Debojyoti Roy's Review on School of Management Studies - University of Hyderabad (SMS Hyderabad)
Placements and Internships
- I am currently in the first year of my study and just completed my 1st semester in School of Management Studies.
- Companies like UAS International, Vodafone, Decathlon, etc. offered us with a winter internship spanning a month which would have provided us with a monthly stipend of around Rs. 10,000 rupees the extra benefits like trips to Goa and Malaysia.
- Presently I am doing two internships one of which is online associated with Wooplr and the other is an advertisement based internship in Motionik.
- The companies like TCS hire for business analyst, operations, and marketing role.
- Deloitte is a major recruiter offering roles for finance under US Taxation.
- ITC provides opportunities for the marketing students. Other companies like Fluentgrid, Time and HCl recruits from our campus.
- In terms of percentage of batch placed every year, our b-school stands out as it places more than 95% of the candidates with the highest package of TRs. 8.5 lakhs to the lowest of Rs. 3.5 lakhs.
- We have alumni meet every year where we try to connect to our senior batches and form one efficient and effective network.
- Most of our alumni are placed in extremely reputed organizations and hold influential positions.
- Our alumni network is spread across companies like Microsoft, Google, Oracle to name a few.
- Overall I can say that the Alumni network is very active and roaring.
College Infrastructure and Hostel Facilities
- There are more than 50 hostels in School of Management Studies and they are almost free.
- Outside the campus, the PGs are very expensive and normally students do not opt for that.
- Food costs Rs.30 per meal and extra dishes cost more. Overall a food cost is Rs. 2,500 per month on an average and quality is pretty decent.
- It's an entirely WiFi enabled campus and wherever one goes he/she can find a hotspot.
- Every Hostel rooms have a broadband connection with speeds exceeding 2Mbps.
- The Indira Gandhi library is one of India's largest and most advanced and completely solar powered.
- The classrooms all have projectors, WiFi connectivity and are extremely clean.
Entrance Exams and Admissions
- In School of Management Studies, [SMS] Hyderabad University, Hyderabad the students has to clear the CAT exam to be eligible for the course.
- I applied 1 month prior to CAT examination by visiting the University of Hyderabad official website and applying for the course online. I was shortlisted and the results were declared on the official website itself.
- After the list was declared I had to go through the group discussion stage followed by the personal interview round in the month of March 2016.
- Since the college, it is not among the top tier colleges in India the cut-offs are low but it is better to have a score of 65 percentile or more in CAT to be on the safer side since the cut-off vary each year based on the competition.
Academics and Faculty
- Class begins at 9:00 am in the morning and continues till 4:00 pm in the afternoon.
- Exams, projects, and assignments like there are 3 internals and multiple projects in a semester. Each internal carries 30 marks along with the projects and is very important to get good grades.
- The teachers are highly qualified and each professor works on government policy making projects and the impact of such policies on business and economy.
- Teachers have an association with Indian School of business and visit as guest lecturers as well.
- Teachers are extremely helpful and provide extra classes every day if needed.
- Both the quality and method of teaching are commendable.
- The overall experience is awesome.
Fees and Scholarships
- Course fee in School of Management Studies is Rs. 75,000 per annum on an average.
- If a person is from Telangana and from the reserved category they receive a reimbursement from the government but I cannot say much about the other scholarship opportunities as I did not receive one.
- With such a nominal amount of Rs. 1.5 lakhs for the entire course of MBA students do not normally opt for loans but if one still requires it SBI will grant him/her loans as Hyderabad Central University has separate SBI branch inside the campus which cater specially to student's needs.
Clubs and Associations
- In School of Management Studies, there is Debates club, singing club, dance club all are an integral part of the campus.
- Festivals like Sukoon which is the University fest is a huge attraction as rock bands and games fill the atmosphere with joy and excitement.
- Unnati is the management fest which is organised by the business school department.
- There are numerous sports fests held every year which involves football, cricket, basketball, badminton etc.
- Cultural fests are held every now and then since people from all across India and the world constellate in one place.
- Bengali cultural fest, Malayalam cultural fest, North East cultural fest is always being organized.
- Life is college is awesome and I never feel like going home.
4.2
Placements & Internships
3.5
Fees & Scholarships
5
Academics & Faculty
3.5
College Infrastructure & Hostel Facilities
4.5
Clubs & Associations
4.5
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Entrance Exams & Admissions : Eligibility criteria to join MBA in SMS Hyderabad is any graduation with an equivalent of 60% & have to score in CAT as best as possible . On the based of CAT percentile, a respective department will shortlist the candidates for GD & PI . Again after this department will make a final list, who can join. The atmosphere in college is so amazing, really I love it.
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Entrance Exams & Admissions : Eligibility criteria for joining the School of Management Studies, [SMS] Hyderabad University, Hyderabad is clearing the CAT exam with 60% and above is enough for general category. The faculty is excellent at the college.
