Advanced Certificate in Digital Marketing and Communication

You can choose up to 4 specializations. Choosing one specialization is mandatory and is part of the base programme experience, which is priced at ₹1,09,045 (Incl. Taxes).

• It is a combination of a core programme in Digital Marketing for 26 weeks, plus a choice of 4 specialisations. This involves rigorous training that will teach you all aspects of digital marketing and any specialization you choose.
• Advanced Certificate and executive alumni status of MICA, one of the leading colleges for marketing in Asia.
• One-on-one career or business mentoring, to help you fulfill your personal objective behind joining this programme.
• 15+ case studies and projects based on actual marketing campaigns and delivered online by experts from leading companies such as Star India, Zivame, etc.
• Hands on projects where you get your hands dirty and get one-on-one personal feedback.
• Learn both from experienced MICA Faculty and from global leaders in Marketing incl. Cambridge Faculty, Facebook, Star India etc.

This programme will require 10-12 hours (Executive Track), and 8-10 hours (Management Track), of engagement per week, for the duration of the programme. Overall, this programme will have video content broken down into small easy-to-complete segments that you can watch on the go across devices. The remaining hours of engagement will be a mix of industry projects, live instructor sessions, and mentoring sessions among others.

This Advanced Certificate in Digital Marketing and Communication programme has trained aspiring professionals from across cities, such as Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Noida, Pune and many more. The mode of delivery is online. 

This curriculum does not only involve a deep dive into various marketing channels but also teaches you how to:

• Strategise Digital Marketing campaigns
• Develop brands that your customers can connect with within the digital world
• Identify and plan the use of relevant digital channels
• Budget and allocate financial and human resource across channels

In line with our mission to develop extremely industry-relevant online programmes for working professionals, we have involved leading industry professionals at every stage of the programme development. These individuals have decades of experience powering marketing at Agency head / CMO level and driving ROI across continents.Our industry network has helped us develop and deliver most industry-relevant content and case projects.

This programme contains 15+ case studies and projects co-designed with industry and domain leaders in Digital Marketing and Communication. Further, the industry projects will help you apply your digital marketing learning. These projects expose you to ground zero real industry scenarios in marketing, and you will get detailed feedback on your submissions.

Our programmes have a strong experiential component that would prepare you to apply your learning in the job. Learn - Experience - Apply.

Cases and industry projects will help you experience real-life challenges in marketing. These will enable you to step into the shoes of leading Digital Marketers at agencies and companies and put to use the theoretical learning in an experiential manner.

Post this programme, these will serve as a portfolio of projects you can illustrate to your potential employers.

Post this programme, you will get an Advanced Certificate in Digital Marketing and Communication from MICA & upGrad. You will also receive certification in the specialisation that you choose. For example, if you choose Marketing Analytics as your specialisation, then you will receive two certificates from MICA and upGrad: One describing your successful completion of the Digital Marketing course and the second certification describing your successful completion of Marketing Analytics.

Along with this, you will receive a comprehensive report of your skills and competencies relevant to digital marketing derived from all your assignments. To an employer, this will serve as a much more indicative proof of your abilities than a usual programme completion certificate.

In addition, you will also get an exclusive certificate from Facebook, highlighting your expertise in Digital Marketing using Facebook organic and paid strategies.

This certificate also prepares you for Google, Facebook, and HubSpot certifications in the market.

You will also have access to a 'Professional Certification Guide' on the platform which  you could leverage to upskill further.

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Our host of industry partners will receive a detailed profile and programme performance reports of our students. Based on that, they will assess the most suitable candidates and extend job opportunities to the top performers.This programme has been developed by understanding the hiring challenges and skill gaps faced in the Digital Marketing Industry in India. This and the application filtering process before the start of the programmes are the two key reasons why a number of top companies are interested in offering exciting opportunities.

The total fees for the course starts from ₹1,09,045 (Incl. Taxes). You can avail a 0% EMI option with a monthly installment of ₹10,005/- per month and a down payment of ₹-- to block your seat.

With the 0% EMI offer, you can pay for the course in 9 installments, with zero interest. We have a finance partner to offer you an EMI of ₹10,005/- for a duration of 9 months. Once you fill out the application form for the course, the admissions counselor will get in touch with you and help you with the course details. The counselor will also guide you with the EMI options available.

Please Note:

Finance partner will charge a one time processing fees, which needs to be paid by the learner once EMI is sanctioned by Finance partner.

You will need to pay ₹-- to block your seat once you are shortlisted for the programme.

Refund Policy: (Programmes without prep-session component)

• Student must pay applicable caution money for the enrollment of the course. This will be adjustable against the total course fee payable by the student.
• You can claim a refund for the amount paid towards the Program at any time, before the Program Start Date, by visiting www.upgrad.com and submitting your refund form via the "My Application" section under your profile. You can request your Admissions Counselor to help you in applying and withdrawing for a refund by sending them an email with reasons listed.
• There shall be no refund applicable once the programme has started. This is applicable even for those students who could not complete their payment, and could not be enrolled in the batch opted for. However, the student can avail pre-deferral as per the policy defined below for the same.
• Once the student pays block amount, "any" refund shall be subject to deduction of ₹10,000 processing charges.
• Student has to pay the full fee within 7 days of payment of caution money or cohort start date, whichever is earlier, otherwise, the admission letter will be rescinded and processing fee of ₹10,000 will be levied.
• Refund shall be processed to an eligible student within 30 working days from the date of receipt of written application from him/her in this regard.

