How's the placement in PES University for MBA students (Finance and Marketing)?

PES University, Bangalore offers a plethora of programs, including MBA. It ranks number 1 in MBA programs under VTU. In addition to this, PES is amongst the top 20 private B-schools in India (Careers 360). The university is the second most preferred destination for B-school aspirants next to IIMB according to Times of India. The institution’s ultimate aim through its MBA programs is to make its students worthy of excellent placements and salaries.

• PESU offers 5 specializations in MBA. They are Business Analytics, Human Capital, Capital Markets, Finance, and Marketing.

• Scholarships are provided for MBA studies at PESU. The faculty are also known to be experts in their respective fields.

• The MBA department boasts of world-renowned facilities such as the Analytics center which is a revolutionary lab with software such as IBM’s COGNOS. It also has other software such as InfoSphere and SAS. An advanced finance lab is also a part of the department.

Placement Statistics:

• Some of the top recruiters are Honeywell, L’oreal, ICICI Bank, Bosch, ITC, Nestle, HP, Quikr, Oracle, Morgan Stanley, Kotak, Genpact, Amazon, Axis Bank, Deloitte, HDFC Bank, etc.

• For the MBA batch of 2015-17, Consulting was the highest recruiting sector and Investments were the highest recruiting function or profile. 221 students were placed in the 52 recruiting companies and 194 offers of recruitment were made, the majority of which were made by Oracle. The highest and average packages offered were INR 8 LPA and 5.2 LPA, respectively.

• In more recent times, around the academic years of 2019-20, 80% of the students were placed and the highest salary package offered was 10 LPA. The average salary package ranges from 3 to 4.8 LPA.

• Top global companies recruit PES MBA graduates, a large proportion of which are Fortune-500 organizations.

Therefore, PES University is a decent option for those looking for MBA programs that are outstanding. The recruitments or placements for the same are picking up pace slowly but steadily, as well. One must make a decision of whether to attend PES or not for MBA after comparing it with their other options carefully.