Is it better to do a post graduate diploma course or an MBA? Looking to specialise in healthcare and hospital management as I am a dentist

Hi Anjana Santhosh

Let me make you clear that there is no much difference between MBA degree and Post Graduation Diploma in Management (PGDM) in Indian contect. According to Indian law nly a University or all the colleges which are affiliated to a university can provide MBA degree. Remaining autonomous institutions like IIM's, private B-schools, etc can only provide Diploma in Post Graduation certificate to their students after the completion of two year post graduation program.

MBA is a course where we can find people from different technical and non technical backgrounds and we can also see people with medical background pursuing MBA after their medical practice or their education. In B- Schools we come across different sets of pets with various backgrounds who add value and complement each other during the class discussions.

MBA in Hospital Adminstration:

People with medical background usually like to choose this program because they can learn Hospital adminstration skills during their MBA program and they can improve the efficiency of the organization they are working for.

Eligibility :

Applicants must have a minimum of 50% marks in their Bachelor's degree from a recognised university and they have to satisfy the individual exam criteria for each and every institute which is offering this course.

Top Institutes offering MBA in Hospital Adminstration are:

• AIIMS, New Delhi - avg fee per year: INR 1,563
• Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - avg fee per year: INR 64,400
• Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune - avg fee per year: INR 1.3 lakhs
• University of Calicut, Calicut - avg fee per year: INR 3,378
• Amity University, Noida - avg fee per year: INR 2.38 lakhs
• Manipal University, Manipal - avg fee per year: INR 1.78 lakhs
• The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR University, Tamil Nadu - avg fee per year: INR 3,000
• SRM University, Kancheepuram - avg fee per year: INR 62500

All the Best!!!