ICFAI Business School - IBS Hyderabad

About ICFAI Business School - IBS Hyderabad

ICFAI stands for Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India and a number of Universities, Engineering Colleges, Business Schools and other educational institutes sponsored by it. The universities promoted by ICFAI have been set up at Uttarakhand, Tripura, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Jharkhand under respective state legislations. According to ICFAI each University is a separate and independent legal entity and confers degrees at Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral levels on eligible students subject to the respective University Regulations. The University Commission has included the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India University at Dehradun (Uttarakhand) and at Agartala (Tripura) in the list of Universities maintained by the University Grants Commission under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act, 1956.

The Institute was established in 1984 at Hyderabad, India as 'Institute of Certified Financial Analysts' to look after training and certification needs of candidates interested in becoming qualified financial analysts and the name was subsequently changed to The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India'. ICFAI is registered as a non-profit educational society with the objective of imparting training in finance and management to students, working executives and professionals in India. In 1985, ICFAI launched the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program in association with CFA Institute and the then President of CFA Institute Alfred Morley was part of ICFAI Board of Governors as an invitee till 1991. But afterwards, ICFAI and CFA Institute parted ways and ICFAI began to offer the CFA program independently.

ICFAI also went on to build a network of Universities, Engineering colleges (ICFAI Tech), Business Schools (IBS) Law School (ILS) and through the universities started offering Distance Education Program in various fields of study. In order to cater to the students enrolled in Distance Education Programs, ICFAI has eventually built a network of branch offices across more than 250 locations in India. ICFAI also has a presence in Sri Lanka through "ICFAI Education Lanka" (IEL) which has been set up at Colombo. Recently ICFAI has entered in to an agreement with the state of South Australia to set up its campus at Adelaide. This MoU will also enable ICFAI to offer dual degrees in collaboration with State Universities in South Australia.

Constituent Institutes

Universities - Seven Universities spread over different states in India are being promoted and sponsored by ICFAI . Out of these, only two universities, namely; ICFAI University, Uttarakhand and ICFAI University, Tripura have been recognised by the University Grants Commission, India as self-financed, private universities. ICFAI offers management, science and technology, law, and education related programmes through these universities.

ICFAI Law School - A constituent of The ICFAI University, Dehradun was established by The ICFAI University Act, 2003.

ICFAI Business School - IBS offers 2 years, full-time MBA Program through the 19 IBS campuses setup by it. The MBA Program is conducted under the ICFAI University, Uttarakhand. IBS also offers Full-time Ph.D. Program and Post Doctoral Fellowship in Management. In addition, ICFAI also offers a one year full-time, campus-based residential Executive PG Program for working executives, at IBS, Hyderabad Campus. IBS is also amongst top rated B-schools in India.. It is categorised comes under reputed cluster of 4 B-Schools which includes SIIB, Bharatidasan Institute of Management, KJ Somaiya, Welinkar, UBS Chandigarh, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Chennai Sydneham.

ICFAI School of Financial Studies - The ISFS was established in 2004 to offer high quality full-time campus-based programs in the area of finance. ISFS has successfully trained two batches of students, who earned MS (Finance) degrees from the ICFAI University and got excellent placements. Now, ISFS provides academic support and placement assistance to students who wish to pursue the one year CFA Program on full-time basis at Bangalore, Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai. ISFS maintains a reputation for quality teaching, assignments, case-based learning, with internships and final placements in reputed organizations.

ICFAI offers 2 years, full-time MS Finance & MBA Finance Program through the 6 ISFS campuses setup by it. The Program is conducted under the ICFAI University, Dehradun. ISFS also offers Full-time Ph.D. Program and Post Doctoral Fellowship in Management. In addition, ICFAI also offers a one year full-time, campus-based residential Executive PG Program for working executives, at ISFS, Hyderabad Campus.

ICFAI Institute of Science and Technology - ICFAI Tech offers 4-year full-time campus-based B.Tech. program with 8 semesters through its 5 ICFAI Tech Campuses namely; Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Dehradun, Hyderabad and Jaipur. The branches covered are Biotechnology, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communications Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

ICFAI National College - INC, which is a constituent of ICFAI Academy, offers full-time Under Graduate, Post Graduate and Integrated programs in Business Management, Finance and Insurance.

ICFAI University Press - ICFAI University Press is the publishing arm of ICFAI through which it publishes Magazines & Research Journals in the areas of management, finance, economics and law. The press also publishes all the ICFAI text and reference books.

ICFAI Center for Management Research - ICMR Case Studies and Management Resources is involved in business research, management consulting, and development of case studies and courseware in management. It also provides knowledge process outsourcing services to clients.

ICFAI Business School Case Development Centre - IBSCDC was set up in 2003 to promote research in the field of Business Management. It develops case studies related to Business Management with a primary focus on teaching objectives.

ICFAI Center for Entrepreneurship Development - ICED acts as an incubation center for start-up businesses and also runs courses on Entrepreneurship Development.

ICFAI Distance Learning Education - ICFAI University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand and ICFAI University, Tripura have obtained provisional recognition from The Distance Education Council, India to offer Distance Learning Programs. Accordingly, ICFAI offers Distance Learning Programs under the aegis of ICFAI University, Tripura. ICFAI offers about 145 different under graduate, post graduate and certificate programs through Distance Learning Mode covering the areas of Management, Accountancy, Finance, Information Technology, Science, Arts, Commerce, Law and Education etc.

It is to be noted however, that B.Ed & M.Ed. degrees offered by ICFAI under distance learning mode are not recognised by the National Council for Teachers Education. Similarly, the holders of Bachelors of General Law (BGL) degree, under Distance Learning program, are not entitled to practice law in India and are prohibited from Bar Council Membership.

Courses of Study

• 145 different under graduate, post graduate and certificate programs through Distance Learning Mode covering the areas of Management, Accountancy, Finance, Information Technology, Science, Arts, Commerce, Law and Education etc.

• Full-time Under Graduate, Post Graduate and Integrated programs in Business Management, Finance and Insurance.

• Integrated 5 years course on BBA, LLB (Hons) recognised by the Bar Council of India.

• Ph.D. Program and Post Doctoral Fellowship in Management

• Executive PG Program

• B.Ed and M.Ed.

• MS - Finance

• B.Tech.

• MBA