Symbiosis International University


Symbiosis International University, officially Symbiosis International , is a multi-campus private higher-education institute deemed to be university, headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, India. The university has 18 academic institutions spread over ten campuses in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Nashik, Noida and Pune covering fields of Law, Management, Computer Studies, Media and Communication, Humanities and Social Sciences, Engineering, Health Sciences and Architecture and Design.

History

The first institutions belonging to the Symbiosis Society were established in 1971 under the patronage of S. B. Mujumdar, president and founding director of the Symbiosis Society, and were affiliated with the University of Pune.
In 2002, as part of a larger program to grant autonomy to institutions of academic excellence, the Ministry of Human Resources Development conferred the deemed to be university status on three institutes under Symbiosis Society, Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management and Symbiosis Society's Law College, which formed the Symbiosis International University. In 2016 the university opened a campus in Indore. In 2019 the university opened a campus in Nagpur.

Ranking

The QS World University Rankings ranked Symbiosis in the 291–300 band in Asia in 2020 and 109 among BRICS nations in 2019.
The National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked Symbiosis 43rd among universities in India in 2020 and 73rd overall.
Symbiosis Institute of Technology, its engineering college, was ranked 48 among engineering colleges by India Today in 2020. It was ranked #42 among all engineering colleges in India by Outlook India in 2019.
The Symbiosis Institute of Business Management was ranked #15 by Business Todays "India's best B-schools 2019". It was ranked sixth among private business schools in India by Outlook Indias "Outlook-ICARE MBA Rankings: Top 150 Private MBA Institutions" of 2020. The National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked it 22nd in 2020.
The Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development was ranked #24 by Business Todays "India's best B-schools 2019".

Controversy

In October 2018, two women students of Symbiosis Law School alleged that the institute has evicted them from their hostel following a #MeToo post they made complaining about sexual harassment from an assistant professor. Days later, institute officials stated that the teacher has been suspended and that the action taken against the students was unrelated to their post and "following disciplinary misconduct". In February 2019 Maneka Gandhi, the Minister of Women and Child Development, has directed the institute to reinstate the students.