Which one should I go for, SPJIMR or IIM L?

SPJIMR (S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research) is a business school in Mumbai. It is affiliated under Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan and is a private business school. It has a campus of 45 acres in Andheri’s Western suburb regions. It’s been ranked 16 by NIRF 2019 in the category of best business schools in India.

IIM Lucknow is one of the top management schools in India. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow is a public business school affiliated under AMBA, AACSB with an urban campus of around 200 acres. The Institute has been ranked 4th by NIRF 2020 in the management domain.

Admission:

SPJIMR:

• For PGDM, the applicant should have a bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks.

• The overall cut off of CAT is 85 percentile.

• If the applicant has given an entrance exam of GMAT, the cut off marks will be 85 percentile.

IIM L:

• The applicant should have completed their graduation with a minimum score of 50%.

• For admission in IIM L, the qualifying exam of CAT is mandatory.

• Along with CAT, the applicant has to perform a Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD), and Personal Interviews (PI).

Some of the key information about the two institutions are as follows.

Recruiting Companies:

• The top recruiters at SPJIMR are Goldman Sachs, McKinsey & Company, PwC, EY, Bain & Company, Deloitte, Capgemini, Bristlecone, Boston Consulting Group, IIFL, Bajaj Finserv, American Express, HSBC IB, ICICI Bank, JM Financial, Barclays, Duff & Phelps, etc.

• The top recruiters of IIM Lucknow include Apparel Group, Ernst & Young (MENA), FIITJEE, Bosch, JCB India, Magicbricks.com, FSS, Indigo, ONGC, Power Finance Corporation, Reliance Jio, SAIF Partners, Transsion, and Wells Fargo.

These are a few of the factors that students need to consider while comparing these two institutes. However, the choice of the particular college relies totally upon the student’s interest and priority.