ICFAI was established in 1984 as a not-for-profit society with the broad objective of empowering citizens through world-class quality education. The Institute announced its arrival into the Indian education fora by launching a high end, an innovative professional program in financial analysis in 1985. The Program was first-of-its-kind in India, aimed at equipping students and working professionals with cutting-edge knowledge in contemporary areas of finance. Since its establishment, ICFAI Group has made a significant mark in the Indian educational field with a pan-Indian network and presence.
ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education - IFHE is located in Hyderabad. The education institution was established in the year 1984. It is accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) & Recognised by University Grants Commission (UGC). The University accreditation by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with ‘A+’. It is approved by the Bar Council of India (BCI). IFHE offers courses B.Tech, M.Tech in Engineering, MBA, PhD in Management and LLM, BA-LLB, BBA-LLB & PhD in Law. The University has a well-developed infrastructure and facilities like computer lab, Auditorium, Sports and more. The University has well trained and experienced faculty members. IFHE address, contact number is provided in contact details.
The mission of the IFHE is to offer world-class, innovative, career-oriented professional postgraduate and undergraduate programs through inclusive technology-aided pedagogies to equip students with the requisite professional and life skills as well as social sensitivity and high sense of ethics. The University strives to create an intellectually stimulating environment for Research, particularly into areas bearing on the socio-economic and cultural development of the state and the nation.
IFHE, Hyderabad is located in a 91-acre eco - friendly campus in the city of Hyderabad and have a fully residential campus with 2000 single seated rooms for boys and 1200 single seated rooms for girls. The campus is equipped with all supporting facilities like dining halls, indoor (Badminton, TT, Squash) and outdoor sports (tennis, football, cricket, basketball, swimming pool) facilities, recreation facilities (Gym, and cultural clubs).
IFHE Campus is managed by a team of fulltime wardens, estate manager and other staff. The clubs are managed by student's services department and faculty. The B School has its own transport facility; clinic round the clock with two beds and 4 doctors with 2 ambulances etc. The auditorium has features like step sitting arrangements. The hall has a sitting capacity of 300 people. The Open Air Quadrilateral has a stage and sitting arrangements for conducting activities.
The IFHE campus is equipped with the latest state - of - art technology of computer network with high-speed backbone and security. The campus has subscribed to licensed software for its computers. Seamless internet facility (150 MBPS) is also provided.
The complete academic monitoring and control are done through the intranet - the Campus Net and the Faculty Zone. The Campus Net is the portal of communication for students on academic matters, library, placements, Accounts, hostel etc. The Faculty Zone is for the faculty research and academic activities and HR and accounts information.
The auditorium and classrooms of IFHE are connected with the local high-speed LAN and Wi-Fi for facilitating faculty for teaching and accessing databases.
The seminar halls and auditorium are centres where experts from industry and academia share their life experiences at the IFHE campus.
The central library of the IFHE has a collection of 75582 documents. It is kept open 15 hours a day. The library is fully supported by IT infrastructure. The IFHE library has been equipped with the latest software packages, CDs, Videos, Indian and International journals; magazine s and research reports relating to management, science & technology, law and allied subjects. IFHE subscribes to several academic online databases like EBSCO HOST, Econlit, Emerald Management Xtra, ProQuest, JSTOR, Science Director (Elsevier) and Cabells directory; industry databases like the World Development Indicators; CMIE databases (including Prowess, Alpha, CapEx, Business Beacon and Industry Analysis Survey) and Capitaline; and business and research-oriented databases like Reuters, Business Insights and Market line. 46 International Journals, 62 National Journals, 75 Indian Business Magazines and 10 International Business Magazines and access to 5000+ Journals through the databases are provided for IFHE students. In addition to this IFHE have separate libraries in Faculty of Science and Technology and Faculty of Law.
ICFAI University expanded its presence into 19 states. A total of 11 universities and 9 B-Schools are running under the aegis of ICFAI Group of institutions. The following is the list of ICFAI group institutions spread across India.
IFHE, Hyderabad - 1984
The ICFAI University, Tripura - 2004
The ICFAI University, Sikkim - 2004
The ICFAI University, Jharkhand - 2008
The ICFAI University, Dehradun - 2003
The ICFAI University, Meghalaya - 2006
The ICFAI University, Nagaland - 2006
The ICFAI University, Raipur - 2011
The ICFAI University, Jaipur - 2011
The ICFAI University, Himachal Pradesh - 2011
The ICFAI University, Mizoram - 2006
ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad
ICFAI Business School, Mumbai
ICFAI Business School, Ahmedabad
ICFAI Business School, Bengaluru
ICFAI Business School, Gurgaon
ICFAI Business School, Kolkata
ICFAI Business School, Dehradun
ICFAI Business School, Jaipur
ICFAI Business School, Pune
• IFHE is accredited by NAAC as ‘A+’ grade University with a score of 3.43/4.00 and AICTE recognition for IcfaiTech.
• QS Rankings 2019:
• India University Rankings - (71-75)
• BRICS Rankings - (301-350)
• Asian University Rankings - (451-500)
• IFHE has been ranked 1st among Top 10 Private Deemed Universities in India, Silicon India, 2017 award.
• IFHE has been ranked 1st among Top 10 Emerging Engineering Colleges in India - Silicon India, 2017.
• IFHE has been ranked 9th among Outstanding Engineering Colleges of Excellence - CSR-GHRDC, 2017.
• The Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE), Navi Mumbai, has conferred the Performance Excellence Award 2014 (Organization) on The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE), for its outstanding contribution made towards excellence.
• ICFAI University is a Great Place to Study Certification 2017-18 by GPTS Research Institute.
IFHE have an impeccable track record of achieving excellent placements every year, with top companies visiting the campus to recruit its students. The Career Management Center (CMC) in IFHE operates under the overall guidance of a Director who leads a team of Managers and executives. CMC personnel visit more than 1000 top companies across the country every year and have developed strong relationships with them. This interaction with the industry equips the career management team to provide suitable career planning to the students of IFHE. It also helps to increase recruitments and maintain strong industry contacts. There has also been a steady increase in the compensation and the number of companies recruiting from ICFAI University, every year.
IFHE's Case Research Center (CRC) is manned by a team of experienced researchers. It has developed a repository of more than 5000 case studies on various national and international topics in all management subjects. All these cases are available at The Case Centre, UK (formerly European Case Clearing House), the world's largest repository of case studies in business management. CRC is a major case contributor to The Case Centre. Case studies of IFHE, maintained by CRC, are used by Harvard Business School, Wharton School of Business, London Business School, the University of Oxford, MIT, INSEAD, the IIMs, ISB, McKinsey, PWC, and The Boston Consulting Group. More than 250 case studies from the Case Research Center have featured in international textbooks like Exploring Corporate Strategy (Financial Times/Prentice-Hall), Strategic Management (Thomson Learning), Strategic Management: A Casebook (Ivey Publishing), International Business (McGraw-Hill Irwin), Strategic Management Competitiveness and Globalization: Concepts and Cases (Thomson Southwestern). CRC cases have regularly won awards at some of the most prestigious global cases writing competitions like EFMD, CEEMAN, Oikos Global and John Molson Case Writing Competition.