Which is better for a PGDM in finance, NMIMS Bangalore or Welingkar Mumbai?

Both NMIMS Bangalore and Welingkar University or WeSchool are excellent for PGDM course. Welingkar University is famous for its 2 year PGDM program which provides many specializations like finance, operations, supply chain management, etc. NMIMS offers a number of courses related to management. Its PGDM course is relatively famous for its course structure and education.

Ranking:

• NMIMS Bengaluru ranked amongst the top 5 emerging B-schools for 2015 by the ‘National Human Resource Development Network (NHRDN)’ – 2015.
• Welingkar University has ranked as 68th in the best management universities of India by the NIRF Ranking Framework.

Admission:

NMIMS Bengaluru

• For admission to NMIMS students are required to have a verified undergraduate degree and test scores of GMAT.
• For students who have not given GMAT, they can appear for NMAT which is conducted by NMIMS. The final admissions will be based on merit.

Welingkar Mumbai

• For PGDM course at Welingkar, students are required to present test scores of CAT /XAT /CMAT /ATMA /GMAT and the cumulative scores of their undergraduate degree.
• Students will be admitted on the basis of merit in their exam scores.

Placements:

NMIMS Bengaluru

• The placement percentage of NMIMS has been very high as almost 90% of their students applying to the placement cell get placed in the top companies in Bangalore including PPOs in eminent brands like VMware, Exide Life Insurance, Tata Capital, and many more.
• The highest package offered was 21.38 LPA with the average being 10.5 LPA.
• Most of the students are placed in FMCG, CD, Pharma, and Retail industries.

Welingkar Mumbai

• Welingkar University PGDM course has high placements with top recruiters among Deloitte USI, GEP, Accenture, Nestle, Morgan Stanley, Infosys, Manipal Cigna Health Insurance, Philips India Ltd, Keva, ICICI Bank, etc.
• Their highest salary went up to 13.94 LPA with the average salary range of 10.92 LPA.
• The institute recorded 85% placement record in the recent placement drive.

Thus both these universities are excellent for their course structure and placements. It completely depends on the student about which institute they want to pursue based on their exam scores and financial abilities. Rest assured PGDM course at any of these institutes is likely to result in a successful career.