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Management education at BITS Pilani is anchored in the fundamentals of general management

MBA in Business Analytics: Preparatory
with the latest theories and best practices in the business / corporate world. It builds a basic Course Starts from 9 Aug 2021
framework of qualitative, quantitative, analytical, strategic and problem solving skills. In addition,
courses on programming, statistics, analytics and deep learning will prepare students to develop Shortlisting Criteria - Ph.D Admissions-
1nd Semester 2021-22
solutions and build AI products to solve complex business problems. The pedagogy is specially
designed to create a healthy learning environment, a blend of theoretical concepts and practical Admission to PhD: 1st Sem 2022-23
nuances. An optimal mix of learning methods ensures a holistic personality development of the Research Staff Recruitment
students as well.

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Semester I ICEBM

Student Achievement
Managerial Economics
Financial Statement Analysis & Reporting
Marketing Management The BITS Advantage
Managing People & Organization
Statistics & Basic Econometrics
Data Management & Warehousing
Programming for Analytics
The new way to look at the world
Semester II
The BITS MBA core curriculum is designed
Strategic Management around the cross-functional way
contemporary organizations work.
Corporate Finance Throughout the curriculum, students and
faculty approach problems by looking to the
Operations & Supply Chain Management broadest possible circle of skills and
Data Visualization, Ethics & Data Privacy resources to fashion innovative solutions.

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Time Series Analysis & Forecasting

Predictive Analytics Photo Gallery
Elective (from Group-1)

Semester III Contact Us

Deep Learning for Business

Prescriptive Analytics for Mathematical Programming
Elective (from Group-1)
Elective (from Group-2)
Elective (from Group-2)
Elective (from Group-2)

Semester IV
Dissertation or Practice School

List of Electives Subjects

Group- 1
Advanced Spreadsheet & Macro Programming for Business
Big Data Analytics
Bayesian Analysis
Natural Language Processing For Business

Group- 2
Analytics for Supply Chain
Supply Chain Finance
Discrete Event Simulation

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IT Project Management
Marketing Analytics
Digital Analytics
Pricing Analytics
Retail Analytics
Customer Engagement & Analytics
Marketing Research & Metrics
Financial Analytics
Financial Derivative & Analysis
Financial Modelling & Valuation
Financial Technology
People Analytics
Strategy Analytics
Knowledge Management & Digital Strategy
Data Structures & Algorithmic Thinking

Practice School
The Practice School (PS) is a distinguishing feature of the MBA in Business Analytics program
at BITS Pilani. After completing the course work in the first three semesters, the students are
required to undertake the PS program in the last semester which forms a part of the overall
structured curriculum. Herein, all the students get an opportunity to apply their classroom
knowledge and skills to real practical problems.

The Salient Features of Practice School Program:

6 months of well thought-out and guided internship. Students work on real-time projects in
domains of their interest
Enhancement of business acumen through inculcation of team working, decision making,
interpersonal and leadership skills
Insight into Industrial culture that grooms students for Corporate life

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Marks the foundation level, wherein the students project themselves as enviable assets as
managers
Handsome stipends along with other perks, which include travel, accommodation etc. Many
graduates are offered Pre Placement Offers (PPO) on completion of the 6 months training
Practice School program institutionalizes the essential link between educational and
professional worlds, and prepares BITS MBA students to face and meet the challenges of the
professional world before they enter the industry.

Thesis
Students also have the option to enrol for six month’s thesis, instead the Practice School.
Interested students are assigned a faculty from the department for thesis supervision. These
students often opt for further education in institutes of global repute.

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