ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad

Hyderabad-based ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education runs both management and law programmes, and NIRF 2025 ranks it in both categories: #46 in Management (score 54.40) and #31 in Law (score 55.28). The institute has 2,550 students and 202 teaching staff.

The two-year Management PG programme is the larger of the two tracks by far. In 2023-24, 898 of 1,320 graduates were placed, with a median salary of 8 LPA; in 2022-23, placements were higher at 1,046 out of 1,239 graduates, with a median salary of 8.25 LPA; and in 2021-22, 866 of 1,034 graduates were placed at a median salary of 9 LPA.

The five-year Law UG programme placed 131 of 184 graduates in 2023-24 at a median salary of 6.48 LPA, an improvement on 2022-23's 113 out of 178 graduates at 6 LPA and 2021-22's 15 out of 134 graduates at 5 LPA. The one-year Law PG programme is much smaller, with single-digit graduating batches each year and typically one student placed, at median salaries between 6 and 6.5 LPA.