offer

Shortlisted candidates need to accept their admissions offer within the validity period. Required information will be detailed in your admission offer letter. You need to:

• To confirm the offer of admission, log in to the FLAME application portal, select ‘Accept Admission Offer,’ and pay the enrollment deposit fees within the deadline mentioned in the offer letter

Enrollment deposit fees can be paid through the following modes:

• Net Banking
• Demand Draft (DD): Please make a DD in favour of "FLAME University", payable at Pune. In the acceptance form, you can mention the DD details (such as the DD number, Bank, and Date). After submission, send the DD (with your name, program, and application number mentioned on the backside of DD) to FLAME University’s mailing address (The Admission Office, FLAME University, Gat No. 1270, Lavale, Off Pune-Bangalore Highway, Pune 412115, Maharashtra, India).

Strictly No Cash payments/direct cash deposit in the FLAME University account.

Enrolment to FLAME University

We will communicate all the necessary information about your joining, such as reporting date and time, academic calendar, housing details, documents to be submitted during campus registration, things to bring to campus, and induction schedule before the commencement of academic program.

Please check your registered e-mail regularly.

Re-application

FLAME encourages those applicants who have been rejected/wait-listed in the first instance to re-apply, where you may add some of the factors you might have missed in your previous application. Your application will be treated and assessed as a fresh application. You will have to pay the application fee again during re-application. You will be allowed to re-apply only once. Kindly note, while re-applying please don’t use the email id which is already registered on the FLAME University application portal.

Re-application is not permitted if your first application was rejected on the basis of your credentials being misrepresented.

Misrepresentation of information

FLAME University will NOT tolerate any instance of falsification of information. Your admission shall immediately stand cancelled and fees forfeited in case it is discovered at any stage that any of the information submitted by you was falsified. We will verify your original certificates or mark sheets supporting your application at the time of enrolment.

Withdrawal of admission and fee refund

Refund policy for the incoming class of 2026 will be updated soon.

Privacy Policy

All information submitted by the applicants is kept confidential, except as desired by the law.

Warning: Admissions Fraud Alert

PUBLIC NOTICE

It has come to our knowledge that some unscrupulous individuals/entities/agencies have been contacting the applicants/candidates/parents claiming assured admission to FLAME University by making false promises. All the concerned are hereby advised not to believe in such fake calls, emails, SMS, Facebook or WhatsApp or other such social media posts, and not to fall prey to such misleading information and/or fake admission offers by any unauthorized individual/group.

Please note, the admission process at FLAME University is fully transparent. All admissions are made through a well-defined selection process and are purely merit based.

FLAME University has not engaged or authorized any third parties to conduct admission process or make admission offers or collect admission fees/charges on its behalf. Please be careful of any such deceitful promises and suspicious activities.

FLAME University shall not bear any responsibility or liability of whatsoever nature for any loss, damage, claim, inconvenience, etc. suffered by anyone for acting on an unauthorized/fraudulent communication related to your candidature/admission.

Please feel free to contact our ‘Admissions Office’ for any queries or to report any dubious admission activity on our Official Email ID: admission@flame.edu.in.

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