Dual & integrated management programmes

The new age believes in short cut, be it education, job, or whatever.

With the intent to enhance higher education by making it more industry-centric, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to initiate integrated and dual degree programmes in management. This flexible management program will be offered by AICTE after class 10+2 and will provide an undergraduate degree in three or four years, followed by a master's degree in five years.

AICTE Chairman SS Mantha said that you can enroll in the program after +2. On the successful completion of three years, you will get a three years bachelor degree, and after four years you will get applied management credit and then you can join the industry. (Read more)

After spending few years in the industry, you can study one more year and get a masters degree in applied management. To apply for this program, one must need to clear a common entrance exam in the first year. You can leave the program after three or four years, and you can rejoin it as per your convenience.

An additional lot of courses will join management with technical courses like engineering, pharmacy, and architecture. Both the courses will start from the academic year 2012-13. Realising the need for technology managers in the industry, it has been proposed to begin a five year dual degree programme with six months internship. This scheme will keep aspirants apart from CAT and MAT, and they will only have to spend one year in college and six months in internship. On the successful completion, you will get the integrated management degree.

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