Course Duration
1 YearThe admission to the flagship Post Graduate Programme at the Indian School of Business can be secured via one of the following 3 modes basis your work experience and academic status.
1) Bachelor or equivalent degree
2) Valid GMAT / GRE score
3) Min 24 months of full-time work experience
1) Bachelor or equivalent degree
2) Valid GMAT / GRE score
3) Less than 24 months of full-time work experience
1) A current college student
2) In the pre-final or final year
3) Have no full-time work experience
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One of my friends is from the ISB Mohali campus. She is currently on an exchange term at Hyderabad. As I have visited both the campuses personally so have a decent understanding of the pros and cons for both.
Advantages at Hyderabad campus
Advantages at Mohali campus
Compared to Hyderabad, the catering in Mohali is also much better, but this may be a temporary phenomenon.
Obtaining subjects of your preference. During the elective terms, ISB follows an online bidding system for courses. Given the size of the Hyderabad campus, there are limited bid points so students wishing to take all the popular courses is not possible. There is no issue like this in Mohali campus.
Placements: The school tries its hardest to balance both the campuses equally, so no trend in placements is observed. The campus placements for the Mohali students this year was better compared to Hyderabad, but Hyderabad has done better in the past.
Categories |
ISB Mohali |
ISB Hyderabad |
Course Fee |
30 lakhs |
31 lakhs |
Placement Percentage |
100% |
85% |
Highest CTC |
25 LPA |
24 LPA |
Average CTC |
20 LPA |
15-20 LPA |
Recruiting Companies |
Google, Microsoft, Wipro, Infosys |
TCS, ABP, Network 18, Kearney Limited |
GPA per batch is calculated by the school. Therefore, for scoring a high GPA or scoring honours, there is no definitive edge to staying at either campus.
My cousin belonged to the Mohali campus of ISB and during her exchange term, she observed and compared the pros and cons of both campuses. I have listed the major pros of both colleges.
ISB Hyderabad
ISB Mohali
ISB maintains a strict balance between both campuses and the placement statistics are a testament to that as no major differences can be observed.
Overall my cousin never regretted choosing Mohali over Hyderabad and recommends the same to everyone.
ISB Hyderabad's selection criteria lay great emphasis on Work Experience. The candidates are preferred and differentiated based on this aspect a lot here. To overcome this problem, ISB Hyderabad has come up with an Early Entry Option wherein candidates with little or no work experience can freely be evaluated on the basis of their academic performance, leadership potential, and personality attributes. Some highlights of the selection process of an Early Entry candidate are
The best thing an Early Entry applicant can do to increase his/her chances of admission is to get involved in extracurricular activities or get additional certificates and prepare best for the interview
My brother has had an experience with both campuses and claims that both colleges are unique in their own aspects. Some major differences between the two campuses are
Rather than choosing the campus, make the best out of whatever is available to you.
When applying to ISB, you will not have the option to choose between the campuses in Hyderabad or Mohali. Instead, you will have the opportunity to indicate your campus preference during the application process, but it should be noted that ISB may or may not take this into consideration. This is done in order to maintain equality between the two campuses so that neither campus students feel like they are at a disadvantage.
While in rare cases, ISB may take your specific location preference into consideration, it is highly unlikely. It should be noted that even in cases where requests for campus change have been made for reasons such as family or health, ISB has denied such requests. This is a reflection of the diverse student body that ISB attracts.
Firstly it's not up to you to choose Hyderabad or Mohali. You can just apply to ISB and the campus is allotted on the basis of a strange algorithm.
Now coming back to the question of your chances of getting into ISB, it seems I know nothing about your profile. I will state some general points regarding ISB Hyderabad admissions
More than work experience, the quality of your work and achievements matter more. While writing the essays mention the unique qualities and roles you have fulfilled in life.
ISB Hyderabad and ISB Mohali are two different campuses of the same school. ISB Hyderabad is one of the top private business schools in India and it is the main campus. The other campus is in Mohali. The college was ranked 10 in 2020 by the composite rank for MBA. Even though they are two different schools, they have the same unified admission process.
There is a very minute difference between both schools. ISB Mohali has small batches; the teachers of ISB Mohali are from US B schools while in ISB Hyderabad there are in-house teachers. ISB Hyderabad is more renowned as compared to the Mohali campus.
Placements:
In terms of placements, both the colleges have the same placements, same admission processes, and same courses.
Infrastructure:
In terms of infrastructure, ISB Mohali has a comparatively new campus but in comparison to ISB Hyderabad, the new campus is smaller and has fewer facilities than the one in Hyderabad.
Therefore, the above mentioned are the differences between the two schools.
It’s hard to draw a differentiating line between the two campuses.
Peer Group:
The admission committee selects the incoming class and distributes it across the two campuses. So, you will get a similar peer group at both campuses.
Placements:
ISB Hyderabad and ISB Mohali conduct placements as a single school. Fore placements, students of one campus fly down to another. Students also don’t mention their campus on their CV. ISB Mohali placements 2022 had an average CTC of INR 34.07 LPA.
Education:
The quality of education and pedagogy are the same for both campuses. The faculties shuffle between the campuses and there are guest faculties from reputed B-Schools like MIT, Kellogg, LBS, etc.
At ISB Mohali, you will get almost the same academic experience as ISB Hyderabad.