Faculty of Management Science, University of Delhi
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| Established | 1954 |
| Type | Public |
| Dean | Prof. Kuriakose Mamkoottam |
| Location |  Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Campus | Urban, 2 acres (8,100 m2) |
| Website | FMS.edu |
Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi, commonly known as FMS or FMS Delhi, is the business school of the University of Delhi, in Delhi, India. Established in 1954, the school offers management training to professional managers in part-time and full-time MBA programmes. It has been consistently ranked among top business schools in Indian b-school surveys. The first set of professors was trained at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the institute was started at the Delhi School of Economics under the leadership of Prof. A. Dasgupta. The past decades have witnessed a significant growth in the nature and number of programmes offered at the FMS. It is one of the oldest business schools in India and has a strong alumni network. FMS comes under the aegis of the University of Delhi.
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[edit] Courses
The school has good reputation for its marketing and finance programmes.[citation needed] It is situated in the North and South Campus of the University of Delhi. FMS has exchange programmes and collaborative arrangements with leading industrial and business houses, management institutions and professional associations in India and abroad. It is the founder member of the Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA) and is working towards regional cooperation in management education and development in the spirit of SAARC. FMS is also one of the participating institutions in the India-EEC Exchange and Co-operation Programme for Management Professors. The various programmes offered by FMS are
- MBA (Full Time) - The intake of this programme for 2010 is 166 participants .
- MBA (Management of Services - Full Time) - This programme started in 2004 and the intake for 2010 batch is 75 students.
- MBA (Part Time) - 140 seats for candidates having a minimum of three year work experience
- MBA (Health Care Administration - Part Time ) - 15 seats for practicing doctors
- Doctoral Programmes which lead to a P.hD by University of Delhi
In addition to all these programmes, FMS also conducts Management Development Programmes.
[edit] Academic chairs
In appreciation of its contributions, the Industrial Finance Corporation of India and Amway Corporation have created chair professorships in Industrial Management and Entrepreneurial Development respectively. The Shanti Prasad Jain Advanced Management Research Center, the research and development wing of FMS, has been setup at the University of Delhi with assistance from Bennett Coleman & Company Limited. In 2005, Union Human Resource Development Ministry, Govt. Of India has proposed a new chair in the name of the former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, to promote management of innovation.
[edit] Admissions
The annual tuition fee of the 2 year flagship MBA (FT) Programme & the new MBA (MS)Programme is Rs. 10,000 (USD 200). MBA (FT) Programme has 166 seats (including the seats reserved for foreign candidates) and MBA (MS) has 75 seats (including seats reserved for foreign candidates). The admission is through the FMS Entrance test conducted in January every year. The notification for various programmes offered by FMS is advertised through national newspapers in September-October every year.
[edit] Management Science Association
Each student in FMS is a member of the Management Science Association (MSA). MSA runs various student interest groups and ensures that students have a participatory role in FMS pedagogy. FMS students also participate in various competitions across top B-School in the country.
[edit] Placements
The average salary for Class of 2003 was INR 6.88 lakhs (Rs. 688,000), for Class of 2004 was INR 7.04 lakhs (Rs. 704,000), Class of 2005 was INR 8.1 lakhs (Rs. 810,000), Class of 2006 was INR 8.9 lakhs (Rs. 890,000), and Class of 2007 was INR 12.04 lakhs (Rs. 1,204,000). MBA (Management of Services) Two Year Full Time Programme saw their first batch (2006) getting placed with an average salary of Rs. 7.5 lakhs (Rs. 750,000) per annum.
The Class of 2007 - MBA (Management of Services) saw a 40% increase in salary packages with an average salary of INR 10.55 lakhs.[citation needed]
[edit] External links
- Official FMS Website
- Facebook Group of FMS Alumni
- Largest Web Group of FMS Alumni
- Links to all individual yearly batch webgroups at one place - Find the webgroup of your batch here
- Official Alumni Association Website
- National Entrepreneurship Challenge Website
- Delhi University Website
- Delhi University Talk
