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Total Fees

19.00 L

Exam

CAT

Fees Details

General

₹ 19.00 L

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Course Details

MODE

Full time

DURATION

24 Months

MBA - Business Analytics (MBA-BA) at IIM Ranchi is a two-year full-time residential programme and aims to prepare students for careers that apply and manage modern data science to solve critical business challenges. With the growing importance of business analytics, the demand for talents to analyse and demystify data is in increasing demand. The program has been designed to impart in-depth knowledge on modelling the business problems and on using the tools and techniques of analytics to make the participants capable of playing a leading role in this evolving field. It is structured to enable the participants to define business and other real-life problems, use analytical tools and techniques to identify patterns, gain insights, develop business strategies and make sound management decisions. The program is expected to provide an overview of various management disciplines and an in-depth understanding of Data Science.

MBA - BA programme is divided into six terms; three terms in the first year and three terms in the second year. The first-year coursework of MBA - BA will have several courses in common with the regular MBA program in Term - I, II & III. MBA - BA students will also be doing certain core courses in analytics in Term - I, II & III that are not part of regular MBA.

All the participants will undergo Summer Internship Project (equivalent to 6-credit/ 8 weeks) in analytics applications in industry with live project in the summer (April and May) after Term-III. During the summer internship, the participants will get an opportunity to build a practical perspective of whatever they learn in the classroom.

The second year comprises of Elective courses, spread over three terms (IV to VI). The elective courses help the participants to develop deeper understanding of Business Analytics area. Students are allowed to choose the courses of their interest in the second year. Students who want to acquire deeper understanding of a topic or explore deeply a narrow topic can also pursue a Course of Independent Study (CIS) under the guidance of a faculty member.

Currently, the total credits requirement across two year of MBA - BA programme is minimum of 109.5 credits and a maximum of 118.5 credits (including the Summer Internship Project), one credit being equivalent to 10 classroom hours.

Important dates

Exams and Events	Dates

CAT Admit Card Date (Mode - Online)	4 Nov'25 - 29 Nov'25
CAT Exam Date (Mode - Online)	29 Nov'25 - 29 Nov'25

Eligibility Criteria

The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent [CGPA 45% in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disability (PwD) categories], awarded by any University or educational institution as incorporated by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature in India or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognised by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

Candidates appearing for the final year of the Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. However, it may be noted that such candidates, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if they submit a certificate from the Principal/Registrar of their University/Institution (issued on or before the date as stipulated by IIM Ranchi at the time of registration) stating that they have completed all the requirements for obtaining the Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of issue of the certificate.

Admissions for such candidates will be confirmed only when the candidate submits the mark- sheet and a certificate of having passed the bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification referred to in the certificate issued by the principal/head of the department/registrar/director of the institution/university with at least 50% marks (45% in case of the candidate belonging to SC/ST/PwD category). It is mandatory for a final-year student, who is provisionally admitted, to submit the mark sheet and degree certificate of the final year bachelor’s degree examination held on or before a date as specified by the Academic Programme Office at the time of registration (including supplementary, if any), to be eligible for admission. The deadline for submission of the mark sheet and the certificate will be provided by the Academic Programme Office at the time of registration. Non-fulfilment of this condition will automatically result in the cancellation of the provisional admission. IIM Ranchi would not allow any candidate to join the Programme in case the candidate is unable to complete all the requirements for a bachelor’s degree on or before the date as specified by the Academic Programme office at the time of registration. IIM Ranchi may verify eligibility at various stages of the selection process, maybe even after the students have been admitted and classes have started.

Admission Details

The admissions/selection process for candidates for the Postgraduate programme in management at IIM Ranchi is through CAT only. Admission is made through the Common Admissions Process (CAP).