ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad

About College:

The Institute for Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) was started back in the year 1984. The same year, also saw the opening of the ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) come in to being in Hyderabad, then the capital of undivided Andhra Pradesh (AP). The IFHE is right now, one of the leading educational groups in the country. Its tentacles spread far and wide, across multiple locations in India. Some of the leading cities with presence of IFHE centres include the likes of- Kolkata, Bengaluru, Shimla, Gurugram, Jaipur, Mumbai, Pune, Agartala, Gangtok, Raipur, Shillong, Dehradun, Ahmedabad, Kohima, Ranchi and of course in Hyderabad. 

These institutions exist under two broad brand names- the ICFAI University and the IBS (ICFAI Business School). The total campus area stretches over ninety- two acres of land in the state capital of Telangana. The IFHE has been deemed to be a university by the UGC (University Grants Commission). It has also received accreditation from the NAAC (National Assessments and Accreditation Council), with an A grade rating. A separate IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) has been created to this end, to ensure that all the terms of the NAAC are complied with. The IFHE was formally formed in the year 2008. 

En number of courses are on offer, at the various departments, constituent colleges and affiliated institutions, as part of the IFHE. These courses exist right form the UG till the doctoral levels. At the under- grad level, for the science students, the IFHE Hyderabad offers courses in Physics and in Mathematics. At the master’s level, an MSc. may be pursued in Data Analytics. A B. Tech may be undertaken in the engineering areas of- Civil, Mechanical, Information Technology, Computer Science, Electrical & Electronics and for Electronics & Communication. Likewise, an M. Tech is on offer for several, more specialized areas. 

These are in Manufacturing Systems Engineering and in VLSI. Those wishing to pursue a career in business or management, may opt for a BBA at the UG level, and MBA for masters. An Executive MBA is also up on offer for working professionals, unable to devote full- time attention towards academics. Architecture aspirants may go for the B. Arch. The Law School here has its courses approved by the BCI (Bar Council of India), as is the norm for legal education in the country. The mode for legal education at the UG level here, is the five- year model, pursued immediately after school. 

It is an integrated LLB plus programme. The LLB of course is the standard degree offered to Common Law countries’ legal study graduates. This may be undertaken in combo with two options. One of them is the most common BA LLB. The other is the BBA LLB. The one with BBA was started due to the realization that students wanted a study theme which could combine the legal and business aspects. It even enables the smooth transition to a life of entrepreneurship or future MBA studies which many students opt for anyway. At the post grad level, there is the one- year LLM. 

At this level, the studies get more specialized. This is the programme where research is highly encouraged. This LLM may be taken up with one of two specializations offered. These are in Taxation and in Corporate & Commercial Law. For admissions to these programmes, the scores of nationally recognized entrance exams are counted. The CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) and the LSAT (Law School Admission Test) remain the key ones. The CLAT includes 200 objective type multiple choice questions to be answered within a maximum time limit of 120 minutes. These 200 questions are divided into Legal Aptitude and GK hogging half the total share with 50 questions each. 

English and Reasoning are worth 40 each while math which is quite elementary is worth 20. For every wrong answer, a fourth of negative marks gets deducted. CLAT is also one of the few law entrances that were conducted on online mode, but has now reverted to the offline avatar. The LSAT does not have GK or math, but has extra rounds of reasoning. Other nationalized or international papers in CAT (Common Admission Test), NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture), JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) Mains, ATIT (Admission Test for ICFAI Tech) and GMAT (Graduate Management Aptitude Test) are considered for the other areas of study. 

A number of case studies have also been developed by the IFHE. The library here is one of the best stocked within the region. Besides the physical books on display, it also provides digital access to en number of international academic journals for research and academic purposes. All this and much more has led to highly respectable rankings across the board. The NIRF (National Institutional Research Framework) has placed the Business School at rank 26^th all India. Likewise, the Careers 360 magazine has placed the law school at 6^th rank and 20^th among all universities. Not to be left behind, the engineering college has been accorded a AAAA rating by the same magazine.