The Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM) is a two-year weekend residential management programme. Along with the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), the Post Graduate Program in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM), and the Executive Post Graduate Program in Management (EPGP), it is a master’s level diploma granting programme offered by the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). It is equivalent to the EPGP, which is a one-year full time residential programme, in terms of credits and rigour, but is scheduled on Friday afternoons and Saturdays over about 22 months to make it accessible to another set of stakeholders.

The PGPEM is designed for the needs of high performing professionals from across industries who want to continue working even as they upgrade their management knowledge and skills. It is intended to complement the excellent functional knowledge and experience, from any discipline, that participants might possess with contemporary management knowledge to prepare them for greater responsibilities in a liberalized and globalized economy. It provides them a strong grounding in general management through the core courses in the first year, and ample opportunity to acquire specialized knowledge through a rich choice of electives in the second year. Many of these electives may have participants from IIMB’s other programs. It also provides participants opportunities to go on term exchanges with IIMB’s international partner institutions and short duration immersions to select countries.

The innovative scheduling allows participants in the PGPEM to stay on campus every weekend, providing them ample opportunity to benefit from all the facilities at IIMB. They will be able to conduct teamwork, projects and joint study sessions related to academics and also participate in extra-curricular activities to increase bonding with a network of professionals from a variety of industries and roles. This, along with the opportunity to be part of a global alumni network on graduation, will help participants in their career.

The programme may require employers to reschedule tasks for participants on Friday afternoon, but they have an opportunity to gain in the short run if they allow the participants to conduct their practical work on real problems and issues in the organization. In the long run, they will benefit from having complete professionals who are more ready to take on challenges than someone who has only domain knowledge or management knowledge but not both.

Last but not the least, acknowledging the need for work-life balance, the schedule for the programme allows participants to have a Sunday off every week to spend time with family and friends as they prepare for the coming week. Further, participants, after completing the first year of core courses without a break, have the flexibility to not take courses or take a reduced load in quarters to allow them to devote their time to other activities, as long as they meet all the credit requirements within five years of their date of joining.

Participants will be admitted to the programme based on a combination of requirements. An applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree (minimum 50%) that has been recognized by an authorized body in India. Bachelor’s degrees from outside India are also eligible, provided their equivalence to accepted degrees is established. The Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or its equivalent. The applicant needs to have a minimum of three years of experience in any industry as on May 1, 2015.

The application form will be available at http://www.iimb.ernet.in/pgpem/admission-2015. Applications to the PGPEM can be submitted from September 15, 2014 to January 31, 2015.

• Applicants require a valid CAT, GMAT or GRE score to be considered for admission. If they have the score at the time of application, they need to provide the score. Alternatively, they can indicate the date on which they intend to take the test and provide the score when it is available. The application fee is INR 500.00
  
  • Applicants may take the Common Admission Test (CAT 2014) and indicate that they want to apply for the PGPEM in the CAT 2014 Application Form. The CAT 2014 scores made available to IIMB will be used in the assessment of the application. Please see the CAT IIM website at http://www.iimcat.ac.in for more details on CAT.
  • Applicants may take GMAT. The GMAT Code for IIMB PGPEM is Q9HKK- 32. The score provided by GMAT will be used in the assessment of the application.
  • Applicants may also take GRE. Those who have already taken the test may upload a copy of their GRE scores along with the application. Those who are going to take the test may send the scores directly to the PGPEM Office.
• Applicants with seven or more years of experience as on May 01, 2015 who may not be in a position to take the above tests may apply with the option of taking the PGPEM Test to be conducted by IIMB on February 08, 2015. These applicants are required to produce a letter from a competent/approving authority from their organisation stating that they have been assessed as high potentials and are recommended for the programme. The application fee for those opting for the PGPEM test is INR 1500.00.

Candidates with 3 to 7 years of work experience are selected through CAT/GRE/GMAT while candidates with more than 7 years of experience will have to appear for the PGPEM test, followed by company recommendation and written analytical test and personal interview.

Applicants will be short listed for interviews based on performance in CAT/GMAT/GRE/PGPEM Test, prior academic performance, and duration of work experience. At the time of interview, candidates will be required to produce letters of approval from their employers, indicating that they are permitted to pursue the programme. Final selection will be made based on the prior academic performance, duration of work experience, quality of work experience, and preparedness of management education as assessed in the interviews.

All interviews will be conducted at IIMB. Candidates who are unable to attend the interview on the specified date may be interviewed through video-conference. This facility is available at the discretion of the IIMB. Requests should be made at least 15 days ahead of the scheduled interview date during the specified interview period. Arrangements for video conferencing at the candidate’s location have to be made by the candidate.

The total fee for 2 years is INR 14,00,000/-. It is payable in 8 installments at INR 1,75,000/- per quarter. If a student needs to continue beyond two academic years to meet the credit requirements, she/he has to pay a continuation fee of INR 15,000/- per quarter till she/he completes the credit requirements of the programme. The continuation fee per quarter is payable irrespective of whether a participant takes courses in a quarter or not (subject to a maximum of five years).

The application form is to be filled online.

For further information/clarifications, please contact:

Admission Office
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Bannerghatta Road
Bangalore- 560076

Phone : +91 - 80 - 26993013/3017
IVRS No. (for admission queries): 080 26484650
Email : pgpemadm@iimb.ernet.in