Department of Management Sciences Pune University (PUMBA) Ganeshkhind Answered Questions

PUMBA, Pune  provides quality educate to the management students along with  helping them gain new skills. Total number of students engaged in Buildings administration courses both undergraduate as well as postgraduate level is 360. There are very limited number of seats for BBA at PUMBA Pune. PUMBA pune also provides BBA courses to the international students.

PUMBA is a Pune based institute of Management Studies which provided high standard education to the students. At undergraduate level students can pursue Bachelors degree in Business Administration at optimum level. The fee structure for BBA degree includes 70,000 Rs on yearly basis. Students are advised to apply for certain scholarship schemes in order to get financial aid.

Savitribai Phule Pune University's Department of Management Science, better known as PUMBA, was one of India's the earliest management institutes. It provides a BBA in Hospitality, an MBA, an MBA in Pharma Biotech, an Executive MBA, and a PhD. PUMBA was awarded the institutional rating A with five stars, making it one of just a few universities in the country to do so.The overall tuition for their MBA and other Master's programs is roughly INR 1.29 L - 1.52 Lacs, while the fee for their BBA course is approximately INR 2.1 Lacs. For further information on the same, please visit this page. 

PUMBA offers Master of Business Administration through various National-level and state-level exams inlcuding CAT,  CMAT,  MAT,  ATMA and MAH CET MBA to fulfil the eligibility criteria for final admission rounds. The university considers CAT cutoff for admission only for students who have a valid score. Candidates not meeting the cutoff are not considered for the further admission process.For CAT, candidates must have an overall percentile of 85. Hence, General category candidates with 86 Percentile and above in CAT exam do stand a chance to get a seat in PUMBA. The aforementioned cutoff is based on previous year cutoff and can be anticipated as future cutoffs. For more details refer to the PUMBA cutoff page here.

Apart from MBA, PUMBA offers admission to Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) through Pune University Entrance Exam. Candidates aspiring for PUMBA must have a valid score in order to be part pf thr further admission rounds. As per the previous year PUMBA cutoff 2022 for EMBA, the minimum cutoff in Pune University entrance exam was 54.25 Percentile for General All India category students, 26.75 Percentile for OBC, for SC category, it was 28.75 Percentile, for ST Category 37.5 Percentile, for PwD, it was 54.25 Percentile and for EWS, it is 50 Percentile.

PUMBA cutoff 2023 for MBA, the minimum cutoff in MAH CET CAP Round 1 was 98.85 Percentile, while the closing cutoff stood at 99.99 Percentile for the General category students. So, going as per the last year cutoff, it is not possible to get into PUMBA at 92.02 Percentile. However, the university considers various other entrance exams like CAT, MAT and CMAT. For CAT, candidates must have an overall percentile of 85, for MAT it is 80 Percentile and for CMAT it is 95 Percentile. In case MHT CET scores are not getting the candidate into PUMBA, then they can apply through any of the other entrance exams. The aforementioned cutoffs are based on previous years and can be anticipated as future cutoffs. 

PUMBA offers two PG courses in the Management stream. One is Master of Business Administration and the other one is MBA in Pharma-Biotechnology. While admission MBA is based on various entrance exams including,  CAT,  CMAT,  MAT,  ATMA and MAH CET MBA, ATMA scores are taken into consideration for admission to MBA in Pharma-Biotechnology. Aspirants with 95 percentile in ATMA are eligible for MBA in Pharma-Biotechnology. Here, the cutoff has been derived from the previous year cutoff and can be anticipated as future cutoffs for PUMBA.

According to unofficial sources, a large share of Department of Management Sciences, Pune University alumni are placed in the Business Development sector with a 23% share. The other top sectors that involve the majority of alumni are Operations and Sales. The detailed sector-wise split of alumni is depicted below:SectorPercentage of AlumniBusiness Development23%Operations18%Sales16%Marketing11%Consulting11%Others21%NOTE: The sectors involved in the 'Others' category are Education, Human Resources, and Customer Success and Support.

The MBA programme spans two years with six semesters and a requirement of 100 credits. Students can specialize in two areas, including Marketing as a mandatory choice. Specializations encompass Marketing, Finance, Systems, Operations, Human Resources, and International Business. The curriculum includes four projects (two group and two individual), along with summer training (50 days) and internship/pre-placement training.