Which is a better B-school between FMS, ISB and IIM Lucknow?

The student fraternity of ISB is very different from that of FMS and IIM Lucknow. ISB requires a minimum of 2 years and an average of 4 years of work experience for admission. Whereas IIM Lucknow and FMS focus more on academics and almost 40% of the batch comprises freshers. Others have 2 or fewer years of experience. My answer is divided into 3 parts If you have work experience of 2 or fewer years: In this case, you should give up on ISB and totally focus on FMS or IIM Lucknow. Personally, I would suggest you go for IIM Lucknow because of its brand image. Despite the fact that FMS offers high ROI, you can never underestimate the value of an IIM tag. If you have work experience of 2-3 years: This is the toughest decision as you can nearly go for ISB but will be risking a lot including its extravagant fees. But you won’t regret choosing ISB because of its peers, faculty, research orientation, and campus life. It is also the place where all the big consulting firms come for placements. So if you value reputed firms a lot then go for ISB. If you have above 3 years of experience: Close your eyes and without thinking choose ISB.

Why are IIM A, B, and C valued over FMS, Delhi when the difference between the fees are so high?

It is true that a person’s caliber can in no way be judged from the Business School that they have graduated from. In practice, however, things work very differently. The general assumption is that if a candidate has secured a top rank in one of the most challenging exams and studied one of the top curriculums in the country, then they are really good in their field. IIM A, B, and C have been around for a very long time and its graduates have carved a niche for themselves in the corporate world. Most companies in India and many abroad have IIM A, B, and C graduates in top positions. The alumni spread the goodwill of these institutions in silicon valley and other parts of the world, leading to international repute. These institutions are ‘brands’. An IIM A, B, and C brand opens numerous opportunities for you. Judging IIMs based on ROI solely is not wise. Most IIM graduates end up paying their loans in a period of 3 to 5 years. Also, keep in mind that salary does not remain constant, it keeps increasing each year. Even if you take a loan to fund your MBA, it will be worth it. If you get the opportunity to study at IIM A, B, or C you should grab it at the earliest.

How would you rank the following business schools, ISB, IIM A, B, C, L, XLRI, FMS, and SPJIMR?

All the aforementioned colleges are among the best B Schools in India so the choice between them depends on your preference and future prospects. You need to determine what exactly you want from the program and where your career currently is. In general, ISB is for people who have better industry experience, good leadership skills and decent academics. The other B Schools focus more on excellent academics throughout your career. The ranking of these institutes in my opinion is ISB, IIM-A, B, C>IIM-L, FMS, XLRI,>SPJIMR The above preference order is based on a number of factors like career progression, college market value perception, quality of faculty, quality of students, academic learning, quality of recruiters and infrastructure.

FMS Delhi Ranking: IIRF, BT-MDRA, Outlook-ICare

FMS Delhi is one of the Best B-Schools in India. FMS Delhi has been ranked as a Top College by various ranking bodies. FMS Delhi isn’t part of the NIRF rankings, so you won’t find it on the NIRF MBA Rankings. FMS Delhi has been ranked 2nd Best B-School in the Government Category of Top B-Schools. The Institute is also ranked 8th in Top B-Schools by Business Today 2023 and 11th in India’s Top Government B-Schools by Outlook-ICare.

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FMS Delhi Ranking Highlights
FMS Delhi Ranking 2024: IIRF
IIRF Rankings 2024 (Government): Top 10 Management Institutes in India
FMS Delhi Ranking 2023: Business Today (BT) - MDRA
FMS Delhi Ranking 2023: Outlook-ICare
FMS Delhi Ranking FAQs

FMS Delhi Ranking Highlights

Ranking Body	Year	Rank
Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF)	2024	2nd Best B-School (Govt)
Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF)	2023	5th Best B-School (Govt)
Business Today	2023	8th among the Top B-Schools
Outlook-ICare	2023	11th India’s Top Government MBA Colleges
Outlook-ICare	2022	9th India’s Top Government MBA Colleges
Economic Times	2021	15th Overall
		17th in Human Resource (HR)
		10th in IT
		10th in Marketing

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FMS Delhi Ranking 2024: IIRF

FMS Delhi was ranked 2nd in Best B-School by IIRF 2024 with an overall score of 933.39. FMS Delhi has secured this rank on various criteria. The details are as follows:

Parameters	Score
Placement Performance (PP)	138.42
Teaching Learning Resource & Pedagogy (TLRP)	136.71
Research (RS)	126.85
Industry Income and Integration (III)	133.42
Placement Strategies and Support (PSS)	132.85
Future Orientation	124.71
External Perception and International Outlook	130.28
Overall Index Score (out of 1000)	933.39

