About MBA in Education Management

The MBA in the Education Management sector is a comparatively new specialization of the Business Management sector which deals with the proper financial and managerial aspects of educational sectors and institutions. The MBA in Education Management is a 2-year Postgraduate level master's course that can be done after the completion of a minimum 3-years bachelor's degree in any stream. The admissions in this specialization of MBA course is generally taken based on the institute-level entrance examinations or national-level entrance examinations for MBA such as CAT/XAT/MAT/GMAT etc.

Some of the top colleges and universities like Banaras Hindu University, ISBM University Raipur, St. Peters College Kolkata offer this specific course. This course can also be taken in distance mode and the biggest open university of India, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) offers the course as well. The course deals with the operations of big educational organizations.


MBA in Education Management Syllabus

Semester 1

Management – Principles and Practices

Managerial Economics

Organizational Behaviour

Qualitative Techniques

Financial Management and Accounting

Semester 2

Management Information System

Business Environment

Research Methods

Business Laws

Human Resource Management

Semester 3

Financial Management

Laws Relating to Education

Marketing Management

Curriculum Designing

Education Infrastructure

Semester 4

Education Institution Management

Marketing of Education Services

Institutional Linkage for Education Management

Contemporary Issues in Education

Quality in Education


MBA in Education Management Career Options and Job Prospects

After the completion of the MBA course in Education Management Specialisation, the candidates can join 

either the education sector or business. There is a lot of scopes available for a graduate of MBA in 

Education Management. The candidate can join the government or private organizations as well as 

the education sector as a business person, policymaker, policy analyst, human resource manager, etc.

 Some of the most popular fields for a graduate in MBA Education Management are as follows,

  • Education Consultant

  • Education Manager

  • Education Policy Maker

  • Education Policy Analyst

  • Human Resource Manager

  • Principal

  • Professor

  • Headmaster

Generally, the freshers in these professions get paid between 4 lakhs to 8 lakhs per annum in different

 organizations.