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The NMIMS MBA program begins with a two-week foundation module designed to build strong fundamentals through case-based learning, business etiquette training, and exposure to tools like spreadsheet modeling and social media applications. The two-year program is divided into six trimesters of around eleven weeks each. During the first year, students take core courses in Marketing, Finance, Operations and Decision Sciences, Economics, Human Resources and Behavioral Sciences, Communications, and Strategy. In the third trimester, they can also begin exploring electives to identify their areas of interest before finalizing a specialization.

In the second year, the curriculum offers more than 140 electives across diverse domains, along with a few compulsory courses. Several electives are developed in collaboration with industry leaders such as Google, Cognizant, Ernst & Young, and Lowe Lintas, ensuring students are aligned with current business practices. Beyond credit courses, students may opt for audit courses, seminars, and need-based workshops. A mandatory six-to-eight week summer internship between the first and second year provides practical exposure through live corporate projects, bridging classroom learning with real-world applications.

NMIMS Executive MBA program offers a highly updated and well-researched curriculum through innovative pedagogic interface. It optimizes the in-class inputs through peer learning by inducing a group-centered learning environment. This program ensures the development of essential managerial skills and competencies with important business tools, to enable work-based application of concepts in one’s immediate job. One can actually see the benefit in tangible and measurable terms both for the individual and the organization.

EMBA at SBM-NMIMS, Mumbai is a credit-based executive program. It is highly flexible and enables the students to complete the MBA in a fast-track mode within 15-24 months. The maximum duration for completion of the program is four years. On completion, the participants will be awarded Executive Masters of Business Administration. 

The program offers specialization in Finance, Marketing, HR., Information Systems, & Operations and provides to choose either dual specialization / Concentration in the areas mentioned or General Management.

MBA Entrepreneurship and Family Business Management course offered by NMIMS Mumbai Pravin Dalal School of Entrepreneurship & Family Business Management has a dynamic curriculum designed in conjunction with academics and industry practitioners. It provides the students with the opportunities to master new skills and explore varied perspectives, through the case study method as its chief pedagogical tool to bring to the classroom real-world business scenarios. 

NMIMS has an abundance of intellectual capital in the form of faculty members who are renowned in their respective fields and are committed to creating a dynamic learning environment. NMIMS MBA Entrepreneurship & Family Business curriculum is divided in two years. The first year curriculum is based on Core courses followed by summer internship while the second year courses also include specialization courses.

The MBA Entrepreneurship & Family Business Program at NMIMS is a 2 year full time UGC recognized MBA programme. The programme offers specialization in Entrepreneurship, and Family Business Management in its final year. 

IIM Shillong PGP curriculum make you dive into a challenging, rigorous and holistic program that chisels you in time-tested management principles as well as current best practices. You also get the exposure to evolve next generation practices through active interaction with industry on a continuous basis. The PGP program blends core courses and elective courses spread over six terms in two years with a two -month internship at the end of year one. 

Choice of specialization is offered in second year. You can choose the subject of your choice with a Course of independent Study. A general management perspective with the Capstone courses is offered to enable you to lead an economically and ecologically sustainable world.

To further enrich the experience of the participants, the curriculum is supplemented by visits to foreign universities with a view to enabling understanding of business management from different cultural perspectives. Visits to industries in those countries are also a part of the Programme. The International Immersion is optional module.

The evolving, interdisciplinary curriculum at IIM Shillong is delivered in a collaborative learning setting to offer a holistic development towards active experiential learning and participant oriented case methodology. Students will engage with the industry and academia as well as the local community as facilitators and catalysts of change. A judicious blend of class room teaching, case analysis, simulation, modeling, scenario building, industry analysis will ignite active participation to enhance knowledge, attitude, skills and a mindset for the dynamic world outside.

IIM Shillong12 month PGPEX curriculum comprises of diverse modules including Foundation, Functional, Language, Electives (Specialization), Integrative courses, International Immersion Module, Work shop and Innovative Camp. 

While the program participants have to visit a foreign land for in-company projects, visit a partner institution with similar program objectives, and earn credits as part of the global curriculum, the Innovative Camp will cover  Entrepreneurship, 
Management Consultancy,  Identifying New Business Models/Plans. 

