One of India's first Management Institutes, the Department of Management Sciences (PUMBA), Savitribai Phule Pune University, is a pioneer in the field of management studies.

PUMBA was founded in 1971 and has since come a long way. Being the official department for the MBA course at the Savitribai Phule Pune University has been an image booster for PUMBA. It has also significantly contributed to the success of PUMBA in the management market. Located amid in the Savitribai Phule Pune University's 414 acres of lush green surroundings, PUMBA provides the right environment to build an individual's dream boss.

Admission Process for PUMBA

1. PUMBA adheres strictly to the DTE rules for its MBA++ admission process. Students must qualify for the MH-CET exam for candidates from Maharashtra. Students can apply for Outside Maharashtra Candidates (OMS) via CMAT / CAT / MH-CET.

2. An applicant must have completed a bachelor's degree at any university with at least 50 percent marks or comparable CGPA (45 percent in the case of backward class and persons with disabilities).

Cutoff and ROI

For General class, the cutoff is continually high and for OBC it's slightly at the lighter side by three percentile. For SC and ST it is variable from 58 percentile to 86 percentile.

For specially-abled candidates, it is between 56 to 60 percentile.

Hence PUMBA sticks out to be the hardest but the most relied on option for MBA aspirants. Fees for it is the entire direction of 22 months is Rs 1.4 lakh and for OBC it's Rs 75k, for SC ST NT it's Rs 20k.