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Programme curriculum overview
The Global Management Programme (GMP) offers a rigorous, flexible, and internationally aligned curriculum designed to build strong managerial foundations while preparing participants for advanced study at leading global partner schools. The programme integrates core management disciplines with emerging areas such as data science, digital transformation, and design-led problem-solving, equipping graduates for complex global business environments.
The curriculum is delivered across three structured phases, from foundational skill-building to advanced management education, culminating in international academic progression.
Programme phases
Upon enrolment, participants gain exclusive access to Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) Courses, a global leader in management education resources. This preparatory term ensures that all participants, regardless of academic or professional background, establish a strong and consistent baseline in essential business competencies.
Key focus areas include:
Quantitative methods and mathematics for management
Financial accounting and finance
Spreadsheet modelling using Excel
Management communication
This phase supports academic readiness while enabling a smooth transition into the core curriculum. The GMP architecture remains flexible while meeting the credit recognition requirements of international partner schools.
The Foundation phase provides comprehensive exposure to core management disciplines, forming the backbone of the programme. Courses are designed to develop analytical thinking, leadership capability, and strategic decision-making.
Core management areas include:
Leadership and organisational behaviour
Strategy and marketing
Finance and managerial accounting
Supply chain management and operations
Alongside these, participants engage with mandatory skill-based courses, including:
Project management (earning PDUs applicable towards PMI certification)
Problem-solving using design thinking
Quantitative methods for decision science
Foreign language training in German or French (up to 200 mandatory hours) is integrated into the curriculum, preparing participants for their international academic destinations.
Terms 1 and 2 deepen managerial expertise while introducing cutting-edge data and digital capabilities aligned with contemporary business needs.
Advanced and future-focused courses include:
Artificial intelligence and digital transformation
Business modelling and enterprise-level thinking (ELT)
Data storytelling and analytics
Digital product management
This phase emphasises application, integration, and global relevance, ensuring participants are well prepared for advanced study and leadership roles.
Academic rigour and learning approach
Engagement and assessment: The programme demands a high level of academic engagement through classroom learning, individual assignments, and collaborative group work.
Pedagogy: Learning is reinforced through pre-reads, case studies, presentations, and rigorous evaluations.
Credit structure: Participants complete 54 credits at SPJIMR, with each credit equivalent to 10.5 classroom contact hours.
Certification and international progression
Upon successful completion of the SPJIMR component, participants are awarded a GMP Certificate. Following the subsequent period of study abroad, the international partner school confers the final MBA or MS degree, subject to its academic requirements.
Partner institutions
Specialisations
International partner schools offer a portfolio of specialisations. The programme also provides electives for specific partner schools. Download the details of specialisations offered by each partner school to know more.
Programmes offered by GMP in collaboration with the US Schools are STEM-designated. This gives 3 years of OPT to students after graduation. So, As the internship cycles start around May/June every year, it aligns well with the January intake. This also goes well with the STEM requirement of studying for at least two semesters in the US, full time, without which a student is not eligible to take up internships in the US.
The timelines for these schools are as follows:
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