programme overview
This programme aims to nurture future leaders for diverse healthcare segments such as pharmaceutical, hospital, medical device, health insurance, and healthcare IT. Through a T-Shaped learning approach, it creates employable professionals and future employers who are well equipped with domain knowledge of healthcare sector as well as general management skills. The program imparts up-to-date knowledge about healthcare sector and business environment with emphasis on business applications, design thinking, and sustainability to transform students into future leaders to meet the challenges and demands of the growing healthcare sector while maintaining sensitivities of care and humane touch.
The learning process involves classroom and experiential learning, industry interaction, startup accelerator program, innovation in REDX lab, international student exchange programs, simulated market environment, guest-sessions by subject matter experts, case studies, role plays, buddy program, peer-peer interactions, alumni interactions, group assignments, quizzes, workshops, conferences, research, paper writing, poster presentation, live projects, sports, competitions, stage performances, awareness drives, etc. All this is supported by field visits (marketplace, hospitals, pharmaceutical plant, NGO etc.), the summer internship in industry and master dissertation project work. The students spend more than 25% of their time outside the campus in experiential learning. Additionally, students receive personalized attention by healthcare faculty mentors for personal development to become good corporate citizens and leaders.
Year 1: Focus is on providing exposure to all healthcare segments and building a strong foundation in general management.
Year 2: Focus is on enriched learning about healthcare segments where students make a choice between two specializations, Hospital Administration and Pharmaceutical & Life sciences Management.
programme vision
To nurture healthcare management practitioners and thought leaders through inventive education
programme mission
- Contemporary Education: To focus on inventive education by offering practical, innovative, and technology-driven healthcare management courses.
- Social and Economic Perspective: To instill healthcare and business management talent with a passion for learning, and the ability to critically analyze, and communicate while retaining values in a rapidly evolving economic and social environment.
- Industry Ready professionals and Entrepreneurs: To contribute significantly to the healthcare sector by preparing industry-ready professionals with a global perspective and encouraging entrepreneurship by leveraging stakeholders from the industry.
- Ecosystem to nurture leadership: To build healthcare management intellectual capital through faculty development, research, consultancy, and publication
programme educational objectives
- Exhibit healthcare-centric knowledge and general management skills
- Practice critical thinking, problem-solving skills, design thinking, sustainability, and technology in the healthcare sector
- Become versatile professionals and future employers in the healthcare sector with sensitivities to care and humane touch
- Generate intellectual capital in collaboration with multiple stakeholders to tackle business, social and technical challenges
programme usp
- Develops professionals to meet the challenges and demands of the growing healthcare sector while maintaining sensitivities of care and humane touch.
- Equips students with diverse healthcare domain knowledge coupled with general management skills.
- Emphasizes experiential learning by Field Work, Pharma Plant visit, Hospital Visit, NGO visit/interaction, Simulations, Projects etc.
- Has industry relevant and futuristic curriculum benchmarked with the best international and national institutes with exposure to Digital Marketing, Cognitive Computing, Big Data, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning in Healthcare.
- Provides opportunities to learn from peers, seniors, alumni, industry experts, and guest faculty of diverse backgrounds.
- Gives personalized attention to student grooming and development with continuous student involvement.
- The faculty : student ratio is better than 1:10 and every student is mentored by a dedicated faculty.
Scholarships
Dr Rinti Banerjee Scholarship for PGDM Healthcare Management student -
Dr Rinti Banerjee scholarship in Healthcare: This scholarship covers 50% of the fee for one woman student of the PGDM Healthcare student with MBBS background. The scholarship was started in 2022, to encourage female MBBS students to pursue management education in healthcare. This scholarship is expected to attract more women medicos to Management and hopes to increase women in leadership positions in the healthcare sector.
Dr Rinti Banerjee, was an eminent professor and researcher at IIT-Bombay. From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering at the institute, she had done a lot of research on the pandemic and filed several patents and licensed some of her research output to companies. An expert in biomaterials, nanomedicine and drug delivery she has published over 100 papers in international journals.