The international module of the program in the past has been facilitated by inputs and knowledge sharing by faculty from Fudan University, China; Ocean University, China; University of Newcastle, Australia; EM Lyon Business School, France; IE Business School, Spain. The program participants in the past have spent substantial time understanding the distinctiveness of innovations, business practices, and management styles in China. In 2023, the batch visited Barcelona, Spain, attended classes at EADA Business School, and completed five courses. They also visited multiple industries, undertook live projects in four reputed European companies, and presented business solutions to CXOs.”

MBAWE curriculum is spread over 24 months and is taught in hybrid mode – Online as well as class room sessions. The program offers key specialization areas to choose from. While regular live classes are held over electronic mode, the class room sessions are held full-day on weekends, or on pre-selected evening hours during the week. The classroom teaching days require time away from work.

MBAWE program employs technology to enhance learning. Besides, IIM Shillong stresses in-person participation in classroom discussions, considered critical to the learning experience. MBAWE students enhance learning experience in-campus immersion. MBAWE program, being a two-year master degree program, allows the students to pursue higher studies like PhD after successful completion.

The commitment to the Doctoral program is four years which includes an enriching research focused, out-put oriented course work. The scholars are expected to complete the program in four years and ensure that they complete the requirements of the program within this stipulated time. However, the candidates who are unable to complete the program within the stipulated time may be allowed to continue in the program depending upon their progress. After completion of four years into the program an extension of two years may be granted subject to approval from the Doctoral Committee.

In the first year, the structure of course work comprises core, flexi-core, and research based courses leading to an understanding of management discipline, building theoretical foundations in the core area, develop basic skills for analyzing managerial problems and instill research interest. In their second year, the scholars will undergo Term-IV courses. As part of Term-IV courses, the scholar will undertake two credits from the PGP Basket of electives in consultation with their supervisors. The participant will start working on the primary research problem of the PhD thesis under the guidance of the Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC).

From third year onwards, the doctoral dissertation work provides them with an opportunity to make original contributions to an area of management or to one of its disciplines. The scholar is expected to work towards presenting papers at a conference, journal publications and other scholarly contributions. The candidate will have to prepare and submit the doctoral thesis and then submit the duly modified thesis for evaluation. Every scholar is expected to work at least 10 hours every week during the third and fourth year as Research/Teaching Assistant with a faculty member

MDI Gurgaon PGDM curriculum is structured over six terms of about three months each, spread across two academic years. The first four terms cover the core courses, with the majority completed in the initial three terms, providing students with a strong foundation in management. After Term 3, every student undertakes a compulsory summer internship of eight to ten weeks to gain practical exposure. In the second year, students can choose elective courses to specialize in up to two functional areas from Accounting & Finance, Operations Management, Marketing, Strategy, or Information Management. MDI Gurgaon follows a continuous evaluation system, where students earn letter grades in each course, and the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is computed as the credit-weighted average of all grade points earned. MDI Gurgaon curriculum is constantly revised on an ongoing basis with practitioner input.

MDI Gurgaon PGDM teaching methods include lectures, case studies, seminars, assignments, live pro-jects, group discussions, business games, outbound based experiential learning activities, educational excursions, role plays, simulation exercises, group work, and field visits.

MDI PGDM students can also study for one term in a partner foreign institution in lieu of his/her study term at MDI. A number of international scholarships are available for these students. 

The programme employs a diverse range of pedagogical methods, including case studies, simulations, lectures, interactive discussions, and role plays to facilitate experiential and applied learning. Students from MDI Gurgaon are fully integrated into international cohorts at both partner institutions. This collaborative and immersive learning environment promotes cross-cultural understanding, broadens global perspectives, and strengthens the ability to work effectively within diverse, international teams.

• MDI PGDM Business Analytics curriculum is spread over six terms of three months each. The core courses are covered in the first 4 terms.
• MDI PGDM Business Analytics program includes eight-to-ten weeks long internship after term 3.
• During terms 5 & 6, students can opt for electives from Operations Management & International Marketing area.
• They can also opt for maximum of two electives from other functional areas such as Marketing/ Economics & Public Policy/ Operations Management/ Accounting & Finance/ Information Management/ Strategy.