Faculty of Management Studies (University of Delhi)
University of Delhi
Faculty of Management Studies – University of Delhi (FMS Delhi or The Red Building of Dreams) is a business school located in Delhi, India. It was established in 1954 under the umbrella of the University of Delhi and is often cited as one of the best business schools in India. In 2025, FMS was ranked 2nd best MBA program in the country by the Indian Institutional Ranking Framework. The institute was started at the Delhi School of Economics premises under Dean A. Dasgupta of the Delhi College of Engineering (DCE).
The department of commerce of the Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) (now Delhi Technological University (DTU)) was abolished and the Faculty of Management Studies was established.
The first set of professors was trained at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. The institute has since then expanded on the number of management courses available.
Academics
FMS offers a full-time MBA, an executive MBA, an executive MBA in health care administration and doctoral programmes.
Admissions
The admission to the course is done on the basis of score on Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). FMS earlier had its own entrance exam which was discontinued starting in the 2012–14 session.
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