Narsee Monjee Institute of Management & Higher Studies (NMIMS) is a university in Mumbai, India which offers various courses such as fulltime and partime MBA, B.Tech, M.Tech, an integrated technology and management program MBA (Tech), diploma programs and graduate and post-graduate courses in architecture, pharmacy, science and commerce. It was founded in 1981 by the Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM), a public charitable trust which has founded several other educational institutions in India. The present officiating Vice Chancellor of the university is Dr. Rajan Saxena.

Outlook

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management & Higher Studies was established in 1981 by the order of the University of Mumbai. The institute commenced its activities with starting of Masters Degree Programme in Management Studies. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission (UGC) has accredited NMIMS University with Grade 'A' (Score 85-90%).

The University has introduced the concept of schools, under which it holds various educational programmes.

    * School of Business Management
    * Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering
    * School of Pharmacy and Technology Management
    * School of Distance Learning
    * School of Architecture
    * School of Science
    * School of Commerce

Also, the University has launched sector specific post graduate programmes like MBA (Retail Management), MBA (Pharmaceuticals Management), MBA (Services Management), MBA (Global Business), MBA (Actuarial Science), MBA (Capital Markets), and MBA (Banking).

Programmes

School of Business Management

Dr.Ramesh Bhat is the dean of the B-school. Prior to this he had been associated with IIM Ahmedabad, SRCC, amongst other institutes of international repute. He has also served as Asst. Director of ICAI.

This school offers:

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MBA

This is a two –year full time programme, spread over six trimesters and leading to the degree in Master of Business Administration. The most notable features of the programme are its flexibility and objectives of providing a genuinely broad based education. Over the years the MBA course has created value for itself in the industry.

Beginning 2008-10 session, the MBA degree offered would be General Management. The students, however, are free to choose most of their courses (electives) in the second year. NMIMS currently has overseas links with the University of EUROMED Marseille in France, ESC ROUEN in France and with ESSCA at both its campuses, i.e. Angers in France and Budapest in Hungary. The exchange covers faculty members as well as students from these places. Several scholarships schemes and research assistantships are also available.

Admission process is 3-staged: 1) Written test (NMAT) normally conducted on the last Sunday of December every year (This year it is scheduled to be held on December 28, 2008) Students clearing NMAT are eligible to appear in the next two stages of appraisal process: 2) Group Discussion 3) Personal Interview

Other programmes:

International Linkages

NMIMS currently has overseas links with the University of EUROMED Marseille in France, ESC ROUEN in France and with ESSCA at both its campuses, i.e. Angers in France and Budapest in Hungary. The exchange covers faculty members as well as students from these places. Several scholarships schemes and research assistantships are also available.

Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering (MPSTME)

This school offers:

Techno-management Programmes

MBA (Tech.) specializations are offered in four areas of five year courses each in its Mumbai campus:

MBA (Tech.) options in the Shirpur Campus also five year courses

B.Tech

Four Year Full Time B.Tech. programme offers specialization in Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering and Telecommunication Engineering.

M.Tech

NMIMS (University) has introduced full time M.Tech. programme in I.T / Computer Engineering /Electronics Engineering / Telecommunication Engineering, and Ph.D. programmes in Engineering.

School of Pharmacy and Technology Management

This school offers:

B. Pharm and M.Pharm Programmes

The B. Pharm course is a 4 year integrated programme spread over 12 trimesters.

MBA (Pharm. Tech.)

This is a five year integrated programme spread over 15 trimesters and leading to a post graduate degree in MBA (Pharma Tech).

School of Distance Learning

The NMIMS SDL offers distance education programmes that are targeted at working executives.

School of Architecture

The Balwant Sheth School of Architecture awards a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), under the five years degree program of NMIMS University. This degree program is recognized by the Council of Architecture. The university follows a trimester system.

The school is led by Mr. Trilochan Chhaya, who serves as the Dean. The school has four core faculty members and more than twenty visiting faculty members.

International Linkages

The institute has established international linkages with: