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Sree Student Expert 20th Jun, 2021

Dear student,

MBA is Master in Business Administration which is 2 years of course. Where as PGDM is Post Graduation Diploma in Management which is mostly 1 year to 2. 5 years course. More or less both are equal but MBA has a bit more value than PGDM.

The job opportunities are more for MBA than PGDM as it is accepted Globally. MBA is more over theoretical and cases studies based and PGDM is practical and industry oriented course. MBA students are given more importance than PGDM students.

If you are a working individual then PGDM can be helpful for you in upliftment and higher salary package as it saves 1 year time and in just 1 year only you can complete it and can equalise to 2 years MBA course if you choose 1 year PGDM course. What matters is from which Institute you are studying MBA or PGDM course. Any one of it from top Is always a better choice.

For more information go through below link.

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/difference-between-pgdm-and-mba

To get admission into MBA Colleges you might require to write entrance exams like GMAT, CAT, XAT, SNAP, CMAT, MAH CET, KMAT ATMA, TANCET, NMAT, PGCET, etc.

Top MBA Colleges in India are given below.

  • Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
  • Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Khanpur
  • Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
  • National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai
  • Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
  • Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

To get more information about Top MBA Colleges in India go through below link.

https://bschool.careers360.com/colleges/ranking

Best Institutions for PGDM course in India are listed below.

  • Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
  • Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, Pune
  • Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
  • Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore
  • Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
  • MIT School of Business, Pune
  • Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
  • New Delhi Institute of Management, New Delhi

Click below link to get more information about PGDM Colleges in India.

https://bschool.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-pgdm-colleges-in-india

May this helps you.

All The Best!!

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