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SIBM Bengaluru offers a two-year, full-time MBA in Business Analytics with 30 seats. Classes are held on the Electronic City campus over four semesters. The course mixes core management subjects with data science, business intelligence and digital transformation. Symbiosis International, its parent university, holds a NAAC A++ grade. The academic fee for the whole course is INR 21.40 Lakhs, and hostel and mess are charged on top. You get a seat through the SNAP exam, then a group exercise, a written test and an interview at the institute. The General seat closed at 90 percentile in 2025. In the 2026 placement report this course averaged INR 14.2 LPA.
SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics Fees
The total fees with hostel and mess is INR 27.39 Lakhs, while the fees without them is INR 21.40 Lakhs. The tuition fee alone is INR 21.40 Lakhs, paid as INR 10.70 Lakhs a year. The institute fixes this fee and reviews it every year. Hostel and mess are charged on top and can rise by up to 10% a year. The institute deposit of INR 20,000 comes back when you leave.
Fee head
Amount
How it is charged
Academic fee
INR 21.40 Lakhs
INR 10.70 Lakhs a year, 2 years
Institute deposit
INR 20,000
One time, refundable
Hostel fee
INR 3.59 Lakhs
INR 1.80 Lakhs a year, 2 years
Mess fee
INR 2.39 Lakhs
INR 1.20 Lakhs a year, 2 years
Total, no hostel
INR 21.40 Lakhs
Full course
Total with hostel and mess
INR 27.39 Lakhs
Full course
SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics Admission Dates
The SNAP form is open till 25 Nov 2026 and the exam sits on 13, 19 and 26 Dec 2026. The result comes on 12 Jan 2027 and classes start in Jun 2027. SIU sets the SNAP dates, and the institute sets its own shortlist and interview dates. You must pay the admission fee by the date on your offer letter or the seat goes to the next student.
Event
Date
Status
SNAP registration opens
21 Aug 2026
Over
SNAP registration, last date to apply
25 Nov 2026
Confirmed
SNAP exam, three sessions
13 Dec 2026 to 26 Dec 2026
Confirmed
SNAP result and scorecard
12 Jan 2027
Confirmed
Shortlist for the selection round
Jan 2027
Tentative
Group exercise, written test and interview
Feb 2027
Tentative
Merit list and seat offer
Mar 2027
Tentative
Admission fee payment, last date
Mar 2027
Tentative
Reporting and document check
Jun 2027
Tentative
Classes start
Jun 2027
Tentative
SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics Eligibility
You need a bachelor degree of at least three years with 50% marks, or 45% if you are SC or ST. You also need a valid SNAP score. Final year students may apply and must show the mark sheet at admission. Work experience is not needed, but the panel counts it in the interview. SIU sets these rules and the institute cannot relax them.
Requirement
What you need
Degree
Bachelor degree of at least three years, any subject
Marks
50% aggregate, 45% for SC and ST
Entrance exam
A valid SNAP score
Final year students
May apply, mark sheet needed at admission
Work experience
Not needed, counted in the interview
SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics Admission Process
SNAP is the first step, and the institute then calls you for a group exercise, a written test and a personal interview. The panel scores SNAP at 50 marks, the group exercise at 10 and the interview at 40. You pay the admission fee by the last date on the offer letter, or you lose the seat.
Step
What you do
Register for SNAP
Apply on the SNAP website and pick this programme
Write SNAP
Sit for up to three sessions; the best score counts
Get the shortlist call
The institute calls you if your score clears its cutoff
Attend the selection round
Group exercise, written test and interview on campus
Accept the seat
Pay the admission fee by the date on the offer letter
SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics Cutoff
The General seat closed at 90 percentile in 2025, and the shortlist call starts at 83 percentile. The same closing percentile has held since 2021. SIU publishes one cutoff for this course, so a reserved seat uses the same number. Your place on the merit list comes from SNAP, the group exercise and the interview together.
Category
Closing percentile
Year
General
90
2025
OBC-NCL
90
2025
SC and ST
90
2025
Shortlist call, every category
83
2025
SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics Placements
The Class of 2026 averaged INR 14.2 LPA in Business Analytics, and the highest offer was INR 17.55 LPA. Across the institute the median pay was INR 13.75 LPA and the top offer INR 24 LPA. Banks, consulting firms and analytics firms hire here. Companies come to campus in the second year, so you sit for interviews while you study.
Metric
Value
Average pay, Business Analytics
INR 14.2 LPA, Class of 2026
Highest offer, Business Analytics
INR 17.55 LPA
Median pay, whole institute
INR 13.75 LPA
Highest offer, whole institute
INR 24 LPA
Batch placed
100%, Class of 2025
Recruiters
JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, ZS, KPMG, Accenture
SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics Scholarships
The merit scholarship takes 20% off the academic fee, about INR 4.28 Lakhs over the course. The Central Sector Scheme adds INR 40,000, paid as INR 20,000 a year. The university awards the merit scholarship on your place in the batch. The Ministry of Education pays the central scheme through the National Scholarship Portal. You apply for it yourself, with an income paper and your Class 12 mark sheet.
