Top B-Schools In India, Best MBA Colleges and Fee Structure
Top B-Schools other than IIMs - No doubt that IIMs are the holy grail for candidates. Every MBA aspirant’s dream is to get admission to the Indian Institutes of Management, but not everyone is too lucky to get into them. But, apart from the IIMs, there are various other top business schools in India that are worth getting admission into. Read the complete article below to know more about the list of top B-Schools other than IIMs based on the rankings done by Careers360, how to prepare for CAT and other such national-level management entrance examinations and important points to ponder over before going to appear for the management entrance examinations.
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Top MBA colleges in India except for IIM
In India, there are many business schools (B-Schools) that come under the top category. It becomes difficult for the MBA aspirants to choose one out of the many available. To clear the haze a little, we have created a curated list of top B-Schools along with the programmes that they offer and the fees they charge for each programme.
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XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur
XLRI is a private business school that was established in 1949 by the Society of Jesus and is located in Jharkhand, India. To take admission in XLRI candidates should appear for XAT entrance exam.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
PGDM Business Management | 23.60 Lakhs |
PGDM Human Resource Management | 23.60 Lakhs |
PGDM Business Management Part-Time | 10.72 Lakhs |
PGDM General Management | 20.95 Lakhs |
PGDM Global Management | - |
Executive FPM | 8.50 Lakhs |
Fellowship in Human Resource Management | - |
PGD Human Resource Management | - |
FPM | - |
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, also known as DMS IIT Delhi which is also coming under top MBA colleges in India except for IIM, is the management school for education and research in Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
MBA | 9.60 Lakhs |
MBA Telecommunication Systems Management | 8.80 Lakhs |
PhD Management | - |
Executive MBA in Technology Management | 10.80 Lakhs |
Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay is a public business school that was established in 1995 and is a part of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
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Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
MBA | 8.30 Lakhs |
PhD in Management | - |
Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
Management Development Institute, Gurgaon was established in 1973 by Industrial Finance Corporation of India and is located in Gurgaon.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
PGDM National Management Programme | 12.80 Lakhs |
PGPM | 18.48 Lakhs |
PGP Public Policy Management | 6.76 Lakhs |
PGP International Management | 23.58 Lakhs |
PGP Human Resource Management | 18.48 Lakhs |
PGP Energy Management | 12.21 Lakhs |
PGDM Executive Management Programme Part-Time | 9.48 Lakhs |
FPM | - |
National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai
National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai is a prestigious public management and engineering institute that is located in Powai near Vihar Lake in Mumbai.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management | 12.93 Lakhs |
Executive PGP Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing | - |
Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety and Environmental Management | 12.93 Lakhs |
Post Graduate Diploma in Project Management | 10.83 Lakhs |
Post Graduate Diploma in Manufacturing Management | 10.83 Lakhs |
Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering | 10.83 Lakhs |
Vinod Gupta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Vinod Gupta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur is an academic unit of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and is the first business school to be established in an Indian Institute of Technology.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
MBA | 9.30 Lakhs |
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics | 20 Lakhs |
PhD Management | - |
Executive MBA | 6 Lakhs |
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, also known as DoMS, is a business school under the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
Executive MBA | 13 Lakhs |
MBA | 8 Lakhs |
MS by Research Entrepreneurship | 24.80 K |
PGP Executive Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing | - |
MS Management | 24.80 K |
PhD HR and Organizational Behaviour | - |
PhD Operations Management | - |
PhD Marketing | - |
PhD Integrative Management | - |
PhD Information Systems | - |
PhD Finance | - |
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is an autonomous public business school that was established in 1963 by the Government of India.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
Executive PGD International Business | 5.10 Lakhs |
MA Economics | 3.65 Lakhs |
MA Economics with Specialization in Trade and Finance | 3.60 Lakhs |
MBA International Business | 15.70 Lakhs |
MBA International Business Part-Time | 8 Lakhs |
PhD Economics | - |
PhD Management | - |
PhD Management Part-Time | - |
Post Graduate Diploma in International Business | - |
IBS Hyderabad
IBS Hyderabad is a constituent of the ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) and is a Deemed University.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
BBA | 7.10 Lakhs |
Executive MBA | 5.25 Lakhs |
MBA | 14.04 Lakhs |
PGP Analytics Part-Time | 3.20 Lakhs |
PhD Economics | 4.80 Lakhs |
PhD Management | 4.80 Lakhs |
PhD Management Part-Time | - |
Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi
Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi was established in 1954 under the umbrella of the University of Delhi.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
Executive MBA | 1 Lakhs |
MBA | 20.96 K |
PhD Management | - |
Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration | 1 Lakh |
SPJIMR, Mumbai
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research is a private business school that is affiliated to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
PGDM | 17.50 Lakhs |
FPM | - |
Post Graduate Executive Management Programme | 8 Lakhs |
Post Graduate Management Programme for Women | 10.95 Lakhs |
Post Graduate Programme in Development Management | 1.50 Lakhs |
