Security Management deals with the study of measures to be adopted and how to adopt them in order to prevent the occurrence of crime in the society. A course in security management will teach you about the resources and the skills needed and the role that you will have to play if you want to provide effective security management within a commercial environment. Students of security management learn about the risk, the causes and the prevention of crime in a society. This is a specialized professional course that can also be studied via the distance learning method.

Listed below are some institutes in India where you can pursue MBA in security management through correspondence education.

Distance Learning Institutes Offering MBA in Security Management

Name of Institute	Contact Details
Sikkim Manipal University	Director, Directorate of Distance Education, Sikkim Manipal University, Manipal Towers, 14 Old Airport Road, HAL II Stage, Bangalore – 560008, Karnataka, India Ph. No. – 080-40789100 Fax No. – 080-40789434 Email – smu.directorde@smudde.edu.in Website – www.smude.edu.in
Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning	Symbiosis Bhavan, 1065 B Gokhale Cross Road, Model Colony, Pune – 411016, Maharashtra, India Ph. No. – 020-662211000 Fax No. – 020-66211040 Website – www.scdl.net
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)	Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110068, India Ph. No. – 011-29535924 Fax No. – 011-29532312 Email – sred@ignou.ac.in Website – www.ignou.ac.in
Indian Institute of Commerce & Trade (IICT)	IICT Business School, Sapt Rishi, 5 / 28, Vikas Nagar, Lucknow – 226022, Uttar Pradesh, India Ph. No. – 0522-4004049 Email – info@iict.in Website – www.iict.in
MIT School of Distance Education	C / O UTS ISpace, 5th Floor, Bavdhan, Pune, Maharashtra, India Ph. No. – 020-25465882 Fax No. – 020-25454918 Email – admissions@mitsde.com Website – www.mitsde.com

Eligibility Criteria

The minimum academic qualification of the candidate required is successful completion of graduation in any field of study from a college / university that has been recognized by the government of India.

Admission Procedure

• Admission in most cases is based on the performance of the candidate in his/her graduation examinations.
• There are some institutes which conduct individual entrance tests to judge the basic knowledge of the candidates and their aptitude for the particular subject.
• Every applicant must produce at the time of admission; the mark sheets of examinations passed till the time of application, identity proof documents such as, voter id card or valid passport, recent passport size photographs, the completed and signed admission form and registration fees.

Duration of Study

The minimum period of study of the course is two years. Some institutes arrange training programs at the end of the course, thus extending the duration by a few months or one year. There is no fixed time of completion for distance learning candidates.

Career Opportunities

The various sectors where a student of security management can get employment are:

• Law enforcement agency
• Correctional facility
• Finance & Banking sector
• Loss prevention
• Executive security
• Aircraft security
• Border patrol
• Asset protection
• Homeland security
• Private security