Scholarship
Who can get it
Amount
Merit scholarship
Top performers in the batch, and the top five IIT graduates who join
INR 4.28 Lakhs
Central Sector Scheme
Family income below INR 4.5 Lakhs a year, top 20 percentile in Class 12
INR 40,000
Late Jayatee Deshmukh Scholarship
The woman student with the highest SNAP score in the batch
Not published
Sports scholarship
Sport at university or national level
Not published
SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics Ranking
Outlook placed the institute at #54 among MBA colleges in 2024, and India Today at #49 in 2022. Symbiosis International holds a NAAC A++ grade. The institute does not send its own data to NIRF, so it carries no NIRF rank of its own. Outlook and India Today score colleges on placements, intake and teaching.
Ranking body
Year
Rank or grade
Outlook MBA ranking
2024
#54
India Today MBA ranking
2022
#49
NAAC, Symbiosis International
2024
A++
SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics Course Structure
The first year covers management basics and the tools: statistics, databases and programming. The second year adds machine learning, business intelligence and digital transformation, with a live project. The institute sets the syllabus under Symbiosis International. You do a summer internship between the two years and it counts for credit.
Machine learning, business intelligence, digital transformation
Year 2, second half
E-commerce, electives and the final project
Between the years
Summer internship with a company, for credit
SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics Seats and Intake
The course has 30 seats, and SIU adds supernumerary seats for international students. That is a small batch, so the placement cell knows every student by name. SIU fixes the intake and the institute cannot add seats on its own. You compete with a small group for the same set of recruiters.
Quota
Seats
Sanctioned intake
30
Kashmiri migrant
2
International students
Supernumerary seats, over the sanctioned intake
Should you pick MBA Business Analytics at SIBM Bengaluru?
This course suits students who want an analytics job in a company, not a research career.
Pick it if:
You want an analytics job in Bengaluru: the campus sits in Electronic City, so the teams that hire analysts are a short drive away.
You want banks and consulting firms: JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, ZS and KPMG came to this campus in the last placement season.
You want a small batch: only 30 students take this course, so the placement cell knows each of them by name.
You have a 90 percentile SNAP score: that is where the seat closed in 2025, and the interview still carries 40 of the final marks.
Skip it if:
You are paying the fee yourself: the course costs INR 21.40 Lakhs and the average pay of INR 14.2 LPA does not clear it in two years.
You want a large alumni base behind you: this is one of the younger Symbiosis campuses, so its alumni network is still growing.
You want to live off campus: the course is residential, so hostel and mess are charged on top of the academic fee.
You are counting on an easier cutoff: the closing percentile has stayed the same for five years, so the seat is no easier now.
Counsellor's advice
If you clear 90 percentile and want an analytics role in Bengaluru, take this seat. If you are paying the full fee on a loan, compare the pay here with a cheaper seat first.
MBA Business Analytics Eligibility▾
Degree needed: A bachelor degree of at least three years, in any subject.
Marks needed: 50% in the degree. 45% for SC and ST students.
Exam needed: A valid SNAP score. SNAP is SIU's own MBA entrance test.
Final year students: You may apply now and show the mark sheet at admission.
Work experience: Not needed. The panel counts it in the interview.
MBA Business Analytics Admission Process▾
Register for SNAP: Apply on the SNAP website and pay for this programme too.
Write the exam: You may sit for up to three sessions. The best score counts.
Wait for the shortlist: The institute calls students whose score clears its cutoff.
Attend the selection round: A group exercise, a written test and an interview on campus.
Pay and report: Pay the admission fee by the date on your offer letter, then report with originals.
MBA Business Analytics Admission Dates 2027
▾
These dates are for the 2027-29 batch. Tap 2028-30 Batch for expected dates of the next batch.
The 2028 calendar is not out yet. These dates are estimates based on 2027.
Over
21 Aug 2026
SNAP registration opens
The form for this batch opened on 21 Aug 2026.
Confirmed
25 Nov 2026
SNAP registration, last date to apply
No form is taken after 25 Nov 2026, so apply early.
Confirmed
13 Dec 2026 to 26 Dec 2026
SNAP exam, three sessions
You may sit for up to three sessions. Your best score counts.
Confirmed
12 Jan 2027
SNAP result and scorecard
The scorecard is the first paper the institute reads.
Tentative
Jan 2027
Shortlist for the selection round
The institute calls students whose score clears its cutoff.
