Last Updated on November 26, 2014 by MBAUniverse.com News Desk
B School Rankings: MBAUniverse.com Ranks IIM A, B, C, XLRI & SPJIMR as top 5
To guide lakhs of MBA entrance test takers the 5th MBAUniverse.com annual B school Ranking 2014-15 has been released
To guide 1.97 lakh CAT 2014, around 1 lakh prospective XAT 2015 and lakhs of other MBA entrance test takers the 5th MBAUniverse.com annual B school ranking 2014-15 has been released. While IIM Ahmedabad has retained the top position, IIM Calcutta and IIM Bangalore are ranked at No. 2 and No. 3 slot. XLRI and SPJIMR ranked at No. 4 and No. 5 position on MBAUniverse.com Ranking 2015. Factoring in the latest admissions, accreditation and placements data, there are many ups and downs in Top 25 B-school rankings. Complete B School Rankings check here
B school ranking by MBAUniverse.com is widely recognized and regarded as Indias most comprehensive & toughest MBA ranking, with participation from virtually all IIMs, XLRI, FMS, JBIMS and from almost all the top 100 B-schools. The survey has been conducted under the guidance of a high-power advisory body comprising Dr MR Rao, former Dean, ISB Hyderabad; Dr Debashis Chatterjee, former Director, IIM K and Dr RK Shukla, former Principal Economist of National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER).
The strict parameters and Research Methodology adopted in B school ranking 2014-15 by MBAUniverse.com has thrown up many surprises. Realizing the need of Globalization of Indian Management Education, weightage has also been awarded to the Accreditation of the B schools by AACSB, EQUIS or AMBA.
Top 10 B schools in Ranking 2015
IIM A retained its 1st rank followed by IIM C at 2 and IIM B at 3. Among the private B schools XLRI led the position at 4th position followed by SPJIMR at 5th position. IIM Lucknow slipped to 6th position. IIM K moved up to position 7 followed by IIM Indore at 8th position. NMIMS Mumbai and MDI Gurgaon occupied the 9th and 10th positions respectively. Complete Ranking check here
New IIMs Ranked
Newer IIMs also actively participated in the MBAUniverse.com B school Ranking Survey 2015 and found their place among top 30 B schools of India. IIM Trichy moved up to the 18th rank, IIM Ranchi has occupied the 25th position and IIM Udaipur, the 2015 CAP conducting IIM, has been placed at 30th rank.
PGDM B Schools shine
In a rare show of pursuit for excellence, PGDM B schools have moved upwards. While XLRI has been the torch bearer of excellence occupying the 4th position, SPJIMR, MDI, IMI, IMT, TAPMI, BIMTECH and many others have worked harder on various parameters to climb the ladder of hierarchy.
To know more on PGDM B schools ranking check now
Ranking 2014-15: Credible guide to choose the right B school
Every year around 3 lakh MBA aspirants search the MBA admission opportunities and therefore need an authentic and relevant yardstick as a guide to take decision about which MBA programmes to apply and accept the admission offer. MBAUniverse.com B schools Ranking survey 2014-15 has ranked the B school on transparent and important parameters in the changing scenario of management education going global. A higher weightage on teacher student ratio, International Accreditation by agencies like AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA has been awarded to the respective B schools in placing them rankwise.
Mr Amit Agnihotri, Chairman, MBAUniverse.com on the occasion of release of B school ranking 2014-15 said The results of B-school survey 2015 aims at providing an authentic and credible tool to MBA aspirants who will be seeking admission to B-schools of their choice after taking CAT 2014, XAT 2015 and other entrance exams. Our survey is based on unique methodology that covers Inputs, Processes and Outputs of a B-school. A comprehensive questionnaire covers these data points. Our Rankings are completely based on Data and Facts, and has no Perception surveys.
MBAUniverse.com B school Ranking 2014-15: Advisory Body
B school Ranking Survey 2014-15 at MBAUniverse.com has been conducted under the guidance of a high powered advisory body including Dr MR Rao, former Dean, ISB Hyderabad; Dr Debashis Chatterjee, former Director, IIM K and Dr RK Shukla, former Principal Economist of National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER).
Dr Bakul Dholakia, former Director of IIM Ahmedabad had voluntarily decided to step down from the MBAUniverse.com Ranking Advisory body to avoid potential conflict of interest. Dr Dholakia was the chair-person of MBAUniverse.com Ranking Advisory body for last four years. He recently joined IMI New Delhi as its Director General. In his guidance, MBAUniverse.com Ranking established itself as one of Indias most respected B-school Ranking.
Highlights and USPs of Ranking 2014-15
There are several innovations undertaken by ranking research team to ensure that MBAUniverse.com B-school Ranking 2015 presents most honest and accurate picture of B-schools. Our research team has also cross-checked the data from the AICTE & UGC mandatory disclosures. Such checks acted as a deterrent against inaccurate data shared by many B-schools with inexperienced research agencies and media houses.
Data-driven Methodology:Since its inception, MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings has been using data, and data alone, to measure performance of B-schools.
Latest Data used: MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings have used the latest data, based on admissions for the 2014-16 Batch. Almost all rankings reply on one year old data. A lot gets changed in a year.
Maximum participation:Top IIMs including IIM Ahmedabad, XLRI, and virtually each one of Top B-school has participated in MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings. Hence the data is comprehensive and one can compare it across the biggest universe.
XLRI leads: XLRI Jamshedpur leads the pack of Non-IIM B-schools by keeping on with its earlier position at number 4 Rank.
Weight age to Accreditation: Apart from other factors like cut offs, faculty size and average salary, weightage to International Accreditation by AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA has been awarded in arriving at the Ranking position 2015 of the respective B schools.
