How to Get into an MBA College Without Appearing for Entrance Exams?

All the top MBA colleges in India, especially the IIMs grant admission only on the basis of CAT score. So, most experts will advise you to study for CAT or MAT if you want the best education in MBA. However, if you are seeking direct admission to an MBA college i.e. without having to appear for an entrance exam then there are many decent colleges that offer this facility too. Some of these are:

• School of Management, G D Goenka University, Gurgaon
• School of Management and Entrepreneurship, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida
• VYASA Business School Bangalore
• Birla Global University Bhubaneswar
• GIBS Bangalore

Management Quota

If budget is not an issue for you, then you can seek direct admission to a good MBA college through management quota. There are a number of institutes in Karnataka, Delhi, Maharashtra, etc. which offer admission under this. In fact, the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) Maharashtra has stated that as many as 20% of the seats can be offered by the MBA colleges through Management Quota.

Admission through management quota is usually quite easy. However, the catch is that you have to pay 2-4 times the standard fee.

Distance MBA

Another viable option for MBA sans entrance test is distance MBA aka long-distance MBA program. There are many good universities that offer this facility. Some of these are:

• Sikkim Manipal University- Sikkim
• Institute of Management Technology Centre for Distance Learning- New Delhi
• Alagappa University- Tamil Nadu
• Amity University- Uttar Pradesh
• IGNOU- New Delhi
• Symbiosis Centre of Distance Learning- Pune

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