Is doing an MBA in TNOU Tamil Nadu Open University worth it?

Tamil Nadu Open University is the primary University within the state to have introduced the credit-based, self–learning materials in print. It is recognized by UGC, NCTE, RCI, and DEB. The University specializes in UG and PG programs and offers Certificate and Vocational courses to the candidates alongside full-fledged courses with 218 Programmes in various disciplines.

The MBA degree of TNOP is specialized in 3 different departments namely Hospital Administration, Logistics Management, and Shipping and Logistics Management that are offered to the scholars for higher education.

Eligibility:

• To be eligible to get admitted to an MBA (Masters of Business Administration) course in any specialization at Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOP), one must hold any UG degree with at least 50% marks in aggregate.

• Further, the selection will be done based on merit followed by the counseling.

The fee structure of the MBA programs is as follows.

Faculty:

• TNOU features vast faculty members with quite 15 years of teaching experience in their respective fields.

• Most of the school members are Ph.D. holders in their respective fields or disciples.

Placements:

• TNOU offers a spread of Seminars, Guest Lectures, webinars, Conferences, Corporate Meets, Personality Development & Communication Skills Programs, and Counselling Sessions to prepare the candidates before the placements drive.

• Till now TNOU has successfully placed quite 60,000 students and has been continuously working to bring the only placement opportunities for the students.

• As of the 2019-20 stats, 80% of the students got placed with a decent salary package that was offered to the students.

• Companies like TCS, Accenture, Infosys, Bajaj, Axis Bank, and a few IT companies visit the University for internship and placements programs.

• The salary packages offered to the students ranged between rupees 15000-25000 per month.

In terms of academics, facilities, and placement opportunities the institute offers decent MBA programs. However, if it will be worth doing it or not, you should decide that.