01 · When your child applies
₹1,500
The application fee, paid online with the form.
For parents
Your questions,answered plainly.
Is it approved? Who runs it? What does it cost, and when? Where will my child live? Will companies hire from here? Here is what we can show you, and what we will not pretend.
Six questions parents ask
Short answers first. Tap one for the detail.01Is it approved?
AICTE-approved PGDM.Check it yourself.
The PGDM is a Post Graduate Diploma in Management, approved by AICTE. You can check the approval yourself at aicte-india.org.
First Bridge Business School is operated by First Bridge Charitable Trust.
AICTE-approved · PGDM
Post Graduate Diploma in Management
- Approved by
- AICTE, All India Council for Technical Education
- Programme
- PGDM, 2 years, full time · Batch 2027–29
- Operated by
- First Bridge Charitable Trust
- Campus
- Plot No 65, Sector 32, Gurugram, Haryana 122022
- Check it
- aicte-india.org
02Who runs it?
People who have runreal companies.
They lead a faculty of practitioners, listed on the faculty page.
A former PepsiCo India CFO. A former Lenovo India CEO. Founders. Former deans.
- Practitioner-led courses
- 100%
- Median experience
- 24years
Median years of professional experience across our faculty.
03What does it cost?
The full fee,and when it is due.
Programme fee · PGDM
₹17,00,000
Hostel ₹1,20,000 for the two years · ₹30,000 refundable deposit, listed separately. Before any scholarship.
- PGDM total · 6 instalments
- ₹17,00,000
- PGDM-X total · 3 instalments
- ₹14,00,000
When you pay · PGDM
02 · With the offer
₹70,000
The registration fee secures the seat. It is part of the total, not extra.03 · Within 30 days of registration
₹2,75,000
The first of the 6 instalments, due within a month of the registration fee.04 · Then, on fixed dates
From 17 Aug 2027
The other 5 instalments, each on a date set in advance, the last on 17 Oct 2028.
- Scholarships up to ₹4,00,000, decided by the interviewing board and told to you with the offer.
- Education loans through partner banks: HDFC Bank, SBI, Credila, Avanse.
- Premium AI subscriptions included: Claude Pro, Cursor, Lovable, n8n, Canva, provided by First Bridge.
- Living costs: Hostel (twin sharing) ₹1,20,000 (For the two years, includes accommodation and meals); Caution deposit ₹30,000 (Refundable).
04What will my child do?
Two years,six months of them inside a company.
The PGDM page has the detail, term by term.
- Core foundationsThe core subjects
- Skill accelerationSkills and live projects
- Career pathsUp to 3 of 12, chosen after Term 2; one general diploma
- Inside a companyA full-time, paid internship, reviewed like a job
- Career conversionPlacement support and career launch
05Where will my child live?
Co-livingstudent homes.
Modern, professional student housing.
- Hostel (twin sharing)
- ₹1,20,000For the two years, includes accommodation and meals
- Caution deposit
- ₹30,000Refundable
Anti-ragging
Ragging is prohibited at First Bridge and punishable under the AICTE (Prevention and Prohibition of Ragging) Regulations, 2009.
National anti-ragging helpline: 1800-180-5522
Distance to campus, wardens, floors for women, security: ask the admissions desk about the student homes.
Call +91 93113 80376
06Will companies hire from here?
No record yet.Support in Terms 5 and 6.
Our promise
Our first batches began on 1 September 2026, so there is no placement record yet, and we won’t invent one. What we do promise: placement support in Terms 5 and 6. I have chaired placements at XLRI, IIM Raipur and XIMB. We build employability, not placement numbers.
What your child will have instead
- Six months of paid, full-time work inside a company.
- Reviewed like a job: real deadlines, accountability, performance reviews.
- A portfolio of real company work, before the first job.
- Placement support in Terms 5 and 6.
Talk to us
Call the admissions desk.Or come and see it.
A real person answers, Monday – Saturday, 9:00 – 18:00 IST. Or visit the campus and see it for yourself.
Admissions desk
+9193113 80376- Message the desk
- Hours
- Monday – Saturday, 9:00 – 18:00 IST · 24-hour response time
Come and see it
Plot No 65, Sector 32, Gurugram, Haryana 122022
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- Open in Maps
- Batches
- PGDM 2027–29 · PGDM-X 2027–28
