MBA in Strategy and Consulting

Application deadline: 29th Sept’25
for October'25 Batch

New Age Programme
Learn cutting edge tech, in-demand skills and industry best practices
Learning Format
Live learning, 24x7 virtual labs & solve real life case studies
Great Experience
Learn from world class faculty, guided capstone project & campus immersion programme
Easy Finance
Multiple options including 0% interest EMI

Become the Consultant Everyone Calls

MBA in Consultancy Management is a 4-semester programme designed for working professionals to equip them with future-proof and relevant skills in the changing industry. The programme offers a range of electives like Enterprise Resource Planning, Leadership and Managing Change, Project Management, Decision Analysis, International Business and Trade, Entrepreneurship and New Ventures, Family Business Management, Mergers, etc.

Experience high-quality learning in a live, interactive, engaging mode with practical & hands-on learning on Remote & Simulation Labs.

MBA in Strategy and Consulting Video

Unique Programme Curriculum:
Customise Your Learning

Participants must take at least 12 courses towards coursework and complete one Project/ Dissertation. The coursework requirement for the programme would consist of a set of core courses and electives. Core courses are compulsory for all participants, while electives can be chosen based on individual learning preferences.

  • Business Statistics
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Managing People and Organizations
  • Marketing Management
  • Corporate Finance
  • Operations Management
  • Strategic Management and Business Policy
  • Management Consulting: Tools, Techniques and Practice
  • Managerial Economics
  • Advanced Strategic Management
  • Business Process Management
  • Domain Elective-1
  • Elective 2
  • Elective 3/General Management Elective
  • Project
Pool of Electives
  • Consulting and People Skills
  • Consulting for Organisational Change and HR Strategy
  • Digital Business Consulting
  • Entrepreneurship in Consulting
  • Family Business Management
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Consulting
  • Strategic Innovation and Business Design
  • Supply Chain Consulting
Pool of General Management Electives
  • Advanced Marketing Management
  • AI for Competitive Advantage
  • Business Environment, Laws, and Ethics
  • Business Research Methods
  • Data Visualization and Communication
  • Decision Analysis
  • Entrepreneurship and New Ventures
  • Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Indian Ethos in Management
  • International Business and Trade
  • Leadership and Managing Change
  • Management Control Systems
  • Project Management
  • Strategic Human Resource Management
  • Technology Management in Business
Choice of Electives is made available to enrolled students at the beginning of each semester. A limited selection of Electives will be offered at the discretion of the Institute.

Live Interactive and Engaging
Learning Methodology

Live Learning

Live Learning

Live sessions for each course

32 hours of live instruction of each course on weekends in an interactive mode

Faculty-guided hands-on learning

Solve real life case studies, assignments & more and receive feedback on the same from the faculty members.

Hybrid Experience

Hybrid Experience

Lab Infrastructure:

Access strategic consulting tools, business case analysis platforms, and change management simulators/simulations. Consulting frameworks, stakeholder analysis tools, strategic planning environments, and comprehensive business simulation platforms.

Hands-on Experience:

Develop strategic recommendations, conduct business case analysis, design change management programs, and solve complex business problems. Participate in strategic consulting simulations and real-world business case studies. Work with tools and methodologies used by top consulting firms.

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Project Based Learning

Project Based Learning

Final Semester Project

Learners pick project from their workplace or industry dissertation to apply their learning and suggest improvements.

Develop Problem Solving Skills

Identify, analyze, and effectively find solutions utilizing critical thinking & analytical reasoning.

Self Learning

Self Learning

Flexible learning with access to digital resources

Learners can access e-learning content, recorded sessions, and assignments on our LMS anytime, anywhere.

Library access to books & journals.

Learners get subscription to the world's largest collection of eBooks and other reading resources through OpenAthens.

Experience Exceptional Growth
in Career and Confidence

For more than 46 years, BITS Pilani, a globally renowned institution, has enabled working professionals through its WILP Programmes to grow into successful leaders and entrepreneurs across the world.

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Working Professionals Graduated

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CEOs and Founders

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Global Heads,
Presidents & Directors

Our Learners Come From the Best of Organisations
With Diverse Backgrounds

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Experience the Best of BITS Pilani:
Campus Immersion

Learners have the opportunity to visit the BITS Pilani campus during their programme, immersing themselves in a vibrant environment, making lab visits, group exercises with peers and interacting with BITS faculty and the leadership.

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Earn a Prestigious Degree & Alumni Status From BITS Pilani

Programme Fee

Programme Fee

INR 2,98,400

Details Sem 1 Sem 2 to Sem 4
Application Fees (one time): 1,500 -
Admission Fees (one time): 16,500 -
Semester Fees (per semester): 70,100 70,100 per semester
Total Fee: 88,100 70,100 per semester

Note: Semesters 2 to 4 fees are INR 70,100 each.


  • Admission fees (one time) and First Semester fees are to be paid once admission is offered.
  • Subsequent semester fees are payable at the beginning of respective semesters.
  • Avail easy EMI option with 0% interest. To know more Click Here

Eligibility
Criteria

  • Employed professionals holding B.E./ B.Tech./ M.Sc./ Integrated First Degree of BITS or its equivalent with at least 60% aggregate marks, and minimum one year relevant work experience after the completion of the degree
  • OR
  • Employed professionals holding a three-year undergraduate degree, such as B.Sc./ B.Com./ BCA or equivalent with at least 60% aggregate marks, and having studied at least one course in Mathematics/ Statistics at the high school or higher level, and witha minimum of two years of relevant work experience after the completion of the degree
  • The programme is designed for highly driven and ambitious consulting professionals across levels such as Associate Consultants, Consultants, Senior Consultants and Principals who wish to advance their careers in the Consulting industry.
    Professionals in other industry verticals or functions who aspire to grow into roles that require managing consulting projects should consider applying to this programme.

