IIM Kozhikode EPGC Admission 2024: Registration (Open), Eligibility, Selection Criteria, Syllabus, Application Form, Last Date to Apply

IIM Kozhikode’s MBA in liberal studies is a fresh change from the traditional MBA. It helps in the comprehensive development of students. Moreover, IIM Kozhikode has the best faculty when it comes to Humanities & Liberal Arts in Management.

Some amazing features of this course are:

• It teaches the students soft skills like management, empathy, leadership, etc which go a long way over hard skills like complex excel models, and well-researched reports taught in traditional MBA.

• The course is a good choice because of its content. You will have to select many of the Humanities & Liberal Arts electives to complete their degree requirements.

• Companies considering HR, or Consulting roles will definitely prioritize you.

IIM Kozhikode’s MBA in liberal studies offers a fresh perspective and is not a bad choice.

The post graduate program (PGP) in Business Leadership (BL) of IIM Kozhikode is a 

• One year

• Full time

• Residential program

It has been initiated from 16 December,2019. The admission process of the same has been conducted by the best officials. The program has seen a batch of students with diverse backgrounds. Almost 50% of the seats are reserved for women.

Eligibility-

To be eligible for the IIM Kozhikode PGP-BL, the applicants must have:

• 50% in their graduation/post-graduation/CA

• three years of relevant work experience post-graduation

• a GMAT/GRE/CAT score from the previous three years

Features-

The one-year post-graduate programme in business leadership encourages its students to learn critical thinking, business skills and leadership values through its course. Some major reasons why you should consider this course are:

• Developing leadership skills

• Excellent placement opportunities 

• Receiving practical guidance

• Diverse knowledge 

• Strong alumni base

Fees- 

IIM Kozhikode 1 year PGP Business Leadership program fee is Rs. 22,50,000. This fee includes program delivery, books and instruction material, in-campus hostel accommodation, and access to all in-campus facilities such as the library.

The PGP finance program at IIM Kozhikode is indeed good. IIM Kozhikode is the 4th Ranked B-School in MHRD NIRF Ranking (2021) among the top 100 Management Institutes. 

The PGP Finance is a two-year full-time masters level program designed to aid students in pursuing careers in the financial world, in domains such as corporate finance, investment banking, and wealth management.

Most of the courses are very easy, especially for commerce graduates from DU or other reputed colleges.

The students' response to the IIM Kozhikode's PGP-LSM program was good. The demand of the course was also high.

But as far as the response of the industry is concerned, I think it will take a few more years to assess this. The course is new and will offer opportunities different from that of a general MBA program. Both the courses are not likely to overlap in significance for a few more years.

EPGCOM is one of the best certification courses offered by IIM Kozhikode. 

If you’ve worked for a while in the operations domain, and wish to climb the ladder in your company, this is an ideal course for you. It is meant for professionals with some amount of work experience. 

It demands a fundamental understanding of operations, and is not meant for freshers or professionals with zero experience in this domain. Moreover, the course does not offer any placement assistance. The faculty and teaching methodology for EPGCOM is top notch, which is obvious as IIM Kozhikode is a renowned management college. 

Overall, the course is good, but only for professionals with experience in the operations domain.

IIM Kozhikode does not offer any specialization degree. It offers a General Management or PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management). This is somewhat equivalent to an MBA. It doesn’t offer specific PGDM in Operations, Finance, HR, etc.

A variety of electives are offered in the second year. You may choose these on the basis of your interests and the career you wish to pursue.

The area offers a list of elective courses in which the students choose to have a career in the human resource field or develop their people management competency. Some elective courses are as follows:

1. Legal Aspects of HRM

2. Strategic HRM

3. Some Recent OB Inputs for Enhancing Employee Performance and Humanistic Orientation in Workplace

4. Compensation and Rewards Management

5. Performance Management

6. Leadership: Applied, Conceptual and Evolving

7. Discovering Self

8. Negotiations & Conflicts Resolution

9. Management Consulting: Profession and Practice

10. Managing Creativity

11. Organization Change and Development

12. Recruitment & Selection

Honestly, IIM Kozhikode is not a good option for HR. IIM Ranchi or SCMHRD are better options for the same.

The new PGP courses in Finance and Liberal Arts have a lot of expectations. My friend met a few professors from IIM Kozhikode and they were really looking forward to these courses.

The only drawback is that the placement opportunities for these courses are still unknown. So all we can do is wait for the best results.