NICMAR University of Construction Studies, Hyderabad publishes placement summaries for two distinct groups on its campus placement page: MBA ACM and APM for 2024–2026, and PGD QSCM and HSEM for 2025–2026. The page reports placement percentages and salary measures in lakh per annum (LPA), but it does not provide the eligible, participating or placed headcounts behind those percentages. Treat these as institution-reported outcomes for the named programmes and batches, not as a forecast for every student or as a promise for the 2027 intake. (NICMAR Hyderabad placements)
The Hyderabad Placement Office describes itself as a centralized placement division serving courses at this campus. NICMAR says the placement season generally runs from July–August through May–June, with activity in the pre-final and final semesters. The institution also says students in two-year courses must complete an internship after the first year, with assistance from the Placement Office. Those details explain the process; they do not establish a placement rate or stipend for an individual programme. (Placement Office overview)
MBA ACM and APM: reported 2024–2026 outcomes
For the MBA ACM and APM group, NICMAR reports placement rates of 99.04% for ACM, 100% for APM and 99.22% combined. The same table lists a top-20% mean of ₹17.95 LPA for each programme column, an overall mean of ₹9.94 LPA for each, and a median CTC of ₹8.00 LPA for each. The highest CTC shown for the group is ₹25.27 LPA, attributed to M/s Azizi Developments LLC, Dubai, and identified as an international offer. The page does not assign that highest offer to ACM or APM individually. (Hyderabad placements)
The percentage is a reported outcome, but the page does not state how many students were eligible, sought placements or received offers. It also does not define whether the denominator is students, offers or another measure. Without those counts, the 99.22% combined figure cannot be reconstructed or compared confidently with another institute’s placement rate. The identical salary measures shown for ACM and APM should not be read as proof that every student received those amounts; the top-20 mean, overall mean and median describe different parts of a distribution.
One-year PGD QSCM and HSEM: reported 2025–2026 outcomes
For PGD QSCM and HSEM, NICMAR reports placement rates of 97.26% for QSCM, 100% for HSEM and 97.61% combined. Its table gives a top-20% mean of ₹12.34 LPA for each programme column, an overall mean of ₹8.02 LPA for each, and a median CTC of ₹7.15 LPA for each. The highest CTC listed for this group is ₹10.00 LPA at Birla Estates; the page does not identify which programme produced that offer. (Hyderabad placements)
These figures cover a different programme group and reporting batch from the two-year MBA table. They are not a like-for-like comparison of programme value: duration, cohort size, candidate mix and the number eligible for placement can differ, and the university does not publish those denominators beside the displayed percentages. The page says accommodation and subsidized food are additional to the fixed monetary component. It does not explain the value of those benefits or say whether the CTC figures include variable pay, bonuses or other components.
What to verify before using the figures
Ask the campus for the latest report for the exact programme and batch you are considering. Request the eligible, participating and placed counts, plus the rate formula and whether it counts students or offers. For compensation, ask for the fixed annual amount, variable component, joining or retention bonuses, benefits and international-offer treatment separately. NICMAR’s page specifically notes that accommodation and subsidized food sit outside the fixed monetary component, so a headline CTC should not be treated as take-home pay. (Hyderabad placements)
The programme labels also deserve a direct confirmation before comparing records. The placement page groups its MBA results under “ACM & APM,” while the 2027 admissions page lists “MBA in Advanced Project Management” in the intake table and “MBA in Project Engineering & Management” in its eligibility section. The placement page does not establish that APM and PEM are interchangeable labels. Ask NICMAR which 2027 programme name and cohort correspond to the historical APM placement column; do not transfer the APM figures to a PEM-labelled programme without that confirmation. (2027 admissions and eligibility; Hyderabad placements)
NICMAR also displays a separate “Class of 2025” set of top and average packages on its admissions page. That is a different presentation from the programme-specific 2024–2026 and 2025–2026 tables on the placements page. The pages do not reconcile the cohorts or define identical calculation methods, so these headline values should not be merged into the programme tables. When requesting a current figure, ask for the reporting period, programme, denominator and compensation basis together. (Admissions page; Hyderabad placements)
A small arithmetic check can help keep the salary measures in perspective. In the MBA group, the reported overall mean of ₹9.94 LPA is ₹1.94 LPA above the ₹8.00 LPA median. In the PGD group, ₹8.02 LPA is ₹0.87 LPA above the ₹7.15 LPA median. These differences are calculated from NICMAR’s displayed values; they do not reveal the salary distribution, student counts or the reason the mean exceeds the median. They are a reminder to request the underlying distribution rather than treating an average as a typical outcome.