What are the prospects for Urban Management and Governance at XIMB? How are the placements?

The answer is based on the interviews of first and second-year students of MBA - Urban Management & Governance.

Course: MBA in Urban Management and Governance helps students develop the talent in the development and management of smart and sustainable city infrastructure which includes the following:

• Financing
• Contracting and partnership arrangements for transportation systems
• Housing and real estate
• Housing finance
• Water and waste management
• Sustainable urban development
• e-governance arrangements
• Urban environmental management
• Leisure and tourism

Recruiting Sectors

Many domains of both public and private sector offer roles to students from Urban Management and Governance (UMG) such as

• Consulting firms
• Infrastructure development companies
• Urban Development Authorities and various Government Departments
• Special Purpose Agencies created through Public-Private-Partnerships managing Smart Cities
• NGOs
• UN Organizations
• International Development Agencies
• Multilateral Agencies

Recruiters 

The various companies and NGOs that have hired students of UMG are - Ernst and Young, Jones Lang LaSalle, GIZ, Spectrum Technologies, CRISIL, Janagraha and many more.

Future prospects: 

Graduates of the MBA-UMG Program can pursue further study in Ph.D. programs in a number of disciplines like 

• Urban Development
• Housing
• Transportation
• Public Policy
• Planning
• Governance
• Urban Finance
• Real Estate

My personal advice would be to go for this course. Experience in this field will upscale your resume and make you appear unique among many others.