PGPM : Syllabus & Subjects 2026: Semester-wise List, Top Colleges Syllabus PDF

PGPM: Course Syllabus

PGPM is two years of programme and divided into six semesters. Each of the semesters has different subjects related to the management skills. Here is the syllabus of the Post Graduate Programme in Management syllabus that followed at IIM Tiruchirappalli :

1st Year PGPM Syllabus (Terms I, II, & III) :

Term I : 

• Business Statistics
• Financial Reporting and Analysis
• Managerial Economics
• Managerial Communication
• Marketing Management – I
• Micro Organizational Behaviour.

Term II : 

• Business Ethics
• Macro Organisational Behaviour
• Corporate Finance
• Marketing Management - II
• Legal Aspects of Business
• Operations Research for Manager
• Macro Economics for Managers
• The Entrepreneurial Manager.

Term III : 

• Competition and Strategy
• Management Accounting
• Human Resources Management
• Operations Management
• Indian Economy and Policy
• Research for Marketing Decisions
• Information Systems for Managers.

2nd Year (Terms IV, V, & VI) :

The second - year syllabus might vary from college to college, depending on the electives available. Some of the common elective subjects are mentioned below :

• Economy & Public Policy : Econometrics

• Finance & Accounting : Behavioural Finance, Management of Financial Services and Markets, Exchange Rate, Growth and Crises, Managing Banks and Financial Institutions, Financial Derivatives, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Analysis and Finance, International Finance, Strategic Financial Management, Valuation

• Marketing : Business to Business Marketing, Product and Brand Management, Promotion Strategy, Digital Marketing, Semiotics for Marketing Effectiveness, Strategic Marketing in Action, Marketing to the Base of the Pyramid Consumers, Pricing Strategy.

• Organisational Behaviour & Human Resource Management : Leadership Essentials, Managing and Leading Organizational Change, Negotiation Essentials for Managerial Effectiveness, Managing Difficult People at Work.

• Strategy : Competing in Global Markets, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Foundations of Strategy Consulting, Doing Business in the USA, Managing Innovations, Strategic Leadership, etc.