About the Institute.

The Two Year Full Time Post Graduate Diploma in Management is an AICTE-approved Programme which is designed to train and groom future managers at FORE School of Management. This programme builds a student’s skills and knowledge in various management functions and helps students in acquiring conceptual and analytical abilities required for effective decision-making and their implementation.

FORE School of Management is a private business school located in South Delhi. The School is known for its PGDM, PGDM (International Business), PGDM (Financial Management) & PGDM (Big Data Analytics) programmes. Apart from PGDM/ MBA course, the college also offers FPM. FORE School has started the application process for admissions to the 2-year Full-time PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management) Programme for the batch 2023-25

For PGDM Admission Shortlisting, FORE School accepts valid CAT, XAT & GMAT scores followed by Business Awareness Quiz (BA-Q), Extempore, and Personal Interview (PI) round. FORE School of Management successfully concluded the Final Placement process for the Batch of 2021-22 with a 100% placement record. During Placement 2022, Highest CTC Offered to FORE students was recorded as INR 41 LPA while the Average Salary went INR 14.04 LPA & 150+ companies visited the campus.

FORE School of Management Key Facts

• MBA Equivalence: The FORE School PGDM & PGDM(IB)Programmes are Accredited by NBA and are equivalent to the MBA as per permission granted by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and the accreditation process for its PGDM(FM) programme is already initiated by the Institute. FORE School of Management is accredited by SAQS.
• Ranking: FORE School of Management ranked 19th in India in  Graduation outcome scores(In which placement is one of the component) in NIRF 2022 (https://www.fsm.ac.in/nirf-go-rank)
• Dual Specialization: FORE School offers dual specialization to all the students enrolled in its PGDM programmes, unlike many others that offer only one specialization.
  
  
• Gender Diversity: With 40% of faculty members and 32% of students being female, FORE school emphasizes Gender Diversity and there is some additional weightage for female candidates.
• Regional Diversity: - FORE gives additional weightage to students from Southern states and North Easter states of India.
• Scholarship to North east and J& K students: - A special concession/ scholarship amounting to 10% waiver in the Tuition Fee is extended to the students who join the programme in the Academic Year 2022-23 and are domiciled in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and the 8 North-Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim. This special concession is over and above any other scholarship being given to the students.
•  No increase in the Fees: FORE School has not increase the fee as compared to the other Private Institutes which has increased their fees drastically, it has been kept at  INR 16.98 Lacs for its PGDM Batch 2023-25.
• Program Intake: FORE School of Management has a sanctioned intake of 480 students for its flagship PGDM courses including 180 students in PGDM(General) Programme; PGDM (International Business) – 120; PGDM (Financial Management) – 120; PGDM (Big Data Analytics) – 60.
• International Immersion Program (IIP): FORE School organizes international immersion programs (IIP) annually for all its full-time students at one of its international partner institutions, which is spread over one full week, wherein the students attend half-credit courses of their choice, visit industrial/corporate locations and sites of historical importance. Under the SEP, FORE students can avail of the opportunity to study abroad on one of the campuses of our Foreign-partner institutions for a brief period of three months (one term) normally during the winter (January-March). Students interested to take part in the exchange program are required to appear in the screening process at FSM.

FORE School of Management Placements 

Fore School of Management has concluded its 2022 placement drive. Recruiters like Accenture, Clear Tax, Cognizant, HCL Technologies, HDFC Bank, Reliance Retail, Stanton Chase, TVS Motor Company etc visited the campus. The highest international salary package offered was INR 41 LPA. The highest domestic CTC was INR 23.5 LPA. The below table shows the highlights of the 2022 placement drive:

FORE School of Management Scholarships

Means-cum-Merit Scholarship: FORE School provides financial aid in the form of “Means-cum-Merit Scholarship” to the students in the First Year and the Second Year of the PGDM programmes including waiver of full tuition fee. The maximum total number of scholarships that may be awarded in 1st year and the 2nd year for the PGDM, PGDM (IB), PGDM (FM) & PGDM (BDA) are indicated in the table below:

FORE School of Management International Exchange Program

FORE has an academic partnership with the following international colleges/universities:

• ESC Rennes School of Business, France
• Vietnam National University – 
• HCM University of Law and Economics, Vietnam
•  Kathmandu University School of Management, Kathmandu, Nepal
•  STI University, Yangon, Myanmar
•  The University of California, Riverside (IEP), USA
•  The University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
•  Nanyang Business School, Singapore
•  School of Business and Economics Sweden
•  European Institute for Asian Studies, Luxemburg

FORE School of Management Alumni

The FORE School of Management has a vast alumni network and some of the notable alumni of the institute are mentioned below.

