Symbiosis is one of India's leading educational Institutions of India providing quality education for over 40 years. The institute was established in 1971, by Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, Founder & President, Symbiosis and Chancellor with a vision. Today the institute is a household name. Perhaps the name of the institute is the most pronounced among the student communities of the country.
What actually pull thousands of student every year into the institute, let us analyse
1) Symbiosis Advantage
The primary objective of the institute is to promote international understanding through quality education. Over the years, the institute has grown in size and stature and is recognized by stakeholders as one of the preferred destinations for higher education of the country. Therefore in recognition of the excellent contribution in the field of education, the Ministry of Human Resource Development conferred the 'Deemed to be University' status on Symbiosis in 2002.
2) Options to qualify a special Diploma from SIBM
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, located on the Lavale campus Pune, is one of the top-ranked business schools in India.All students of SIT can opt for and quality a special diploma from SIBM during their course of studies at SIT. Such an arrangement gives the students an insight into basic functions of management like marketing, human resources, and operations, finance, in addition to polishing their communication and inter-personal skills. Students from SIT are exposed to these aspects at an early age as compared to students of other management programmes.
3) Six month Industry Internship
Another prominent feature of the curriculum is a six-month Internship in Industry (Project Semester), wholly devoted to carrying out projects in the Industry. All the students of undergraduate programme have to undertake project semester. But they have an option to undertake this internship training in the industry, either in India or abroad. Students can also be placed for this period in a reputed university or institutions abroad. Students are also encouraged to take up projects in various areas of industry to augment their theoretical learning. During the 'Project Semester' stress is given on exposing the students to real life problems in their chosen field of work and finding their solutions. It also helps them using a systematic and logical approach employing latest tools and techniques.
4) Effective Industry-Interface: Pune is an Industrial Hub
Pune is one of the industrial hubs of the country. It has presence of many big industrial units like -
- Automobile
- Machinery
- IT and Computers
- Electrical and Electronics
- Food Processing etc.
Symbiosis being one of the top educational group has good relations with all these companies. Some institutes of Symbiosis regularly conduct MDPs for many of these companies.In fact in its B. Tech. programme there has been industry participation in curriculum development, guest lectures, industrial visits, and projects.
5) Diverse Demographic Backgrounds of Students
The institute attracts students from all parts of the country. There are students from J&K, HP, Haryana, NCR region, MP, West Bengal, Kerala, AP and many other states. This diversity makes SIT a wonderful place for peer learning.
6) Study of Liberal Arts and Performing Arts
The institute stresses to improve the professional qualities cultivate the human values. Thus it stresses on to improve the managerial qualities, develop team spirit, concern for human values, respect for human dignity and an ability to accomplish objectives through the participation of all. To produce professionals who have all these qualities in addition to their domain knowledge, all renowned Institutes in the USA and other developed countries are now laying a great emphasis on the study of Liberal Arts and performing Arts. So Symbiosis Institute of Technology has brought this aspect into the curriculum of B. Tech. programme.
7) Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer
For the students of Symbiosis Institutes, there is a unique programme of letting students choose some defined number of courses from other Symbiosis Institutes. For example, a student from Symbiosis Institute of Technology can study a course from Symbiosis Law School (e. g. On patents and copyrights) or from Symbiosis Institute of Design (e.g. product design) and so on. This is in line with the concept of IITs and other renowned Institutes. The added advantage here is that there are a large number of relevant courses available in Symbiosis Institutes.
8) Global Immersion Programme
Symbiosis has formalized its international initiatives. Under the Global Immersion Programme institute's students go to the renowned universities abroad and study some courses there. Courses offered by some selected partner institutes abroad have been carefully studied and institutes courses are adjusted in such a way that a student can choose the courses of his choice which are equivalent to his normal courses at Symbiosis. Such arrangement exposes the student to the global environment.
