Live online or self-paced EPGDIA: which should I choose?
The short answer
Both give you the same EPGDIA syllabus and certificate. Choose live online for a trainer and a batch timetable, or self-paced to start the day you enrol and study at your own pace.
Both give you the same EPGDIA syllabus, the same four weeks of content and the same EDWartens EPGDIA Course Certificate. What differs is how it is taught, when you start and what you do to finish. Each has its own page, fee and terms: EPGDIA, live online and EPGDIA Self-Paced. The fee is shown on each page before you pay. They are two separate products, not a discount of one on the other.
EPGDIA, live online and self-paced
| Detail | Live onlineWith a trainer | Self-pacedRecorded |
|---|---|---|
| How it is taught | A trainer teaches 24 live online class days | 24 recorded video lessons, no live trainer |
| When you start | On your batch's start date | The day you enrol |
| Your time | Four weeks, Monday to Saturday, on the batch timetable | Your own pace within 12 months |
| Attendance | At least 90% of the class days | None |
| Practicals and viva | Siemens, Delta and viva, assessed by your trainer | None: four graded projects count instead |
| The four projects | Portfolio work, not needed for the certificate | Graded by an engineer, all four count |
| Resume reviews open | After the week 2 test | After the week 2 test |
| Mock interviews open | After the week 3 test | After the final |
| Refund | Full refund if you withdraw before it starts | Within 14 days and before any lesson |
Live onlineWith a trainer
- How it is taught
- A trainer teaches 24 live online class days
- When you start
- On your batch's start date
- Your time
- Four weeks, Monday to Saturday, on the batch timetable
- Attendance
- At least 90% of the class days
- Practicals and viva
- Siemens, Delta and viva, assessed by your trainer
- The four projects
- Portfolio work, not needed for the certificate
- Resume reviews open
- After the week 2 test
- Mock interviews open
- After the week 3 test
- Refund
- Full refund if you withdraw before it starts
Self-pacedRecorded
- How it is taught
- 24 recorded video lessons, no live trainer
- When you start
- The day you enrol
- Your time
- Your own pace within 12 months
- Attendance
- None
- Practicals and viva
- None: four graded projects count instead
- The four projects
- Graded by an engineer, all four count
- Resume reviews open
- After the week 2 test
- Mock interviews open
- After the final
- Refund
- Within 14 days and before any lesson
Choose live online if
- you want a trainer teaching you and a batch timetable to keep you going
- you can be at your computer for the class days, Monday to Saturday, and keep up the attendance the terms ask for
- you want a trainer to assess your Siemens and Delta practicals and your viva
Choose self-paced if
- you work, study or live far from Bangalore and want to start now rather than wait for a batch
- you can keep yourself to a weekly plan
- you are happy to be assessed by weekly tests, a final and four graded projects instead of practicals and a viva
What is the same
Both use simulators on your own computer and the free 3D lab. Both include the AI tutor and Ask an engineer, job simulations, and two resume reviews, two technical mock interviews and two HR mock interviews. Both are job-assured, conditions apply: see What placement help is there?. Both need a Windows computer with 8 GB of memory or more. The live course also needs a webcam and a microphone.
Which EPGDIA suits you?
What matters most to you?
A trainer and a timetable
Live online: a batch, 24 live class days and trainer sign-offs.
Starting now, at my own pace
Self-paced: start the day you enrol, with 12 months of access.
I am not sure
Call admissions for free counselling before you pay.
Not sure? Book free counselling on +91 96068 68686, or from the form on either page. Admissions can tell you which suits you before you pay.
Updated 23 October 2026
Related answers
- How does the self-paced EPGDIA work?The self-paced EPGDIA is the EPGDIA syllabus as recorded lessons in your portal. You start the day you enrol and study at your own pace for 12 months, with no batch, timetable or live class.
- Which programmes can I join?There are five paid career programmes: the AEP and PGDIA in our Electronic City classroom, the EPGDIA live online or self-paced, and the AIP (self-paced online). Each has its own page, fee and terms.
- How do the programme fees and instalments work?The AEP fee is agreed with you after counselling and can be paid in instalments. PGDIA is paid in full before the course starts. EPGDIA (live or self-paced) and the AIP are paid in full at checkout by UPI, card or netbanking, GST included.
- Can I cancel a programme or get my fee back?It depends on the programme and on timing. Before a classroom programme starts you can cancel for a full or partial refund; once the live course has started, there is no refund. The AIP and the self-paced EPGDIA have their own 14-day rule.
- What is EDWartens?EDWartens India is the training brand of Wartens Automation Pvt Ltd in Bangalore. It offers free online engineering and AI courses with an optional certificate, and career programmes online and in the Electronic City classroom.
- Are the courses really free?Yes. Every lesson, the notes, the practice tasks and the final assessment of a free course cost nothing, with no card. Paying is optional: mainly the certificate once you pass. The career programmes are paid and separate.
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