IIRF Rankings 2024 (Government): Top 10 Management Institutes in India

Ranking	Institute Name	Overall Index Score (out of 1000)
1	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	937.24
2	Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi	933.39
3	Indian Institute of Management Kolkata	931.2
4	Indian Institute of Management Bengaluru	925.89
5	Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode	921.88
6	Indian Institute of Management Lucknow	915.04
7	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi	909.7
8	IIM Mumbai (NITIE)	903.86
9	Indian Institute of Management Indore	900.35
10	Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai	895.33

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FMS Delhi Ranking 2023: Business Today (BT) - MDRA

Business Today (BT) - MDRA has released its ranking for 2023. FMS Delhi has secured rank 8th in Top B-Schools with an overall score of 794.8. The details are tabulated below:

Parameters	Score
Placement (250)	196.1
Learning (250)	131.3
Living (150)	212.7
Selection (150)	121.7
Future (200)	133
Overall (1000)	794.8

FMS Delhi Ranking 2023: Outlook-ICare

FMS Delhi has been ranked 11th by Outlook-ICare in India’s Top Government MBA Colleges with an overall score of 425.18. The details are tabulated below:

Parameters	Score
Faculty Student Ratio	100
Research	77.87
Employability	91.46
Faculty Quality	86.1
Inclusiveness & Diversity	69.75
Overall Score	425.18

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FMS Delhi Ranking FAQs

Ques. What is FMS Delhi’s Ranking?

Ans. FMS Delhi is consistently ranked among the Top Management B-Schools in India. Ranking can differ depending on the ranking agency, but it’s usually in the Top 5 or Top 10.

Ques. Which Ranking Agencies Rank FMS Delhi?

Ans. FMS Delhi has been ranked by various agencies. Some of them are:

IIRF
Business Today - MDRA
Outlook I-Care
Economic Times

Ques. What factors contribute to FMS Delhi's Ranking?

Ans. FMS Delhi’s ranking is influenced by many factors such as its Academic Reputation, Faculty Expertise, Student Quality, Infrastructure, Placements, Research Output, Industry Connections, and Alumni Network.

Ques. How does FMS Delhi's ranking compare to other renowned business schools like IIMs and XLRI?

Ans. FMS Delhi is often ranked alongside other Top B-Schools like IIMs and XLRI. Rankings may vary slightly depending on criteria used by different agencies, but FMS Delhi generally holds its position among the top 10.

Ques. What were the past rankings of FMS Delhi for IIRF Management?

Ans. FMS Delhi has been ranked 2nd by IIRF 2024. Given below is the past year rankings of the same:

Year	Rank
2023	5
2022	4
2021	=1

Ques. What are the parameters for FMS Delhi Business Today rankings?

Ans. Business Today has ranked FMS Delhi at 9th in the Overall Category. The parameters on which it is ranked are as follows:

Learning Experience
Living Experience
Placement Performance
Selection Process
Future Orientation

Stream	2023 Ranking	2022 Ranking	2021 Ranking
MBA Compare	#8 out of 272 in India 2023 #1st in New Delhi	#9 out of 281 in India 2022	#6 out of 37 in India 2021 #1st in New Delhi

Stream	2023 Ranking	2022 Ranking	2020 Ranking
Hotel Management Compare	-	-	#4 out of 179 in India 2020 #2nd in New Delhi
MBA Compare	#5 out of 214 in India 2023 #1st in New Delhi	#6 out of 179 in India 2022 #1st in New Delhi	-

Stream	2019 Ranking
MBA Compare	#35 out of 75 in India 2019 #5th in New Delhi

Stream	2025 Ranking	2024 Ranking	2023 Ranking
MBA Compare	#12 out of 25 in India 2025	#11 out of 25 in India 2024	#9 out of 24 in India 2023

Stream	2024 Ranking	2023 Ranking	2022 Ranking
MBA Compare	#2 out of 46 in India 2024 #1st in New Delhi	#5 out of 44 in India 2023	#4 out of 42 in India 2022

Stream	2019 Ranking
MBA Compare	#15 out of 50 in India 2019 #1st in New Delhi

Stream	2019 Ranking
Overall Compare	#35 out of 50 in India 2019 #5th in New Delhi

Stream	2023 Ranking
MBA Compare	Graded Aa1 #1st in New Delhi

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ROI: It is the best college in terms of ROI. It gives you equal opportunities at a much better cost.
Student driven campus: All activities are planned by students themselves on the campus

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No hostel facilities for students to reside and learn together providing better opportunities for networking and collaboration.

Internships Opportunities:

Every year internship opportunities are provided in the domain of management consulting, finance, marketing, product management, general management and operations. Some of the big names which come to campus are McKinsey & Co, Bain, BCG, Microsoft, HUL, TAS etc. The average stipend is 1.5 lakhs per month.

