Year 1, semester 1
Basics
- Principles and Practice of Management
- Financial Accounting
- Business Economics
- Business Law
- Business Communication
Course fees
₹15,000per semester
Six payments of ₹15,000, one at the start of each semester.
Payments on this plan
- Semester 1₹15,000
- Semester 2₹15,000
- Semester 3₹15,000
- Semester 4₹15,000
- Semester 5₹15,000
- Semester 6₹15,000
- Course fee on this plan
- ₹90,000
- Application fee, paid once
- ₹500
- Total
- ₹90,500
4 scholarships
- Learners from Sikkim and the Northeast30% off
- Defence personnel20% off
- Differently abled people20% off
- Sikkim Manipal University alumni20% off
For working people
Pay every month over 36 months. The total is ₹90,000.
For students and parents
The fee is spread over the 3 years, with ₹15,000 paid at the start of each semester. The full course fee is ₹90,000.
Eligibility criteria
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Full eligibility details
- Passing Class 12 (10+2) in any subject, from a school board recognised by the government, is the entry rule. A 3-year diploma after Class 10 from a recognised institute also counts.
- Sikkim Manipal does not publish a minimum mark for Class 12. Ask on WhatsApp to confirm the rule.
- Students who finished Class 12 outside India also need a certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). It shows the result counts the same as Class 12 in India.
Admission steps
- RegisterFill in basic, education and work details, and pay the ₹500 application fee.
- Pay the feePay for the first semester, the first year or the whole course.
- Upload documentsUpload the documents and submit the application.
- Sikkim Manipal confirmsThe university checks the documents and confirms the admission.
Every student also needs two government student IDs at admission. One is an ABC ID, which records course credits, and the other is a DEB-ID. Both are made online.
Online classes
- Classes
- Live online classes that are also recorded, with study material on the learning website.
- Exams
- The exam at the end of each semester is taken online from home, on a laptop or desktop computer that runs Windows.
- Exam marks
- 70% of each subject’s marks come from the exam at the end of the semester, and 30% from assignments. A pass needs at least 40% in the exam and 40% in the assignments.
- Time to finish
- 3 years. Up to 6 years is allowed.
Help from Sikkim Manipal
Teachers called course mentors answer questions about the subjects. The student support team can be reached at any hour, every day.
Study time
The course needs about 15 to 20 hours of study a week. To sit the exams, a student first goes through at least 75% of the study material online.
Course syllabus
Year 1, semester 2
Basics continues
- Human Resources & Organizational Behavior
- Business Environment
- Business Statistics
- Business Finance
- Marketing Management
Year 2, semester 3
Core business
- International Business
- Rural Marketing
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business
- Accounting for Management
- Management of Financial Services
Year 2, semester 4
Core continues
- Business Policy and Strategy
- Marketing Research
- Marketing of Services
- Teamwork and Leadership
- Consumer Behavior
Year 3, semester 5
Specialisation begins
- E-commerce
- Marketing Communication and Advertising
- Indian Banking System
- Fundamentals of Insurance
- Merchant Banking
Year 3, semester 6
Final semester
- International Marketing Management
- Taxation
- Agricultural & Rural Insurance
- Ethics in Banking
- Life Assurance
Sikkim Manipal calls this course Banking and Insurance. It is the same course, with the subjects listed above.
Main topics
How banks work in India, the basics of insurance, life insurance, insurance for farms and villages, banks that help companies raise money, and honest work in banking.
University rankings
151-200NIRF list of universitiesAmong India's Top 200 Universities, 2025
- Location
- Gangtok, Sikkim
- Started
- 1995
- Type
- A private university set up by an Act of the Sikkim government in 1995.
UGC validity
UGC, the government body that looks after universities, treats an online degree the same as a campus degree when both of these are true.
- 1The BBA is one of the degrees named in UGC’s official list of degrees.
- 2UGC allows Sikkim Manipal University to teach it online.
Certificate wording
Under UGC rules, the back of the certificate says the degree was studied online.
What an online degree certificate saysEmployer verification
With the student’s permission, an employer can check the degree on the National Academic Depository, a government website that stores degree records. The check takes up to 24 hours.
Government jobs
The UPSC civil services exam needs a degree from a recognised university. It does not ask how the degree was studied.
Online degrees and government jobsCareer options
Best for
- Students finishing Class 12 who would like to work in a bank or an insurance company
- Students who plan to study finance or banking at master's level later
- Students who plan to handle the loans and insurance of a family business
After the degree
A first job
Sikkim Manipal names banking executive and insurance advisor among the jobs after this course. The work is helping customers with bank accounts, loans and insurance. All students also learn accounts, marketing and how to lead staff.
Further study
After this degree, students can apply for a master's degree, for example in finance or banking.
A family business
The banking and insurance subjects help a family business, or a new one, choose its loans and insurance cover.
Quick questions
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Course FAQs
Yes, when UGC allows the university to teach it online, as it does here. No university promises a job.
Yes. An MBA needs a 3-year bachelor’s degree, and this BBA is one. Each university sets its own minimum marks for MBA admission.
Yes. Learners from Sikkim and the Northeast can get a 30% scholarship. Defence staff, differently abled people and past Sikkim Manipal University students can get 20%.
It suits students finishing Class 12 who would like to work in a bank or an insurance company. It also suits students who plan to study finance or banking at master's level later. The careers section lists more.
It is planned as 3 years of 6 semesters. It can be finished within 6 years.
The fee can be paid once, every year, every semester or every month. One payment is ₹90,000. Three yearly payments of ₹30,000 come to ₹90,000. Six semester payments of ₹15,000 come to ₹90,000. Paid monthly, it is 12 monthly payments of ₹2,500 each year, which comes to ₹90,000 over the 3 years. These payments are a loan from a company that works with Sikkim Manipal. The loan company decides who it accepts, and it may charge its own fees.
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