Part-time MBA from FMS, DU set to be costlier

New Delhi: The three-year part time management courses, with their name changed and duration reduced to 2 years, at the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University, are set to be costlier from the next academic session.

At present, the total intake of the B-school is 232 students for the MBA (part time) course; but after the new structure is implemented, only 172 will be absorbed. In the healthcare administration course, the B-school will admit 42 students instead of 37.

It's been proposed to hike the fees of MBA (part time) and MBA (healthcare administration) to Rs 50,000 per annum from Rs 11,000. And henceforth, these courses will be known as MBA (executive) and MBA (executive) healthcare administration.

A senior FMS official said that the faculty has approved the proposed changes as there has been a gradual decline in the number of takers for the two courses. He said that world over, the executive programmes are of maximum two years duration; so, it makes no sense to keep the duration at three years.

A senior faculty member of the FMS said that the programme will be more intensive now and there will be no dilution of the curriculum because of shortening of the duration.