Which college should I choose for an MBA, DMS IIT Delhi or IIM Kozhikode? Please state the reason considering the factors like batch size, ROI, location, etc.

DMS IIT Delhi is approved by UGC, AICTE and NBA. It ranked 8th in the management department by NIRF 2020. It is one of the most popular MBA colleges in the country. Their batch size is 111.

IIM Kozhikode ranks 6th for MBA by NIRF 2020. It has a faculty strength of 80 members and 492 students consisting of 236 men and 256 women students.

Admission Details

• Students should at least have 50-60% in their 10+2 qualifying exams.
• Selection will be based on CAT scores.
• This will be followed by a Group Discussion and Personal Interview.
• The final selection will be based on the candidates CAT scores and their performance in GD and PI.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of both institutes:

Placements 

DMS IIT Delhi 

• 128 offers were made by top recruiting companies.
• Organisations from different sectors like Finance, Marketing, Operations, Consulting and IT took part in the placement program.
• The top recruiting companies include RBI, Wipro, Deloitte, GAIL, Rockwell Automation, KPMG, Shell, Reckitt Benckiser, Barclays, Michael Page, GE Healthcare, Reliance, Nestle, Boston Scientific, etc.

IIM Kozhikode

• 107 recruiters participated for the placement program.
• 366 students took part in the placement program.
• The top recruiting companies include Infosys, KPMG, Deloitte, Hindustan Unilever, HSBC, Bosch, Bank of America, Capgemini, American Express, Asian Paints, etc.
• 5 international offers were made.

Facilities 

DMS IIT Delhi

• The campus is 320 acres in area.
• They have a library with a collection of 21000 in books, periodicals, newspapers, magazines and ebooks.
• They have a computer lab with 1400 switched network access points.
• The campus offers facilities like staff club, hospital, shopping center, bank, post office, telecom center, community center, stadium and playing fields. 

IIM Kozhikode

• Their library consists of 35,000 books, 277 print journals, 2,00,000 e-books, 6120 research journals, 15,000 corporate annual reports.
• There are 13 well designed hostels which can accommodate 800 students.
• The whole campus is wifi enabled.

According to location DMS is in the northern region and IIM Kozhikode is in the southern region of India. The cut off of the CAT exam in DMS is 90-96 and IIM Kozhikode is 90-97. Your CAT score and your performance in GD and PI afterwards will also determine which institute will be suitable for you.

In case of return of investment both the colleges are equally good and have maintained a placement record of 100% providing students with great job offers in all fields like finance, sales, management, human resources and IT. The salary package an MBA graduate is offered starts from 20 LPA which can increase to 40-50 LPA.