Yes, you can enroll in a regular full-time PGDM after the completion of an online PGDM course; however, some of the factors while arriving at the eligibility criteria given below are kept in mind also.
# 1. Eligibility Criteria
• Academic Requirement: It broadly covers a minimum bachelor's degree from any recognised university, majorly with a minimum aggregate of 50 percent.
Entrance Tests: You have to appear at entrance tests according to the institute demands—CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, or GMAT.
Online PGDM Acceptance: So ensure the online PGDM you have undergone should be through any decent college—AICTE/UGC-approved. That means you may not be knocked out but hardly weigh during assigning admission for you.
2. Why Do You Want to pursue a Full-time PGDM?
Skill Building: Maybe online PGDM was not offering enough practical hands-on and networking experiences, so you could have those with the full-time course. Career Development: In fact, almost all full-time courses include internships, placements, and networking sessions as well, which will provide an actual shot in one's career.
- *Shift in Specialization*: If the online PGDM has been general management, then full-time PGDM can offer you an opportunity to specialize in finance, marketing, operations, etc.
# 3. Implications
Implication: *Overlapping*: The content of the full-time PGDM must be new and far more advanced than the online course that you just completed.
Time Factor: The whole full-time PGDM will be a complete 1-2 year-long stint full-time, which may be going against your dominant job or enterprise.
Cost Factor: Full-time PGDM programmes are relatively costly compared to the web-based course
4. Institutional-specific policies
Few people may wonder why you would be looking forward to doing another PGDM. Get prepared to come with justification of doing the full-time programme for achieving your career goals at interviews.
After such clarity on objectives, entry into a known institution may serve to hone them much further through full-time education after online experience of PGDM.
