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BBA
Undergraduate business degree
A business administration degree covering management, marketing, finance, HR and operations. It is usually three years, with four-year Honours options under the NEP. Some institutes, including several IIMs, run five-year integrated programmes that combine a BBA with an MBA.
How you get in
Class 12 in any stream. Admission is by Class 12 marks, CUET-UG, or a university's own test. Integrated BBA + MBA programmes at IIMs use their own entrance tests (for example IPMAT).
At a glance
- An MBA is the most common next step, often after a few years of work.
- Regular-mode enrolment grew about 49% between 2019-20 and 2023-24.
- You usually pick a specialisation, such as marketing, finance or HR, in the later years.
In numbers
BBA enrolment by year2
in lakh students