Which college is better for pursuing an MBA - IBS Hyderabad, ISB Hyderabad, or Symbiosis?

Symbiosis Hyderabad offers a popular MBA program with specializations in Finance, Marketing, HR, and Operations. The MBA fee of Symbiosis Hyderabad is double that of IBS Hyderabad, which is INR 14 LPA and INR 7 LPA respectively; and ISB Hyderabad offers an MBA with a fee of over INR 37 LPA.

The table below showcases the pertinent points of the institutes and the programs.

Admission:
Students have to take entrance tests to get into any of these institutes in addition to the 55% aggregate in graduation. The entrance examinations accepted are GMAT/GRE/SNAP/IBSAT/NMAT/CAT.

Faculty:

• IBB Hyderabad has over 20 faculty members for each of its MBA specializations with an experience of over 22 years such as that of prof. B Srinivas Raj.

• ISB Hyderabad has equally qualified faculty members who are research fellows and distinguished professors.

• SIBM Hyderabad has more than 25 faculty members with varied qualifications, i.e. Ph.D., MSc, MBA, etc.

Infrastructure:

• SIBM Hyderabad has a 40-acre campus which is fully WiFi, has a library, a finance lab, a massive auditorium; and facilities for basketball, chess, volleyball, etc. Students can also join from over 12 clubs.

• ISB Hyderabad has collaborations with the Wharton School of Business, London Business School, Carnegie Mellon University.

• IBS Hyderabad has 12 hostel blocks, a library, a swimming pool, a gym, and an indoor stadium.

Placements

IBS Hyderabad:

• It saw 93% placement for its students in 2019.

• The highest international CTC was 50.23 LPA and the highest domestic CTC was 15.89 LPA.

• The top recruiters were Wipro, Zomato, and Aditya Birla group.

ISB Hyderabad:

• The MBA batch managed to place 884 students with 220 companies in 2020.

• The average salary offered was INR 26 LPA.

SIBM Hyderabad:

• The institute saw a participation of 63 companies, in which the number of new companies was 33.

• In 2019, the top 25% of its students received an average salary of 10 LPA. HDFC Bank, Docon, Vernalis were some of the recruiters.

These are a few of the factors that you need to consider while comparing these institutes. You should make a thoughtful decision based on their future goals.