The Department of
HSS at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus offers the following two distinct Management Programmes
designed to meet the needs and requirements of fresh graduates and working
professionals from diverse educational and professional background:
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- MBA in Business Analytics
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
The MBA program gives students exposure to different domains of management such as, marketing, finance, human resource management, information systems and analytics, operations and supply chain management. The program is designed to cater the requirements and interests of graduates with different backgrounds and the working professionals from different industries. The two-year MBA is divided in three semesters of holistic classroom training coupled with one semester of industry exposure through a structured and evaluative internship (Practice School) making this programme one of its kind. The purpose of Practice School is to offer corporate exposure to fresh graduates and make them industry orientated even before they step-out of the Institute. The working professionals can opt for Dissertation (instead of Internship) to advance their knowledge and skills in the preferred area of interest.
MBA in Business Analytics
The MBA in Business Analytics, offered by BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, is designed to develop among students, the necessary skills and problem-solving aptitude involved in the process of data-driven decision making in the area of business and management. With a robust business analytics curriculum, embedded with a strong and unique industrial component, and through various innovative pedagogies, the University aims to deliver a cutting-edge programme in a dynamic and flexible learning environment. The focus is not only on producing impactful business analysts, but also on developing result-oriented personnel.
Some of the salient features of these two programmes are:
- Flexible Class schedule: Evening /Weekend lecture sessions
- 06 Months Industry exposure for fresh graduates
- Dissertation option for working professionals
- Continuous Industry interactions
- Case based learning
- Industry oriented curriculum
- Lecture delivery by expert faculty and industry professionals
- Support from Career Services Division for placements
- Flexibility in the pace and duration for completing the programme
Eligibility Criteria (MBA and MBA in Business Analytics Programme)
Candidates holding a bachelor’s degree of minimum three years duration in any discipline or its equivalent with at least 60% aggregate marks, and having studied at least one subject in mathematics or statistics at the high school (10+2) or higher level.
I. Semester Wise Course Structure – Master of Business Administration (MBA)
| Year | I Semester | U | II Semester | U |
| I | MBA G544 ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY & BEHAVIOUR | 3 | MBA G548 STRATEGIC MARKETING | 3 |
| MBA G501 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS | 3 | MBA G557 ECO ENV OF BUSINESS | 3 |
| MBA G543 LEADING MODERN ORGANIZATIONS | 3 | MBA G549 INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS & SUSTAINABILITY | 3 |
| MBA G567 TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 3 | MBA G546 BUSINESS STATISTICS | 3 |
| MBA G564 DECISION MAKING | 3 | MBA G559 CORPORATE FINANCE | 3 |
| MBA G559 CORPORATE FINANCE | 3 | MBA G558 OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MGT | 3 |
| MBA G542 CONSUMER BEHAVIOR | 3 | MBA G582 CREATING & LEADING ENTREP ORGN | 3 |
| Elective-1 | | Elective-2 | |
| Summer Term | MBA G565 INFORMATION & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | 3 | | |
| MBA G545 MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | 3 | | |
| Elective-3 | | | |
| II | MBA G510 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | 3 | MBA G561 DISSERTATION (OR) PRACTICE SCHOOL | 16/20 |
| MBA G550 CRITICAL AND DESIGN THINKING | 3 |
| MBA G560 MARKETING RESEARCH & METRICS | 3 |
| MBA G561 BUSINESS ANALYTICS | 3 |
| MBA G566 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| MBA G568 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY & OPERATIONS | 3 |
| Elective-4 | |
Note: This is a suggested semester-wise pattern by the appropriate Senate-appointed committee, subject to change if the situation warrants.
