Top 10 MBA-HR/PGDM-HR colleges in India
A few IIMs including Indore, Ranchi, Trichy and Amritsar, offer this specialised MBA program. This program is also offered by several excellent private-sector business schools including XLRI, MDI, TISS and SCMHRD.
Why pursue an MBA in Human Resource Management?
Pursuing an MBA in HR can be useful for those who want to study subjects related to talent/manpower such as finding talent, selecting and training them according to the company's policy and keeping them motivated to work in the organisation for a long time. This program focuses on talent acquisition and recruitment, labour laws, HR technologies, training and development, compensation and benefits and so on. MBAs in HRM prepare candidates for positions such as HR Manager, Talent Acquisition Manager and finally Director – Human Resource Management.
TOP MBA-HR Colleges in India
1. Xavier School of Management – XLRI
- Location: Jamshedpur and Delhi-NCR
- NIRF 24 Ranking: 9
- IIRF Private 25 Ranking: 2
- Name of Program: PGDM-HRM
- Program Fee: 30.6 Lakh
- Average Package: 29 LPA
- Entrance Exam: XAT
2. Tata Institute of Social Sciences – TISS
- Location: Indore
- NIRF 24 Ranking: 8
- IIRF Govt 25 Ranking: 5
- Name of Program: MBA-HR
- Program Fee: 18.43 Lakh
- Average Package: 22 LPA
- Entrance Exam: CAT
3. Indian Institute of Management Indore—IIM Indore
- Location: Indore
- NIRF 24 Ranking: 8
- IIRF Govt 25 Ranking: 5
- Name of Program: MBA-HR
- Program Fee: 18.43 Lakh
- Average Package: 22 LPA
- Entrance Exam: CAT
4. Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management—JBIMS
- Location: Mumbai
- NIRF 24 Ranking: -
- IIRF Govt 25 Ranking: 6
- Name of Program: Masters in HRD
- Program Fee: 7 Lakh
- Average Package: 21 LPA
- Entrance Exam: CAT, MH CET
5. Management Development Institute – MDI
- Location: Gurugram & Murshidabad
- NIRF 24 Ranking: 11
- IIRF Private 25 Ranking: 3
- Name of Program: PGDM-HRM
- Program Fee : 24.99 Lakh
- Average Package: 23.33 LPA
- Entrance Exam: CAT
6. Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resources Development—SCMHRD
- Location: Pune
- NIRF 24 Ranking: -
- IIRF Private 25 Ranking: 4
- Name of Program: MBA-HRM
- Program Fee: 26.3 Lakh
- Average Package: 24.28 LPA
- Entrance Exam: SNAP
7. Indian Institute of Management Ranchi—IIM Ranchi
- Location: Ranchi
- NIRF 24 Ranking: 17
- IIRF Govt 25 Ranking: 20
- Name of Program: MBA-HRM
- Program Fee: 17.5 Lakh
- Average Package: 19.02 LPA
- Entrance Exam: CAT
8. Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar
- Location: Bhubaneswar
- NIRF 24 Ranking: 43
- IIRF Private 25 Ranking: 10
- Name of Program: MBA-HRM
- Program Fee: 21 Lakh
- Average Package: 17.02 LPA
- Entrance Exam: CAT, XAT, NMAT, XGMT
9. Narsee Munjee Institute of Management Studies—NMIMS
- Location: Mumbai
- NIRF 24 Ranking: 21
- IIRF Private 25 Ranking: 5
- Name of Program: MBA (HUMAN RESOURCE)
- Program Fee: 26 Lakh
- Average Package: 18.64 LPA
- Entrance Exam: NMAT
10. Indian Institute of Management Trichy—IIM Trichy
- Location: Trichy
- NIRF 24 Ranking: 27
- IIRF Govt 25 Ranking: 18
- Name of Program: MBA-HR
- Program Fee : 21 Lakh
- Average Package: 17.88 LPA
- Entrance Exam: CAT
CONCLUSIONS
- The top three colleges for MBA-HR/PGDM-HR are XLRI, TISS, and IIM Indore.
- TISS and JBIMS are the country's best ROI HR business schools.
- XLRI, SCMHRD, MDI and NMIMS charge the highest fees.
- Students studying at XLRI and TISS are offered the highest average packages.
FAQs
It is up to the individual students. If one is very sure about studying HR, MBA HR programme is better. If one wants to study for one year and then decide on a specialisation, regular MBA programme is better.
XLRI accepts XAT scores in all programmes. The HR cut-off percentile is slightly lower than that for the BM programme;- Male Engineers – Total 94, QA 80, VALR 90 & DM 85; Male Non Engineers – Total 93, QA 75, VALR 90 & DM 85; Female Engineers – Total 90, QA 73, VALR 85 & DM 78; Female Non Engineers - Total 88, QA 68, VALR 85 & DM 78
TISS accepts CAT scores. Previously they conducted their own exams, TISSNET and TISSMAT.
MBA-HR/PGDM-HR students from XLRI Jamshedpur get the best package.
TISS has the lowest fee among MBA-HR/ PGDM-HR colleges.
