The eligibility to enroll in ICFAI's Online MBA

• Graduate (any discipline) with 50% and above marks from a recognized university with the medium of instruction as English
• Candidates from medium of instruction other than English have to submit the TOEFL/ NELT/ IELTS score report.

No. There is no entrance test for the admission. However, there is a selection process to enroll in ICFAI's online MBA Program.

Candidates will undergo a selection process, comprising Micro Presentation and a Personal Interview, which will be conducted online within a specified time window. For further details, please visit on online.ifheindia.org

You may choose any topic of your interest for the Micro Presentation. On the date of the Micro Presentation given, you will need to present the topic online for five minutes. The presentation needs to be in English.

No. There is no need to come to IFHE Hyderabad for personal interview or during the course of study, after enrolment. The entire course is delivered through online, using a Learning Management System (LMS)

No. As per the eligibility condition, Graduate (any discipline) with 50% and above marks from a recognized University with the medium of instruction as English are only eligible.

No. As per the eligibility condition, Graduate (any discipline) with 50% and above marks from a recognized University with the medium of instruction as English are only eligible

The duration of the Program is 2 years. However, the enrolment is valid for 4 years.

The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE), Hyderabad was declared as a Deemed-to-be-University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956.

The total fee is Rs.2,00,000. The candidates have an option to pay the fee in year wise or semester wise. For further details, please visit online.ifheindia.org

Yes. Candidates are required to pay Rs.1000 as registration fee for selection process. However, this amount will be adjusted against admission fee on selection.

In the case of semester wise fee payment, the 1st semester fee is Rs. 65,000 (Rs. 20,000 towards admission fee and Rs.45,000 towards tuition fee). Upon selection, candidates are required to pay Rs.64,000, after adjusting the registration fee which was paid at the time of selection process.

In the case of year wise fee, the 1st year fee is Rs. 1,10,000 (Rs. 20,000 towards admission fee and Rs.90,000 towards tuition fee). Upon selection, candidates are required to pay Rs.1,09,000, after adjusting the registration fee which was paid at the time of selection process.

No. There are no tie-up by the University to provide study loan. However, banks have individual education loan policies. Students may approach the banks for details.

Students who successfully complete the graduation requirements for the Online MBA Program will be awarded the Master of Business Administration degree through the online mode from The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE).

Graduation Requirements: Students should have completed the evaluation requirements of all courses in a maximum duration of four years with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.5 with number of courses with D and E grades together not exceeding four. Detailed guidelines on graduation requirements are spelt out in the Student Handbook which will be provided to the students after enrolment.

Yes, foreign students are allowed to enroll in ICFAI's Online MBA Program subject eligibility criteria. For equivalency of grades/percentages and admission formalities, candidates are required to contact olss.cdoe@ifheindia.org

The Program structure consists of 22 courses spread across 4 semesters with 15 core courses, 6 electives and 1 practicum / research project. For further details, please visit online.ifheindia.org

There is no major/minor in electives. Students can choose the electives based on their interest which will help to enhance their understanding in the area where they are currently working/planning to work.

Students are free to choose the electives across the total electives offered, i.e., a cafeteria approach in selecting the electives in Semesters III & IV.

The unique pedagogy includes:

• Micro-learning: Consists of Multi-format content - videos, audio- visuals, visually enriched text, and comprehensive glossary. These are presented as learning nuggets which require 2 to 15 minutes
• C-in-C approach to Content:Management is an applied discipline where context is ever prevalent. Hence academic concepts and frameworks are presented within real life 'contexts'.
• P2P exercises:Practice-Precept-Practice cycle of learning and employability. Well-planned Engagement Exercises, based on real life situations to relate, reflect and recreate / can develop employability
• Gamification: Gamification motivates the learner to focus on self-progress in a group setting and triggers the peer groups competitive spirit.

Yes, the University will provide the ideal study plan. Yet the learners have the flexibility to choose their own path as per their suitability within the prescribed timelines for each semester.

For each module, the faculty will be conducting a one-hour live session per week. These sessions can be used by the students to clarify any gaps in learning and request for any repeat of explanation of concepts.

There are no offline sessions for clarifying the doubts. However, Online consultation session will be scheduled for every course with faculty periodically to enable more focused learning.

Yes, there will be periodical webinars. Moreover, thru the C-in-C approach, the academic“Concepts” are presented within real-life “Contexts”

For most effective eLearning outcomes, for each course, learners need to spend about 8 to 10 hours every week in viewing videos, reading content, participating in discussion forums, work life narrations etc.

There are total 98 course credits. Subject wise Course credits are made available on the website. For further details, please visit online.ifheindia.org

The content, learning and assessment is conducted online on an interactive Learning Management System (LMS) that can be accessed anywhere with a proper internet connectivity. Learning Management System is an online platform that can be accessed through unique user-id and password provided to the student. Student will have access to the courses registered for in the Learning Management System

Registration to a semester is to be done before the commencement of classes for the semester as per the academic calendar. In any semester the student needs to enrol for a minimum of three courses in order to complete the program during the validity period of four years for the student.

Evaluation is through formative and semester end examinations. Formative assessment contributes to 30% of the overall weight of the course assessment. It is done through session participation, performance in the engagement exercises, workplace narrations and discussion forums.

Semester End examinations are conducted online with technology enabled proctoring. They carry 70% weight.

Yes. Exams are conducted online. Semester End examinations are conducted online with technology enabled proctoring.