MBA Business
Analytics is a 2-year post-graduate program. The basic eligibility criteria for
getting admission in the course is a Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree from
any recognized university with minimum 50% aggregate marks and 45% marks in
case of SC/ ST candidates.
MBA
Business Analytics: What is it About?
Business
Analytics is used by Companies to data-driven decision-making. Simply it’s a
study of data through statistical and operations analysis, the formation of
predictive models, applications used for optimizing techniques, etc.
The course
comprises of Computer simulation, optimization, statistics, decision analysis,
artificial intelligence, data mining and visualization, predictive modeling,
marketing, supply chain, applications in finance and many more.
Students
enrolled in the course are taught to:
*Data
Analytics Basics, Applied Statistics, Data Visualization
*Statistical
Communication, Legal Aspects of Business
*Industry
Applications of Analytics, Data Cleaning, Normalization and Data Mining
*Spreadsheet
Modelling and Analysis, Query Languages
Business
Analytics is used in industries like financial services, retail, healthcare,
manufacturing, energy, gas & oil, social media, gaming, e-commerce, sports,
etc.
There are 2
types of MBA Business Analytics Courses that are offered by the colleges:
1. *Exclusive
MBA Programme
IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, LBSIM Delhi, Great Lakes Institute of Management
offer PGDM/MBA in Business Analytics
2.* Specialized
Course
IIM Lucknow, SPJIMR Mumbai, MDI Gurgaon, XLRI Jamshedpur offer MBA in Business
Analytics as either specialization, separate certificate or diploma course. In
the second year of the programme, students can choose an MBA in Business
Analytics as a specialized course.
MBA
Business Analytics: Eligibility
Applicants
are advised to check the below-mentioned MBA Business Analytics eligibility
criteria in order to apply for the course:
*Candidates
must have passed Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree from any recognized
university with minimum 50% aggregate marks and 45% marks must be obtained by
candidates belonging to SC/ ST category
*Students who
are appearing or waiting for their result can also apply for admission
MBA
Business Analytics: Admission Process
The admission
of the student in the MBA Business Analytics course is strictly done on
the basis of marks obtained by them in graduation. Preference will be given to
the students who have cleared CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ GMAT entrance exam. The admission
process varies across colleges.
Below are
some entrance exams conducted for the admission in the course:
*CAT Common
Admission Test
*MAT Management
Aptitude Test
*GMAT Graduate
Management Admission Test
*XAT Xavier
Aptitude Test
*CMAT Common
Management Admission Test