What is the difference between PGDM and MMS in terms of percentage, placement and fees? Which one is best and how can I get admission?

Dear Student, PGDM is Post Graduate Diploma in Management while MMS is Master in Management. MMS is a specialization in Marketing. All Universities under the UGC format can give a Management Degree. MMS falls under this category. Management Institutes are outside the purview of UGC. They can therefore offer diplomas or PGDM i.e. Post Graduate Diploma in Management. MMS is two or three year specialization program in Marketing. While PGDM is one or two years program. In PGDM you can take core marketing, core finance or dual course like Marketing- HR, Finance Marketing and many others. However, most of these PG programs are approved by regulatory bodies such as AICTE. MMS focus more on theoretical aspects of management and is more exam-oriented while PGDM has a focus on building soft skills and is industry- oriented like they can offer program in Retail, E-MBA, Capital Markets. In compared to PGDM, generally MMS is more affordable as the fee are almost similar to university standard. If we compared the fees of IIM and JBIMS the difference is almost 5:1. If not more, for the colleges which are offering MMS and PG courses the difference in the fees is almost 3:1. The most important thing for students planning to pursue is placements and thankfully there is no difference from the companies' point of view. However, one should remember that is not important whether a student pursues PGDM or MMS. The most important things is the brand name of the college rather than the course offered. Thanks

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