Management Education and Research Institute, Delhi: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

MERI – Management Education and Research Institute was set up in 1994 at Janakpuri, New Delhi. Being a constituent of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, MERI provides a number of under graduate & post graduate programmes in Management, Computer Applications, Journalism & Commerce. It occupies only 1 acre of land and has always been known for providing quality education, NAAC certified and approved with the AICTE. MERI total enrolment is 733 students and there are equal numbers of male and female student 56% and 44% respectively. It teaches 9 courses in 6 degree programmes; it is staffed with 23 dedicated faculty members.

Management Education and Research Institute Delhi has various provisions aimed at easing student facility provision experiences. The campus has provided air conditioned and non air conditioned hostel facilities separately for boys and girls to ensure nominal comfort. The institute boasts a sitting capacity of more than one thousand students it possesses more than 20000 books and subscribes to more than 1500 national and international journals and business magazines. As the technology center of the school, MERI is equipped with modern computer systems, good software and internet connectivity for technology lovers. There is an auditorium with modern facility of audiovisual aids for lectures, seminars and other students’ activities on the campus. Other facilities include sporting courts and facilities, a gym, a canteen, a health centre with first aid services.

At present, MERI Delhi has nine courses at the under graduate and post graduate levels which are all full time. The programme offered by the institute are MBA, MCA, BBA, BA in Journalism and Mass Communication shift 2 and B.Com (Hons.) etc. The total student intake for all courses is 733 and the MBA course has maximum intake of 240. MERI also provides option to have evening shift timings for some courses in order to meet the different customer requirements. The latest graduations from the institute show that the institution was able to admit 203 students from its postgraduate year.

MERI Delhi has a unique admission process based on the type of programme in the institution. For MBA programmes the students have to compete in national level entrance tests like CAT, CMAT or Common Entrance Test namely conducted by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. The MCA programme offers admission based on the merit of the NIMCET examination; however, BBA, BA Journalism and Mass Communication requires the IPU CET. Students from other universities and those willing to transfer from GGSIPU-affiliated colleges, on the other hand, are admitted based on merit, through the merit list prepared by GGSIPU on students who have filled the university admission form. The institute accepts CAT/ CMAT/ NIMCET /IPU-CET/ XAT MAT/ ATMA scores as the entrance tests scores in order to give maximum chance for the students to get through to MERI. Unfortunately, there is no specific scholarship information provided by MERI but its educational goals are clearly reflected by its extensive course list and facilities in the educational center of Delhi.