Master of Business Administration [MBA] From School of Management, Gandhinagar

Only Candidates who have appeared at the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2023 conducted by IIMs/Xavier Admission Test (XAT) 2024 conducted by XLRI, Jamshedpur /NMAT 2023 conducted by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), Management Aptitude Test (MAT 2023 onwards) conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA) are eligible to apply.

A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, or an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India, with at least 50% marks (45% for SC/ST candidates) in aggregate in all semesters/trimesters or equivalent CGPA, of any University incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956.

A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education, as per degree nomenclature approved by the UGC from an institution recognized by the UGC.

In case the candidates are awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the equivalence would be based on the overall equivalence certified by the university/ institution from where they have obtained a bachelor's degree.

In case a candidate establishes that the university/ institution from which he/she graduated, does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by the PDEU-SoM by dividing earned CGPA with the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the quotient with 100.

A candidate appearing for the final year semester examination of a bachelor's degree or equivalent can also apply. Such candidates must have obtained 50% marks or equivalent in aggregate of all the semesters/years.

• Such candidates, if selected, will be allowed to join the program provisionally with an undertaking to submit the final marks sheet/grade sheet not later than September 30, 2024 and the passing certificate not later than June 15, 2025, to the School.
• However, the admission shall be cancellable without informing the candidate if the final marks sheet/grade sheet and the degree certificate are not submitted by September 30, 2024 and if the candidate has not met the prescribed eligibility criteria, in such case the fees paid will not be refundable except the deposit money.
• Non-fulfillment of the above conditions/dates will automatically result in the cancellation of the provisional admission, otherwise, the admission shall stand canceled and the fees paid will not be refundable except the deposit money.

The candidates shortlisted based on aggregate CAT/XAT/NMAT/MAT score will be required to appear for group discussion (GD) and personal interview (PI) at SoM - PDEU or may be at other select locations (subject to minimum applications) on the specified date(s).

Total number of Seats available for MBA Admission at SoM-PDEU: 152 (150 + 02 Seats for Defence Personnel/ CAPF background i.e. supernumerary strength).

MBA in General Management with specialization in:

• Financial Management
• Marketing Management
• Operations Management
• Human Resources Management
• Business Analytics

NRI/NRI Sponsored Total Fees – Rs 3,05,600