Should I choose MBA at XLRI (BM) or MBA at SPJIMR (Marketing)?

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.

XLRI formerly known as Xavier Labour Relations Institute or Xavier Institute of Management is a private business school in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. It is affiliated with AMBA and AACSB. In the management category, it’s been ranked at 4th by NIRF 2020.

Admission:

SPJIMR:

• For PGDM Marketing, 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.

XLRI:

• The qualifying scores for admission in XLRI is XAT. The required cutoff in 2019 was 96.

• Along with XAT, applicants are required to give a written ability test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD), and personal interview (PI).

Given below are a few of the key information for the PGDM Marketing program at SPJIMR and MBA BM at XLRI.

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.

• Some of the major recruiters at XLRI are Amazon, Flipcart, TCS, Microsoft, Ola, Cipla, JCB, Xiaomi, HCL, PWC, India Mart, OYO Room, Myntra, Mahindra, ACT, Capgemini, JP Morgan Chase, Samsung, Asian Paints, American Express, ICICI Bank, JM Financial, etc.

The choice of the particular college relies totally upon the student’s interest and priority. This is only the factual data of both the colleges.