Department of Management Sciences, Pune University (PUMBA)

The basic eligibility criteria for pursuing a master's degree in Business Administration at PUMBA is the possession of an undergraduate degree with a minimum of 50 per cent in any discipline from any recognised college. Students aspiring to pursue an MBA at PUMBA should appear for the common aptitude test (CAT), CMAT or MH- CET. Direct admission to PUMBA is done in 3 ways that are Donation seats, NRI quota, and management quota. If you are planning for admission to a good college under UG programs then you should try for the Symbiosis management quota. The MAH MBA CET cutoff for PUMBA is expected to be 99+ percentile. Thus, candidates will have to obtain a raw score of 140-150 on MAH MBA CET in order to be eligible for MBA admission at PUMBA.

Yes, the Department of Management Sciences (PUMBA) at Savitribai Phule Pune University accepts CMAT (Common Management Admission Test) scores for admission to its MBA program. The CMAT is one of the entrance exams that PUMBA accepts for admission to its MBA program, along with CAT (Common Admission Test) and MAH CET (Maharashtra Common Entrance Test).

PUMBA generally requires a score of 95 or higher for admission. In 2023, the CMAT cutoff for Maharashtra students is expected to be 210 marks or 96 percentile, and above 99.0 percentile for OMS candidates. 

In addition to the entrance exams, students are admitted based on cutoffs and then go through a counseling process. 

The MBA (Pharma-Biotechnology) programme at PUMBA is only eligible for admission for the academic year 2024-25 if students graduate on or before September 30, 2024.