Symbiosis International University - [SIU], Pune - associated department

The BBA program of Symbiosis is ranked 9th in India by India today’19. NMIMS has been ranked 92 overall by NIRF 2020. The total seats in the B.Com (Hons.) program at NMIMS is 180, and the BBA program in Symbiosis Pune is 240. The course duration for both programs is for 3 years.

Admission:

NMIMS:

• Candidates need to sit for NMIMS NPAT to qualify for this college.

• Students need a minimum of 60% in their 12th to be eligible for a seat here.

Symbiosis, Pune:

• A 50% aggregate is required in the 10+2 examination.

• Students need to sit for the SET exam, followed by a personal interview and writing ability test.

Academics:

• At NMIMS, the faculties are highly qualified, and each faculty is an expert in their respective field. The course curriculum is updated as well.

• The course curriculum at Symbiosis is updated with recent industry developments as well. The faculty is top-notch, but industry exposure is a bit low in the institute.

Placements:

NMIMS:

• The placements for B.Com are average in this college with the placement percentage being around 70-75%.

• The highest salary package offered is around 34 LPA, the average salary package is around 18 LPA, and the lowest is around 8 LPA.

• Companies like DE Shaw, JP Morgan, Deloitte, E& Y, and Bayern visit for recruitment.

Symbiosis, Pune: The placement cell in Symbiosis, Pune works hard in securing placements for its students.

• The placement percentage is approximately 96%.

• The highest international package is 17 LPA, and the highest domestic package is 8 LPA, and the average domestic package is 5 LPA.

• Companies like KPMG, Tommy Hilfiger, Credit Suisse, PWC, ICICI, and Amul India come for recruitment.

Infrastructure:

• Infrastructure wise NMIMS is above-average with all the necessary facilities for students. The classrooms are air-conditioned and spacious, libraries have updated books, and the entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled.

• SCMS also offers all the necessary facilities. Wi-Fi is available on campus, and general stores are also present for students.

These are the factors that you need to consider for choosing between these two institutes. So, go through them and choose the option that suits your expectation.

Symbiosis International University or SIU is situated in Pune, Maharashtra, and Xavier Labour Relations Institute or XLRI is a private university located at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. For the year 2020, XLRI was ranked 9th by NIRF in the Management category. It is considered to be one of the oldest B - schools in India. It also has a campus situated in Delhi- NCR. SIU was ranked 43rd among Indian universities by NIRF 2020 and 22nd in the Management category.

Admission & Fees

Scholarships

• For both SIU and XLRI, the application process is online with a facility of scholarship. 
• At SIU, scholarships are offered based on merit and sports and offered to girls students.
• In XLRI, students are offered scholarships of Rs. 1.75 LPA.

Placement:

XLRI

• XLRI has an Alumni base of more than 16,000. 
• In the year 2020, the IT/ITES sector recruited 30% of the total students, becoming the largest recruiter.
• The highest international CTC was INR 58.22 LPA and the highest domestic CTC was INR 26 LPA.
• The major recruiters were KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Accenture, Microsoft, Amazon, P&G,GAIL.
• The average salary was INR 15.42 LPA.

SIU

• A total of 191 offers were made by various top recruiters.
• The highest salary offered to the students was INR 28 LPA.
• The average salary received by the university was INR 16.23 LPA.

Campus Life -

• XLRI has an Interdisciplinary Behavioral Lab, designed specifically for the study of human subjects. There are many extracurricular societies and Interest groups like Dracula, SIGMA - Oikos, AXIOM, Bodhi tree, CEASE, etc.
• SIU regularly organizes International Research conferences and Science congress and has a University Biodiversity cell.

Comparison between the 2 colleges should be done based on the above facts, your perception of the college branding, and the ROI which is on an average of 1.63:1 for SIU and 0.65:1 for XLRI.