Difference Between Sydenham MMS and PGDBM

MMS	PGDBM
Degree Certificate	Diploma Certificate
Masters degree offered by Mumbai University – considered for higher studies abroad	Diploma offered by Govt of Maharashtra – may not be considered relevant for doctoral programmes abroad
Statistics in Sem I	Maths and Statistics in Sem I
Clubbed together in 1 subject	Cost and Financial Accounting – different subjects
Perspective Management subject in Sem I	Same subject appears as ‘General Principals of Management’ in second Sem
HRD and ‘Group Behaviour and Effectiveness’ clubbed together in one subject	Different subjects
third sem - 2 univ papers	All college papers
4th sem – 3/4 univ papers

• Exam schedules for both may be different
• · Minor difference possible in faculty for 1^st year - In the 1^st year professor for a module of Financial Management and Marketing Management was different.
• · Apart from that there is no difference in PG and MMS be it lectures, professors, infrastructure, fees, library, PLACEMENTS etc.

PLEASE NOTE - where ever you see PGDBM or PGDBA, it is typically a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management.

Major institutes like SP Jain, IMT Ghaziabad, etc. offer this very diploma certificate

IMPORTANT INFO

In Sydenham the PGDBM actually started in 1976 as a 1 year program (name-DBM).then in 1992 name was changed to current PGDBM , 2 year duration.

In CET brochure, it says starting year as 2007 it is incorrect and needs to be corrected