Course details
Why this course?
A pioneering and experienced MBA provider, we update and review our MBA to reflect the current business environment. Strathclyde's MBA is strategy-focused and blends theoretical and practical business learning. Our MBA is flexible and responsive to the needs of working individuals. Our wide choice of electives can help you personalize the program to suit your business interests. These elective classes can be studied in UAE, as well as in Glasgow or at our other international centers, to give you an international learning and networking experience.
The MBA project gives you an opportunity to examine in depth a managerial, organizational or environmental issue of your choice over an extended period of time.
Who is this course for?
Highly motivated and talented professionals from a wide range of academic, business, and cultural backgrounds who might gain from, and contribute to, our learning community. The executive program format is specially designed for busy executives who need to combine career and family commitments with the demands of MBA studies.
How will I benefit from taking this course?
We recognise that career development is one of the main reasons why people invest in an MBA. The MBA job market offers plenty of global opportunities but can be complex and challenging.
Strathclyde offers a dedicated careers service for MBA students, consisting of career planning and skills development as well as unlimited access to personal advice and coaching. This support is delivered in-house and by a team of top consultants.
We work with students to complement their own proactive search efforts, to leverage their own particular career background and strengths to help them with their next career move.
Eligibility / Requirements
Entry Requirements:
Our selection process is designed to identify talented professionals from a wide range of academic, business and cultural backgrounds.
While there are formal requirements for entry listed below, we take into consideration:
- your potential
- your interpersonal and team working qualities
- the range and nature of your managerial experience
We may ask you to undertake a formal interview to discuss your achievements and aspirations. We also encourage you to visit the school or centre you’re applying to and to ask as many questions as you need.
Qualifications & experience:
For entry to the MBA programme you must:
- hold a degree from a UK university, or equivalent academic qualification from a comparable non-UK institution. If you studied for your undergraduate degree at a non-UK institution we will need a copy of your degree transcript. Professional qualifications will also be considered.
- be at least 24 years of age.
- have a minimum of three years' full-time postgraduate experience where the management of people and resources has played a significant role.
Job roles this course is suitable for:
Leadership , Senior management , Switch from technical to general management , EntrepreneurshipCourse Location
About University of Strathclyde
Strathclyde Business School is internationally respected as one of the most innovative business schools in Europe with one of the largest academic faculties. Strathclyde is accredited by the international accrediting bodies, AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB, and is one of only 59 in the world to have such a distinction. In fact, less than 1% of business schools in the world hold triple accreditation status.
Strathclyde also performs consistently well in the UK government research and teaching assessments. Strathclyde Business School has been placed 73rd in the global Financial Times MBA rankings 2014, moving up 14 places since last year. This position puts Strathclyde in the top 10 of UK business schools and top 20 in Europe. Data from the rankings table also show Strathclyde is 4th in the world for value for money and 21st globally for career progression.
The MBA Program
The Strathclyde MBA has been developed and fine-tuned since 1966 and can be studied in the UK or via International Centres in Switzerland, Greece, The Middle East, or S.E. Asia. Participants have the flexibility to switch between different modes of study, depending on their locations and lifestyles.
Designed for ambitious, talented and well-qualified individuals with solid business experience the Program is based on collaborative learning where work experience, knowledge, understanding and applicable skills are shared, worked with and reflected on.
2015 will mark the 20th year of the University of Strathclyde Business School's operations in the UAE with our internationally accredited and top ranked part-time MBA programme. The MBA programme is offered on a part-time attendance, face-to-face taught basis, and has been accredited by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research.
Academic strengths
The Business School's subject departments and specialist units collaborate to provide a dynamic, fully rounded and varied portfolio of specialist and cross-disciplinary postgraduate courses.
Strathclyde academic staff have a multidisciplinary outlook and build on the extensive expertise of academic staff from other business faculty departments. Our academics have particular expertise in the areas of strategic management, leadership and scenario planning. Staff also undertake a broad range of consultancy activities both in the UK and internationally. The School places particular importance on strategic management at the level of developing strategy in any organisation, big or small, departmental, or divisional.
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