History and rankings – IFIM Business School, Bangalore was founded in 1995 with its first batch of students graduating in 1997. Today, IFIM finds its place among the best B-schools from amongst the 500+ Business Schools in the country. New Indian Express has ranked IFIM the 5^th best in South India for placements. MBAuniverse.com has ranked IFIM as the 19^th best B-school in the country. Outlook has ranked IFIM as the 37^th best and Business India places IFIM among the top 50 best B-schools in India. All programs of IFIM Business School are approved by AICTE. The PGDM program of IFIM has been accredited by National board of Accreditation and the program is considered to be equivalent to MBA by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). The institute is in advanced stages of obtaining its accreditation from SAQS.

Accreditation and Courses: The programs offered by IFIM Business School are approved/accredited by – The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. Programs offered include 2 year full time Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), PGDM – International Business, PGDM – Finance and PGDM for working professionals.

The differentiating factors: IFIM Business School has come to acquire a unique institutional equity with all its incumbent attributes such as excellent infrastructure, holistic curriculum, state of the art pedagogy, an excellent blend of seasoned academicians and industry practitioners as faculty, comprehensive Industry Internship Program imparting 6 months of real life experience and academic partnerships with Universities of International repute. Its strategic location in Electronic City, Bangalore provides the school with an unfair advantage to build robust relationships with Indias leading multi-national corporation located therein and provides its students the ability to learn from the experiences of their practicing business leaders.

Curriculum: IFIM Business Schools curriculum has been designed for developing business ready managers. The blending of theoretical knowledge with practice makes IFIM Business School the best platform for experiential learning. Personality Development and Wellness is integrated tightly into the academics resulting in the development of well balanced, pleasing personalities in our students.

Scholarships: The patrons of IFIM Business School offer scholarship to meritorious students. These scholarships range from complete to 50% tuition waiver. Students with a score of 80 percentile and above in CAT are eligible for applying for such scholarships.

Admissions: Applications to IFIM Business Schools programs are now invited for admissions to 2011-2013 batch. Interested candidates may download the application form through www.ifimbschool.com or apply through Career Launcher, Career Forum or Cerebral Heights. The last date to apply for the PGDM program is January 31^st 2011.

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