NICMAR does not offer a degree but a certification equivalent to post-graduation in various specializations. However, the institute draws attention from some Gulf and African countries. There will be a chance to secure a job at these companies.

Before that, you must know the recruitment criteria for these companies and build your profile accordingly. Rather than focusing just on placements, brush up the technical knowledge as they will be looking at your managerial and technical skills.

It is not difficult to get into NICMAR Pune. You have to generally appear for a written test followed by a personal interview. The personal interview rounds mainly have Technical and HR-related questions. There will be no GD round.

However, the competition for PGP ACM is quite high. If you are fresher with an engineering background and no work experience, then you should analyze these few points:

1. Why choosing NICMAR as there are plenty of other institutes all over the country that offers similar courses with lesser fee structure?
2. Are you ready to invest a sum of INR 12 lacs for the 2-year program?
3. What if you do not get placed.
4. If you are considering an education loan then what is the current interest rate at which a bank offers an education loan.

The average package offered by the companies at NICMAR Pune is around INR 6.5-7 LPA. With this information, you can also check the period of time it will take to pay back the whole loan along with the interest. The in-Hand packages received get lesser after cutting PF, Income tax, Professional Tax, Superannuation, gratuity, Cess, etc.

You will get enough time to do whatever you wish to do at NICMAR Pune. If you do not have any hobbies, you will get bored. You have classes five days a week from 9:10 AM to 1:30 PM mostly. Several workshops are conducted after lunch till 4:30 PM thrice a week.

So, you will get ample free time. There are several things that you can do when you are free. You can sketch, read, watch movies or visit nearby places like Lonavala and if you have a car.

Various facilities are given at NICMAR hostels, some of which are as follows:

1. The college administration allocates single and double sharing bedrooms in the hostel.
2. You will get the rooms with wardrobe, tables, chairs, bed and LAN port.
3. There is a gym facility on the college campus.
4. The college campus is well equipped with solar water heaters, thus the candidate would not face any problem regarding the hot water for bathing and other use.
5. Sports facilities are also provided.

You can look for more detailed information from the official website and also talk to the current student of NICMAR for more info.

Frankly, NICMAR Pune and NICMAR Hyderabad are incomparable, since they are both somewhat in the same range. 

• NICMAR was first established in Pune, following which the Hyderabad campus came into view. 
• NICMAR Hyderabad is only a branch of the main campus situated in Pune. 
• The Pune campus unquestionably is treated as a better choice than Hyderabad. 
• Other than that, the curriculum and pedagogy of both institutes remain almost identical. 
• However, if talking about the campus physically, then NICMAR Hyderabad is several times larger than the former. 
• Shifting the focus to the placement scenario of both the institutes, you must note that companies visit campus in accordance with their regional benefits. 
• Quite clearly, the Hyderabad campus would actually obtain recruiters that are located around the region of the institute, while Pune will receive offers from recruiters around Pune itself. 
• However, the offers from MNCs remain almost in the same range for both institutes.

Therefore, the only visible point of difference is that the local companies visiting each campus vary on a larger scale. Apparently, that is exactly where the count of companies eventually alters.