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Think you were born to lead? An MBA in Advanced Project Management is your calling.
This comprehensive programme allows you to acquire all the necessary skills you need to take the reins of the biggest, most complex engineering and non-engineering projects, and see them to their success.

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What You'll Learn

Through the Advanced Project Management programme, you will learn:

  • Strong theoretical and practical project management skills.
  • Conceptualization, planning, scheduling, control, and delivery of complex projects with minimal supervision.
  • Demonstration of ethical approach, professionalism, and governance to work in project teams both locally and globally.

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Programme at a Glance

From leading diverse teams and solving critical problems to assessing risks and organisational effectiveness, the programme prepares you for an array of opportunities
to become a rockstar project leader.

Highlights

The programme offers specially designed project management courses, along with various elective courses from different domains like infrastructure, education, health care, software development, oil & gas, MEP, and more.

Location

Pune Campus


Seamlessly blending with Baner’s elite, cutting-edge lifestyle, our Pune campus will leave you enchanted with its state-of-the-art learning and living facilities.


Duration: Two years full time

Courses

Semester 1

Kickstart your academic journey with foundational knowledge of accounting, finance, business economics, and more.

In this semester, you become well versed with the very essentials of professional project management from a theoretical point of view.

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  • Accounting and Finance - Core
  • Legal Aspects and Industrial Relations - Core
  • Statistical Methods and Data Analysis - Core
  • Business Development and Project Marketing - Core
  • Fundamentals of Organisational Behaviour - Core
  • Project Stakeholders and Communication Management - Core
  • Project Management Principles and Practices - Core
  • Project Planning and Scheduling - Core
  • Health, Safety and Environment Management - Core
  • Project Management Lab (MSP) - Workshop
  • MOOC (Ethics/ or Similar) - MOOC
  • Social Immersion - Workshop

Semester 2

Plunge into the legal, operational, and managerial side of project management in this semester. This 12-course semester will help you acquire core competencies in concepts like contract and property laws, project risks, formulation and planning, and quality management.

Conclude this semester with an exciting internship opportunity that helps you gain professional experience and industry exposure.

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  • Operations Management - Core
  • Fundamentals of Human Resource Management - Core
  • Fundamentals of Operations Research - Core
  • Managerial Economics - Core
  • Enterprise Risk Management - Core
  • Project Formulation and Appraisal - Core
  • Project Management Lab (Primavera) - Core
  • Procurement and Contract Management - Core
  • Project Quality Management - Core
  • Project Cost Engineering - Core
  • Business Communication Lab - Workshop
  • Research Methodology and Project Seminar - Core
  • Entrepreneurship Methodology and Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture (IEV) Development Project: Idea Development - Project
  • MOOC (Indian Knowledge System) - MOOC
  • Summer Internship

Semester 3

With the onset of this semester, you will dive deeper into analysis and evaluation of the managerial and governance aspects that make up a large-scale project.

Encompassing a comprehensive series of 18 courses, this semester is where you take your project management learnings to the next level.

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  • Supply Chain Management - Core
  • Sustainable Project Governance, Ethics and Professionalism - Core
  • Social Cost Benefit Analysis - Elective
  • Enterprise Resource Planning - Elective
  • Entrepreneurship - Elective
  • Advanced Operations Research - Elective
  • Project Analytics - Elective
  • Advances in Project Management - Elective
  • Building Information Modelling and Digital Transformations in Projects - Elective
  • Project Management for Education - Elective
  • Management of Infrastructure Projects - Elective
  • Project Management in Health and Community services - Elective
  • Site Administration and Control - Elective
  • Management of Launching Systems in Bridge Projects - Elective
  • Management of Oil and Gas Projects - Elective
  • Fundamentals of MEP Projects - Elective
  • Project Work: Interim - Project
  • Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Venture (IEV) Development Project: Prototype - Project

Semester 4

Conclude the programme with a high-level understanding of global and rural project management, relevant urbanisation dynamics, project financing, and more. Get hands on with tools and techniques that help you learn how to optimise costs and energy consumption.

Also indulge in project work to utilise research methods that help you arrive at optimum solutions to the problems at hand.

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  • Strategic Management - Core
  • Management of Global Projects - Elective
  • Project Finance - Elective
  • Project Management for Smart Cities - Elective
  • Public Private Partnership - Elective
  • Project Management for Rural development - Elective
  • Project Management in Software Development Projects - Elective
  • Management of New Product Development Projects - Elective
  • Management of Renewable Energy Projects - Elective
  • Management of MEP Projects - Elective
  • BIM for MEP Projects - Elective
  • Project Work: Final - Project
  • Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Venture (IEV) Development Project: Business Model - Project

An enriching environment

Class Profile

Join a diverse community of learners who are ready to lead project management teams
in a variety of professional settings.

