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Should you do an online MBA, really?

Most sites answer that question by selling you one. This one starts from your situation and gives you the honest answer — which for three of the twelve situations below is no.

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things to do instead

Pick the sentence that sounds like you

Each one leads to a verdict and the reasoning behind it. No form to fill first.

A promotion needs a postgraduate qualificationDo it — this is the clearest case there is.Worth itI want it for a government jobOnly if the notification says so — read it before you pay.It dependsI am changing career or functionProbably not an MBA — a one-year diploma is usually the better buy.It dependsMy employer is paying for itTake it — but read the bond before you sign.Worth itI already have a postgraduate degreeAlmost certainly not. You need one field, not a second degree.Probably notI just finished my degreeGet two years of work first — the programme is worth more afterwards.It dependsI want a higher salaryThe qualification rarely moves pay on its own. The role does.It dependsI am starting or running a businessNot the MBA. Buy the two or three things you are actually missing.Probably notI want to work or study abroadTake a degree, not a diploma — and check the evaluation route first.It dependsI am returning to work after a breakA good use of it — recency is the problem, and this fixes recency.Worth itI might do a PhD laterThen take a degree, and check entitlement carefully.Worth itI am joining a family businessNobody is asking you for the certificate. Buy the gaps instead.Probably not
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Autonomous institutes

If the verdict was yes: IICT and IIPM, Lucknow

This tool tells you when an online MBA is worth doing. When the answer is yes and price is the deciding variable, these are the two autonomous institutes we run a programme with.

IICT — Indian Institute of Commerce and Trade

IICT Business School, Lucknow — usually written IICT Lucknow — has run autonomous management programmes for over 30 years. The IICT MBA is a two-year programme across 30+ specialisations, taught by distance and online, with admission by profile review rather than an entrance test. The complete fee is ₹32,350, paid to the institute directly.

IIPM — Indian Institute of Pharmaceutical Marketing

IIPM Lucknow specialises in pharmaceutical marketing and pharma business management — sector-specific management education that university syllabi rarely cover. The IIPM MBA runs on the same model and the same ₹32,350 complete fee.

IICT Business School, Lucknow · iict.in · IIPM Lucknow · iipm.co.in

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