Compare Business School Series 35 of 43: FORE vs IMT N vs NIRMA vs BIMTECH
We found some interesting comparisons amongst these 4(Four) prominent Business Schools in India. Among these schools FORE seems to be the oldest and offers the maximum number of seats in terms of Admission in its PGDM Courses. Apart from NIRMA which accepts only CAT scores, the other three Institute accepts CAT/XAT and GMAT scores.
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These schools have their campuses in strategic locations also with FORE located in the heart of the Delhi, capital city. CAT cut off scores for all these management institutes are more or less similar in the band of 75 – 80 percentile.
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As per specialisation is considered NIRMA provides MBA in Family Business & Entrepreneurship whereas FORE School of Management provides PGDM – BDA (Big Data Analytics) and BIMTECH provide PGDM – IBM (International Business Programs) & PGDM – Retail Management these are the programs which are unique for each of these individual institutes.
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In terms of Placement Avg CTC for FORE and NIRMA are more or less in the same bandwidth with a variance of Rs1.5 Lac , but IMT Nagpur seems to be edging past FORE in terms of last year’s figure). Whereas, in terms of Fees FORE is in a slightly higher bracket than the others.
So, overall it can be seen in terms of Fees and placement IMT Nagpur edges past the rest .. but if PGDM – IB or Big Data Analytics or for that matter Retail Management is your choice then IMT -Nagpur is not an obvious choice.
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| B - School | FORE | IMT N | NIRMA | BIMTECH |
| Established | 1981 | 2004 | 2003 | 1988 |
| Location | New Delhi | Nagpur | Ahmedabad | NCR |
| NIRF Ranking 2023 | 63 | 101 | 61 | NA |
| Specialisation | PGDM, PGDM-IB, PGDM FM, PGDM BDA | PGDM , PGDM -FM , | MBA,MBA-HRM,- Family Biz & Entrepreneurship | PGDM , PGDM -IB , IBM , RM |
| Fees (In Lacs) | 18.27 | 15.00 | 12.09* | 13 -14 |
| Avg CTC'23 | 14.50 | 16.53 | 13.00 | NA |
| Highest CTC'23 | 30.00 | 36.33 | 30.00 | NA |
| Avg CTC'22 | 14.04 | NA | 10.50 | 8.20 |
| Highest CTC'22 | 23.50 | 20.14 | 26.20 | NA |
| Exam Accepted | CAT / XAT / GMAT | CAT/XAT/GMAT/CMAT | CAT | CAT/XAT/GMAT/CMAT |
| CAT/XAT Cut off | 80 | 75 | 80 | 75 |
| Seats | 480 | 360 | 330 | 400 |
| Full-Time Faculty | 61 | 38 | 62 | 67 |
| Student Faculty Ratio | 15:1 | 12:1 | 8:1 | 9:1 |
| Campusutra Rating |
3/5 |
2.5/5 |
3/5 |
2.5/5 |
* Excluding Hostel & Mess.
