Department of Management Sciences (PUMBA)

Established in 1971, The Department of Management Sciences (DMS), Savitribai Phule Pune University (also known as PUMBA or Pune University MBA), is one of the premier business schools in India. It is an autonomous department of the University Of Pune (that was recently renamed as Savitribai Phule University Of Pune). PUMBA uses scores of CMAT/CAT/ATMA/XAT/MH-CET. The Pune University MBA, located in Pune, India





== History ==



PUMBA was established in the year 1971 as "University Department Of Management Studies (UDMS)" and later renamed as "The Department Of Management Sciences, PUMBA" in 1997. Class of 2004 was an important milestone when PUMBA became a fully autonomous institute albeit under the University Of Pune. This change enabled PUMBA to introduce a rigorous trimester based curriculum, a continuous evaluation system and an integrated internship immersion experience.





== Courses Offered ==





=== MBA++ ===

MBA++ is the flagship program at PUMBA. The course is covered in 22 months and is distributed over six trimesters. The course has credit system for evaluation of students with 100 available credits across electives. Batch size = 180 students, that includes about 30 students from international regions of Korea, Middle East, ASEAN and Europe. This course features dual specialization, students can choose from the following - Finance, Marketing, Human Resource, Systems, Operations and International Business.





=== MBA Pharma Biotech ===

This course was a first in India and was initiated by PUMBA for graduates from the Pharmacy & Biotechnology sector to develop the managerial skills and prepare for a corporate stint from a leadership and general management perspective.