* This scholarship will apply to students once they are admitted to the program, based on the scholarship conditions.
class profile 2020-22 batch
Students with background or experience in pharma, medicine, biomedical engineering, life sciences and engineering are most suitable for this program. The program draws in students from diverse cultural, personal and professional backgrounds, across India. All of whom, have their own unique vision for global health.
education
Diversity
Work Experience
Freshers
76%
1-2 years
16%
2-3 years
9%
Age
Under 24 yrs
41%
25 – 27 yrs
48%
28 – 29 yrs
7%
30 yrs & Above
3%
programme structure
Perspectives Management
Financial Reporting and Analysis
Marketing Principles
Business Statistics
Introduction to Emerging Technologies
Healthcare systems & Public Health Administration
Business Design
Introductory Economics for Managers
Organizational Behaviour
Basics of Business Communication
Healthcare Field visits
Global Citizen Leader
Cost and Management Accounting
Basics & Practical Applications of Corporate Governance
Consumer Behaviourn
Basics of Pharmaceutical Management
Hospital Operations
Medical Devices and Technology Management
Quantitative Techniques
Market Research Methods
Basic Visual Analytics
IT for Healthcare 1
Fundamentals of Health Insurance
Legal Aspects of Business
career opportunities
To nurture every budding student, healthcare faculty provides individual attention to each student and mentors them to discover their innate hidden abilities and interests for placement in healthcare segments like pharmaceutical, hospital, medical device, health insurance, healthcare IT, consulting etc. Through this course, students can become sound professionals like:
International / Domestic / Digital Marketing Manager / Trainee
Product Manager / Trainee
International / Domestic Business Development Manager / Trainee
Institutional Sales / Key Account Manager / Trainee
Healthcare Sales Specialist / Manager / Trainee
Clinic / Branch / Floor Manager / Trainee
Hospital Planning and Design Consultant
Healthcare Business Analyst
Research Associate / Consultant / Advisor - Healthcare
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Health Claims Manager / Trainee
Life Insurance - Operations / IT Manager / Trainee
Healthcare IT Sales Manager
Healthcare IT Consultant
Healthcare Talent Acquisition Manager / Trainee
Logistics and Supply Chain Manager / Trainee
placement stats
The placements at WeSchool had an excellent response from companies, not only in terms of the number of job profiles but also the diversity in roles and attractive packages. A total of 358 companies visited the campus out of which 227 were new companies.
Domestic
₹12.6 lakhs p.a.
Average Salary
***on going placements for 2022-24 batch.
₹18.6 lakhs p.a.
Highest Salary
Domestic
₹11.60 lakhs p.a.
Average Salary
₹18.00 lakhs p.a.
Highest Salary
recruiters
With 358 companies on campus spread across varied sectors, profiles and continents, we ensure that our students are well equipped to meet industry requirements the moment they step out of our gates.
We partner with and support our students every step of the way; right from their selection to their final placements.
Disclaimer: Representation / Use of any third-party trade marks including logos herein is merely to indicate that these companies were at the WeSchool Campus for the Student recruitment process.
admission and fees
WeSchool intends to give more than what it takes, in order to offer a brighter future to our students. We try rising above the assured ROI which is just numbers, by adding value and making our students competitive enough to face real challenges, in the dynamic business world.
tuition fees & other
₹7,00,000/- p.a* *Subject to change batch
library deposit
₹4,000/- (refundable)
hostel fees
₹1,60,000/- p.a. to ₹2,20,000/- p.a. Plus a deposit of rs ₹10,000/- (refundable)Please Note
- *Hostel accommodation is subject to availability for Mumbai Campus.
- *Hostel accommodation is mandatory for the students of Bengaluru Campus.
course eligibility
A minimum 50% in graduation, which must be completed by June 2024.
Should have taken CAT (2023) conducted by the IIMs for the year specified in the advertisement (IIMS have no role in the Welingkar admission process) and /or/ XAT (2024) / and / or ATMA (Feb 2024) and / or CMAT (2024) and / or GMAT (2021 onwards).
selection process
WeSchool's Unique Profile based selection process assigns significant value to academic performances, work experience, Group Activity, Personal Interview along with the written test scores.
Important dates
Phase 1.
