MBA in Tourism Management 

at Alagappa University, Karaikudi

Candidates seeking admission to Alagappa University admission to a full-time MBA must have a valid score in either CAT or TANCET.  Alagappa University Cutoff 2025 was 5329 based on the TANCET score. Tabulated below is the cutoff for TANCET for 3 years for the students belonging to the Gender-Neutral category under the All India quota. 

The institute has not released its course wise data yet. However, NIRF Report for 2025 is out. According to the NIRF report 295 PG 2-year students were placed during Manonmaniam Sundaranar University placements. Refer to the table below to know more:

Note: The data provided above is taken from NIRF report 2024

Alagappa University offers a total of seven MBA programmes. These courses are offered through the university School of Management. Admission to these full-time courses is entrance-based. The specialisation in which MBA is offered at Alagappa University are:

Yes, Alagappa University has been ranked several times by QS rankings and being the first State University in Tamil Nadu to obtain the coveted A+ grade. Further, the university is also recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi and obtained 2 (f) and 12 (B) status to receive UGC and central government grants. Candidates can certainly rely on the MBA degree from Alagappa University.

The university offers four non-major electives (courses offered to other departments) in the Alagappa University MBA programme. Candidates can select the preferred course in the second or third semester. The non-major electives included in the course curriculum are:

• Management of Organisational Stress and Conflict
• Management of Retailing
• Management of Small Business
• Management of Family Business

Alagappa University is accredited by NAAC with an A+ Grade and its degree programmes are recognised by UGC. Alagappa University Karaikudi is ranked 47th by NIRF 2024 under the University category and 17th by NIRF 2024 under the State Public University. Alagappa University was established in 1985 and is located in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. 

Alagappa University offers courses at reasonable prices but if students feel that the fee is quite expensive worry not there are scholarships available for students. The below-mentioned is the total tuition fee for various courses:

 The fee is exclusive of various charges such as transportation charges, admission fees, and others. 

Alagappa University is a public university in Tamil Nadu and strives to provide quality higher education to students. The flagship courses at the university like BSc and MBA have separate fee structures which the students can check by visiting the official website. For instance, the BSc program fee totals to around INR 29,000 per year for the Computer Science stream.

For programs like MBA students would be required to pay around INR 46,200 for the General and Specialized streams. Students can also check from among the many scholarship and fee assistance schemes operated under Alagappa University.

Students can choose Alagappa University for undergraduation as well as postgraduation courses. As far as the undergraduation is considered, the flagship course offered by the university is BSc and BA. The fee for these courses is not very high. For BSc, students will have to pay INR 7.5 K - INR 8 lakh. For the BA course, students will have to pay INR 7.5 K - INR 12.4 K. The ROI is also good. Thre undergraduate students find jobs in top companies such as Cognizant, TCS, Axis Bank, and others. 

There is no seat reservation at the university for SC/ST candidates. However, Alagappa University reserve seats for differently-abled students applying for the BSc course. The university reserve 5% of seats in each course for this category candidates. Apart from this, the SC/ST candidates may get some seat relaxation, if approved by the government of Tamil Nadu.