Tentative
Feb 2027
Group exercise, written test and interview
Held on the Bengaluru campus over two or three days.
Tentative
Mar 2027
Merit list and seat offer
The offer letter carries your last date to pay.
Tentative
Mar 2027
Admission fee payment, last date
You lose the seat if the fee is not paid by the date on the offer.
Tentative
Jun 2027
Reporting and document check
Bring your degree mark sheets in original.
Tentative
Jun 2027
Classes start
Hostel rooms are given out in the week before this date.
Tentative
Aug 2027
SNAP registration opens
Expected in the same month as this year.
Tentative
Nov 2027
SNAP registration, last date to apply
Expected about two weeks before the first test day.
Tentative
Dec 2027
SNAP exam, three sessions
Three test days are expected again.
Tentative
Jan 2028
SNAP result and scorecard
Expected about two weeks after the last test day.
Tentative
Jan 2028
Shortlist for the selection round
Expected within days of the result.
Tentative
Feb 2028
Group exercise, written test and interview
Expected on campus, as in this year.
Tentative
Mar 2028
Merit list and seat offer
Expected about three weeks after the interview.
Tentative
Mar 2028
Admission fee payment
Expected within two weeks of the offer.
Tentative
Jun 2028
Reporting and document check
Expected in the week before classes.
Tentative
Jun 2028
Classes start
Expected in the first week of the month.
Source: SIU's SNAP schedule and the institute admission page. Confirm on the official site before you act.
SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics Fees 2027
▾
This is the full 2-year cost, not one year, and the rows carry the published 2026-28 batch fee. Turn on the toggle to add hostel and mess.
Academic fee
Per year × 2, INR 10.70 Lakhs a year
INR 21.40 Lakhs
Institute deposit Refundable
One time, returned when you leave
INR 20,000
Add hostel + mess
Hostel fee
Per year × 2, INR 1.80 Lakhs a year
INR 3.59 Lakhs
Mess fee
Per year × 2, INR 1.20 Lakhs a year
INR 2.39 Lakhs
Total course fee
INR 21.40 Lakhs
2 years · academic fee only, hostel not added
Total course fee
INR 27.39 Lakhs
2 years · academic fee + hostel and mess
Education loan EMI
INR 36,082
7 yr · 10.5% per year
ROI
66%
average pay INR 14.2 LPA vs the full fee
Education loan EMI
INR 46,175
7 yr · 10.5% per year
ROI
52%
average pay INR 14.2 LPA vs the full fee
Source: the institute fee structure for the 2026-28 batch. Confirm on the official site before you act.
Will your SNAP score get you a seat at SIBM Bengaluru?
Pick your category. The cutoff ranges are this course's published SNAP percentiles.
Category
General
90 percentile and above: yes, this is where the seat closed in 2025.
83 to 89 percentile: almost there. You clear the shortlist, so the interview decides the seat.
Below 83 percentile: not this year. The shortlist for this course starts at 83.
OBC-NCL
90 percentile and above: yes. SIU publishes one closing percentile for every category.
83 to 89 percentile: almost there. The call goes out at 83 and the interview decides.
Below 83 percentile: not this year. Reserved seats use the same number here.
SC and ST
90 percentile and above: yes. The degree marks needed drop to 45%, but the percentile does not.
83 to 89 percentile: almost there. You get a call, then the group exercise and interview decide.
Below 83 percentile: not this year. Ask about the state scholarship and try again.
EWS
90 percentile and above: yes, on the same number as every other category.
83 to 89 percentile: almost there. The call is on the score, not on the certificate.
Below 83 percentile: not this year. The EWS paper does not lower this cutoff.
EDITOR'S NOTE
The 90 percentile is the closing number, not the calling number. A call comes at 83, and the group exercise and interview carry half the final marks, so a high score alone is not a seat.
SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics Scholarship Calculator
Answer two questions to see what you can claim. Confirm the final amount with the college.
Where you graduated from
Annual family income
Scholarships you missedYou do not qualify on your answers. Tap to see why.▾
Each chip below says which answer blocked the scheme.
Merit scholarship
INR 4.28 Lakhs
Symbiosis International, the parent university
Takes 20% off the academic fee, in both years of the course.
Who qualifies: the top five IIT graduates who join, and the batch toppersApply when you join
Not eligible on your answers
Central Sector Scheme
INR 40,000
Ministry of Education, through the National Scholarship Portal
INR 20,000 a year, paid for both years if you keep passing.
Who qualifies: family income below INR 4.5 Lakhs a year, top 20 percentile in Class 12Apply on the National Scholarship Portal
Not eligible on your answers
No scheme matches these answers. Ask the college about paying in parts and about education loans.
