List of Top Hotel Management Colleges in Mumbai
Presently, there are 18 Colleges in Mumbai that offer Hotel Management Courses. Out of these total, 18 of them are privately owned whereas 3 of them are government owned. The top among them being the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition. Among other top colleges are School of Hospitality and Tourism Studies and few other.
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Rankings of the Top Hotel Management Colleges in Mumbai:
There are various agencies that have ranked the best hotel management colleges in India. At present NIRF does not rank the Hotel Management Colleges but other agencies like Outlook do the needful. de rank colleges charging them on the parameters like placements, faculty quality gender diversity, curriculars and various other factors.
Given below are the ranking of the best hotel management colleges in Mumbai given by some agencies on different factors:
Rankings given by Outlook:
- Outlook is a weekly published, very popular English language magazine in India. It provides a list of top colleges in various fields of study annually.
- It is one of the most reliable source in terms of ranking that it provides.
- According to Outlook, IHM is the best hotel management college of Mumbai, however the college slipped a rank in 2019 as compared to 2018.
- IHM Mumbai and School of Hospitality and Tourism Studies are the best ranked colleges in Mumbai according to Outlook.
- IHM scored a whopping score of 800 out of 1000 in Outlook ranking.
Rankings given by India Today
- Released by Living Media India limited, India Today is a weekly magazine and also the most widely circulated magazine in our country.
- Just like all other magazines, India Today also provides an annual ranking of all the colleges in the country.
- IHM Mumbai is the best ranked Hotel Management College in Mumbai according to India Today.
- School of hospitality and Tourism Studies and Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Hotel and Tourism Management Studies also among the colleges that hold the top position according to India Today.
- IHM Mumbai scored 15758 of 2000 in a survey done by India Today.
Rankings by The Week
- Published by the Malaysia Manorama Company limited in Kochi and printed in various locations around the country, The Week is a popular weekly magazine in India that was founded back in 1982.
- The Week also releases the list of different colleges based on the ranks each year.
- IHM Mumbai is the best hotel management college in India according to The Week.
- School of Hospitality and Tourism also being in the top colleges ranked by The Week.
- While ranking the colleges, The Week calculate the Factual score out of 400 that is based on factors like age age, accredtation and infrastructure, faculty, plaments, entry standard, extra curricular activities, etc.
- After calculating the Factual Score, there is a Perpetual score taken out of 600. This calculation is based on factors like nominations and actual ranks received by various participating institutes.
- The decision is taken after considering the opinions of 276 academic experts, 585 current students, 529 aspiring students, 75 recruiters and 1465 direct interviews.
Rankings on the basis of Return on Investment
Given below is the list of top hotel management colleges in Mumbai based on ROI:
IHM Mumbai
IHM is one of the best hotel management colleges in India that provides the best placements and learning experience to BHM students maintaining its rank in the top 5 institutes as ranked by the various agencies.
An aspirant needs to clear NCHMCT JEE exam to become eligible for this admission and they also need to score at least 50% marks in their 12th standard, English being a compulsory subject
The BHM course is 3 years long.
The average placement is for INR 1.9 to lakh per year while the highest placement goes up to INR 6.5 lacs per year.
School of Hospitality and Tourism Studies DY Patil University
This university is also one of the best colleges when it comes to pursuing a career in hotel management.
Being the second best hotel management institute in Mumbai, it is ranked 14th in position by India Today in India. An aspirant can apply directly if they wish to pursue a course, however they need to pass the screening test before. qualifying class 12th with 50% marks and English as a subject is also necessary for the candidates. The college has a good reputation when it comes to placement and the candidates can get placed for over INR 2 lacs per year.
Placement Wise ranking of Top Hotel Management Colleges in Mumbai:
Some of the best Hotel Management Colleges of India are in Mumbai. Institutes like IIT Mumbai IIT Institute of Hotel Management help a candidate in getting placed in a decent organisation with an average package of around INR 2 lakh per annum. Internship opportunities at decent hotels during your study years is also possible if you study at these colleges. Reputed organisation such as Taj Mahal Palace, Le meridien, Princess Cruises, Oberoi hotels and resorts, etc are the top recruiters at the top management colleges of Mumbai.