KHUSHI BANSAL MBA, General (Enrolled 2023) Reviewed on Feb 13, 2024

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teachers and environment around the campus, the friendliness of the batch

Since we are currently being in the internship drive there is not much we can say but the opportunities here are as similar as compared to the scenario of the placements in other colleges like IIM A,B,Cs

Amit Kumar Swarnkar MBA, General (Enrolled 2023) Reviewed on Jan 30, 2024

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For summer internship placements, it typically occurs in one phase spanning 7 days, with the round taking place around the 3rd week of September. At this stage, companies primarily offer roles in front-end consulting and marketing, especially under FMCG companies. Most roles involve sales, with some focusing on marketing based on the specific requirements of the company for internships.

Joy Taneja MBA, General (Enrolled 2023) Reviewed on Jan 29, 2024

FMS Delhi - Admissions, College life, and Placements.

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Fee Structure- the low fees allows a lot of us with high opportunity costs to pursue an MBA. Further, it also allows us to follow our dream domain without having to worry about repaying a heft loan amount.
Location- Being located in the heart of the Capital city, we get access to a lot of resources and opportunities such as live projects etc.

Semester System- Since the other Bschools globally follow a trimester system, we cant take up a term abroad. however, summer schools are always an option.
Fresher Cohort- the admission criteria has no weightage to work experience, making the batch majorly freshers.

You can refer the summer placement report, but largely top companies from all domains come and hire at FMS. From MBB, Big 4 in consulting, to Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanly in Finance, to HUL, Nestle, PnG in marketing, all major companies offer internships for summer placements and compensate extremely well. The average stipend is around 3 Lakhhs for the duration of 2 months.

Pranjal Raj Singh MBA, General (Enrolled 2023) Reviewed on Jan 16, 2024

Truly the "Red Building of Dreams"!

Top notch faculty, some of the best professors in the whole country.
Great location, North Campus in Delhi offers great off-campus spots to have fun and also connectivity.

Lack of some sports facilities like playground.

Most of the top companies like MBBK, HUL, JPMC, GS, etc. visit the campus for offering summer internships to students. We get to see roles in all domains with very good stipends overall. The average stipend was around 2 Lakhs for the 2024 batch.

Hardik Singh MBA, General (Enrolled 2023) Reviewed on Jan 1, 2024

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For the internship opportunities, a placement process is conducted where most of the companies visit to recruit the students. The average stipend this year was 1.5 lakhs per month and the highest stipend was 2.2 lakhs per month. The placements happened in all the domains like consulting, product management, finance, marketing, and, general management. The major recruiters were McKinsey and company, Bain, BCG, Accenture Strategy, Dabur, HUL, Asian Paints, ITC, Uber, etc.

Chirag Bhutani MBA, General (Enrolled 2022) Reviewed on Dec 4, 2022

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A complete summer internship process happens here, the interviews and everything happen within 3 months of joining college and it is similar to the final placements, again everybody gets placed in great firms.

Ankan Chakraborty MBA, General (Enrolled 2022) Reviewed on Dec 4, 2022

Life at Red Building of Dreams

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FMS received offers for roles in domains like consulting, finance, IT, Product Management, Operations, General Management, Sales, and Marketing. Most of the students received offers in their domain of interest. Companies that offered roles include BCG, Bain, McKinsey, Amazon, Accenture Strategy, Adani group, Relian, TAS, TATA steel, TATA Play, RPG, Zensar Technologies, HUL, ITC, Asian Paints, Byjus, Uber, OfBusiness, Nestle, etc. The highest stipend was Rs.4,40,000/- for two months, the Average stipend was Rs.3,06,000/- per two months and the median stipend of Rs.3,00,000/- per two months was recorded for the year 2022-23.

Anonymous MBA, General (Enrolled 2022) Reviewed on Dec 4, 2022

The Red Building of Dreams

The 2021-2023 batch had one of the best summer internships placements with firms such as BCG, Bain, Kearney, TAS, Microsoft, Media.net, Atlassian, Adobe, Google, White Oak Capital, DE Shaw, Renew Power, Standard Chartered, Citi Bank, Reckitt, Asian Paints, Coca-Cola, ITC, HUL, Mondelez participating in the internship process. The highest stipend of 5 lakhs was offered by IB/PE/VC firms and an average stipend of 2.62 lakhs.

YOGESH PHOOLCHAND PARMAR MBA, General (Enrolled 2022) Reviewed on Dec 4, 2022

FMS, family wali feeling

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The internship is offered by several dream companies in different fields of consulting, marketing, finance and product management. The internship will be for 2 months and based on the performance some companies offer PPOs to the candidates

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shivangi

What is the rank of FMS in world?

Ashish Ramtari

Given below are the FMS Delhi rankings by prominent institutions:

Business Today has ranked FMS Delhi at 8^th position in 2023.
IIRF has ranked FMS Delhi at 5^th position in 2023.

anshika saxena

What is the NIRF ranking of FMS Delhi?

Shikhar Srivas

FMS Delhi doesn't participate in NIRF rankings, so an official NIRF rank isn't available. However, it always secures top positions in other well-respected rankings.. Recently, Business Today ranked FMS Delhi at 8th in their 2023 Overall B-School rankings.

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