  • 20-22

    Average age

  • 12

    Average Courses Each Semester

  • 21

    Average Credits Per Semester

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Our leader

Dr. Avinash Bagul
Head, MBA APM

With a blend of industry and teaching experience, Dr. Avinash Bagul holds a Mechanical Engineering degree with MBA in Marketing Management, and Ph.D. in SCM from IIT Bombay. He delivers courses including Operations Research, Operations Management, and Business Statistics. His research revolves around supply chain challenges faced by the industry which has resulted in publications featured in international journals and conferences.

He has been extensively involved in fostering the academic and professional development of the students.

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Admission Requirements

  • Students with a regular bachelor’s degree in engineering / architecture / planning / science / arts / commerce / finance / banking / management / economics / mathematics / statistics / agriculture / pharmacy / information technology from a recognised institution / university are eligible for admission in this programme. .
  • A minimum of 50% aggregate marks at graduation level (45% for reserved category candidates) is required. Final year graduating students can also apply.
  • Applications received are evaluated and eligibility is established on the basis of the documents submitted. Eligible students are invited to appear for the selection procedure, which comprises Post Graduate NICMAR Common Admission Test (PG-NCAT), Group Discussion (GD), Personal Interview (PI) and Rating of Application (RA).

Your trajectory

Career opportunities

As an MBA in Advanced Project Management, you can pursue a career under the following fields:

Project Planning Controls
MEP Launching systems
Project Marketing Supply Chain
Contracts Risk Management
Management Consulting Project Management Consultancy

FAQs

  • What makes NICMAR’s MBA APM programme stand out?

    Our faculty’s academic and industry experience combined with a skills-driven curriculum make us one of the most sought-after universities for postgraduate programmes in the country, especially for MBA APM. We also supplement our teaching methodology by inviting industry experts to deliver sessions for experience sharing, which helps our students gain a real-world perspective on how to lead projects at a vast scale.

  • Is it necessary for me to have any kind of prior work experience to join the programme?

    Absolutely not! Although, it is a plus if you have it! Our group is expected to be a fine blend of freshers and candidates with work experience.

  • What’s the faculty like for this programme?

    Only the finest in the field! Our faculty is our biggest strength, for they not only hold PhD degrees from reputed universities, but they also bring with themselves unparalleled academic and industry experience. Rest assured, you’ll be in good hands.

  • What kind of pedagogy/tools/techniques will be facilitated in this programme?

    It’s a mix of classroom teaching, case studies, project-based learning, site visits, and much more. We believe that absolute learning comes from combining theoretical and practical knowledge, which is why we also urge our students to not just limit themselves to the literary resources, but also think outside the box.

  • What can I expect in terms of skill enhancement after completing this programme?

    By the end of this programme, you will become proficient in a variety of industry-standard software that are used to manage projects at a large scale. The critical courses in our curriculum help you understand the ins and outs of project management and risk management software, BIM, and statistical tools.

    Along with that, our courses on Research Methodology, Statistics, and OR help you enhance your research skills so that you find it effortless to embark upon research programs at universities in the future.

  • I am an engineering graduate. Why should I join the MBA APM programme?

    If you’re an engineering graduate, you’ll be the perfect fit for projects in the infrastructure, manufacturing, and construction domains. They are always on the lookout for skilled engineers with project management skills to conceptualise, formulate, plan, execute, and control different projects in different sectors.

  • I am a non-engineering graduate. Why should I join the MBA APM programme?

    As a non-engineering graduate, you can carve an exceptional career in the fields of software, education, healthcare, rural development, and project finance. Since a degree in engineering isn’t a prerequisite, this programme will prepare you for a role as a project leader in a variety of professional settings.

  • I am a non-engineering graduate. Will I be able to cope up with the academic requirements of the programme?

    Absolutely! Since this is a management programme and not a technical one, you’ll do just fine! Along with compulsory courses, our curriculum also comprises a few elective courses. This means that you can choose what you’d like to study as per your interests and level of knowledge.

  • Which industries and sectors benefit the most from project managers?

    The real question is, which don’t? While the MBA APM programme prepares you to thrive in both engineering and non-engineering fields, you’ll witness exceptional success in the following sectors: oil and gas, software development, mechanical/electrical/piping projects, rural development, healthcare, manufacturing, and construction.

  • Does project management really offer a rewarding career?

    You bet! Large-scale projects inherently involve copious amounts of complexity, financial commitment, concomitant challenges, and massive responsibility. After all, they contribute to the country’s economy! Organisations all over the world are actively looking for project management professionals that can lead their teams whilst cutting costs. Needless to say, if you’re one of them, there is no dearth of career opportunities for you in today’s market.

  • What companies can I expect to be placed in after completing the programme?

    Top-tier companies such as PWC, L&T, Tata Projects, Tata Bluescope, Reliance, Thermax, HILTI, Asian Paints, Pidilite, and many more have repeatedly visited us for recruitment. You will also receive assured placement assistance from us, so that you’re all set to enter the professional world.

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News & Updates

NICMAR University is Recognised as State Private University by UGC.

NICMAR University Pune Act (Mah. Act No. XXXVI of 2022) was passed by Maharashtra State Government on 16th March, 2022 and appeared in “Maharashtra Government Gazette” on 12th May 2022 .