Symbiosis Online Executive MBA

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Pune is one of the leading destinations for management education offering top-notch courses in management to empower those who want to advance in careers through learning. Through quality education, this institution’s vision is to provide international understanding leading to an advanced global connection and sharing excellence in spreading knowledge. Adding to its glorious history, SIBM Pune is ranked 17th among management institutes of India according to NIRF 2023 rankings in the management category. 

The two-year programme Executive MBA programme provided by SIBM Pune is one of the premier courses that consists of a robust curriculum backed up by a pedagogy that enhances student participation and broadens the horizon for expanding & acquiring a variety of perspectives. A course that is a good fit for those who are working professionals customised according to their needs, also provides a platform for the student to use their brains in solving real-world problems.

The focus is on the understanding of subjects, both general and specialisation-based, in such depth that it tunes their leadership elements to get forged into a complete leader personality. Along with that, the students get to cultivate growth in critical thinking and question business assumptions by extracting insights that will expand their ways of thinking.

Some of the advantages of this course are getting specialisations such as marketing, finance, operations & supply chain, and analytics & IT as both major and minor subjects.  Along with that, the students don’t have to take leave as they can work during weekdays while attending classes during weekends at the Lavale campus in Pune. The Executive MBA classes are held offline and on-campus. The fees have two aspects, one is the academic fee and the other is an institute deposit. The academic fee is given in 4 instalments and the institute deposit is paid alongside the first deposit. The academic fee is INR 6.93 Lakhs and the institute deposit is INR 10K.

The following conditions should be met for applying to this institute-

• Must be a graduate of a recognised university/institute of national importance.
• Should have graduation marks of a minimum of 50% or an equivalent grade.
• If the student is from a distance education background, the university providing the distance education should be approved by UGC or AICTE.
• Must have full-time work experience of a minimum of 1 year, after graduation.

You get the following options for fee payment: 

• No Cost 6 Months EMI Option available for loan
• Loan option with interest available in 9 & 12 EMIs
• EMI dates may vary on a case to case basis
• 1% + GST* processing fees will be charged by the loan partner in 6/9/12 months EMI

This institute has a proper examination pattern in place. There will be internal marking and external marking. Through classes, the student will do course assignments. The student will also have to do two projects in sem-1, and sem-4 (based on specialisation). Based on relative performance, the assessment of each student is taken up. Then there is a term-end examination at the end of each semester.

When it comes to evaluation, the maximum grade point that can be achieved is 10 which corresponds to a grade A+ and the minimum grade point to pass in both internal and external examinations is 4 which corresponds to a grade D. Any grade below D will be considered fail. The university will award a degree to a student if the CGPA obtained is a minimum of 4.

SIBM Pune has an impeccable record for placements of their students. The highest CTC achieved was 35.05 LPA and the average CTC achieved was 27.77 LPA. Companies such as Accenture, Aditya Birla, American Express, Asian Paints, etc. were one of the many recruiters on the lookout for trained professionals. Some of the job roles in which these students got placed are the following-