Which MBA college is good for a general category student, FMS or XLRI?

Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) is considered one of the best management colleges in India. The MBA program offered by FMS has been ranked 9th by Business Today 2018 and 6th by the week 2017.

XLRI offers a 15 month and 2 years program in MBA as well as a doctoral-level fellowship program. It has been ranked as the country’s best private business school by NIRF rankings.

Courses Offered:

FMS:

• Faculty of Management Studies provides courses in a full-time MBA program, executive MBA program, and Management Development Program (MDP).

• It also provides doctoral-level programs for those interested in pursuing research.

XLRI:

• It provides a 15-month duration and full time two years duration courses in Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM).

• It also offers a doctoral-level fellowship program for those opting for Ph.D.

• The college offers many short-term management programs as well which lasts for 9 months to 1 year.

Admissions:

FMS:

• Admissions are based on CAT scores. If selected, candidates are further called for group discussion and personal interview.

• FMS provides only merit-based quota to SC and ST based on the guidelines of Delhi University. Thus general category students might have to score a much higher CAT score in order to get in.

XLRI:

• Xavier’s School of Management (XLRI) conducts its very own XAT test for admissions procedures. XAT consists of a written test, group discussion, and personal interview process. Students are selected based on merit.

• XLRI does not follow the reservation policy for seats. All admission based decisions are dependent on the merit of students as performed in XAT. Students are allowed to give XAT multiple times however, no further reservation is followed.

Placements:

FMS:

It calls around 200 companies every year to participate in their placement drive.

• In 2019, 210 placement offers were made with 50 pre-placement offers.

• The highest domestic salary was around 48 LPA with over 70% of their students receiving more than 20 LPA.

• Their top recruiters include Airtel, Asian Paints, Axis Bank, Flipkart, Deloitte, HUL, Hero Motor co. etc.

XLRI:

• It is famous for providing placements to 100% of its students and maintains a high placement record.

• It has collaborations with a number of reputed companies and over 109 companies participated in their placement drive last year.

• The average package was around 22 LPA with the highest going up to 50 LPA in 2019.

Thus, for general category students, it would be much easier to get into XLRI than FMS. However, it also depends on their scores in the respective entrance exams.