ICFAI Business School (IBS), since its establishment back in 1995, has been considered as one of the best B-schools in India, providing exemplary education, courses, and infrastructure to their students at their different locations, all over the country. IBS is also well renowned to promote innovation and opportunities for students all-embracing development through their globally acknowledged programs.
IBS is running successful programs at its various campuses located at Ahmedabad, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Bangalore (off-campus of Hyderabad), Kolkata, Jaipur, Pune, and Mumbai. These campuses function independently and are neither affiliated with any university nor is an off-campus college for existing universities of the nation.
These campuses fall under the constituent program of IBS, known as ICFAI Foundation of Higher Education (IFHE), which is recognized by UGC of India. The various campuses offer different managerial and doctorate programs for their prospective students.
Campuses of Dehradun, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Jaipur offers two years MBA program, while campuses of Gurgaon, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Pune, and Mumbai offers two years PGPM program. These programs facilitate students with great exposure, academic excellence, various SIPs (Summer Internship Programmes), soft skill development, and rigorous training to excel in the corporate world. Few campuses also provide additional programs of BBA, Executive MBA, PGP Analytics, B.A. Economics, B.Com MBA Integrated, BSC Data Analytics, BBA MBA Integrated.
Apart from managerial programs, the campus of Hyderabad offers prospective students the opportunity of pursuing Ph.D. programs in economics, and management, for instigating management teaching, research, and consultancy skills in them. The Ph.D. program can be pursued full-time or part-time, depending on the students’ preference.
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Students seeking admission under the offered programs of ICFAI university have to clear the online aptitude test, called IBSAT, testing students’ abilities of quantitative, data adequacy, data interpretation, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and analytical reasoning. Besides these candidates with the scores of CAT, GMAT, NMAT of the current or preceding year (not before 2019), are also eligible for the selection process.
The admission process at any IBS campus begins with the application process of IBSAT. The IBSAT Application Forms are available at the official website of the ICFAI University. For completion of the process following steps are to be followed;
Visit the official website.
Fill the entire application form.
Upload the required documents.
Review the application form.
Submit the form.
IBSAT application forms are also available at the nearest marketing offices of respective campuses.The cost of the application form is Rs. 1800.
The selection process is based on the scores of IBSAT or qualifying exams of CAT, GMAT, NMAT, and two rounds of Group Discussion and Personal Interview.
Selection is based on cumulative records including qualifying scores, past academic marks, scores obtained in group discussion, and personal interviews.
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The Two courses offered by IBS at various locations are MBA and PGPM programs, both for a tenure of two years, facilitating students with world-class learning.
Along with the two managerial programs, IBS Hyderabad also offers its students the opportunity to pursue a Ph.D. program, full-time and part-time, based on students’ choice.
The detailed description of the courses offered and fee structure stated by the ICFAI Business School is;
IBS Campus | Program | Duration (In Years) | Fee Structure (In Lakhs) |
MBA Program B.A. Economics BBA Executive MBA PGP Analytics Part-Time | 2 3 3 1.8 1 | 16.02 3.20 7.10 5.25 3.20 | |
MBA Program B.Com MBA Integrated BSC Data Analytics BBA MBA Integrated | 2 5 3 5 | 12.06 15.36 3 15.36 | |
PGPM Program | 2 | 9.09 | |
PGPM Program | 2 | 9.09 | |
PGPM Program | 2 | 9.09 | |
PGPM Program | 2 | 9.09 | |
PGPM Program Ph.D. Program | 2 | 9.09 - | |
MBA Program | 2 | 6.03 | |
MBA Program | 2 | 6.03 | |
Ph.D. Program (Full Time/ Part-Time Ph.D. Economics Ph.D. Management | 4/6 4 4 | 1.2 (Full-time Ph.D. enrolled students are required to pay Rs. 40,000 for admission fee, and might get a full tuition fee waiver of Rs 60,000 on the basis of academic performance for the succeeding 8 semesters) 4.80 4.80 |
Hostel Facility for students is only available at two campus locations of ICFAI, are Hyderabad and Jaipur.
At IBS Hyderabad: The MBA program at IBS Hyderabad is a mandatory fully residential program. The students are allotted non-A/c Single rooms with a common washroom. The accommodation and mess expenses are to be paid by the student.
At IBS Jaipur: A hostel facility is also available at the IBS Jaipur. The accommodation and mess charges are to be paid by the student.