• Dhruv Bansal: eCommerce Product Manager at Lenovo
• Ankur Bhatia: Team Manager Product Strategy- Royal Enfield
• Pankaj Sharma: Associate Director, CRISIL
• Mohit Mittal: Associate Director, Acuity Knowledge Partners
• Sujit Singh Bawa: General Manager Integration, Hindustan Unilever Limited
• Ram Pratap Singh: General Manager Corporate Accounts - Geodis India PVT. LTD.
• Vikramjit Singh Sahaye: Founder and CEO, Hiringplug
• Rahul Raizada: Executive Director, PWC India
• Abhishek Sachdeva: Vice President- Retail Sales, Anand Rathi Global Finance Ltd.
• Ashima Manchanda: Assistant Marketing Communications Manager, Hilton Garden Inn, New Delhi/Saket Hotel
• Abhishek Gier: Founder and Executive Director, Catalyst India
• Divanshu Kapoor: Deputy Vice President, RBL Bank
• Jyoti Das: Brand Manager ( Business Head - India ), Calvin Klein
• Adarsh Kumar: Chief Operating Officer (COO), TATA Motors Finance Ltd
• Vivek Malhotra: Founder, PRUNE APP

Frequently Asked Question

Q. What is the admission process for the Two-Year Full-Time PGDM Programmes?

Answer: The admission process of the Two-Year Full-Time PGDM Programmes is as follows:

• Apply to FORE
• Take CAT-2022/XAT-2023/GMAT Examination
• Short-listing of candidates on the basis of CAT/XAT/GMAT Score
• Call for the "Selection Process" of Shortlisted Candidates
• Final selection based on CAT/XAT/GMAT Score, Performance in selection process, academic performance & work experience

Q. What are the criteria for applying to the Two Year Full-Time PGDM Programmes?

Answer: The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree with minimum 50% marks or equivalent recognized by AICTE/UGC/AIU. Candidates must also take the CAT-2022/XAT-2023/GMAT Examination (the GMAT Score should be of a test taken between 1st January 2021 & 31st January 2023).

Q. Can the final year Graduation students apply?

Answer: Yes, candidates appearing in the final year examination of graduation in 2023 can apply subject to furnishing the proof of Graduation by Monday, October 02, 2023.

Q. Are the programmes approved by AICTE?

Answer: Yes, all the four programmes are approved by AICTE.

Q. How can one apply to FORE School of Management, New Delhi?

Answer: Candidates can apply ONLINE only. For online application submission candidates need to pay through Credit/Debit Card/Net Banking.

Applicants need to pay the application fee as mentioned below.

The above amounts are only applicable if you apply for multiple programmes at the same time in the same application form. In case, you apply for the other one, two or three programmes at a later stage, the full application fee for one, two or three programmes as mentioned in the table will apply.

Q. How are the ‘shortlisted’ and ‘selected’ candidates informed?

Answer: The shortlisted candidates are informed by email and SMS.

Q. Is there any Company Sponsored Category? Does the Company Sponsored Candidate need to send some document?

Answer: Yes, candidates applying under Company Sponsored Category need to download the specified format from website appropriately, fill up, get it signed and send it to the Institute. Candidates can apply either in Self Sponsored Category or Company Sponsored Category. Change in category is not allowed.

Q. Do I need to apply separately for the four programmes?

Answer: If candidate is interested in applying for one, two, three or all four programmes, namely, PGDM, PGDM(IB), PGDM(FM) and PGDM(BDA), he/she can tick the required programmes in the checkboxes provided in the online application form while filling and make the necessary payment together for the programmes.

Q. Do I need to upload/update the CAT scorecard/ score?

Answer: If you have paid/submitted your application form on or before December 20, 2022, then there is no need to upload/update the CAT scorecard /score. We will collect the same from the Nodal IIM.

Q. Do I need to upload/update the XAT scorecard/ score?

Answer: There is no need to upload/update the XAT scorecard /score. We will collect the same from the XLRI.

