School of Management

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a two-year program with four semesters of six months each, has been designed to be implemented by Tribhuvan University School of Management (SOMTU) on a full time basis. The MBA program, is tailored for individuals seeking a holistic understanding of business management. This program offers a comprehensive curriculum that covers essential concentration of human resource management and leadership, marketing, and finance. It aims to develop well-rounded leaders who can navigate the complexities of the corporate landscape with confidence and expertise.

The program's focus is developing managerial and entrepreneurial capabilities of students through the curricular and co-curricular activities.

The objective of the program focuses to:

Prepare professional managers for the business and non-business sectors.
Develop entrepreneurs capable of evaluating risks and taking challenges in the emerging Global Business Environment.
Inculcate knowledge, skill, and attitude in students so that they become scientifically approached, result oriented, and socially responsive management professionals

Student intake

The program is designed for a class size of 40 students. The batch will be taken twice in a year.

Eligibility

The minimum qualification to apply for the program is a minimum Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of CGPA scores of 2 or 45 percentage.

Semester course cycle

The courses offered in each semester in MBA program as follows:

SEMESTER I

Course code	Subjects	Credit Hours
MBA 501	Communication and Critical Thinking for Managers	2
MBA 502	Statistics for Manager	3
MBA 503	Economic Analysis for Business Decisions	2
MBA 504	OB, Leadership and Ethics	2
MBA 505	Financial Reporting and Control	2
MBA 506	Marketing Strategies and Plan	2
MBA 507	Principles and Emerging Issues in Management: Seminar	1
MBA 508	Managerial Communication - Practicum	l
Total		15

SEMESTER II

Course code	Subjects	Credit Hours
MBA 509	Business Analytics	2
MBA 510	Accounting for Manager	2
MBA 511	Entrepreneurial Manager	2
MBA 512	Management Information System	2
MBA 513	Managing People	2
MBA 514	Financial Management	3
MBA 515	Business and Corporate Laws	2
MBA 516	Field Immersion	1
Total		16

SEMESTER III

Course code	Subjects	Credit Hours
MBA517	Business Research Methodology	2
MBA 518	Operations and Technology Management	2
MBA 519	Business Environment Analysis	2
MBA 520	Concentration I	2
	Elective I	2
MBA 590	Experiential Learning (internship)	3
MBA 521	Digital Finance: Practicum	1
MBA 522	Digital Marketing: Practicum	1
Total		15

SEMESTER IV

Course code	Subjects	Credit Hours
MBA 523	Strategic Management	2
MBA 524	International Economy and Business	2
	Concentration II	2
	Elective II	2
MBA 525	Business Simulation: Practicum	1
MBA 591	Graduate Research Project	3
MBA 526	Doing Business in Nepal: Practicum	1
MBA 527	Creating sustainable business plan: Seminar	1
Total		14

Concentration courses

Human Resource Management and Leadership

Course code	Human Resource Management and leadership	Credit Hours
MBAHL 581	Knowledge Management and Learning Organization	2
MBAHL 582	Leadership for Business Negotiation	2
MBAHL 583	Strategic Human Resource Management	2
MBAIIL 584	Human Resource Analytics and Audit	2
MBAIIL 585	International Human Resource Management	2

Marketing

Course code	Marketing	Credit" Hours
MBAM 581	Consumer Behavior Analysis	2
MBAM 582	Advertising and Promotion Management	2
MBAM 583	Applied Marketing Research and Analytics	2
MBAM 584	Strategic Brand and Retail Management	2
MBAM 585	Service Marketing Strategies	2

Finance

Course code	Finance	Credit Hours
MBAF 581	Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management	2
MBAF 582	Global Financial Markets	2
MBAF 583	Investment Banking	2
MBAF 584	Corporate Financing Decisions	2
MBAF 585	Stochastic Financial Modeling	2
MBAF 586	Capital Markets and Behavioral Finance	2
MBAF 587	Microfinance	2
MBAF 588	Financial Derivatives, Futures and Options	2
M8AF 589	Financial Institutions and Markets	2

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Course code	Entrepreneurship and Innovation	Credit Hours
MBAEI 581	Sustainable Business Management	2
MBAEI 582	Design Thinking and Innovation	2
MBAEI 583	Entrepreneurial Finance	2
MBAEI 584	Social Entrepreneurship	2
MBAEI 585	Managing Innovations	2

Management Science

Course code	Management Science	Credit Hours
MBAMS 581	Yield Management	2
MBAMS 582	Multi-Criteria Decision Making	2
MBAMS 583	Econometrics	2
MBAMS 584	Machine Learning	2
MBAMS 585	Big Data	2

Electives

MBAE 651	Ethical Leadership Management	2
MBAE 652	Bank Management	2
MBAE 653	Insurance and Risk Management	2
MBAE 654	Real Estate Management	2
MBAE 655	Rural Business and Agribusiness	2
MBAE 656	Managing Organizational Change, Development and Crisis	2
MBAE 657	Microfinance and Entrepreneurship	2
MBAE 658	Rural Marketing and Agribusiness	2
MBAE 659	Industrial Relations	2
MBAE 660	Performance Management and Competency Mapping	2
MBAE 661	Project Management	2
MBAE 662	Taxation planning and business decisions	2

Focused activities

Field Immersion

The MBA, MBA FC, and MBA IT student are involved in field-based project work in which students in the second semester visits various organizations and places for a week. The main purpose of such a visit is to enhance the contextual intelligence of students. Students will get the opportunity to understand the local business environment and develop their ability to work in diverse teams for management and innovation.

Industrial tour

The students in MBA, MBA FC, and MBA IT are taken for industrial tours either in or outside Kathmandu valley to expose them to the real operations of Nepalese organizations and different aspects of their management including finance and control. All the third-semester students are required to take part and submit reports of their industry visits. The SOMTU will bear lodging and transportation costs for the industrial tour and all other costs will have to be borne by students themselves.

Experiential Learning (Internship)

Students in MBA, MBA FC, and MBA IT at the end of the third Semester shall be assigned to organizations for practical exposure and business orientations. The period of internship shall be of ten weeks. At the end of the internship, the student shall prepare a report on the prescribed format and present it in a seminar organized by the School.