Looking for a Dual Degree? Get an MBA-Ms from IIM Udaipur & Purdue

For those of you considering an international dual degree MBA program to be completed in a short time frame need look no further than the Post Graduate Program in Management for Executives (PGPX) of IIM Udaipur offered in partnership with the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University, USA.

On completion of the 15-month full-time program, you will receive the MBA as well as an MS degree. Unlike similar programs that offer the students only a few weeks of foreign sojourn, this program involves a full term of 5 months at Purdue. Another highlight of the program is the internship opportunity for the students, that is not usually included in other 1-year programs.

Class Profile

The PGPX Class of 2018 comprises 21 students including 3 females. They have an average work experience of 4.8 years. The minimum work experience is 2.6 years and the maximum 9.5 years.

In work diversity, the participants are from IT, Engineering Design, Oil & Gas, Engineering Projects, Automotive, FMCG, Telecom, Power, Analytics, Retail and e-commerce.

They have worked for several well known firms including Cyient, IBM, TCS, AECOM India, Ramboli India, Technit India, L&T Technology Services, Accenture, Maruti Suzuki, Tube Investments of India, Lafarge India, HPCL, Godrej & Boyce, Wirintco, Tolaram Group, Idea Cellular, Reliance Power, JP Morgan Chase, Lakme Lever, CSC and Alstom.

Candidates with a minimum of 10+2 years of school education and a minimum of 4 years of university education with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in any discipline. A valid GMAT score with relevant work experience of a minimum of 30 months as of January 1, 2018.

They had also done corporate internship at Amazon, Ernst & Young, Athena Supply Chain Lab, Eureka Forbes, Siemens, Mahindra & Mahindra, Procam Logistics, Cargill, Babaji Shivaram Logistics, Farm Taaza and Tupperware. Post Graduate Program in Management for Executives (PGPX)

At this year’s Summer Internship, the Class had a total of 11 companies wooing them for a variety of roles in the Supply Chain domain, including Logistics, Transportation, Planning, Forecasting, Sourcing and Procurement.

Admission Criteria

Candidates with a minimum of 10+2 years of school education and a minimum of 4 years of university education with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in any discipline. A valid GMAT score with relevant work experience of a minimum of 30 months as of January 1, 2018.

Applicants must submit one Language Assessment Test for admission to Purdue University. Students can choose from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or Pearson Test of English (PTE) scores.

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Purdue accepts all valid forms of TOEFL testing, including those earned through the paper based-test (minimum score of 600), computer based-test (minimum score of 260), and Internet-based test (minimum score of Writing 20, Speaking 22, Listening 18, Reading 22, and Total bandwidth 93). For the Internet-based test, all 5 minimum scores must be satisfied.

Purdue accepts International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scores. An overall band score of 7.5 is required for admission, with 7.0 required per each section. The Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic scores. An overall score of 70 is required for admission.

All scores must be documented by an official report from the Educational Testing Service, IELTS, or PTE and must be no more than 24 months old at the time the application credentials are reviewed by Purdue.

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IIMU will accept applications for which English language proficiency results are not yet available. However, candidates who receive provisional acceptance from IIMU cannot submit their applications to Purdue without proof of satisfactory English language proficiency.

Admission Process

Selection of students will be done jointly by IIM Udaipur and Purdue University. The admission process for PGPX is completed in two parts:

In the first part, applicants to IIMU are shortlisted on the basis of the above eligibility criteria and called for the second round where they are screened through a personal interview.

A provisional offer of admission is made on the basis of a weighted score of the candidate’s demographic profile, academic profile, course relevant work experience (SCM), score in GMAT and personal interview.

In part 2, candidates who have successfully completed part 1 should comply with the application requirements for admission to the MS course at Krannert.  After initial screening and a personal interview process at Purdue University, the applicants are made an offer of admission by Krannert School of Management. Following this a final offer of admission is made to the student by IIMU.

IIMU and Purdue University have reached an agreement where Purdue University shares its minimum criteria for admission and these are ensured by IIMU before granting provisional admission to applicants. Consequently, in the 3 cohorts of the PGPX to date, 100% of the participants selected by IIMU have been confirmed by Purdue University.