Database Management System is a suite of programs which typically manage large structured sets of persistent data, offering ad hoc query facilities to many users. They are widely used in business applications.

A database management system (DBMS) can be an extremely complex set of software programs that controls the organisation, storage and retrieval of data (fields, records and files) in a database. It controls the security and integrity of the database. The DBMS accepts requests for data from the application program and instructs the operating system to teacher the appropriate data.When a DBMS is used, information systems can be changed much more easily as the organisation's information requirements change without disruption to the existing system. Examples of database management systems are Oracle, Sybase, and Datacom.

Database Management Systems are essential part in any computer system. Similarly, a course in DBMS is an essential part of any computer-science education. This course is intended to serve as a guideline for teachers to enhance the quality of teaching as well as the students to understand the concepts in a better way and apply their learning to analyse and solve the real world problems. This course examines various issues and the principles that are the basis of DBMS.