- Start of Application Form - 14th Nov, 2022
- Last date of Application Form - 15th Jan, 2023
- GD/PI Shortlist List - End of Jan, 2023 (Basis CAT /XAT Result / Profile based calls).
- GD/PI (Online) - 2nd Feb to 15th Feb 2023
- Phase 1 Merit List - March 2023 (CAT/XAT)
Phase 2.
- Start of Application Form - 16th Feb, 2023
- Last date of Application Form – 31st March, 2023. (depends on CMAT)
- GD/PI Shortlist List - April, 2023 (Basis ATMA /CMAT/GMAT).
- GD/PI (Online) - 18th April 2023 to 30th April 2023.
- Phase 2 Merit List - May 2023 (ATMA /CMAT/GMAT)
Entrance test cutoff
| Last Year Entrance Exam Test cut off for PGDM 2023-25 batch. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai Campus | ||||||
| Program/ Campus | CAT 2022 / XAT 2023 / GMAT (2020 onwards) Percentile |
ATMA (2023)/ CMAT 2023 Percentile | ||||
| PGDM, E-Business Research & Business Analytics | 80 | 85 | ||||
| PGDM Retail, PGDM Media and Entertainment and PGDM Business Design | 75 | 80 | ||||
| PGDM – Healthcare Management | 70%ile across above entrance tests, irrespective of any graduation degree background | |||||
| PGDM – Rural Management | 70%ile across above entrance tests, irrespective of any graduation degree background | |||||
| Bengluru Campus | ||||||
| Program/ Campus | CAT 2022 / XAT 2023 / GMAT (2020 onwards) Percentile | ATMA (2023)/ CMAT 2023 Percentile | ||||
| PGDM, E-Business Research & Business Analytics | 75 | 80 | ||||
| PGDM - Business Design & Innovation | 70%ile across above entrance tests, irrespective of any graduation degree background | |||||
Admissions
Admissions are based on merit only. No discrimination is made on basis of the state from which graduation certificate is obtained. There are no reservations for linguistic minorities either.
student achievements
Year on year, our students do us proud and edify our belief in creating the leaders of tomorrow. Here are the achievements of our latest batch.
FAQ's
What is hospital and healthcare management?
Healthcare management is the overall management of a healthcare facility like a hospital. This program aims to nurture future leaders for diverse healthcare segments such as pharmaceutical, hospital, medical device, health insurance, and healthcare IT. Through a T-Shaped learning approach, it creates employable professionals and future employers who are well-equipped with domain knowledge of the healthcare sector as well as general management skills. The program imparts up-to-date knowledge about the healthcare sector and business environment with emphasis on business applications, design thinking, and sustainability to transform students into future leaders to meet the challenges and demands of the growing healthcare sector while maintaining sensitivities of care and humane touch.
What is the scope of a post-graduate diploma in healthcare management?
The curriculum of the postgraduate diploma in healthcare and hospital management offers the most attractive learning opportunities with practical lessons. The scope of the PG diploma in healthcare management includes healthcare sales specialist, Clinic / Branch / Floor Manager / Trainee, Hospital Planning and Design Consultant, Healthcare Business Analyst, and many more, as mentioned above.
Is healthcare management a good career choice?
Healthcare management as a career option can be great. Careers in healthcare can grant access to more opportunities, a greater earning potential, and the chance to move up the food chain faster. The course at WeSchool develops professionals to meet the challenges and demands of the growing healthcare sector while maintaining sensitivities of care and humane touch. Also, equips students with diverse healthcare domain knowledge coupled with general management skills. It has an industry-relevant and futuristic curriculum benchmarked with the best international and national institutes with exposure to Digital Marketing, Cognitive Computing, Big Data, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning in Healthcare.
Do colleges provide placement facilities after the PGDM healthcare management course?
The placements at WeSchool had an excellent response from companies, not only in terms of the number of job profiles, but also the diversity in roles and attractive packages. A total of 358 companies visited the campus, out of which 227 were new companies. With 358 companies on campus spread across varied sectors, profiles and continents, we ensure that our students are well-equipped to meet industry requirements the moment they step out of our gates.