Faculty of Management Studies, Vadodara

The Faculty of Management Studies - MS Patel Institute of Management Studies, Vadodara, is a premier constituent college of The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat. Spread across Vadodara, Gujarat, this AICTE-approved institution has spent almost four decades shaping future business leaders since its inception.

Available courses of management training at this institute include full-time and part-time MBAs and doctoral studies in finance, human resources, and marketing. This dynamic learning environment provided by the institute would be further augmented by a faculty strength of 3 and a very diversified student base. The institute boasts world-class facilities which help enrich the student learning experience.

The institutional library forms a knowledge hub, housing more than 4,000 management-specific titles. They also have access to the Hansa Mehta Library of the university, which happens to be the second biggest in Asia; it has a huge collection of more than 661,592 titles and 556 newspapers and journals.

Separate hostel facilities are available for boys and girls within the campus itself to make a comfortable stay for outstation students. The courses in all are 5 across 2 degrees offered by the Faculty of Management Studies. The flagship full-time MBA programme has an intake of 160 seats, while the part-time MBA programme has an intake of 80.

The institute also offers doctoral programmes in finance, human resources (HR), and marketing for those who tilt more towards research and academia. All these programmes are geared to meet varied career aspirations, from the aspiring business leader to the future management researcher.

The curriculum is so designed that it comprises a balance between theoretical knowledge and practical exposure to face the dynamic business world. Admission at the Faculty of Management Studies is based on merit through a competitive process. Preferably, the institute admits to its MBA programmes based on CMAT (Common Management Admission Test) scores.

However, for the part-time MBA programme, they might take the people based on their graduation percentage if seats remain vacant after the CMAT-based admissions. As for the doctoral programmes, the candidates will have to pass the PET conducted by the university. This is exactly why the institute is so selective in accepting a few deserving candidates into the programmes.

Affiliation of the institute with CMAT stands out to confirm its aims for academic excellence and quality.