International Student Exchange Program Policy

INTRODUCTION
NMIMS, School of Business Management has developed an extensive International Students Exchange
Programme in order to provide a cross cultural exposure and a global perspective to the students. The
Exchange Programme has become increasingly popular with the students and every year some 15-20
students get a chance to spend a term at a Partner Institute. Efforts are underway to expand this
Programme further and enable an even larger number of students to avail of this unique opportunity.
The students who do not visit these foreign institutes as part of the exchange programme benefit
through interaction with the overseas students who visit SBM for a term.
PREAMBLE
This policy seeks to clarify the philosophy behind the NMIMS School of Business Management
international exchange programme and the eligibility of students to apply for an international exchange,
to set selection criteria and guidelines for assessing applications and the expectations from the students
going for the exchange programme. In a world that is increasingly interdependent, it becomes
imperative for the School of Business Management to uphold the agenda of internationalization; for this
purpose, SBM seeks to create a global environment in its programmes, as well as on its campus. In tune
with the swiftly evolving global scenario, the SBM has linkages with a number of globally renowned
foreign universities with which student exchanges take place. To name some of them are the Grenoble
Ecole de Management, France (04 seats); ESSCA, Angers, France (02 seats); ESSCA, Budapest, Hungary (2
seats); EUROMED, Marseille, France (10 seats); and HLL Leipzig School of Management, Germany (01
seat). As a reflection of this policy of internationalization, students are encouraged to spend one
trimester studying at a partner university overseas as part of their NMIMs degree. The opportunity to
study overseas enables students to gain an appreciation of the cultures other than their own, enhances
their personal growth and potentially makes the students more attractive to employers.
ELIGIBILITY
All full time MBA programme students are eligible to apply for the exchange programme if they have
completed the first year of their MBA programme at SBM.
SELECTION CRITERIA AND CONDITIONS
Students applying for an international exchange are required to submit a completed application form.
Exchanges are approved, based on the following selection criteria

Cumulative GPA
Numbers of applications and availability of seats at the selected Partner Institute
Compatibility of courses at the designated institutions to the individual student's program, as
determined and approved by the Program Chairperson

Students are selected on a competitive basis that reflects the academic standing, motivation,
seriousness of purpose, communication skills, social maturity and adaptability.

COSTS AND EXPENSES

Tuition Fees are waived at the exchange university but students are required to pay for their:

Accommodation and daily living expenses including study materials

Travel Expenses
Passport and visa costs
Any additional insurance cover
Any other incidental costs

APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR STUDENTS AND EXPECTATIONS FROM STUDENTS

Students have to apply in specified application form (Refer Annexure) to the Coordinator,
International Linkages, SBM.
Selected students have to fill one additional application form. (Refer Annexure)
The list of courses that a student intends to take up in the partner institute should be clearly
mentioned. For those who wish to apply in more than one institute the lists of the courses in
each of these institutes should be mentioned (For course details refer to coordinators in partner
institutes
The following requirements are to be fulfilled by the students while finalizing the courses to be
taken up in the partner institute
a) At least five courses are to be taken up
b) 15 SBM credits equivalents are to be completed

Note: 3 credits equal to 30 contact hours for each course are to be completed. For minimum of five
courses this amounts to total contact hours of 5 x 30 = 150

Students need to ensure that they do not get any D or F grade in the courses undertaken in the
partner institute (as many partnering institutes do not conduct re-examination) and SBM cannot
conduct re-examination of partner institute.
Students pursuing the MBA programme at SBM should ensure that they take up their electives
either at SBM or at the partner institute in such a way that they fulfill their
concentration/general management requirement
Upon joining the partner institute the courses the students intends to take up should be
finalized and communicated to the International Linkages office of SBM for approval of the
programme chairperson (Refer Annexure of SRB)
Students who are participating in Student Exchange Program (for 2nd year) are also eligible for
the Deans list subject they were also in the deans list of 1st year. Such students will be
shortlisted on the basis of the CGPA of two trimesters of 2nd year.

CODE OF CONDUCT
While abroad, the students are subject to the rules and regulations of the host institution, the laws of
the host country and the student code of conduct from NMIMS. Each student is an ambassador for

NMIMS SBM and should use appropriate behaviour at all times that is reflective of the code of conduct
required by NMIMS University and that of the overseas host institution.