Banking Courses in India – Colleges offer banking course

You do not need to do any specific course in banking to start a career in banking. While nationalized banks hire graduates from any discipline through the Bank Probationary Officer’s exam, multi-national banks prefer MBAs from the premier management institutes. After graduation preferably in commerce or economics, you are eligible for the an exam, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). This all-India exam is held for class I posts. Graduates, postgraduates, CAs, and MBAs in the age group of 21-26 years are also eligible.

In Bank PO Exams, you will be tested for logical reasoning, mental ability, numerical aptitude and general English. (See Bank PO Question Bank and Previous Years Solved Question Papers) The test is followed by an interview. Most private and foreign banks directly recruit MBAs from premier management institutes, chartered accountants with above average results, finance experts and economists with postgraduate qualifications.

Nevertheless, there are some universities and institutes that offer banking courses. The University of Madras offers a bachelor’s degree in bank management and a PG diploma in banking. Others offering this course include Aligarh Muslim University and Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli.

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, offers a BBA in banking and insurance. Other courses in banking and finance for graduates include a PG diploma in banking operations offered by Institute of Finance Banking & Insurance, New Delhi, a joint collaboration between NIIT and ICICI Bank, and a PG programme in banking and Finance from National Institute of Bank Management, Pune for which admission is through the CAT. Also checkout ICICI Manipal Academy for Banking and Insurance