IBS Campus | Hostel Facility | Fees |
IBS Hyderabad | Yes | - |
IBS Jaipur | Yes | - |
IBS Campus | Courses Offered |
MBA Program B.A. Economics BBA Executive MBA PGP Analytics Part-Time Ph.D. Program (Full Time/ Part-Time Ph.D. Economics Ph.D. Management | |
IBS Hyderabad (off-campus- Bangalore) | MBA Program B.Com MBA Integrated BSC Data Analytics BBA MBA Integrated |
PGPM Program | |
PGPM Program | |
PGPM Program | |
PGPM Program | |
PGPM Program Ph.D. Program | |
MBA Program | |
MBA Program |
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Application Date:26 May,2025 - 10 June,2025
If you don't want to go for the IBS Ahmedabad then you can get admitted to the IBS Dehradun. There is no such mandatory thing to go for IBS Ahmedabad if its get cleared.
Both the business schools you have mentioned are quite good & there won't be much of a difference from the perspective of scope & career ahead.
For more information regarding IBS Dehradun you can consider the link below:
https://www.careers360.com/colleges/ibs-business-school-dehradun
For more information regarding IBS Ahmedabad you can consider link below:
https://www.careers360.com/colleges/ibs-business-school-ahmedabad
I hope this helps. Wish you a great eve!
After IBS Hyderabad, your Second Option must be IBS Mumbai, but incase you dont get that IBS Dehradun may be a good choice. Being part of the ICFAI University, the College provides effective management education besides providing standard placements.
For more information about IBS Dehradun do follow the link below
https://www.careers360.com/colleges/ibs-business-school-dehradun
Hello Student,
See both institutions are good at their place.
Still...here I'm mentioning some important points about these two colleges.
Jagannath international management school,it is located in kalkaji.
It is private college.
Accredited by NAAC with B grade and approved by AICET . Infrastructure provides many more good facilities like,Fully air conditioned classrooms,auditorium,conference hall,c computer labs,cafeteria.
Placement record is good.faculty members are also supportive and well educated here.Amazon,CBRE,Deloitte,asianpaints, Airtel,VIVO,PHILIPS,ICICI bank,HDFC bank,
These companies visiting the campus for recruitment every year.
IBS dehradun:
Institution get best B school state wise (private and public) in uttarakhand, ranking AAA by Careers 360 in 2017.
And it's Ranked 65th among best ‘Indian Management Institutes in Research.
Infrastructure is excellent with facilities like classrooms, computer labs,auditorium,cafeteria,library,well qualified faculty members.
Recruiters at IBS dehradun are:
Bajaj Auto,HCL,HDFC bank,ICICI bank,Vodafone,Tata Steel,Times of india,Voltas,Wipro Infotech,IFB,Reliance,SBI life,Kotak Mahindra,and list is goes on.
And yes I would say this institution is well known for quality education.
Hope this helps
Good luck!!!
Hello,
IBS Dehradun offers various programs of MBA, there are total intake of 60 candidates for MBA program. IBS dehradun is private Institute affiliated to ICFAI University.
There are different IBS in all over India.
For more details about IBS Dehradun you should read this article .
I hope this answer helps you.
Good Luck!!
Hello,
IBSAT is an online aptitude test conducted by The ICFAI Foundation For Higher Education (a deemed to be University under Section 3 of UGC act 1956), for students seeking admission to the MBA / PhD programs of IBS Hyderabad.
IBSAT is a Computer Based Test (CBT) and consists of multiple choice questions. IBSAT is of 2 hours duration and is aimed at testing the applicant’s ability in quantitative techniques, data interpretation, data adequacy, vocabulary,analytical reasoning and reading comprehension.
CAT/ GMAT / NMAT
GMAT®/NMAT by GMACTM/CAT scores (from 2017 onwards) are also accepted in place of IBSAT 2019. Candidates with GMAT®, NMAT by GMACTM or CAT scores are exempted from IBSAT 2019.
The ICFAI University, Dehradun, The ICFAI University, Jaipur and The Icfaian Foundation accept IBSAT 2019 / GMAT®/ NMAT by GMACTM/CAT scores (from 2017 onwards) for admission to the following programs:
MBA program offered by IBS Dehradun and IBS Jaipur.
PGPM(Post Graduate Program in Management) program offered by IBS Ahmedabad, IBS Bengaluru, IBS Gurgaon,
IBS Kolkata, IBS Mumbai and IBS Pune campuses
Candidates who have qualified based on IBSAT 2019/ GMAT® /NMAT by GMACTM/CAT score are called for the selection process at IBS Hyderabad in February 2020. The selection process comprises of Group Discussion and Personal Interview.
The final selection is based on past academic record and performance of the candidates in Group Discussion and Personal Interview
You can visit the site in future for important dates
Thankyou, I hope it helped, feel free to approach for further queries.