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: 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: 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...