BMS (Bachelor Of Management Studies)

Bachelor of Management studies is a three-year undergraduate course which provides vast knowledge and skill development in the field of management in the areas of developing new business techniques, management affairs, trading, finance, entrepreneurship development etc.

Key Information

  • Duration
    3 Years
  • Programme Code
    BMS1210
  • Course Type
    Bachelor Degree
  • Mode of study
    Full time

Eligibility

A candidate for being eligible for admission to the B.M.S. Degree Course shall have passed H.S.C. Examination of the Maharashtra Board of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination or Diploma in any Engineering branches with two years or three years duration after S.S.C. conducted by the Board of Technical Education, Maharashtra State or its equivalent examination by securing minimum 45% marks for general category (in one attempt) at the respective Examination and minimum 40% marks for the reserved category (in one attempt).

No college shall conduct any entrance test in any form and the admissions are purely based on merit duly following the reservation policy as per the norms of Government of Maharashtra. While drawing the merit list, weightage has to be given to students from Arts, Commerce and Science Stream at 12th standard level. The stream wise weightage to be given is as under :

Stream Commerce Arts Science Diploma in Engineering
Percentage 45% 25% 25% 5%

The applications are to be accepted and processed by the colleges stream wise separately and the merit list is to be displayed stream wise taking into account the reservation policy prescribed by the Government of Maharashtra.


  • The merit list is to be prepared and displayed stream wise.
  • In case if no applications are received under the “Diploma in Engineering and other Category” or if the seats remain vacant in “Diploma in Engineering and other Category” after all the merit lists/forms are exhausted, the vacant seats must be transferred to Commerce Stream.
  • In case if no application is received from any stream the vacant seats are to be distributed equally between the remaining two streams only.
  • After the first merit list is displayed, if any seat allotted to one stream remains vacant, the same shall be distributed equally between the remaining two streams. In case of vacancy in one stream is of single/odd number of seats, the single seat is to be allotted to the Commerce Stream. In case if no applications are available from the two streams, then all the vacant seats of such two streams must be transferred to the third stream.
  • Step (d) be repeated for the subsequent merit lists till all the forms are exhausted or the final merit list is displayed, whichever is earlier

Subjects in BMS

BMS syllabus is broken into six semesters and below is the semester-wise list of subjects taught

For first year

  Sem I Sem II
1 Foundation of Human skill Principles of Marketing
2 Business Law Industrial Law
3 Business Statistics Business Mathematics
4 Foundation Course - I Foundation Course II
5 Business Communication - I Business Communication – II
6 Business Economics Business Environment
7 Introduction to Financial Accounts Principles of Management

For second year

  Sem III Sem IV
1 Basics of Financial Services Financial Institutions & Markets
2 Introduction to Cost Accounting Auditing
3 Information Technology in Business Management - I Information Technology in Business Management-II
4 Foundation Course – III Foundation course-IV
5 Business Planning & Entrepreneurial Management Business Economics-II
6 Accounting for Managerial Decisions Business Research Methods
7 Strategic Management Production & Total Quality Management

For Third year

  Sem V Sem VI
1 Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management International Finance
2 Commodity & Derivatives Market Innovative Financial Services
3 Financial Accounting Strategic Financial Management
4 Direct Taxes Indirect Taxes
5 Logistics & Supply Chain Management Operation Research
6 Corporate Communication & Public Relations Project Work