Toughest Ranking Survey: IIMs, XLRI, Public Institutes like IIFT, IRMA, IITs, FMS, and other 150 B-schools participated in MBAUniverse.com B school Ranking 2014-15 by filling a 12-page comprehensive questionnaire. It is Indias toughest survey to get ranked on.
MBAUniverse.com used the provision of Right to Information (RTI) to gather valuable information data from maximum number of B Schools of the country.
Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more updates on B school Ranking
B school ranking by MBAUniverse.com is widely recognized and regarded as Indias most comprehensive & toughest MBA ranking, with participation from virtually all IIMs, XLRI, FMS, JBIMS and from almost all the top 100 B-schools. The survey has been conducted under the guidance of a high-power advisory body comprising Dr MR Rao, former Dean, ISB Hyderabad; Dr Debashis Chatterjee, former Director, IIM K and Dr RK Shukla, former Principal Economist of National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER).
The strict parameters and Research Methodology adopted in B school ranking 2014-15 by MBAUniverse.com has thrown up many surprises. Realizing the need of Globalization of Indian Management Education, weightage has also been awarded to the Accreditation of the B schools by AACSB, EQUIS or AMBA.
Top 10 B schools in Ranking 2015
IIM A retained its 1st rank followed by IIM C at 2 and IIM B at 3. Among the private B schools XLRI led the position at 4th position followed by SPJIMR at 5th position. IIM Lucknow slipped to 6th position. IIM K moved up to position 7 followed by IIM Indore at 8th position. NMIMS Mumbai and MDI Gurgaon occupied the 9th and 10th positions respectively. Complete Ranking check here
New IIMs Ranked
Newer IIMs also actively participated in the MBAUniverse.com B school Ranking Survey 2015 and found their place among top 30 B schools of India. IIM Trichy moved up to the 18th rank, IIM Ranchi has occupied the 25th position and IIM Udaipur, the 2015 CAP conducting IIM, has been placed at 30th rank.
PGDM B Schools shine
In a rare show of pursuit for excellence, PGDM B schools have moved upwards. While XLRI has been the torch bearer of excellence occupying the 4th position, SPJIMR, MDI, IMI, IMT, TAPMI, BIMTECH and many others have worked harder on various parameters to climb the ladder of hierarchy.
To know more on PGDM B schools ranking check now
Ranking 2014-15: Credible guide to choose the right B school
Every year around 3 lakh MBA aspirants search the MBA admission opportunities and therefore need an authentic and relevant yardstick as a guide to take decision about which MBA programmes to apply and accept the admission offer. MBAUniverse.com B schools Ranking survey 2014-15 has ranked the B school on transparent and important parameters in the changing scenario of management education going global. A higher weightage on teacher student ratio, International Accreditation by agencies like AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA has been awarded to the respective B schools in placing them rankwise.
Mr Amit Agnihotri, Chairman, MBAUniverse.com on the occasion of release of B school ranking 2014-15 said The results of B-school survey 2015 aims at providing an authentic and credible tool to MBA aspirants who will be seeking admission to B-schools of their choice after taking CAT 2014, XAT 2015 and other entrance exams. Our survey is based on unique methodology that covers Inputs, Processes and Outputs of a B-school. A comprehensive questionnaire covers these data points. Our Rankings are completely based on Data and Facts, and has no Perception surveys.
MBAUniverse.com B school Ranking 2014-15: Advisory Body
B school Ranking Survey 2014-15 at MBAUniverse.com has been conducted under the guidance of a high powered advisory body including Dr MR Rao, former Dean, ISB Hyderabad; Dr Debashis Chatterjee, former Director, IIM K and Dr RK Shukla, former Principal Economist of National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER).
Dr Bakul Dholakia, former Director of IIM Ahmedabad had voluntarily decided to step down from the MBAUniverse.com Ranking Advisory body to avoid potential conflict of interest. Dr Dholakia was the chair-person of MBAUniverse.com Ranking Advisory body for last four years. He recently joined IMI New Delhi as its Director General. In his guidance, MBAUniverse.com Ranking established itself as one of Indias most respected B-school Ranking.
Highlights and USPs of Ranking 2014-15
There are several innovations undertaken by ranking research team to ensure that MBAUniverse.com B-school Ranking 2015 presents most honest and accurate picture of B-schools. Our research team has also cross-checked the data from the AICTE & UGC mandatory disclosures. Such checks acted as a deterrent against inaccurate data shared by many B-schools with inexperienced research agencies and media houses.
Data-driven Methodology:Since its inception, MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings has been using data, and data alone, to measure performance of B-schools.
Latest Data used: MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings have used the latest data, based on admissions for the 2014-16 Batch. Almost all rankings reply on one year old data. A lot gets changed in a year.
Maximum participation:Top IIMs including IIM Ahmedabad, XLRI, and virtually each one of Top B-school has participated in MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings. Hence the data is comprehensive and one can compare it across the biggest universe.
XLRI leads: XLRI Jamshedpur leads the pack of Non-IIM B-schools by keeping on with its earlier position at number 4 Rank.
Weight age to Accreditation: Apart from other factors like cut offs, faculty size and average salary, weightage to International Accreditation by AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA has been awarded in arriving at the Ranking position 2015 of the respective B schools.
Toughest Ranking Survey: IIMs, XLRI, Public Institutes like IIFT, IRMA, IITs, FMS, and other 150 B-schools participated in MBAUniverse.com B school Ranking 2014-15 by filling a 12-page comprehensive questionnaire. It is Indias toughest survey to get ranked on.
MBAUniverse.com used the provision of Right to Information (RTI) to gather valuable information data from maximum number of B Schools of the country.
Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more updates on B school Ranking