Estimated total waiver
INR 4.68 Lakhs
Your net course fee: INR 16.72 Lakhs
Estimated total waiver
INR 4.28 Lakhs
Your net course fee: INR 17.12 Lakhs
Estimated total waiver
INR 40,000
Your net course fee: INR 21 Lakhs
Estimated total waiver
INR 0
Your net course fee: INR 21.40 Lakhs
SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics vs similar colleges
Tap a college to see it next to SIBM Bengaluru. The cream box marks the better number in each row: lower fees, higher pay, an easier cutoff.
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SIBM Bengaluru
Bengaluru
Compared with
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune
Pune
Compared with
Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development
Pune
Compared with
Symbiosis Institute of International Business
Pune
Compared with
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Hyderabad
Hyderabad
Total fees2 years, no hostel
INR 21.40 Lakhs
academic fee only
INR 13.30 Lakhs
INR 8.10 Lakhs less
INR 24.52 Lakhs
INR 3.12 Lakhs more
INR 19.84 Lakhs
INR 1.56 Lakhs less
INR 15.30 Lakhs
INR 6.10 Lakhs less
Average paylatest published batch
INR 14.2 LPA
Class of 2026
INR 28.83 LPA
INR 14.63 LPA more, Class of 2025
INR 21.47 LPA
INR 7.27 LPA more
INR 16.2 LPA
INR 2 LPA more, Class of 2025
INR 9.6 LPA
INR 4.6 LPA less
Placement rateshare of the batch placed
100%
Class of 2025
100%
Same rate
100%
Same rate
100%
Same rate
Not published
Closing percentileSNAP, General
90
2025
97
7 more, a tougher cutoff
94
4 more, a tougher cutoff
Not published
58
32 fewer, an easier cutoff
Seatsthis course
30
sanctioned intake
240
210 more
90
60 more
150
120 more
180
150 more
In short
SIBM Pune costs INR 8.10 Lakhs less and pays much more, but its seat closes at 97 percentile. If your score clears both, take SIBM Pune; if it clears only this one, take this seat.
In short
SCMHRD Pune has the same analytics course with more seats and pays more, but it costs INR 3.12 Lakhs more and closes at 94 percentile. If you clear 94, it is the stronger analytics seat.
In short
SIIB Pune is cheaper and pays a little more, but its course is international business, not analytics. If you want analytics work, keep this seat above it in your list.
In short
SIBM Hyderabad costs INR 6.10 Lakhs less and opens at a much lower percentile, but its average pay is INR 4.6 LPA behind. If your score clears 90, this seat pays back faster.
Fees and pay can change. Check each college site before you decide.
FAQs on SIBM Bengaluru MBA Business Analytics
Short answers to what students ask before they apply.
How do I get admission to this course?▾
Take SNAP and pick this programme when you apply. If your score clears the institute cutoff, you get a call for the group exercise, the written test and the interview. The merit list then decides the seat.
What is the full fee for the course?▾
The academic fee for the two years is INR 21.40 Lakhs. With hostel and mess it comes to INR 27.39 Lakhs. Both totals sit in the fee block above.
What SNAP percentile do I need?▾
The seat closed at 90 percentile in 2025. A call for the group exercise and the interview starts at 83 percentile. The checker above shows what each score means for your category.
Can I pay the fee in parts?▾
Yes. The academic fee is taken in two yearly parts, one before each year. Hostel and mess are charged the same way, so nothing is due all at once.
Which scholarships can cut this fee?▾
The merit scholarship takes 20% off the academic fee and the Central Sector Scheme adds INR 40,000. The calculator above shows what your two answers are worth.
Do I have to stay in the hostel?▾
The course is a residential one, so most students take a room on campus. Hostel and mess are charged on top of the academic fee, and the fee block above adds them for you.
Who hires from this course?▾
Banks, consulting firms and analytics firms hire here. JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, ZS, KPMG and Accenture came in the last placement season. Companies visit in the second year.
The reviewed college offers impressive placement opportunities, engaging with over 200 companies, including 60+ new recruiters. Students received 49 pre-placement offers, with the highest package reaching INR 25 lakh per annum and average and median packages at around INR 10.26 and 10.25 LPA, respectively. Top recruiters include JP Morgan Chase & Co, Morgan Stanley, and Dell Technologies. BA students have shown strong placement outcomes, with some securing packages as high as INR 38 LPA and an average of INR 13 LPA, in roles such as Credit Risk and Data Analyst.
SIBM B consistently achieves 100% placement, with companies like Bain & Co and Morgan Stanley offering packages from 10 to 38 LPA, averaging between 12 to 20 LPA. Internship opportunities are diverse, with stipends ranging from INR 40,000 to 1,20,000. The MBA program costs about 11 lakhs per year, including mess and hostel fees, which may increase by up to 10% annually. Scholarships like the SIU Sports Scholarship and Merit Scholarship are available for eligible students, enhancing the program's appeal.
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