Department of Management Studies IIT Madras

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The Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras, also known as DoMS, IIT Madras is a business school under the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai, India.

History

IIT Madras was established in 1959. The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Madras was offering management education in the form of M. Tech. (Industrial Engineering) from 1959 . A full-fledged MBA program was started by the department in 2001. The Department of Management Studies (DoMS) at IIT Madras formally came into existence in April 2004.

Programs offered

Currently, the department offers MBA, MS by research and PhD degrees.

MBA

The MBA programme is a two-year programme, structured with courses spread over eight quarters and about five to six courses per quarter. The first year contains core courses that are compulsory for all students, whereas the second year mostly has electives and a few core courses.

In the summer break between the first and second year, students are expected to work on a summer project with a company.

Apart from regular academics, course activities include taking courses on audit, going on field visits, participating in management workshops, organizing professional events, and working on live business projects. The programme includes three core courses on various Industrial and Business Domains spread over the last three quarters.

Students of the programme can opt for auditing courses (i.e. taking classes but not...
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