The Department of Management at BITS Pilani Rajasthan was established in 1971 and currently, it offers MBA in Business Analytics and Ph.D. programs to eligible candidates.
BITS Pilani MBA has been ranked 57th in Top B-Schools by Business Today (BT) 2023 and 19th by IIRF Ranking 2024.
The BITS Pilani MBA Placements are yet to conclude but as of now, the Average Package for the batch of 2022-24 stood at INR17.45 LPA while the Median Package stood at INR 18 LPA. Both the average and the median package saw an increase of about 6% year-on-year respectively.
Candidates looking to take admission in the MBA Business Analytics program are required to appear for the Business Analytics Aptitude Test conducted by BITS Pilani. The final selection will consider the BAAT score, along with the performance in the Personal Interview and candidate’s best score in either of the CAT, XAT or GMAT exams. Candidate’s past work experience and academic performance are also key metrics for the final selection process.
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BITS Pilani MBA Cutoffs
- Since BITS Pilani is a privately owned institution and conducts its own online exam, the cutoffs are not made available for the general public.
- However, the final selections for the programme are based on the Composite Score obtained by the student.
- The institute uses the following distribution to provide final composite scores to the students: -
Component | Percentage weight on a scale of 100 |
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Personal interview or PI | 20 |
CAT 2023/ XAT 2023/ GMAT | 10 |
Extempore | 5 |
12th board marks | 5 |
Bachelor’s marks | 5 |
Work experience | 5 |
Total Weightage | 50 |
BAAT Performance | 50 |
Final weightage | 100 |
BITS Pilani MBA Admission
- Selection Basis: BAAT Score followed by Extempore and Personal Interview.
- Exam Cutoff: A student should have a valid score in CAT/XAT/GMAT Exam.
BITS Pilani MBA Fees and Courses
Course Name | Admission Criteria | Total Fees |
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MBA Business Analytics | Batch Size: 80 Eligibility: A bachelor’s degree in any discipline or its equivalent, with minimum 60% marks. Selection Criteria: BAAT Score, Personal Interview, CAT/XAT/GMAT Score, Prior work Experience, and Candidate’s Academic Profile. |
INR 13,01,000 |
PhD in Management | Batch Size: Depends upon the number of applicants Eligibility: M.E./M.Tech./M.Pharm./MBA/M.Phil/ M.Sc./B.E./B.Pharm. program (relevant as per specialization) Selection Criteria: Admissions will be conducted as per entrance exam conducted by BITS Pilani |
INR 1,58,000 |
Comparison of the fee structure for other institutes offering an MBA in Business Analytics is given below: -
- NMIMS Mumbai charges the highest overall fee structure followed by SCMHRD Pune and GIM Goa.
- NMIMS Mumbai charges almost 106% more fees than the Department of Management, BITS Pilani.
- Let’s look at the fee structure of Department of Management Bits Pilani over the years: -
- The fees have been increasing year-by-year. DoM BITS Pilani MBA Fee for the batch of 2024-26 has been increased by 6% from the previous batch of 2023-25.
- The batch size of the Department of BITS Pilani is small. Although the seat matrix is not clearly defined for the year 2023-25, but comparison of the overall intake over the years is given below: -
Student intake comparison by various institutes of the country: -
- NMIMS Mumbai has the biggest MBA Business Analytics batch of all the institutes followed by GIM Goa.
- NMIMS Mumbai selected more than double the number of students selected for MBA Business Analytics at BITS Pilani.
BITS Pilani MBA Batch Profile
The Batch Profile of the students with respect to the amount work experience they have in number of months is given below: -
- The exact details for the number of freshers in the batch is not released by the institute.
- The Gender Diversity in terms of number of males and females for the year 2022-24 is given below: -
- Almost 64% of the batch consists of Male candidates while 36% of the students are female candidates
- The total number of students in the MBA Business Analytics program for the year 2022-24 were 47. The average number of months of work experience for these 47 students stood at 1.5 years.
BITS Pilani MBA Placements
- The placements are still ongoing. Out of the 47 students, 25% of the students converted PPO offers from their respective Summer Internship companies totaling to 12 student offers from the SIP program.
- The institute registered an Average Package of INR 17.45 LPA which is up by almost 6% from the previous season.
- The Median Package of the year stood at INR 18 LPA which is up by 6% from the last year.
Average Package comparison of all the best institutes offering an MBA in Business Analytics programme in India: -
- Clearly, SCMHRD displayed the highest package offered to the students passing out the course in 2023 followed by NMIMS Mumbai, GIM Goa, DoM BITS Pilani, IIM Ranchi and finally LBSIM Delhi.
- Except for SCMHRD and LBSIM Delhi, the average packages of the rest of the institutes are comparable in nature and are almost equal as far as average packages are concerned.
- The highest package at DoM BITS Pilani was offered by IBM at 27 LPA.
(The exact data of the CTC offered by each company arriving on campus will be updated soon. As of now, Department of Management BITS Pilani saw some of the prominent recruiters namely KPMG, Hero FinCorp, BARCLAYS, EY, HSBC, TATA Capital, Accenture, Yes Bank, IBM, Vodafone Idea, Tetra Pak and FINOVA Capital. )
Domain-Wise Breakup
The following is the percentage of companies that arrived for roles in a particular domain: -
Domain | Student Placed |
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Sales and Marketing | 15.2% |
Finance | 15.2% |
Operations | 15.2% |
Consulting | 9.1% |
IT/ITES | 12.1% |
Analytics | 33.3% |
- Clearly, companies are hiring students predominantly in the Data and IT Analytics domains totalling to around 45% of the roles.
- 45% of the batch was placed in the Finance, Operations and Marketing domain.
- Consulting and majorly IT Consultants constitute 10% of the placements.
