What is the difference between MMS and PGDM?

PGDM is a diploma course whereas MMS is a Masters course. The syllabus is slightly different, PGDM gives you more practical learning. PGDM is governed by the college and MMS is a university governed course, Mumbai University to be precise. The selection for PGDM is done on the basis of your Group Discussion, Personal Interview and the least priority is for your marks whereas MMS selection is solely on the basis of your CET scores. At the end of the course, students of both the courses sit for their placements together. Last but not the least, there is a considerable difference in the fees of both the courses, MMS is cheaper.

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PGDM is a course in which the curriculum is maintained by college. MMS is a Mumbai university based course and syllabus is maintained by the university themselves. So, PGDM syllabus gets updated every year according to the industry requirements. But, this year even the MMS syllabus got updated and we have a fairly new syllabus from this year onwards. Placement wise both PGDM as well as MMS people get an equal opportunity to sit for the summer internship and final placements. Good luck.

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MMS stands for Masters in Management Studies and is a 2 year management degree program that is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The course content is very much similar to a regular MBA program as it provides in depth knowledge in different areas such as marketing, systems, HR, operations, and finance. If anything, universities offering MMS claim to be more industry ready than other colleges providing MBA degrees. This is because MMS is designed to provide not just theoretical knowledge but has a solid practical content as Universities have strong tie ups with corporations to provides students inside knowledge of the practices in the industry. Thus MMS can be a stepping stone to a successful career in any industry as the student is industry ready by the time he completes the course. PGDM expands to Post Graduate Diploma in Management, the confusion starts when you see the term Diploma. Many students are of the view that it is a Diploma course and not a Degree; you are right to an extent that it is a Diploma. The main reason why postgraduate courses are named as PGDM is because when an Institute is an autonomous body (meaning it is not affiliated to any University) and conducts management courses then such Institutes cannot offer MBA degree. Even IIMs, XLRI's doesn't offer MBA degrees they only give PGP Diploma or PGDM since they are autonomous and independent bodies. On similar lines AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) is allowing approved colleges to run a PGDM course. Some business schools offering this AICTE PGDM course need not be autonomous, the PGDM course will be autonomous given by the institute & directly approved by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

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