Reviews of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) | India

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Michael Z

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Nightlife, Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

As the nightlife in Bangalore is very restricted, Bars are just allowed to open until 11 pm and only some clubs, which are really expensive, have to close at 00:30 at the latest, nightlife is not really good in Bangalore, but there are parties on the campus approximately every 3 weeks. You find some clubs and bars in Bangalore as for example, Nasa, Fushion Club.

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Michael Z

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

Costs were very low, accomodation was quite good, staying close to other students, nice sourroundings, many possibilities for sparetime activities on campus

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Apart from the rooms in K and L Block, the rooms are quite basic but OK, staying in a block near the L-Square, where parties take place quite often, can be quite noisy, all the other blocks are OK but best to stay is in K or L because the blocks are newly built just 5 years, or so, ago. The campus is fantastic, although the city is really crowded, dirty and pollutet, the campus is like paradise, quite, calm, natural and really big.

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Michael Z

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

Other

Work opportunities:

It was not legal for me to work

Personal spending habits

Prices in India are extremely low so that everything is cheaper than in Europe, also the expenditures on campus are very low so that it is nearly impossible to spend a big amount of money

Overall, Nightlife, Travel, Housing, Food, Telephone:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

Everything is very cheap in India, just the fact that you choose this country for your studies abroad is a cost-saving tip

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Michael Z

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

Spreadsheet Models for Business Decisions, a really good MS Excel Cours which is quite heavy but extremly interesting and you learn things I could not imagine before to do with Excel, General Commercial Knowledge, a real nice and funny course, the professor is more a comedian than a teacher but a lot of the knowledge lasts a long time, was my favorite, you learn a lot about contract law and other commercial things in common

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

The time management of the local students is quite strange, they only start working very short time in advance and so you have to accept these habits if you are working in groups with local students, many times group meetings are in the night and you are always expected to be on campus as appointments are fixed very short in advance which is a little bit hard if you want to plan long in advance, also the planning of the university i.e. of dates for exams could be better and longer in advance

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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Michael Z

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

I was informed quite well before arriving and you should be informed before coming to India because I think it is not a country for everybody as live outside of the campus can be quite hard and "disturbing" for western minds

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

4

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

Do not come with wrong expectations, get informed about India, the culture, the people, the problems of the country, the pollution, if you are interested to learn a lot about yourself and life in underdeveloped countries and you do not only want to stay on campus but experience the real life in a very different country than yours than let's go, but if you like it more to hang around in bars, enjoy your clean and organised environment, find your self sense of humor, and all the things same like at home, than you should better stay in Europe because India is really a difference, I loved it

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

get informed, care a lot about injuries because some small wounds can easily be infected, do not wait with illnesses to go to the hospitals which are really well equipped, get informed about vaccinations before you plan to depart because if you have never been to Asia before it can be that you need about EUR 500,-- just for vaccinations, and do not take Malaria Tablets because South India has a very little risk of Malaria so that the sideeffects of the tablets are more dangerouse than the illness itself which can be cured in India quite well, if you do not wait to long, be careful with feaver, go to the hospital not only if you have serious problems, because also small things can get really serious if you wait too long

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Michael Z

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

the indian pronounciation in English is quite strong so that it takes a few days to understand all the words because some of them are pronounced completely differtent than in AE or BE. But after one or two weeks it was quite OK and it was possible to understand nearly everything.

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