Post Graduate Programme in Family Managed Business | 11.50 Lakhs |
Post Graduate Programme in Management | 18.65 Lakh |
TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal
TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal is a private autonomous business school and it was established in 1980.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
PGDM | 14.60 Lakhs |
PGDM Banking and Financial Services | 14.60 Lakhs |
PGDM Human Resources Management | 14.60 Lakhs |
PGDM Marketing and Sales Management | 14.60 Lakhs |
PhD Management | - |
Prin LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai
Prin LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WeSchool) is a Business School that is run by charitable Trust Shikshan Prasarak Mandali, Pune and was established in 1977.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
PGDM | 11 Lakhs |
Master of Marketing Management Part-Time | 1.60 Lakhs |
MMS | - |
Master of Human Resource Development and Management | 1.60 Lakhs |
Master of Information Management Part-Time | 1.60 Lakhs |
MFM Part-Time | 1.60 Lakhs |
PGDM Business Design | 11 Lakhs |
PGDM E-Business | 11 Lakhs |
PGDM Healthcare Management | 11 Lakhs |
PGDM Media and Entertainment | 11 Lakhs |
PGDM Research and Business Analytics | 11 Lakhs |
PGDM Retail Management | 11 Lakhs |
PGDM Rural Management | 11 Lakhs |
PGP Entrepreneurship Management | 7 Lakhs |
PGP Media and Entertainment Management | 3 Lakhs |
PhD Management Studies | - |
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai is a private business school and was established in 2010.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
PGDM | 11.76 Lakhs |
Global PGP For Family Enterprises Management | - |
PGPM | 15.86 Lakhs |
PGPM Flex | - |
PGXPM | - |
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore was established in 1948 and is the oldest management school in the country.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
Master of Management | - |
PhD Management | - |
Institute of Rural Management, Anand
Institute of Rural Management, Anand is an autonomous institute that was established with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Corporation, the Government of India.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
PGDM Rural Management | 10.63 Lakhs |
Executive PGDM Rural | 10.10 Lakhs |
Fellow Programme in Rural Management | - |
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai is the Department of Management Studies of the University of Mumbai and is named after industrialist and philanthropist Jamnalal Bajaj.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
MMS | 6 Lakhs |
M.Sc Finance | 2 Lakhs |
Master in Human Resource Development and Management Part-Time | 1.53 Lakhs |
Master of Information Management Part-Time | 1.53 Lakhs |
Master of Marketing Management Part-Time | 1.53 Lakhs |
MFM Part-Time | 1.53 Lakhs |
PhD Management | - |
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) is Deemed to be University and is located in Mumbai.
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
MBA Entrepreneurship and Family Business | 19.12 Lakhs |
MBA Integrated | 31.30 Lakhs |
PGDM Business Analytics | 17 Lakhs |
BPA Music | 12.75 Lakhs |
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune was established in the year 1993 and is a constituent of Symbiosis International University (SIU).
Programmes Offered | Fees (Rs) |
MBA | 18.80 Lakhs |
Executive MBA | 6 Lakhs |
MBA Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 14 Lakhs |
MBA Leadership and Strategy | - |
The colleges mentioned above not only accept the scores of CAT but they also accept the scores of various other management entrance examinations like Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur accepts XAT or GMAT (for foreign students). SPJIMR accepts the scores of CAT, GMAT and XAT so on and so forth.
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No, the CUSAT has not yet released the results nor the date for the released dates for the declaration of the results. Keep an eye on the official website or the link below for the latest information. The university had released the CUSAT CAT 2022 Law application form for 3-year LLB and 5-year LLB programmes on February 08, 2022. Candidates in CUSAT CAT law 2022 will have to answer 150 multiple choice questions within two hours. Cochin University of Science and Technology will declare the CUSAT CAT Law 2022 result online.
are we suppose to give cat after 12th ?
Hey aspirant,
CAT eligibility criteria 2022, candidates should have secured 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case candidates belonging to the reserved category and for the PwD category] Hope this helps all the Best!
In which academic diversity / category (engineer / non-engineer / weird) does the FOOD Technology course belongs in CAT exam ?
Hi CAT is a national level management aptitude test through which one can take admission for MBA courses . Food Technology course can be 3 years i.e BSc ( Bachelor of Science) which will be under non engineer category and can be 4 years Btech course which will be in Engineering category. for details about cat exam refer to the link :
previous year question paper of cat
Before the main exam, solving CAT question papers from past years and taking CAT practise exams might help you feel comfortable with the test. Additionally, this practise aids in building self-confidence, which is one of the most crucial traits required to ace the CAT. Candidates can quickly identify their areas of strength and weakness. On November 27, 2022, an online version of CAT 2022 is anticipated.
Link to download Sample Question paper:
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I got 300 marks in neet can I get seat in b cat? my caste is general
Hello aspirant,
The NEET Cutoff varies every year and it depends on various factors like Difficulty level of the paper, previous year Cutoff trends, number of aspirants appeared, etc
Further, Looking at the previous year NEET Cutoff the Cutoff for b category students was like around 50th percentile. But it can vary this year as it bound to change every year.
further, To know more about the NEET Cutoff, you can follow the below mentioned link to know more about this : https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-cut-off
Also, to know more about your admissions chances in other colleges you can check the following NEET College predictor tool : https://medicine.careers360.com/neet-college-predictor
I hope that this will help.