Upgrad Vs Great Learning: Which To Choose?

Upgrad Vs Great Learning. While reading this there are a lot of questions in your head, Well congratulations on making the first decision right. You are in the right place I’m experienced in doing online courses and being an engineering student from a reputed institute I know many people who have done courses in multiple domains among these Online learning platforms. I am here to share what I’ve heard, what all you need to know, and many questions answered. Also if there are any questions at all, you can leave a comment, and I’ll try my best to answer all of your doubts. There will be multiple segments in this article. I recommend all my dear readers to go through it completely because there will be many factors to choose from among these online-based learning!

Introduction To Upgrad vs Great Learning

Before going into the type of course they offer or what type of course they offer their reviews and fees let’s first see some basic establishments that are needed to understand both these platform’s reputations!

Introduction To Upgrad

UpGrad was founded in the year 2015, the founders shared their vision is to help students gain the required amount of knowledge over their learnings and be ready for the job. Since its beginning, UpGrad has evolved into a multi-platform (Many types and ranges of courses offered) offering a diverse range of courses in collaboration with top universities and industry experts of today’s world with quality educators who are experts from various fields. Their educators are directly hand-picked from the domain experts and are well-versed in that particular domain! Ronnie Screwvala, Mayank Kumar, and Phalgun Kompalli are the founders of UpGrad.

There are 3 types of Upgrad Platform

1. Upgrad- It was the first introduction by the institute
2. Upgrad Campus- upGrad Campus is an initiative by upGrad that is trying to provide world-class job-ready programs which are specifically designed for college students and freshers.
3. Upgrad Abroad- upGrad Abroad is a great opportunity that offers online and on-campus experiences with international universities. The program offers learners a chance to study 1-year online, followed by an opportunity to complete their course on-campus abroad in the following year; thus, making foreign education much more affordable for students from India.

Introduction To Great Learning

Mohan Lakhamraju is the Founder and CEO of Great Learning, It is a company and organization that provides a huge amount and volume of courses online and learning opportunities. The founder said that Great Learning’s vision is to make it a lifelong learning partner for India’s young professionals who are looking for a job and all these courses were made keeping that in mind.  It was founded in the year 2013, to deliver high-quality blended learning outcomes, particularly in Analytics, Data Science, AI, Deep Learning, Cloud Computing, and Machine Learning.

Courses Offered In Upgrad vs Great Learning

Now let’s see some popular courses offered by both these platforms

Courses offered by Upgrad

Program Name	Institution	Degree Level	Duration	Special Features
MBA	Liverpool Business School	Master’s	18 Months	Integrated with GenAI modules, WES Recognized
MBA	Golden Gate University	Master’s	15 Months	#1 Program for Working Professionals, WES Recognized
Global MBA	Deakin Business School & IMT Ghaziabad	Master’s	24 Months	Dual Credentials, Top 1% Schools in the World
MS in Data Science	Liverpool John Moores University	Master’s	18 Months	Dual Credentials, Live Case Studies and Projects
Post Graduate Programme in Data Science & AI	International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore	Executive PG	12 Months	Placement Assistance, Complimentary Python Bootcamp
Post Graduate Certificate in Data Science & AI	International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore	Certification	8-8.5 Months	Placement Assistance, Exclusive Job Portal
MBA Business Analytics	Illinois Institute of Technology	Master’s	23 Months	IELTS and Visa Support, up to 3 years of STEM OPT
Master of Business Administration	Colorado State University	Master’s	23 Months	IELTS and Visa Support, Apply for up to 3 years of STEM OPT
MS in Computer Information Systems	Colorado State University	Master’s	20 Months	IELTS and Visa Support, up to 3 years of STEM OPT

Courses Offered By Great Learning

Here is an outlook on the types of courses offered by Great Learning

Courses	Tuition Fees	Eligibility
Certificate	80 K – 3.5 L	10+2: 50-60%, Graduation: 50-60%, Exams: CBSE 12th/ISC
MS	8.6 L – 10.7 L	– / –
M.A.	6.7 L	– / –
MBA/PGDM	3.3 L – 3.5 L	Graduation: 50%
PG Diploma	2.3 L	Graduation: 50%
Others PG	5.9 L	Graduation: 50%

Placements Of Upgrad vs Great Learning

Coming to the main segment, let us understand how Upgrad and Great Learning placement work-

Placements in Upgrad

One of UpGrad’s strengths is its placement ( NOTE: To get placement assistance from upgrad you have to pay an additional amount to the course fee only by which one gets its placement cell assistance). The platform collaborates closely with industry partners to provide placement assistance and career support services. UpGrad’s placement success stories underscore its commitment as it provides its portal to provide job links to apply and benefit its learners. It also has a lot of successful alumni. It is a placement-guaranteed program.

Placement In Great Learning

Great Learning has a good track record in the Placement department and also they offer in-depth help for their students to build a career in the domain. It is said that they provide a min of 8-9 interviews for their students to crack. And most of the time students get past the finishing mark.

Admission to Upgrad and Great Learning

To get into any of these institutes simply call their administrator and let them know about what you want and further they’ll ask you certain stuff such as your score in 12th and Engineering

They Expect a MIN of 60% in Secondary Schools and Engineering

Apart from this, the most important criterion is money to pay for the course.

Upgrad vs Great Learning Course Review

Great Learning Review from a Learner-

I am from a Mechanical background, Great Learning has helped into get into Data Science side, and the assignments and mini projects have helped me to get knowledge about the background of data analytics.

Overall the course is advantageous to those who want a career shift into a data science role, but you need to put some extra effort into it, by participating in hackathons and should be eager to learn about the data. The job opportunities are also high nowadays in data science, they even guide about how to crack the interviews, which will be helpful.

This course needs our full attention, as the time period is less, there is a lot to learn about Data science if we go in-depth, but this course helps in to obtain a minimum entry-level job for a fresher, if you have experience can get a job with max 100% increment, the overall support is good from Great Learning.

Upgrad Course Review from a Learner-

It is great, I have done a business analytics course in this and they have great teaching staff and placement cell to assist you in multiple factors such as resume and project. To go ahead the course fee is less and negotiable here. You get to connect to many people and industry experts.

Upgrad Or Great Learning

Simply put, go ahead with Great Learning you have the time and resources because they are vastly expertise in this field and their infrastructure Is great. But the duration is longer and the money is high. On the other hand, the upgrad also offers a great learning platform with even less money and duration! End of the day everything comes down to you and the type of situation you are in.

Note; Both these courses offer EMI option.

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YouTube Reviews of Upgrad vs Great Learning

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