Deferral Policy: (Post Programme Commencement)

• If a student is facing severe issues in dedicating time to the course, we provide the opportunity for the student to defer to another batch.
• A student can request for deferral only once and to either of the scheduled cohorts to start in the next 1 year from the start date of the initial batch in which the student was originally enrolled for.
• The student will be required to pay a deferral fees of 10% of the total course amount fee + Taxes if any along with the differential programme fees between the two cohorts.
• The deferral request will be approved once the deferral fee is paid.
• Till this is completed, the student will be assumed to be continuing in the same cohort.
• The student has 7 days (including holidays and weekends) from the date of deferral request to make the payment of the deferral fee post which the deferral request will expire, and the student will continue as part of the current cohort.
• If the student completes the deferral payment, the student's login will be disabled, the student will leave the deferred cohort and the student will start learning on the new cohort from the point of the last assignment that was graded in the deferred cohort. All grades and progress until that point will be carried forward as it is to the new cohort. For clarification, the grades of the graded assignments will be carried forward, whether or not the student had submitted these grading during the initial stage.
• The deferral can only be requested during the batch for which the student has enrolled is ongoing. Once the batch has completed, deferral requests shall not be entertained. For clarification, the batch completion here shall mean the "last grace deadline" as communicated by upGrad.

Deferral Policy: (Pre Programme Commencement)

• If a student, due to unavoidable circumstances, is unable to commence with the cohort and requests for a deferral before the cohort starts, we provide the opportunity for the student to defer to another cohort.
• To do so, the student will be required to pay 50% of the total Programme fee amount (inclusive of taxes) before the deferral can be approved. Till this is completed, the student will be assumed to be continuing in the same cohort.
• A student can request for deferral to any of the cohorts starting in the next 3 months from the start date of the initial batch in which the student was originally enrolled. For the first deferral request, subject to the point no. 2 of the Pre-Programme Deferral Policy, no additional charges shall be levied.
• If a student wants to defer his enrolment a second time, such student will have to make an additional payment of Rs.10,000 as Deferral fee, and this amount shall be non-refundable under any circumstances. Once this payment is done, students will be eligible to defer to any of the cohorts starting in the next 3 months from the current cohort.
• The student has time till the current cohort launch date to make the payment of the balance 50% Programme fee, post which the deferral request will expire. Once the deferral window expires and if such a student wants to withdraw his or her enrolment from the said Programme, the refund policy will be applicable.
• The student shall be liable to pay the differential Programme fees between the two cohorts if any.

0% EMI with Finance partners /Credit card option availability will vary program wise.

1. Which banks allow using 0% Credit card EMI or Credit card EMI?
No cost EMI is available on credit cards from all major banks (American Express, Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Indus Ind Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, RBL Bank, Standard Chartered, Axis Bank, Yes Bank)

2. Is there any minimum transaction limit ?
Yes. 50000 is the minimum.

3. Standard Chartered Bank offers 18 or 24 months No Cost EMI ?
No. ONLY 12 months is available irrespective of the Program enrolled.

4. Will I have to pay any extra amount for EMI transaction?
If you are availing 0% credit card EMI, upGrad will not charge any processing fees or down payment for these transactions. Your bank may levy GST or other taxes on the interest component of the EMI.

5. Are there any fees or down payment?
Certain banks charge nominal processing fees between INR 99 - 500 on 0% Credit Card EMI transaction. If charged, will be billed in the first repayment installment.

6. Can I use my International credit card for 0% credit EMI or Credit Card EMI?
Only the Indian bank credit cards can be used. But you can pay the amount using the Credit card option in one shot / part payments, and later you can convert into EMI from your respective bank. The tenures and interest charged will depend on your bank. upGrad will not charge any processing fees or down payment for these transactions, this will be purely between you and your bank.

7. Are there any charges in case I opt for cancellation/refund from the course after paying balance with no cost EMI ?
Yes, there will be additional charges to the extent of interest paid by the upGrad to the bank, you will be refunded only Principal amount, i.e. the amount actually deducted/blocked from your card. This deduction will be in addition to the amount mentioned in the refund policy shared with your offer letter.

8. Can I Pay Using Multiple Credit Cards ?
Multiple cards can be used to complete the payments using Part payment option make sure to inform the learner, minimum transaction is INR 50000 to opt for 0% CC EMI E.g. Amount to be paid: 150000. I can pay using 2 Credit cards. Yes, Example :
HDFC Card – Part payment – INR 100000
ICICI Card – Part payment – INR 50000

9. How can I opt for Credit card EMI if my bank is not listed in the 0% Credit card EMI or Credit card EMI?
You can pay the amount using the Credit card option in one shot / part payments, and later you can convert into EMI from your respective bank. The tenures and interest charged will depend on your bank. upGrad will not charge any processing fees or down payment for these transactions.

10. Why is the entire amount blocked on my credit card?
Initially your bank will block the entire amount from your available purchase limit and from your next billing cycle, you will be charged the EMI amount. As you start paying your EMI, your credit limit will be released accordingly. For example, if you have made a payment of ₹100000 on 6-months EMI and your credit limit is ₹200,000 then initially your bank will block your credit limit by ₹100000. After payment of your first month EMI of Rs.15000, the blocked amount will come down to ₹85000.

11. Why is interest getting charged on No Cost EMI?
Your bank will charge you interest. However, this interest charge has been provided to you as an upfront discount at the time of your payment, effectively giving you the benefit of a No cost EMI. The total amount paid during the entire EMI tenure to the bank will be equal to the amount to be paid to upGrad.

Eg. Amount payable to upGrad: INR 405000
Let's say Amount deducted at the time of transaction: INR 379850 (Principal amount) Bank charges interest of 12-15% per annum on INR 379850
[Note: Interest factor is reducing rate and not Flat rate]
EMI AMOUNT = INR 33750 x 12 = INR 405000
Effectively, you have taken loan on 379,850 instead of 405,000