Should I choose XLRI or NITIE?

Both NITIE and XLRI are reputed and well-known institutes with exceptional opportunities due to which it is a tough decision to make. However, some points may be taken into account which would be helpful for you to make a decision for your future.

Ranking:

XLRI has reportedly ranked 1st among the top private management universities by Outlook India 2020’s evaluation reports. NITIE has ranked 12th for its MBA program by NIRF’s evaluation in 2020.

Admission:

XLRI:

• Aspiring students have to clear exams including GMAT, XAT, and CAT in order to get admission at XLRI for its MBA program.

• The estimated course fee remains to be around 5-10 Lakhs.

NITIE:

• In order to take admission at NITIE for the MBA program, students have to clear GMAT, CAT, and XAT.

• For the PG Diploma courses, students have to clear the GMAT. The average course fee remains to be around 7 lakh for all the courses.

Scholarships:

XLRI:

• Students at the institute have the opportunity to receive various scholarships such as Aditya Birla Scholarship, Pirojsha Godrej Scholarship.

• Apart from that, on merit-cum-need basis financial scholarship (up to 250000 INR) is provided to those who require it.

NITIE:

Various need basis scholarships are provided to the NITIE students as well.

• 30% of the course fee is reduced for those whose family income is less than 2 lakh 50 thousand and 50% of fee is reduced for those whose family income is or less than 1 lakh.

• Apart from that, teaching assistantship positions are offered to GATE qualifiers. SC and ST candidates receive Central Sector scholarship based on their circumstances.

Placement:

XLRI:

• XLRI offers 100% placements to the students.

• Some of the top recruiters are Aditya Birla Group, Amazon, Microsoft, are ITC, JP Morgan, Ramco Systems, Accenture, ATG Tires, Lodha Group, RPG, Udaan, P&G, Colgate Palmolive, Ola, Myntra, Samsung, Power Finance Corporation among others.

• The highest and medium salary packages remain to be around 50 LPA and 12-15 LPA.

NITIE:

• Top recruiters who offer job and internship opportunities to the NITIE students are ITC, Nestle, Deloitte, Accenture, Cognizant, Hitachi Consulting, and more.

• The highest and medium salary packages remain to be around 38 LPA and 20 LPA. The placement rate is 98%.

Both these institutes provide modern classrooms, advanced necessaries, libraries. Faculty members of both the institutes are helpful. Both boy’s and girl’s hostel accommodation is provided by both the institutes as well.