Which colleges accept GATE score for pursuing MBA?
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Group Captain Vinayak Deodhar La vie est faite pour vivre pas pour stresser | Scholar-Level 18
8 years agoHello Shrutik,
GATE is designed as an entrance test for PG in engineering. This is not acceptable for pursuing MBA. But there are more than 10 national level exams being conducted as the entrance test for MBA by different colleges. -
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Manish Gadekar MBA , Department of Management Sciences PUMBA | Guide-Level 12
8 years agoSee what happens is when you go for general MBA, it's more like an open door for all specialisations. You can learn basic knowledge from everything. You can either learn HR, marketing or finance. Basically, the job opportunities are equivalent to everyone, be it general MBA or a normal MBA with any stream. There are many colleges to complete MBA like PUMBA in Pune. Its cut-off is 98+ percentile and is generally considered to be the most sought after institute after JBIMS-Mumbai and Symbiosis. it has the best placement in terms of marketing and finance. For HR specific, we have SCMHRD-Hinjewadi. All in all, it's your decision to choose...more -
Hello Shrutik
Basically, the job opportunities are equivalent to everyone, be it general MBA or a normal MBA with any stream. There are many colleges to complete MBA like PUMBA in Pune. Its cut-off is 98+ percentile and is generally considered to be the most sought after institute after JBIMS-Mumbai and Symbiosis. It has the best placement in terms of marketing and finance. For HR specific, we have SCMHRD-Hinjewadi. All in all, it's your decision to choose an MBA and it's specialisation but make sure you learn a lot in those 2-years because it is going to be very fruitful all your life. -
For management related courses through GATE you could choose in IISC (Masters in Management) or NMIMS. -
What happens is, when you go for general MBA, it is more like an open door for all specializations. You can learn basic knowledge from everything. You can either learn HR, marketing or finance. Basically, the job opportunities are equivalent to everyone, be it general MBA or a normal MBA with any stream. There are many colleges to complete MBA like PUMBA in Pune. It's cut-off is 98+ percentile and is generally considered to be the most sought after institute after JBIMS-Mumbai and Symbiosis. It has the best placement in terms of marketing and finance. For HR specific, we have SCMHRD-Hinjewadi. All in all, it's your decision to choose a...more -
IIT Madras and IISc Bangalore accepts GATE scores for their management courses and for having a good range of options there you can take CAT OMETs. -
GATE is the entrance test for PG in engineering.
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