MBA vs PGDM vs MMS: Know the Differences

Posted In education loan On April 4, 2019
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While a bachelor’s degree introduces you to the world of practical knowledge, it is equally important to have hands-on knowledge about the implementation in the real world. A Masters in Management program helps students develop leadership and managerial skills. It allows students to develop their understanding of business perspective and organizational behaviour.

We will discuss the management programs available in India in detail:

  1. MBA

The Master of Business Administration or MBA is one of the most reputed post graduation programmes designed to develop skills in management and business. The MBA course in India is offered in two different types-

  • Regular MBA

  • Executive MBA

There are around 40 different streams to choose from specialisation in MBA in India. Some of the streams available are:

  • Finance

  • Operations

  • Human Resources (HR)

  • Marketing

A student having a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50% aggregate in any discipline of a bachelor’s degree is eligible to appear for the MBA exam. Some of the common MBA exams that a student is eligible to sit for are CAT, XAT, MAT, GMAT and NMAT.

  1. MMS

The Master of Management Studies is a two-year management degree program approved by the AICTE. The education expense of the MMS degree is available at a much more reasonable rate than other postgraduate management programmes. For admission to MMS courses, colleges conduct a CET (Common Entrance Test) and related interviews.

Admission is purely on the basis of merit as there are limited seats available for the course. MHCET is the most common admission test for MMS courses which is conducted by the Maharastra Education Board for admission to the colleges in Mumbai in the particular course.

  1. PGDM

PGDM or Post Graduate Diploma in Management is not exactly a degree but a diploma programme in Management programme. But this programme is equally prestigious like that of an MBA course.

The focus of this training is mainly on basic foundation along with practical training keeping up with the industry training. Admission to this programme requires an undergraduate degree with a minimum eligible score, CAT score along with personal interviews, written ability test, etc. The cost of a PGDM course is generally higher than that of MBA and MMS course in India. Some of the institutes offering this course are- IIMs, SP Jain Institute of Management, etc.


While all the above courses offer specialisation degrees in Management studies, there exist few differences between the courses. They are-

MBA vs PGDM- A PGDM course has higher expenses as compared to an MBA course. For the PGDM programme, approval is required by UGC at the university level while the MBA degree is already approved by the AICTE, Government of India.

MMS vs PGDM- While colleges decide the numbers of seats for a PGDM course, the number of seats are limited for an MMS course. Also, the curriculum is modifiable in a PGDM course making it more suitable to the industry standards as compared to the MMS course which is fixed.

MBA vs MMS- There is no significant difference between the two courses as they are just cases of University nomenclature. The MMS term is used by the Maharastra State government for admission to the management colleges in Mumbai while MBA is a more generalised term used for management studies.

Irrespective of the terms used for management studies, the course structures of all the above studies are the same. The reputation of the college matters from which you are pursuing the degree as the reputation of the college is directly linked to its placement record.



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