Everything You Need To Know

Examination are of 2 types : Continuous and Comprehensive Exams.
  • Continuous consists of quizzes, lab assignments etc. to be taken virtually on the LMS
  • Comprehensive: Mid term and End term are to be taken in person at University designated exam centres
For Indian Students: List of designated exam centres
  • East Zone: Kolkata, Guwahati, Jamshedpur, and Bhubaneswar.
  • West Zone: Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Ahilya Nagar, Goa, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Indore and Nagpur.
  • North Zone: Delhi NCR, Faridabad, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Bhilwara, Udaipur and Pilani.
  • South Zone: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mysore, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Hosur, Madurai, Kancheepuram and Coimbatore.
For International Students:
  • In addition to the above locations, the institution has a designated international examination centre in Dubai.
  • To facilitate the learning of international students applying from anywhere except India and Dubai, the examinations will be conducted online, and they can be availed by meeting the institute's requirements.
  • To know more about the requirements for online examinations, Click here
    1. Scanned copy of the visa for the country in which you are currently residing. The visa should be currently valid. No expired visas shall be considered
      (OR)
    2. Scanned copy of government-issued ID from the residing country
      (And)
    3. HR recommendation or endorsement letter from the employer, stating the location of your work.
  • Indian students, who are temporarily based out of India, can also avail of online examinations on request by meeting the above-mentioned requirements of the institute.
To Apply Click Here
24x7 Support System and 5 regional offices

We have a 24x7 support system to address your queries over the phone or raise tickets for any support or help needed. You can drop into our regional offices to meet the BITS team.

Reach us at admission@wilp.bits-pilani.ac.in or 080-48767777

Transformation Experienced
By Our Learners

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A friend referred the BITS Pilani WILP programme, and it’s been one of my best career decisions. I didn’t need a break to pursue my goals. The faculty were excellent, and the programme empowered me with the right skills and knowledge.

B S Rajeswara Rao

B S Rajeswara Rao

Technical Lead, Tata Communications,
Participant of MBA in Strategy and Consulting

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Being a working professional and a mother, I felt fortunate that this programme provided me with the opportunity to interact with BITS Pilani WILP’s esteemed faculty at our convenience. Throughout the programme, I felt that the faculty was extremely supportive and helpful.

Bhargavi Tatinada

Bhargavi Tatinada

Business Analyst, Koach Business Solutions,
Participant of MBA in Strategy and Consulting

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My journey with BITS Pilani WILP has been fantastic. I’m proud to be part of it. The programme fulfilled my career aspirations and gave me the opportunity to upskill while learning from some of the best mentors in the field.

A Narasimha Prasad

A Narasimha Prasad

Manager Consulting Services, Oracle Cerner Healthcare Solutions Pvt. Ltd.,
Participant of MBA in Strategy and Consulting

FAQs

MBA in Strategy and Consulting is a BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programme (WILP). BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programmes are UGC approved.

This programme is designed for working professionals. At the time of submitting the application, candidates must be employed in another organization. Professionals who are owners of a registered business are also eligible to apply.
For detailed information, including academic background, work experience, etc. refer to the programme eligibility criteria.

Contact classes are conducted over a technology enabled platform. These classes can be attended via the internet using a computer from any location. These contact classes offer similar levels of interactivity as regular classrooms at the BITS Pilani campus. These are conducted usually over weekends or after business hours for a total of 7-8 hours per week. If you miss a lecture, you can also access the recorded lecture on the internet.

Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will receive a degree certificate from BITS Pilani.

The Degree of Master of Business Administration in Consultancy Management

Each semester has a Mid-semester Exam and a Comprehensive Exam for each course, which are conducted over weekends. Students will need to appear in-person to take these exams at exams centers in the following locations:

India Centers:

South Zone: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mysore, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Madurai, Coimbatore

North Zone: Delhi NCR, Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Udaipur, Pilani

West Zone: Mumbai, Pune, Ahilya Nagar, Goa, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Indore, Nagpur, Bhopal, Raipur

East Zone: Kolkata, Guwahati, Jamshedpur, Bhubaneswar

International Centers: Dubai

In case students are unable to take an exam due to work-related commitments, there is also a provision of appearing for Make-up Exams.

The programme provides a high degree of interactivity between students and the faculty members and programme instructors. Q&A sessions during the contact classes (which you can attend from anywhere over a technology enabled platform) allow participants to pose questions to the faculty members, and seek guidance through voice and chat. Further interaction with faculty members and peers is enabled through the e-learning portal, by using discussion forums and message boards.

The programme features high usage of experiential learn components such as Simulations, Virtual Labs, and Remote Labs, in order to mimic the on-campus experience.
Participants will be given access to portals, that will allow them to access both cloud-based labs, as well as Campus-based physical labs. Using leading industry-recognised Software tools, Programming languages, and Simulation software, participants will be able to perform experiments and run simulations to advance their knowledge.

Candidates applying to the programmes must choose a Mentor, who will monitor the academic progress of the candidate, and act as an advisor & coach for successful completion of the programme. Candidates should ideally choose the immediate supervisor or another senior person from the same organisation. In case a suitable mentor is not available in the same organisation, a candidate could approach a senior person in another organisation who has the required qualifications. For detailed information, please refer to the programme brochure.
Kindly note that BITS Pilani does not assign Mentors to programme participants.

The programme is designed for working professionals, and participants are not required to travel to a BITS campus. However, certain programme offer Campus Immersion Modules such as workshops or seminars, which are highly recommended but not mandatory.