Xavier Institute of Communication Mumbai Reviews on Placements, Faculty & Facilities ,Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai

Placements: Placements for journalism are not provided in our college. Media related companies don't visit for placements. Only advertising and PR course have placements. I suggest that don't depend on the college for placements if you are a journalism student.

Placements: No placements provided as it's a working professionals course. Everyone is a working professional so no placements are provided. Everyone from different backgrounds come for this course because they would like to know more about how media works in the present world.

Placements: In this Institute their were decent placements opportunities offered to the our course. Few of my batch mates gets on campus placements. On average around 30-35% of the students gets placed in this course. Average package is around 4-6 LPA. Most of the students gets off campus placements.

Placements: The best placements are provided in the advertising industry. Prominent employers include Publicizes Group, Dentsu Network etc. The college helps students align their interests with the industry requirements. They ensure 100% placements for all the students.

Placements: The internships are mandatory and a part of the course curriculum. The college assists in setting up the internships for all the 60 students. These are with the leading PR agencies in the country. Agencies like Genesis Burson-Marsteller, MSL, Text 100, Adfactors, Cohn & Wolfe are some of the names that recruit the students year on year. After your internship, most of the students are given a pre-placement offer by the firms. They have the choice to accept or reject the same. Further, at the end ...

Placements: Well, we had some non-profit organisations that came for the placements. It is not necessary that you would be paid as per your expectation straight away. The starting was as basic as Rs. 15,000 per month. The students were mostly hired for the field work rather than into the research and operational process.

Placements: The salaries are quite low in the advertising industry at the entry level, but the placement network was quite good. The alumni had people working in big companies and were very helpful. The alumni keep interacting even after the course is over in case people are looking to change their job at any point of time in the future.

The best thing about XIC is the curriculum and the Faculty. We got more of a practical knowledge than theoretical because majority of the faculty were guest lecturers from the industry. It also opened up gates for placements because most of these professors were potential employers. The curriculum consisted of short modules with a very practical and real life assignments. The final assignment was a "live-project" with actual clients and groups of students functioning like an actual agency. Addit...