Distance/Correspondence MBA

Symbiosis Center for Distance Learning (SCDL) Pune was started in the year 2001 and offers Post Graduate Diploma, Diploma and Certificate programs. SCDL's 2-year PGDBA (MBA) is one of the most popular management programmes in India. You can choose a specialisation out the six specializations available i.e. Finance, Marketing, Operations, HR, Customer Relationship Management, and Management Accounting. If you wish to choose two specializations, dual (additional) specialisation option is also available for the PGDBA programme. Apart from the PGDBA programme, Symbiosis also offers 2-year PG Diploma courses in the field of International Business, IT Management, Banking and Finance, Human Resource Management, Insurance Management, Retail Management, Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management & Export and Import Management.
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) was established in 1981 by Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal. NMIMS is ranked among the top 10 B-Schools in India for regular MBA course. NMIMS also offers PG Diploma, Diploma and Certificate programmes in management under distance education mode through its NMIMS Global Access School for Continuing Education (NGA -SCE). All the courses offered by NMIMS are approved by UGC-DEB (Distance Education Bureau). NMIMS Distance Education PGDM (MBA)is one of the top-ranked management programmes in India. Currently, NMIMS offers 2-years PG Diploma courses under distance education mode.

The part-time MBA programme is ideally suited for working executives who do not have the time to attend the full-time MBA programme. This gives working students an opportunity to enhance their educational qualification and professional knowledge. Part-time MBA programs are generally for three years and the classes are conducted in the evenings. In most cases, there is no placement facility because this course caters to employed students. A two-year work experience is a pre-requisite for most part-time MBA courses. Part-time MBA programs have the same specialisation opportunities as other MBA programme variants like the full-time course but some offer only a small number of concentrated study courses and emphasize the core curriculum. On the other hand, the distance MBA course has a connection between the student and the university. The student does all the work sitting in a distant location. There is no student-teacher interaction face to face. The course material is delivered to the student, who studies on his own and keeps submitting tests to the university. A part-time MBA programme will have better employability prospects, acceptance and career prospects as compared to a distance course.