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Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), both are the two-year management programmes offered by business schools in India. Both programmes teach management skills and are highly recognised by corporates. While MBA is considered to be a degree programme, PGDM on the other hand is a diploma programme. Given below are some of the points of differentiation between MBA and PGDM:

• Business schools (or private MBA colleges) generally offer PGDM while colleges which are affiliated to the university offer an MBA.
• Institutes offering PGDM can revise their curriculum in response to changing business needs and industry behaviour while on another hand, colleges offering MBA undergo such revision in a time-based manner.
• An MBA is offered by a government or private university or a college affiliated with the university which come under the University Grants Commission (UGC). On another hand, PGDM is offered by AICTE recognised business schools and standalone/ autonomous business schools, under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD).
• Colleges offering an MBA generally follows a fixed curriculum which is generally more theoretical in nature while institutions offering PGDM keep on updating their curriculum more frequently.

Candidates who wish to pursue management education must not focus on the nomenclature but should focus on major quality determinants such as faculty, curriculum, rankings, accreditations, and placements.

For detailed information about difference between both the programmes, candidates must read: MBA vs PGDM .