ICFAI Business School Hyderabad
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| Motto | Meritum Ethicus |
|---|---|
| Type | Private Business School |
| Established | 1995 |
| Founder | N.J. Yasaswy |
Parent institution | ICFAI |
| Accreditation | |
| Affiliation | The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (Since 2008) |
| Director | Venu Gopal Rao K S |
| Address | Survey No. 156/157, IFHE-IBS Campus, Donthanapally Shankarapalli Road , Hyderabad , India 17°25′14″N 78°13′04″E / 17.42045°N 78.21785°E |
| Campus | Urban, 91 acres (37 ha) |
| Colours | Blue and Red |
| Website | ibsindia |
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The ICFAI Business School Hyderabad (IBS Hyderabad) is a business school in India. It was founded in 1995 and is located in Dontanapalli, Shankarpally Road, Hyderabad.
IBS Hyderabad is a constituent of the ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE), a Deemed-to-be-University as per the UGC Act 1956. IBS Hyderabad is accredited by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 2020.
IBS Hyderabad was established in 1995. It is promoted by the ICFAI Group. Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) is a not-for-profit educational society founded by N.J. Yasaswy, Besant C. Raj and Dr. Prasanna Chandra in the year 1984.[citation needed] After the establishment of IFHE in 2008, IBS Hyderabad became its first constituent.[1]
Programs
The major programs offered at IBS Hyderabad are MBA, PhD and BBA. As of 2020, it is also the only institution in India that is offering AACSB-accredited programs at the undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral levels.[2] IBS Hyderabad also offers a number of certificate courses in Management. ICFAI Business School (IBS) offered scholarship program worth 10 crores to students.
IBS campuses located at Hyderabad, Bangalore are part of IFHE (Deemed-to-be University under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956) Dehradun and Jaipur are part of ICFAI Universities (State private university) and offer two year full-time Masters in Business Administration (MBA) programs.
IBS campuses located at Ahmedabad, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune offer a two year full-time Postgraduate Program in Management(PGPM). The Program prepares the students and equip them for successful corporate careers. These campuses are independent professional institutions and are neither affiliated to nor are off-campus centers of any University.
Admission Procedure
The candidates seeking admission to MBA/PGPM Program at any of the 9 IBS Campuses have to appear for IBSAT 2023.
IBSAT 2025:
The admissions for the MBA/PGPM and PhD programs are based on IBSAT 2025, Group Discussion & Interview.
- Test Window - 4th week of December, 2025
- Two hour Computer Based Test (CBT)
- Group discussion/Personal Interview during February/ March 2026.
Eligibility:
- Graduation in any discipline with minimum 50% marks and medium of instruction as English.
- All applicants should have completed a minimum of 15 years of regular education( on 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 basis).
IBS Case Research Center
IBS Hyderabad has adopted the case method of pedagogy. The IBS Case Research Center is a center of excellence at the institution.[3] Led by Debapratim Purkayastha, the center has developed more than 6,500 case studies that are used in leading schools across the world.[4] The center has a number of bestselling cases and regularly wins awards in international competitions.[5][6] In 2020, number of bestselling cases from IBS was next only to that of Harvard Business School.[7] In terms of awards won at The Case Centre since 2011, IBS Hyderabad was next only to Harvard Business School and INSEAD.[8][9]