Summer Internship Season
- The institute is yet to release an official summer internship report for the batch of 2023-25. ]
- The highest stipend stood at 75,000 INR per month offered by Accenture.
- The Average Stipend for the batch stood at 36, 222 INR per month.
- The prominent recruiters coming on campus for the summer internship season were Vodafone Idea, IBM, DCB Banks, Outlook, Exide, Concentrix and Poshway.
- The total strength of the batch of 2023-25 stood at 68.
The overall batch profile: -
The Gender Diversity ratio for the batch of 2023-25: -
BITS Pilani MBA ROI - An Analysis
ROI Over the Years | |
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Total Fees (2024-26) | 13,01,000 INR |
Average Package (2022-24) | 17,45,000 LPA |
ROI | 134.23% |
- Clearly, ROI has remained over 100%.
- Let’s have a look at the ROI of the rest of the Birla Institutions: - (The data is for the batch of 2022-24)
ROI Comparison of MBA Colleges/Institutes offering Business Analytics Program | |||
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MBA Business Analytics Institutes | Total Fees for 2023-25 | Average Package in 2023 | ROI |
DoM, BITS Pilani | 12.28 lakhs | 16.48 LPA | 134.22% |
SCMHRD Pune | 20.58 lakhs | 22.03 LPA | 107.04% |
IIM Ranchi | 17.20 lakhs | 16.40 LPA | 95.35% |
GIM Goa | 20.39 lakhs | 17.20 LPA | 84.36% |
LBSIM Delhi | 15.50 lakhs | 12.03 LPA | 77.61% |
NMIMS Mumbai | 30.16 lakhs | 17.85 LPA | 59.18% |
Life at DoM BITS Pilani
Hostels: Although there are 6-7 hostels in total at the BITS Pilani Campus, CV Raman Hostel of BITS Pilani is allotted to the boys enrolled in MBA in Business Analytics, and Meera Hostel is allotted to the girls. All the rooms are single-sharing, and there are no ACs in the rooms. The mess facility offers decent food and is rated 3.5 out of 5 by the students of MBA Business Analytics Programme. The Academic Block is 2.5 km away from the hostel.
Library: The library facility is world-class and is common for all the students studying in various programmes at BITS Pilani. The library offers a wide range of resources, i.e., from books, to e-books to even case studies of international universities, and students can access all these resources without incurring any additional costs.
Sports: Since BITS Pilani is one of the best campuses in the country, it offers a huge number of sports opportunities to all its students, but due to the small batch size, participation in sports-related activities is usually limited.
Placement Committee | Executive Committee | Media Relations Club | VISHWAST (The Marketing Club) |
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VISHWAKARMA (The Operations Club) | MANAV (The HR Club) | Sponsorship Club | Creative and TBI Club |
FINOMANIAC (The Finance Club) | Industry Linkage Club | Tech Geeks Club | Alumni Relations Cell |
5 Reasons to Choose DoM BITS Pilani
- Attendance Policy: Since BITS Pilani is widely popular among the students enrolled in engineering programmes due to its 0% Attendance Policy, and as per the students studying at MBA in Business Analytics, the attendance policy is applicable to them as well, unlike many premier MBA institutes like IIMs, which strictly require every student to have a minimum of 80% attendance.
- Campus Facilities: The resources at the disposal of the students are immense, and the facilities available are world-class considering the kind of Brand value BITS Pilani offers to its students.
- Entrepreneurial Support: The students working on their respective start-ups at BITS Pilani can avail up to 5 Lakh INR directly from the institute to fund their entrepreneurial journey and kick-start their corporate careers before even completing their MBA programme.
- Diversity: Since all the facilities are common to all the students, the students of the MBA Programme have the opportunity to interact with the students of the rest of the programmes offered at BITS Pilani. They get to interact with the engineering students, PhD students, etc. within one campus, thus increasing their learning curve to greater heights.
- Faculty & Pedagogy: The professors are highly educated, and the teaching style is unlike any other, wherein the students are exposed to the practical situations of management even before providing theoretical nuances of the same.
DoM BITS Pilani FAQs
Ques. What is the placement scenario of the Department of Management, BITS, Pilani?
Ans. The placement scenario of the Department of Management, BITS, Pilani is noticeable as top-giant firms participate in the placement drive organized by the institute’s respective department. Some of the companies are Aditya Birla Group, Dell, Cognizant, JP Morgan, Bain & Co., Cisco, EY, KPMG, Hindustan Unilever, PWC & a lot more. The highest salary package offered was INR 27 LPA and the average package offered was INR 16.15 LPA , during the 2023 placement drive. Check: Department of Management, BITS Pilani Placement
Ques. What is the year-wise fee structure for the Department of Management BITS, Pilani MBA program?
Ans. The year-wise fee of BITS, Pilani MBA program is listed as follows:
Year | Fee |
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1st Year | 5.62 Lakhs |
2nd Year | 5.48 Lakhs |
Ques. What is the highest & average salary packages offered for Department of Management BITS, Pilani MBA program?
Ans. BITS, Pilani MBA students have bagged the highest salary package at INR 27 LPA & the average package stood at INR 16.15 LPA during the 2023 placement drive.
Ques. What does the final selection process include for admission to the Department of Management BITS, Pilani MBA program?
Ans. For admission to BITS, Pilani MBA program the final selection will be based on overall performance in
- Business Analytics Aptitude Test (BAAT),
- Personal Interview &
- CAT/XAT/GMAT (if available), along with prior work experience, and previous academic history.
Ques. What is the minimum cutoff score for admission to the Department of Management BITS, Pilani MBA program?
Ans. The minimum cutoff score for admission to the Department of Management BITS, Pilani MBA program:
Entrance Name | Cutoff |
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CAT | 75% |
XAT | 70% |
GMAT | 620+ Score |