Academic Counselor
🎓 Hiring: Academic Counselor | upGrad | Mumbai
🏢 Company: upGrad
📍 Location: Mumbai, India (Onsite)
💼 Experience Level: Junior
📂 Category: EdTech
🏭 Industry: EdTech
🔥 Hiring Priority: Urgent
👥 Open Positions: 25
💰 Salary Range: ₹5.0 – ₹9.0 LPA
📅 Application Deadline: 08 July 2026
About the Role
Are you passionate about education and helping students achieve their career goals? Join upGrad as an Academic Counselor and play a key role in guiding learners toward the right online degree and certification programs. This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact while building a rewarding career in the fast-growing EdTech industry.
Key Responsibilities
✅ Counsel prospective students on online degree and certification programs
✅ Understand student goals and recommend suitable learning pathways
✅ Provide guidance throughout the enrollment process
✅ Build and maintain strong relationships with learners
✅ Achieve counseling and admission targets while ensuring a great
student experience
Required Skills
🔹 Excellent Communication Skills
🔹 Leadership & Relationship Management
🔹 Microsoft Excel
Why Join?
✨ Competitive salary and performance-driven growth opportunities
✨ Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
✨ Work with one of India's leading EdTech companies
✨ Dynamic, collaborative, and learning-focused environment
✨ Opportunity to positively impact students' careers and futures
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Interview advice
Going for this role at upGrad? A few things that help freshers walk in prepared:
- Before you go in, list the top three things this job asks for and prepare one concrete example for each — then tie every answer back to them.
- Rehearse "tell me about yourself" out loud in about 60 seconds — education, one standout achievement, why this role — instead of reciting your CV top to bottom.
- Put numbers on your achievements: "8.5/10 GPA", "cut load time by 40%", "led a team of four" lands far better than "good grades" or "hard-working".
- For a virtual interview, test your internet, camera and mic in advance, sit somewhere quiet and well-lit, and still dress formally — it signals you are serious.
- Prepare two or three thoughtful questions to ask them about the team, the work and growth; "I have no questions" reads as low interest.