Now Universities cannot offer PGDM & MBA courses simultaneously: AICTE

February 18: In a latest circular, the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) stated that Government or private universities will no longer be able to offer both (Post Graduate Diploma in Management) and MBA courses simultaneously and will have to chose either of the two. According to the AICTE Regulations, 2020, conducting PGDM and MBA courses in the same institution is not permissible.

According to the regulations, institutions affiliated to universities have the option of either converting all PGDM courses into corresponding MBA courses with respective university affiliation or vice-versa and run those under a separate standalone institute.

“Over a period of time, deemed to be universities have added PGDM course under the banner of “Management Programme” in contravention of norms. According to the AICTE Regulations, 2020, conducting PGDM and MBA courses in the same institution is not permissible,” a senior AICTE official said.