In a first, the University of Mumbai will offer a bridge course for engineering graduates (BE) who wish to pursue management education for postgraduate (PG). They are now allowed direct lateral entry into the second year of the two-year Master of Management Studies (MMS) course; The bridge course is expected to help engineering graduates understand the fundamentals of management studies.
This bridge course covers topics such as fundamentals of management theory and practice, financial accounting for business, fundamentals of marketing, operations management, corporate finance, human resource management, and information systems and digital transformation. The objective is to enable engineering students to learn the fundamentals of management education as they directly enter the second year of the two-year PG course after completing four years of engineering.
In a recent meeting, the Academic Council of Mumbai University approved the bridge course prepared by the Board of Studies in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 recommendations.
Following these recommendations that demand greater academic flexibility and a more streamlined pathway to higher education for students to avoid multiple entry-posts; MU approved two MMS PG programs – one will be of single-year tenure where students completing four-year Management Studies (BMS) will be eligible for admission. Next is the two-year MMS, where students who have completed a four-year BE can directly take admission in the second year, as per the guidelines of the All-India Council of Technical Education, except for Bachelors of Arts taking admission in the first year. (AICTE).
“For BMS students, it will be a smooth transition with just a one-year PG course as they have studied the fundamentals of management. But for engineering students, it will be a quick transition without entering management education at the graduate level and directly into the second year. Engineering graduates will learn the basics of management education in a compressed format. The bridge-course is expected to fill this gap by imparting knowledge, which could otherwise be covered in the first year of the PG course,” an official explained.
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