Great Lakes - PGDM & PGPM Admissions 2027
ApplyGlobally Recognized by AACSB (US) & AMBA (UK) | 18 LPA Avg. CTC for PGPM 2026
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60 MonthsThe Doctoral Program is designed to prepare students for professional leadership in the field of management.
The objective of the Ph.D. A program is to facilitate research entrepreneurial skills and orientation of doctoral scholars. It is designed to promote the culture of research entrepreneurship wherein researchers are encouraged to explore themselves, ask questions, actively seek peers’ feedback, build conviction in their ideas, share their ideas with peers in specific and society in general. At a broader level, Ph.D. The program aims at contributing towards XUB’s endeavor towards Sustainability, Entrepreneurship and Analytics (SEA) by understanding those issues which are fundamental to the research inquiry, and have a linkage with organizations, institutions, economy, society, and environment.
The Ph.D. students are expected to complete the programme in 5 years. The first year of the programme will be spent on course work, and the remaining years for completing subsequent steps leading to the doctoral thesis.
Master's degree (or equivalent) in any discipline from a recognized university, with at least 55% marks. In case the score is available on a letter-grade system, the Institute expects a minimum cumulative score of 5.5 on a 10-point scale.
Candidates will be shortlisted on the basis of their academic records and SOPs. The shortlisted candidates will be required to appear for Xavier Research Aptitude Test (X-RAT), and Personal Interview. UGC-NET qualified candidates will be exempted from appearing for the X-RAT.
The campus life of XIMB is one of the best as it's a fully residential campus at a good prime location in the city with all the facilities and amenities. Apart from this they have gym, tennis court, basketball court, indoor badminton, auditorium, 21hrs open library and a soccer field.
Globally Recognized by AACSB (US) & AMBA (UK) | 18 LPA Avg. CTC for PGPM 2026
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