List of Elective Courses and Specializations (MBA)
Ø Operations and Decision Sciences
MBA G512 Manufacturing Strategy 4
MBA G514 Technology Management 3 0 3
MBA G522 Total Quality Management 4
MBA G523 Project Management 4
MBA G525 R & D Management 3 0 3
MBA G539 Six Sigma 3 1 4
MBA G541 Operations Strategy 3 0 3
MBA G577 Supply Chain Analytics 3 1 4
MBA G579 Management Practice 3*
MBA G588 Services Management System 3 0 3
Ø Information Systems Management
MBA G527 e-Business and Internet Marketing 4
MBA G528 Internet Security and Cyber-laws 4
MBA G579 Management Practice 3*
MBA G581 Expert Systems 4
MBA G589 Enterprise Resource Planning 3 0 3
MBA G622 Software Project Management 4
Ø Finance
FIN F414 Financial Risk Analytics & Management 3 0 3
MBA G507 International Financial Markets & Services 3 0 3
MBA G508 Functions and Working of Stock Exchanges 3 0 3
MBA G509 Investment Banking and Financial Services 3 0 3
MBA G530 Project Appraisal 3 0 3
MBA G532 Risk Management and Insurance 3 0 3
MBA G536 Strategic Financial Management 3 0 3
MBA G537 Security Analysis and Portfolio Management 3 0 3
MBA G575 Financial Engineering 3 0 3
MBA G579 Management Practice 3*
MBA G593 Business Analysis and Valuation 3 0 3
Ø Marketing
MBA G533 Advertising and Sales Promotion 3 0 3
MBA G538 Marketing Models 3 0 3
MBA G540 Sports Marketing 3 0 3
MBA G542 Consumer Behaviour 3 0 3
MBA G562 Services Marketing 3 0 3
MBA G563 Industrial Marketing 3 0 3
MBA G574 Retail Management Systems 3 0 3
MBA G576 Digital Marketing 3 0 3
MBA G579 Management Practice 3*
MBA G583 Marketing Research 3 0 3
MBA G586 Product and Brand Management 3 0 3
Ø Organization Behavior and Human Resource Management
MBA G535 Cross Cultural Management 3 0 3
MBA G553 Organizational Change and Development 3 0 3
MBA G554 Innovative Leadership 3 0 3
MBA G555 International Human Resource Management
MBA G556 Performance Management 3 0 3
MBA G579 Management Practice 3
Ø Strategy & Entrepreneurship
BITS F468 New Venture Creation 3 0 3
MBA G578 Game Theory and Business Strategy 3 0 3
MBA G579 Management Practice 3*
MBA G582 Creating and Leading Entrepreneurial Organization 3 0 3
Depending on your career aspirations, skill-sets and interests, our MBA programme can prepare you for many different job roles such as: Marketing Manager, Sales Manager, Product Manager, Business Development Executive, Customer Relationship Manager, Project Manager, Management Consultant, Operations Manager, Finance Analyst, Investment Banker, Human Resource Manager, Business Analyst, etc.
II. Semester Wise Course Structure – MBA in Business Analytics
| Year | I Semester | U | II Semester | U | |
| I | MPBA G501 Managerial Economics | 3 | MPBA G508 Strategic Management | 3 | |
| MPBA G502 Financial Statement Analysis & Reporting | 3 | MPBA G509 Corporate Finance | 3 | |
| MPBA G503 Marketing Management | 3 | MPBA G510 Operations & Supply Chain Management | 3 | |
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| MPBA G504 Managing People & Organization | 3 | MPBA G511 Data Visualization, Ethics and Data Privacy | 3 | |
| MPBA G505 Statistics & Basic Econometrics | 3 | MPBA G512 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting | 3 | |
| MPBA G506 Data Management and Warehousing | 3 | MPBA G513 Predictive Analytics | 3 | |
| MPBA G507 Programming for Analytics | 3 | Elective Pool - 1 | 3 | |
| II | MPBA G514 Deep Learning for Business | 3 | BITS G629T Dissertation (OR) BITS G639 Practice School | 16 | |
| MPBA G515 Prescriptive Analytics with Mathematical Programming | 3 | | |
| Elective Pool – 1 | 3 | 20 | |
| Elective Pool – 2 | 3 | | |
| Elective Pool – 2 | 3 | | |
| Elective Pool – 2 | 3 | | |
| | 18 | | 16/20 | |
Note: This is a suggested semester-wise pattern by the appropriate Senate-appointed committee, subject to change if the situation warrants.
List of Elective courses (MBA in Business Analytics)
Ø Pool -1
MPBA G516 Advanced Spreadsheet & Macro Programming For Business
MPBA G517 Big Data Analytics
MPBA G518 Bayesian Analysis
MPBA G519 Natural Language Processing For Business
MPBA G537 Data Structures and Algorithmic Thinking
Ø Pool -2
MPBA G516 Advanced Spreadsheet & Macro Programming For Business
MPBA G517 Big Data Analytics
MPBA G520 Analytics For Supply Chain
MPBA G521 Supply Chain Finance
MPBA G522 Discrete Event Simulation
MPBA G523 IT Project Management
MPBA G524 Marketing Analytics
MPBA G525 Digital Analytics
MPBA G526 Pricing Analytics
MPBA G527 Retail Analytics
MPBA G528 Customer Engagement And Analytics
MPBA G529 Marketing Research & Metrics
MPBA G530 Financial Analytics
MPBA G531 Financial Derivatives And Analysis
MPBA G532 Financial Modelling And Valuation
MPBA G533 Financial Technology
MPBA G534 People Analytics
MPBA G535 Strategy Analytics
MPBA G536 Knowledge Management And Digital Strategy
Depending on your career aspirations, our MBA in Business Analytics programme can prepare you for different sectors of industry for various roles such as: Business Analyst, Marketing Research Analyst, Financial Risk Analyst, Supply Chain Analyst, HR Analyst, Data Analyst, Pricing and Performance Analyst, Business Consultant, Analytics Consultant, etc.