ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education - Master of Business Administration Online MBA

ICFAI Online MBA Course Overview:

ICFAI’s CDOE offers Online MBA program of 2 years to students after their graduation. This course is perfect for those individuals who are looking to enhance their management, business and administrative skills. The specializations offered are: Finance, Marketing, Human Resource Management, IT and Operations. T

The objective of the pedagogy of the MBA course is to enhance the online learning experience through participation and engagement. 

The institute provides online learning materials like case studies, journals, E-books, recorded lecture videos, discussion forums, etc to students for easy learning.

ICFAI also provides placement opportunities for its MBA grads through its campus-based placement services.

Key Features of Online MBA Course

The Online MBA Program consists 22 courses with 15 core courses, 6 elective options from four streams. The course curriculum aims at delivering the best online MBA program to the aspirants.

• 4 decades of academic excellence in management education
• Learner centred design
• Application emphasis
• Employability as an outcome of learning
• Multi format content
• Flexibility in learning

Online MBA programme includes interactive sessions, concept videos, case videos, glossary, engagement exercises, workbook, discussion forums, etc to ensure that the course content is taught in best way.

Learning Pedagogy:

Microlearning:  Content is presented in short and multiple formats like case study videos, concept videos, and live teaching videos of faculty. This enhances the ease of learning for students.

Concept in Context approach:  Academic concepts and frameworks are presented within real-life ‘contexts’ which enhances retention and recollection for students.

P2P exercises: The practice-precept-practice cycle of learning is followed at ICFAI. Engagement exercises based on real-life situations are practiced to relate and recreate employability. This improves student’s ability to identify challenges and build proper solutions for management-level problems.

Eligibility & Duration: 

Eligibility criteria:

• Candidate must have completed graduation in any discipline with 50% and above marks from a recognized university.
• Candidates who have completed graduation from any other medium of instruction have to submit the TOEFL/ NELT/ IELTS marks report.

Duration: 

Minimum Duration of online MBA online program is 2 years and maximum is 4 years.

Syllabus:

Semester 1

Subjects:

1. Management and Organization Behaviour
2. Quantitative Methods
3. Foundations of Accounting and Finance
4. Business Environment
5. IT for Managers

Semester 2

Subjects:

1. Economics for Business
2. Operations Management
3. Human Resource Management
4. Marketing Management
5. Business Communication

Semester 3

Subjects:

1. Business Policy and Strategy
2. International Business
3. Leadership and Change Management
4. Elective I
5. Elective II
6. Elective III

Semester 3 Elective Options

Elective Options:

1. Financial Management (compulsory elective for those opting for Finance electives)
2. Global Financial Markets
3. Strategic Finance and Corporate Restructuring
4. Services Marketing
5. Strategic Marketing Management
6. Sales and Distribution Management
7. Recruitment, Training and Development
8. Performance Management and Reward Systems
9. SMACS Technologies for Business
10. Services Operations Management

Students can opt for 3 electives from the available options.

Semester 4

Subjects:

1. Management Control Systems
2. Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
3. Elective IV
4. Elective V
5. Elective VI
6. Entrepreneurship Practicum OR Business Research Project

Semester 4 Elective Options

Elective Options:

1. Financial Services
2. International Finance
3. International Marketing
4. Retail Management
5. Integrated Marketing Communications
6. Strategic Human Resource Management
7. Organization Development
8. Human Resource Planning and Audit
9. Big Data, Cloud and Analytics
10. Supply Chain Management

Students can opt for 3 electives from the available options.

Fee & Scholarship:

Scholarship:

I. Exclusive Scholarships for Defence, Paramilitary and Police Personnel 

II. Merit Scholarships:

• Scholarship based on percentage of marks achieved in bachelor’s degree
• Those students will be awarded who get the highest score in the formative assessment in a course
• Scholarship based on semester-wise performance

Admission & Payment:

Candidates must fill the application form online and upload the scanned copies of the documents mentioned below:

• Latest Photograph with signature appended on it.
• Copy of latest Photograph without signature
• X Class Certificate 
• XII Class Certificate 
• Degree Certificate 
• Aadhaar 
• Copy of Passport, for foreign students only
• TOEFL/NELT/IELTS score report if applicable

Selection Process:

• After submitting application form and uploading the documents, there will be a selection process consisting of Micro Presentation and a Personal Interview.
• The selection process fee of Rs. 1,000 has to be paid online. This amount will be adjusted against the Admission Fee on selection.
• Candidate needs to then select a convenient slot for the selection process.

Payment:

• During the admission process, candidates need to pay the admission fess using online portal.
• Fees can be paid via any payment mode like credit card, debit card, UPI, wallet, net banking, etc.

Exam & Evaluation:

1. Formative Assessment: Evaluation method:

• 30% academic weightage
• Participation in sessions
• Discussion Forums
• Results of engagement exercises

2. Semester-end exams: Evaluation method:

• 70% academic weightage
• Completely online
• Proctored mode

To qualify for the exams, students need to score at least 5.5 grade points on all the courses within 2 years or a maximum 4 years of study.