What is MBA?

MBA is one of the most lucrative fields of study after graduation and offers aspirants promising careers as management professionals across various industries. A specialized program, correspondence MBA or regular course enables graduates to better understand various fields of business management, functions and hone their management skills. Master’s degree course in management certainly offers aspirants tremendous career avenues, better networking opportunities, extensive professional exposure and high salaries.

In the last few years, the demand for candidates with degrees and considerable expertise in business management has risen considerably. Employers from various industries continuously search for professionals with right set of skills to take over various managerial positions in their respective companies. Accordingly, MBA degree from a reputed college/university, most of the time, is a harbinger of great career prospects and growth opportunities.

Candidates can pursue MBA as regular candidates from the reputed colleges and universities. Whereas those who are already working somewhere or somehow cannot attend regular classes can opt for distance learning MBA. The reason being, pursuing MBA correspondence courses from a recognised university offers the necessary knowledge and equips students with skills that enable them excel.  

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates belonging to any stream who want to pursue career as business management professionals can opt for MBA distance learning programs. Unlike the regular courses, doing MBA through correspondence does not have minimum pass percentage criteria in graduation. Part time MBA or MBA distance education courses can last anywhere between two to four years, depending on the college and university offering these courses.  

Admission Process

Admission process for distance learning MBA program is not as complicated as it is for the regular courses from the top ranking colleges, universities and even IIMs throughout India. All that a candidate needs is a graduation degree and they can pursue any of the distance MBA courses. However, it is important to mention here that a few of the universities also conduct entrance tests that candidates need to clear to take admission.

•  College/University specific entrance test – There is no CAT, MAT, ATMA, CMAT and GMAT that candidates need to pass to do correspondence MBA. Some university specific exams though, in certain institutes, remain compulsory.

1.    IGNOU OPENMAT: Conducted by IGNOU, OPENMAT is an entrance test that candidates need to clear to take admission in various MBA programs. The test is designed to assess the candidate’s aptitude in management, general awareness, reasoning and quantitative aptitude. Other than MBA, OPENMAT is an essential criterion for admission to various distance learning MBA and management programs that Schools of Management Studies under IGNOU offer.

2.    Anna University DEET: Anna University Centre for Distance Education conducts Distance Education Entrance Test (DEET) for enrolling students in MBA programs. DEET test for two years, four-semester MBA distance education program, is aimed at identifying the aptitude and assessing the ability of candidates who want to enrol themselves in the MBA program at Anna University.  

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