The Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras offers a wide range of programmes in the field of management. Each programme is uniquely tailored to meet specific needs of diverse aspirants looking to build and strengthen their management skills. DoMS occupies a place of pride among the top ten business schools in the country, according to the NIRF ranking 2022. Path-breaking research, capability development and building techno-analytical skills are embedded in the programmes and activities of the department. Being part of the IIT Madras eco-system, the programme and the students get the advantage of latest technical interface in management.
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme is a two-year, full-time programme, that provides students with well-rounded learning experience in terms of management theory and actual practice. The Executive MBA (EMBA) programme specially caters to the learning needs of working professionals, conveniently designed to allow work-life balance through alternate weekend contact classes, while still maintaining academic rigor and practice-oriented curriculum. DoMS also offers dual degree programs – the first being the Tech MBA programme, where the curriculum integrates and synergizes technology and management disciplines; and the second being the Masters in Quantitative Finance programme, where the curriculum is designed to link mathematical and computing skills with finance. In keeping with the research focus of the parent institution, DoMS offers a Masters programme in research (MS) to equip students to undertake rigorous, managerially-relevant research in various management areas as well as the flagship doctoral (PhD) programme which moulds students to pursue high quality research. The PGPEX-VLM is a unique one-year diploma program with a built-in manufacturing focus, that is jointly conducted by three institutes i.e., IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur and IIM Calcutta. We have a post-doctoral research programme and a six month post-doctoral programme for women which provides opportunities for doctoral scholars to collaborate, work with the faculty members on innovative areas of research in management.