Master of Business Administration
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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TUITION FEES
AED 1,800 / per credit *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* per credit hour
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Introduction
Overview
The MBA experience at UAE University emphasizes leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurial creativity. During four semesters of courses, MBA students are guided through a progression of thoughts and shared experience that prepares them for confident, competent business leadership in and beyond the UAE business environment and provides the business community with high-quality graduates who are capable of becoming the business leaders of the UAE and beyond.
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Curriculum
Degree Requirements
Required Credit Hours: minimum of 48 hours
Exploration Term Courses
| Required Courses (9 hours) | Credit Hours | |
| ACCT601 | Accounting for Senior Managers | 3 |
| ECON605 | UAE in the Global Business Environment | 3 |
| STAT640 | Statistics & Quantitative Analysis | 3 |
Elaboration Term Courses I
| Required Courses (9 hours) | Credit Hours | |
| MIST610 | Information Systems in Business | 3 |
| MKTG605 | Marketing Management in an E-Age | 3 |
| FINC610 | Financial Management | 3 |
Elaboration Term Courses II
| Required Courses (9 hours) | Credit Hours | |
| ECON651 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| MGMT650 | Global Operations Management in the Service Environment | 3 |
| MGMT610 | Strategic Human Resources Management | 3 |
Application Term Courses
| Required Courses (9 hours) | Credit Hours | |
| MGMT620 | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | 3 |
| MGMT630 | Business Ethics & Corporate Governance | 3 |
| MGMT660 | Strategic Management in a Dynamic Environment | 3 |
Elective Courses
| Choose one for each semester (12 hours) | Credit Hours | |
| ACCT610 | Accounting Analysis & Governance | 3 |
| ACCT611 | Accounting for Strategic Decisions | 3 |
| ECON610 | HR & Personnel Economics | 3 |
| FINC640 | Advanced Corporate Finance | 3 |
| FINC650 | International Finance & Banking | 3 |
| FINC660 | Investment & Portfolio Management | 3 |
| FINC670 | Advanced Risk Management | 3 |
| FINC680 | Islamic Finance & Financial Institutions | 3 |
| GBUS680 | Business Research | 3 |
| MGMT621 | Leadership & Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT622 | Staffing Organizations | 3 |
| MGMT623 | Performance and Rewards Management | 3 |
| MGMT624 | HR Development in UAE Context | 3 |
| MGMT691 | Total Quality Management | 3 |
| MGMT692 | Organizational Excellence Modeling | 3 |
| MGMT693 | International Business Management | 3 |
| MGMT694 | Organizational PM & Benchmark | 3 |
| MIST630 | Strategic IS Management | 3 |
| MIST640 | Business Intelligence & BPM | 3 |
| MIST650 | E-Business: Technology, Strategies & Applications | 3 |
| MIST660 | Enterprise IS | 3 |
| MKTG610 | Contemporary Issues in Customer Behavior | 3 |
Merit Fellowship Award
To receive the Merit Award, students are expected to have high academic credentials and maintain their academic success at the UAEU. The Merit Fellowship Award offers a financial assistance in form of partial tuition waiver to qualified students. Students in STEM and strategic areas of the country (renewable energy, transportation, health, water resources, technology, space) will have priority.
Student Eligibility:
- Have Excellent Academic Standing (GPA ≥ 3.6/4.0).
- Maintain a GPA ≥3.6/4.0 during study at UAEU.
- Have no other financial sponsorship or award.
Benefits:
- 50% discount on tuition fees.
Duration:
- Valid until graduation as long as the student is abiding with the Student Eligibility conditions.
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UAEU now ranks #1 in the UAE based on the Times Higher Education Ranking! We are also #5 in the Middle East, #49th in Asia, and #70 in the Young University Rankings of 2019.
Program Outcome
- Advanced specialized knowledge and critical understanding in business administration and at the interface between related fields.
- Highly developed communication skills, in a professional context, to explain and | or critique substantively complex matters.
- Apply critical thinking skills to the analysis and solution of complex business problems.
- Work effectively as individuals and contribute positively to complex groups as members and leaders.
- Ethical and social commitment at the local and global levels.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate advanced comprehensive knowledge of conventional and innovative concepts and principles across the breadth of business administration issues.
- Demonstrate the ability to professionally apply business administration knowledge in practical settings.
- Communicate in writing, using the appropriate information technology where appropriate, and to produce highly developed professional-quality business documents on substantively complex matters in business administration.
- Deliver a highly developed professional quality presentation, expressing a comprehensive internalized personal worldview on substantively complex matters in business administration accompanied by appropriate technology.
- Identify appropriate sources of information and use appropriate analytical techniques in a systematic way that leads to integrate knowledge from different business administration related fields and use highly developed cognitive skills to think critically and creatively.
- Demonstrate advanced problem-solving skills by identifying a business complex problem, generating and comparing alternative strategic approaches to develop innovative solutions with intellectual independence.
- Demonstrate autonomy, responsibility, and continuous self-development in planning and executing a major project at their workplaces.
- Demonstrate teamwork, coordination, and leadership abilities in a complex strategic business environment setting involving multiple groups and governance processes
- Lead, contribute and implement ethical standards in a consistent and sensitive way that leads to informed, fair, and valid decisions.
- Analyze business administration issues, reflect ethical engagement, civic and social responsibility on socio-cultural norms and relationships, and act to transform them.