• Course Title : Master In Business Administration (MBA)
• Category/Level : Masters
• Course Duration (months) : 24 months
• Cost Range (NPR) :
• Affiliated to : Kathmandu University

Course Description:

1 About MBA

    A pioneering program for professional career in management 

The organizational world is changing like never before.  A young person entering organizational life must possess competency and confidence for facing the resulting complexity and the challenge while negotiating and coping with them successfully.  If the goal is to build a successful career in management, that is.   

MBA at Kathmandu University School of Management is a pioneering program in Nepal that responds to this need with the vision and vigor that is unmatched.  KUSOM MBA is designed to prepare young individuals for careers as successful managers and entrepreneurs by developing managerial competence and acumen for the changing world. 

Young aspirants of managerial career pursuing MBA at KUSOM

• Acquire state-of-the-art management knowledge and techniques in a practical and application oriented learning environment;
• Develop analytical and creative ability to diagnose situations and address them professionally in the context of changing environment;
• Apply and integrate management concepts and skills to local situations with global perspectives;
• Develop specialization in one functional management discipline; and
• Demonstrate professional values, practices and behaviors in managing organizations.

2. MBA Course Duration    

The KUSOM MBA program is an intensive two-year course stretched over five terms of full time study with an option of doing the sixth term. In the first year students complete three terms, each lasting 14 weeks involving intensive class-room study and practical business projects. In the second year, they complete two terms with an option of doing the sixth term for earning more credits in their area of concentration. They may also choose more electives in the sixth term for broadening their managerial competency base. During the fifth term, students take up a major corporate project and complete it while working in the organization for the entire length of the term.

The annual cycle of KUSOM MBA program is as follows:

• Spring Term (February to May);
• Summer Term (June to September);
• Fall Term (October to January);

3.  Course Delivery

KUSOM emphasizes more on learning by the students themselves rather than on teaching them. It adopts those teaching methods that encourage students' active participation and involvement.

The school main teaching tools are:

• Case Methods;
• Group discussion and presentations;
• Field visits;
• Project work assignments etc.

Throughout the two-year program, students are motivated to define and analyze the problems or issues, evaluate options and make decision. Lecture, oral presentation, and other teaching methods like role playing, class room exercises, debates etc. are used to complement the case method and project works.    

4.  Course Evaluation

In each term the faculty members responsible for the course do evaluation of academic performance of students in each course offered. The academic performance of the students will be judged through:

1. Continuous In-term Assessment and
2. End-term Examination.

The Continuous In-term Assessment of the student will be made by the concerned faculty member in any or a combination of

1. Written test
2. Quizzes and oral test
3. Workshop practices
4. Assignments
5. Term paper
6. Project work
7. Case studies, analysis and discussion
8. Open Book test
9. Class participation etc.

The End-term examination is normally a paper and pencil test.

The mode of evaluation in a given course is decided by the concerned faculty member who may assign varying weights to one or more of the evaluation modes. The faculty members will announce such weights in the beginning of the course. 
 
Grading Mode
In each course, student will be evaluated on a 4-point scale.

Failures, Probation and Dismissal 

• A student must maintain a Trimester Grade Point Average (TGPA) of 2.00 or above at the end of each term.
• No student can graduate with 'F' in any particular course. 
• A student must to gain CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) of 3.00 or above at the end of the Program.
• If student gets more than two 'F's in any term, he will be subject dismissal from the program.