NICMAR Hyderabad MBA Construction Management: Fees 2026, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

NICMAR is a well-reputed college offering various full-time as well as distance learning courses to its students. 

Although the course curriculum and faculty members of this college are quite good, choosing a Distance Learning Education Program depends not only on what the college has to offer you but also on what career stage you currently belong to.

• For Fresher students, choosing a distance learning course might not be such a good call as they will not be able to relate to many concepts being taught.
• But on the other hand for candidates with prior work experience, a distance learning course from NICMAR may give their career a much-needed push in the right direction along with an option to change the current job profile. Also, it will open up the door for promotion opportunities in your current profiles.

In case you are a fresher then you opt for a full-time course. And if you are a person with prior work experience then you can choose distance learning programs at NICMAR, as the students with prior work experience will be able to relate to the concepts easily.

National Institute of Construction Management and Research, Hyderabad offers a well-structured course of Quantity Surveying and Contracts Management. 

• This course is available only in the Hyderabad branch of NICMAR and has a properly established faculty department for the same.
• For those looking forward to learning contractual management from the initial stages like the bidding process to closing stages along with learning to calculate the quantities of the project, Quantity Surveying, and Contracts Management from the National Institute of Construction Management and Research, Hyderabad is a perfect choice. 
• However, what you achieve with it in the long term depends more on how you go about the learnings received during the course. 
• Usually, after graduating from NICMAR, you might secure the position of Cost engineer or Assistant Planning Manager depending on the hierarchy of the respective organizations.

The college offers ample opportunities in Quantity Surveying and Contracts Management, however, in the end, the choice depends completely on the feasibility and interest of the students.

NICMAR is a good and reputed college with a stellar placement record. The 2018-2020 batch had over 90% placement percentage with more than 120 companies visiting the NICMAR (Pune) Campus for recruitment. 

Mostly, the companies tend to offer similar packages for ACM as well as PEM. However, what does make a difference to it is the prior work experience of the candidates. So, it has got more to do with the individual capability than the branch, where higher salary placements are concerned.

Placement Opportunities:

• Placement opportunities in NICMAR for ACM are a little more as compared to those of PEM. 
• In the 2020 placements of the institute, 571 students from Advanced Construction Management got successfully placed whereas Project Engineering and Management saw 239 student placement.
• Some of the frequent companies visiting the campus are Tata Consulting Engineering, Wipro Water, Reliance Industries, OYO Rooms, etc.

Do consider all your options before making a final choice. However, on the feedback received from some of the alumni of the institute, I would recommend you for Advanced Construction Management rather than Project Engineering and Management.

Placement for quantitative serving at NICMAR is good. A lot of people get an average package of 6 lakh per annum even though they are fresher. According to the recent placement highlights the highest CTC offered at the institute was 12 LPA. Hence, it is worth it. So, you can definitely choose the course if you want to do quantity serving for most of your career. 

Considering all the growth in the infrastructure sector of India, there is a good scope for it and it will go on like this for the next 5-6 years.

QS has been a favorite for almost all the fresh graduates. As it has a better ROI as compared to a full-time two-year course. You should not opt for it as a career just because you like the subject in your engineering syllabus. 

It would be better for you to get on a job on-site first. You can work for a year or two and understand the activities that go on around. During this period, you will also understand if you can do a full-time QS job. And then if you are still interested, you can go for it. QS has an unlimited scope with several growing projects in India and abroad so you need not worry about that. 

After the completion of the first year, you can apply for internships for which you need to appear for an interview session alongside a written exam. It is usually based upon Aptitude and English, apart from subjects taught in NICMAR. During this time, you can practice for the final placements.

1. It is best if you practice the aptitude and reasoning section of RS Agarwal as it is one of the most preferable books.
2. Having a broad knowledge base in the core civil engineering topics is one of the most significant parts of the NICMAR syllabus. 
3. NICMAR interview processes include a group discussion which mandates good communication skills. Even if you are not perfect in communication skills, the institute will help you in improving the same.
4. Keep a good academic track record for a 100% reimbursement.

NICMAR also has a plethora of extracurricular activities to distract one from the flow. It is upon you to manage your time and execute your aim. It is suggested that you prepare thoroughly when you still can.