Q. While applying online, I filled the form for one of the courses before, now I want to apply to the other course also. What should I do?

Answer: You can add one or more programmes directly from your dashboard and also you have to pay the requisite application fee for the programme added at the later stage.

Q. I have not received any confirmation notifying the receipt of my application. What am I supposed to do?

Answer: If you have not received the payment confirmation e-mail, first check your spam/junk folder. If it is not there, you can send an email to [email protected] stating your CAT Registration No./XAT ID/GMAT ID, FORE Form No. and contact number along with your query and wait for feedback.

Q. Is there any relaxation in cut-off?

Answer: As per AICTE guidelines, there is relaxation in cut-off percentage up to 10% (subject to minimum eligibility requirement) to the wards of Kashmiri Migrants and Kashmiri Pandit/Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) living in Kashmir Valley to the admission to the PGDM Programmes of the Institute.

Q. Can diploma holders apply for the Two-Year Full-Time PGDM Programmes?

Answer: No.

Q. When is the Selection Process conducted?

Answer: The Selection Process is proposed to be conducted in the month of February and/or March in New Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ranchi, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Indore, Kochi & Hyderabad. The management reserves the right to cancel any of these venues for the process. However, if there is a change, the candidate will be informed accordingly.

Q. What specializations are being offered to the Two-Year Full-Time PGDM Programmes?

Answer: Kindly follow the link https://www.fsm.ac.in/pgdm-courses for information regarding the subjects and specializations offered.

Q. Does FORE offer a dual specialization system?

Answer: Yes, dual specialization is offered in PGDM. Dual specialization is also offered in PGDM(IB), PGDM(FM) and PGDM(BDA) in all these three course one of the specialization is as per the course. For Eg. In PGDM(IB) one of the specialization must be IB.

Q. Does FORE provide placement assistance to the students?

Answer: Yes, Placement assistance is provided to the students. A team of students, FORE Career Division (FCD), headed by Dean-Corporate Relations, handles placements activities. FORE's placement record has been excellent since its inception.

Q. Is there any Management Quota?

Answer: No, there is no management quota. Admissions take place strictly on the basis of merit.

Q. Is there any special concession in tuition fees?

Answer: A special concession amounting to a 10% waiver in the TUITION Fee is extended to the students who are domiciled in the state of Jammu & Kashmir and the 8 North-Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim.

Q. Is there any hostel facility available?

Answer: Yes, leased hostel facilities are available for both boys and girls in the vicinity of FORE School of Management, New Delhi.

Q. Does FORE provide assistance to the students for getting education loan from the Banks?

Answer: Yes, FORE facilitates the students getting education loan through some of the leading public sector and private banks of India. Please note that facilitation of the loan is at the discretion of the banks.

Q. Does FORE provide assistance to the students in the form of scholarships?

Answer: Yes, FORE has a Means-cum-Merit based scholarship system. For details visit https://www.fsm.ac.in/means-cum-merit-scholarships.

Q. What is total intake of the PGDM and PGDM(IB) Programmes?

Answer: 180 in Two-Year Full-Time PGDM, 120 in Two-Year Full-Time PGDM(IB), 120 in Two-Year Full-Time PGDM(FM), 60 in Two-Year Full-Time PGDM(BDA) programmes.

Q. What is the difference between PGDM, PGDM(IB), PGDM(FM) and PGDM(BDA)?

Answer: FORE School of Management offers dual specialization to all the students enrolled in its PGDM & PGDM(IB) programmes which means that a student may specialize in at most two Areas. However, for students enrolled in PGDM(IB), one of the specializations must be International Business.

Students enrolled in the Financial Management Programme PGDM(FM) also have dual specialization which means that a student may specialize in at most two Areas. However, for students enrolled in PGDM(FM), one of the specializations must be Finance.

Students enrolled in the Big Data Analytics Programme PGDM(BDA) also have dual specialization which means that a student may specialize in at most two Areas. However, for students enrolled in PGDM(BDA), one of the specializations must be Big Data Analytics.

Q. What are the selection parameters for 2022-24 batch?

Answer: The weightage proposed to be given to different parameters are

CAT/XAT/GMAT score: 35%

Business Awareness Quiz (BA-Q): 5%

Extempore: 5%

Personal Interview: 25%

Past Academic Performance: 20%

Work-Ex: 10%