School of Business, UPES, Dehradun

Overview

The School of Business, UPES, Dehradun, is a top-50 B-School in India, and is well known for its academic rigor and placement success. With more than 30 degree programs at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral research levels, it offers students multiple educational options. It is also a notable center of innovation, with more than 120 startups incubated at the School since its establishment in 2003.

The School of Business is also one of the most global B-Schools in India, with multiple international opportunities for BBA and MBA students, including a semester abroad program at the University of California, Berkeley, opportunities for students to join the Master’s programs at Nottingham Trent University, and a semester abroad exchange opportunity at ULaw Business School and University Canada West. The UG and PG curriculum is heavily geared towards digital transformation, and the ways in which businesses can achieve scale through the Web 2.0 and 3.0 technologies. This is also a common theme in the interactions with the School’s corporate partners.

SoB, UPES Dehradun, enjoys consistently strong placement records, spearheaded by the hard work of its Career Services Department. For example, in the latest placement season for which data is available, 100% of the students who signed up for the process were placed in full time jobs, and the highest CTC was INR 30 LPA, with the average CTC of the top 10% of all students exceeding INR 14 LPA. Prominent recruiters include major consulting firms (e.g. Deloitte, KPMG), and big industrial players (e.g. HUL, Xiaomi).

Highlights

Fees

The academic fee for students of the School of Business, UPES, Dehradun is divided into two parts: tuition fee and academic services fee. The fee for the different UG and PG programs of SoB are listed below:

• BBA (general): INR 10.6 Lakh (for the whole 3 year program).
  • Tuition fee: INR 7.96 Lakh (first semester: INR 1.25 Lakh, sixth semester: INR 1.41 Lakh). 
  • Academic Services fee: INR 2.64 Lakh.
• BCom (Honors): INR 5.15 Lakh (for the whole 3 year program).
  • Tuition fee: INR 3.87 Lakh.
  • Academic Services fee: INR 1.28 Lakh.
• BBA (Global): Between INR 37.5 Lakh and INR 53.7 Lakh for the program.
  • First Year Tuition fee (at UPES): INR 3.32 Lakh.
  • Subsequent Years’ Tuition fee (in foreign Universities, depending on the University): between INR 17.1 LPA and INR 25.2 LPA.
• MBA (General):  INR 16.51 Lakh (for the whole 2 year program).
  • Tuition fee: INR 12.39 Lakh.
  • Academic Services fee: INR 4.12 Lakh.
• Integrated BBA + MBA: INR 15.18 Lakh for the 4 year course.

In addition, students must also budget for co-curricular and living costs, including training and certification fees, convocation costs, alumni fees, transportation / hostel facilities, medical insurance fee, and technology costs.

Admissions

The eligibility criteria for admission to the School of Business, UPES, Dehradun, are as follows:

• UG courses (BBA, BBA International, and BCom Honors):
  • The student must have completed the Standard XII Board Examination from any recognized Board of Secondary Education located anywhere in the world.
  • The student’s aggregate score in both Standard X and XII must exceed 50%.
• PG course (MBA, all specializations):
  • The applicant must hold an undergraduate degree from a recognized University in India or abroad.
  • The candidate must have a consistent record of academic achievement, with an aggregate percentage of at least 50% across Standard 10, 12, and all semesters of UG study.
  • The student must have a valid score in any of these MBA entrance tests: UPESMET-UG, UGAT, or CUET.

The application procedure has the following steps:

• Visiting the UPES online application portal.
• Creating an account on the portal after entering basic personal details and contact information, before choosing the course (UG or PG) of interest.
• Making the application fee payment.
• Filling up the application form online and uploading self-attested scans of all documents required.
• The UPES authorities will then release the merit lists for all courses, and contact students for GD or PI rounds if required for certain MBA specializations.
• After all the students who have received offers confirm their acceptance or rejection, students from the waitlist are contacted to fill all the seat, and the academic registration and fee payment procedure begins.

Placements

As one of the top MBA colleges in India, the placement highlights of the School of Business, UPES Dehradun, are as follows: 

• A consistent record of 100% placements for all students of the School.
• INR 30 LPA was the highest package offered in the most recent placement season.
• The School has an Industry Integrated training program with KPMG, the first of its kind in India, ensuring an unprecedented level of corporate readiness.
• The School of Business has other industry alliances with well-known professional standards firms and corporate giants like NSE Academy, HCL, and AWS.
• The Career Services Department manages all the internships and placement activities for the UG and PG students of the School.
• 466 students were successfully placed in the 2022 placement season: all the students who signed up received at least one offer, exclusive of the students who chose to start their own businesses.
• The average CTC in the 2022 placement season was INR 6.5 LPA.
• The top 10% of students received an average package size of INR 14.37 LPA.
• Prominent recruiters included Amazon, Accenture, EY, Genpact, Haier, Hindustan Unilever, KPMG, and Xiaomi.

