Top 10 MBA Colleges in India

India’s higher education system is the third-largest in the world and they are delivering work-ready managers, here is the list of top-rated Management colleges in India. During the last few years, the demand for MBA programs has increased all over the world. The reason for this is the rapid growth of the business sector and innovative study levels, so the growing number of candidates applying for the MBA every year. Get ready to see the list of top 10 colleges in India for MBA.

1. XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur.

Website – www.xlri.ac.in

XLRI – Xavier School of Management is a management school founded in 1949 by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. XLRI is accredited by the London-based Association of MBAs (AMBA), and in 2015-16 was ranked 4th among the top 91 business schools in India across private and government lines.

In 2016 XLRI received accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) XLRI is providing Full-time residential MBA, Research program, Masters program, Executive programs, Human Resource Management, Business Management program, Global Business Management Programme, General Management Programme, Fellow Programme in Management, Entrepreneurship Management (PGP-CEM), XLRI overseas, XLRI Accenture HR Academy.

2. Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM C).

Website – www.iimcal.ac.in

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, abbreviated as “IIM Calcutta” or “IIM-C”, is a public business school located in Joka, Kolkata (Calcutta), India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established. It is consistently ranked as one of the leading business schools in India and the Asia Pacific region.

IIM Calcutta offers five main full-time academic programmers post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), Fellow Programme in Management (FPM), Post Graduate Programme for Executives (PGPEX), Post Graduate Programme for Executives for Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing (PGPEX-VLM), Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) in addition to this it also provides programs like Executive Education, Distance education programs, and Research and Consultancy programs.

3. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A).

Website – iimahd.ernet.in

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad or IIM-A) is a public business school located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was the second Indian Institute of Management (IIM) to be established, after IIM Calcutta. It is consistently ranked as one of the leading business schools in India and the Asia-Pacific region. The institute offers Post Graduate Diploma Programmes in Management and Agri-Business Management, a Fellowship Programme, and a number of Executive Training Programmes.

4. Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIMK).

Website – www.iimk.ac.in

The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode is one of the 19 Indian Institutes of Management set up by the Government of India. The Institute, founded in 1996 in collaboration with the State Government of Kerala, was the 5th IIM to be established.

The institute’s current full-time student body consists of 720 graduate students and 38 doctoral students.[14] The admissions to the PGP course are based on the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the IIMs for admission to graduate programs in management at thirteen campuses. CAT is considered by test-takers as one of the most competitive exams in the world, with a success rate of about one in a hundred

5. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT).

Website – tedu.iift.ac.in/iift/index.php

A public business school established in 1963 by the Government of India (Ministry of Commerce and Industry) to help professionalize the country’s foreign trade management and increase exports by developing human resources; generating, analyzing, and disseminating data; and conducting research. Its flagship program is the Master of Business Administration in International Business (MBA-IB). IIFT Exchange Programme is an outcome of the institute’s academic collaboration with institutions across the world. These collaborations are mainly for the student, faculty exchange programs, joint collaborations on research, and various other capacity-building exercises. IIFT has developed relations with many international organizations by signing MoUs and participating in their activities or taking collaborative initiatives.

6. Faculty of Management Studies – University of Delhi (FMS).

Website – fms.edu

Established in 1954 under the aegis of the University of Delhi, offers management education to professional managers as part-time and full-time MBA programs. It is one of the oldest business schools in India which started offering a Full-Time MBA program.

FMS offers MBA (Full Time), MBA(Executive), MBA(Executive)Health Care Administration, Doctoral Programmes

7. Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM, Indore).

Website – iimidr.ac.in

The Indian Institute of Management Indore (often abbreviated as IIM-I) is an autonomous public business school located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh in India. Instituted in 1996, IIM Indore is the sixth addition to the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) family of management schools.

IM Indore offers the following academic programs –

• Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), a two-year full-time residential program equivalent to an MBA.

• Executive Post-Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP), a one-year full-time residential program equivalent to an MBA.

• Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPMX), a two-year alternate-weekend program.

• Fellow Programme in Management (FPM).

• Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) – IIM Indore, a five-year integrated course in management.

8. International Management Institute, Delhi (IMI).

Website – www.imi.edu

International Management Institute, New Delhi, known as IMI, New Delhi is a private business school located in New Delhi, India. Established in the year 1981, it was India’s first corporate-sponsored business school. IMI, New Delhi offers several graduate and post-graduate diplomas in management, including a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), with related programs in Human Resource Management (PGDM-HRM)[ and Banking and Financial Services (PGDM-B&FS).

9. S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Andheri West, Mumbai.

Website – spjimr.org

S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) is a constituent of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and is recognized as one of the premier business schools of India. SPJIMR sits on a 45-acre campus in the western suburbs of Andheri in Mumbai.  It offers Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Post Graduate Programme in Management, Post Graduate Certificate in International Management, Executive Management Programme, Family Managed Business program, and also other programs incorporation with many corporate entities.

10. Management Development Institute, Gurgaon (MDI), Gurgaon

Website – mdi.ac.in

Management Development Institute (MDI) is one of the premier business schools in India. It was established in 1973 and is located in Gurgaon, a commercial hub near the Indian capital of New Delhi. Its second campus has come up near Murshidabad, West Bengal. It provides courses like Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM), Post Graduate Programme in Human Resource Management (PGP-HRM), Post Graduate Programme in International Management (PGPIM), National Management Programme (NMP), Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management, Fellow Programme in Management, Executive Fellow Programme in Management, Part-Time Post Graduate Programme in Management (PT-PGPM), School of Energy Management and International Summer University.