M S Patel Institute of Management Studies, known as FMS-Baroda, was established in 1984 in the city of Vadodara

Vadodara

Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...

. It is run by the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. The courses are approved by All India Council for Technical Education

All India Council for Technical Education

The All India Council for Technical Education is the statutory body and a national-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development...

. The institute is more than 25 years old. During 1995, it increased its intake from 30 to 40 for 2-year full time (regular) MBA, and in 1997 introduced a 3-Year MBA Evening Programme. The institute is consistently rated among top 5 management institutes run by University in India. The Business School has been consistently rated as 'A' grade by Business India magazine in 2007 and 2008.

Its motto is "Those who build beneath the stars build too low". It is based on a poem of famous Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 poet Muhammad Iqbal

Muhammad Iqbal

Sir Muhammad Iqbal , commonly referred to as Allama Iqbal , was a poet and philosopher born in Sialkot, then in the Punjab Province of British India, now in Pakistan...

, "Sitaro se age jahan aur bhi hai". Which means "the world is beyond the stars".

History

Faculty of Management Studies, was established in 1984 in Vadodara

Vadodara

Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...

. It was started under the aegis of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Specialization

The institute offers the specialization in Marketing

Marketing

Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

, Finance

Finance

"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

, Human Resource Management

Human resource management

Human Resource Management is the management of an organization's employees. While human resource management is sometimes referred to as a "soft" management skill, effective practice within an organization requires a strategic focus to ensure that people resources can facilitate the achievement of...

 and Information Systems

Information systems

Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...

.

Shastrarth: Management Journal

The institute publishes Shastrarth, a management journal covering articles and views from various facets of management, current business scenario. It is being managed by Management Students Forum (MSF).

Ranking, rating and recognition

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|align="center" | 2000 || Business India || Among top 30 Indian B-Schools, Rated 'A+' grade, Among top 5 management institutes run by University
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|align="center" | 2000 || Business Today || Among top 10 B-schools on certain parameters
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|align="center" | 2007 || Outlook-C Fore Survey || Ranked fourth all over India among University run Business Schools
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|align="center" | 2007 || Business India || Rated 'A' grade
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|align="center" | 2008 || Business India || Rated 'A' grade
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|align="center" | 2008 || Mint C fore|| Ranked fifth all over India among University run Business Schools
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|align="center" | 2009 || Just Careers Magazine|| Rated 'A+' grade
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|align="center" | Not Known || MBAJunction website|| Rated 'B' grade (All India Rank: 20th to 41st)
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|align="center" | 2009 || Business World || Overall Rank: 57, Return on Investment Rank: 1
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|align="center" | 2009 || Business India || Rated 'A' grade
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|align="center" | 2011 || Economic Times || Ranked 27th rank, in order of their preference for recruitment, taking factors like readiness for corporate life, technical knowledge, professionalism etc.

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Alumni

The institute has produced various industrialists, managers and academacians in last 25 years.

See also

• Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
  Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
  The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, commonly referred as M. S. University , is a university in the city of Vadodara, in Gujarat state, India...
  
  
• Gujarat Common Entrance Test
  Gujarat Common Entrance Test
  Gujarat Common Entrance Test is an annual common entrance exam for MBA and MCA studies in Gujarat, India, since 2002. Every year it is conducted between March to August. Gujarat Technological University was inaugurated in October 2007...
  
  
• Mayank Dholakiya
  Mayank Dholakiya
  Mayank Dholakiya was Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad graduate, a professor of Strategy Management and dean at Faculty of Management Studies, The M S University of Baroda for six years. He had worked in industries for 16 years...