Cut-Offs

Applicants to UG programs at the School of Business, UPES, Dehradun, must have a minimum academic performance of 50% in both Standard 10 and 12 Board Examinations. This is relaxed to 45% for reserved category applicants. In addition, applicants to all MBA courses must have an aggregate above 50% at Standard 10, 12, and Bachelor’s levels. There is no cut-off imposed on the MBA aptitude test score submitted.

Faculty & Alumni

The School of Business, UPES, Dehradun, has a very large Faculty base of 76 full, Associate, and Assistant Professors. This is necessary keeping in mind the 32 courses offered by the School, with 14 undergraduate programs (BBA and BCom specializations), 13 MBA streams, four integrated 5-year courses, and one global BBA course. The Faculty members are experts in their fields of study, and cover all the major disciplines required, including Human Resources, Marketing, Finance, Operations, Data Science, and Business Analytics.

The graduates of the School of Business join the UPES Alumni Association, which is a global network of more than 75,000 alumni in 21 different countries. In keeping with the digital footprint of the University, all the alumni are connected through the NEST portal, and this allows all chapters to organize virtual and in-person events in their own cities, and connect whenever required for professional networking purposes and donation drives. The Alumni Association has four main aims:

• Skill Development: It aims to equip alumni working in any field with cutting edge tools (e.g. AI and ML), to ensure lifelong learning.
• Careers: Alumni can find new professional opportunities and provide them to current students.
• Incubation: Specifically for entrepreneurial alumni of UPES.
• Further Education: This is for recent graduates of the BBA and BCom programs at SoB, UPES; and supports them with scholarship grants (up to 50%) for higher studies (MBA and PhD in Management).

Scholarships

As in other top MBA colleges in India, there are multiple financial aid options available to students of the School of Business, UPES, Dehradun. They are divided into 11 categories; some highlights are:

1. Academic Scholarships: This is applicable for the first year of study for UG students, and up to 30% tuition fee waivers are awarded (for students with a Standard XII aggregate above 95%).

2. MBA Scholarships: Up to 75 students in each batch are eligible, if they satisfy the following criteria: at least 80% aggregate in UG examinations, and a qualifying examination score better than 85 percentile. The scholarship takes the form of a 20% reduction in the first two semesters’ fees.

3. Alumni Scholarships: PG students of the School of Business who have completed their UG studies from UPES Dehradun are eligible for a 50% tuition fee waiver throughout all four MBA semesters, subject to maintaining a minimum CGPA of 8.

4-11. Other Scholarships: Include Sports Scholarships, Academic Merit Freeships, and Employee Ward Scholarships.

Preparation & FAQs

Unlike MBA programs in most colleges in India, CAT and CMAT scores are not accepted at the School of Business, UPES, Dehradun. Therefore, applicants to SoB must familiarize themselves with the UGAT entrance test format. For example, it has 130 multiple choice questions to be completed in 120 questions, which imposes substantially less time to solve each problem as compared to other MBA aptitude examinations. There is also a General Knowledge question, which is not present in the CAT or GMAT. Therefore, all aspirants must work out 5-10 mock tests and sample papers before appearing for UGAT 2024.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q. Which is the best Business School in Dehradun?

The School of Business, UPES, Dehradun is one of the best MBA colleges in India, and is a contender for best Business School in Dehradun. It is ranked #48 among all Private Business Schools in India, according to the IIRF 2024 ranking list.

Q. Which are the 12 BBA programs offered by the School of Business, UPES, Dehradun?

SoB offers 12 BBA programs: Events, Public Relations and Corporate Communications, Foreign Trade. Aviation Management, Logistics Management, Digital Business, Oil and Gas Marketing, Operations Management, Human Resource, Finance Management, Marketing Management, Analytics & Big Data, and Green Energy & Sustainability.. It also offers global and integrated BBA programs.

Q. Which are the 13 MBA programs offered by the School of Business, UPES, Dehradun?

SoB offers 13 MBA programs: Digital Business, Business Analytics (in association with KPMG), Strategy & Consulting (KPMG), International Business, Oil & Gas Management, Finance Management, Human Resource, Operations Management, Power Management, Aviation Management, Metaverse & Web 3.0, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, and Marketing Management.

Q. What is the exam pattern of UGAT 2024?

UGAT 2024 is an offline examination, and will have 130 questions to be attempted in two hours. These are divided into four sections: English Aptitude, Numerical & Data Analysis, Reasoning & General Intelligence, and General Knowledge. All questions are in English, and are multiple choice. There is no negative marking.