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The following are the
requirements for admission to the Master of Business Administration program as specified
in points A, B, C and D.
A. Application
fee:
All applicants are
required to pay a fee of Dirhams 500/- (non-refundable).
B. Minimum Qualification requirement
A Bachelor’s degree
in Business discipline from an accredited institution in the UAE or its equivalent.
OR
A Bachelor’s degree
in any other discipline will be accepted but the applicant is required to undergo
a pre-MBA program to fulfill the requirement of business foundation courses incase
the student has not taken any of these stipulated courses.
C. Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) requirement
A minimum of 3.0 CPGA
on a 4.0 scale or its established equivalent.
D. English Proficiency requirement
A TOEFL score of 550,
IELTS score of 5.5, or the equivalent of another standardized test approved by the
MOHESR, is required of all students admitted to a Master's program with the following
exceptions:
· A native speaker of English who has completed his/her undergraduate education in an English medium institution in a country where English is the official language.
·
A student admitted
to and graduated from an English medium institution that can provide evidence of
having acquired a TOEFL score of 500, or its standardized equivalent approved by
the MOHESR, upon admission to the Undergraduate program.
PROBATIONARY ADMISSION
Probationary admittance
may be granted to:
i. A student with CGPA
of 2.5 or higher and a TOEFL score of 530, or its equivalent using a standardized
test approved by MOHESR, may be provisionally admitted to a Master’s program provided
the following:
a)
The student
achieves a TOEFL score of 550 by the end of the first semester.
b)
The student
takes maximum of six (6) credit hours in the first semester during which they also
take intensive English whereby they must achieve an average a score of B in the
credit courses taken.
c)
If either provision
is not met, the student is dismissed.
ii. A student with
a CGPA between 2.5 and 2.99 and a TOEFL score of 550, or its equivalent using a
standardized test approved by MOHESR, can take a maximum of 9 credit hours in the
first semester. S/he must achieve a semester average score of B in the credit courses
taken to continue in the program.
iii. If either provision
is not met, the student is dismissed.
iv. Incase any student
fails to acquire the required level of English proficiency even after the completion
of their probationary admittance or fails to maintain the required grades under
the above mentioned scenarios and wishes to exit the College, s/he will be awarded
a transcript for the courses completed during their association with the College.
In this case, only grade ‘C’ and above will be considered for award of transcript
MATURE
ENTRY ADMISSION
A student who does
not meet the required GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 scale in the Undergraduate degree program
and has had at least 8 years lapse from the time of having obtained the Baccalaureate
degree but meets the English proficiency requirement of TOEFL score of 550 or its
equivalent can get exceptional admission, provided he is granted appropriate permission
by the MOHESR.
PRE – MBA PROGRAM
A student who is seeking
admission with an Undergraduate degree obtained from a non business discipline must
have a CGPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and s/he is required to undergo the Pre-MBA program
by taking the following seven courses. Incase s/he has already taken any of the
pre-MBA courses from accredited institutions, may be exempted from such courses
provided s/he submits an official transcript for evaluation at the time of admission.
However, the decision for the exemption will be made by the Program Coordinator
upon carefully reviewing the course contents.
The following are the
courses that are chosen to establish the required knowledge for a student to cope
up with the MBA program curriculum as these courses provide the basics for a non
business student:
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S. NO.
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CODE
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COURSE NAME
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1
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ACC212
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Accounting
Principles & Practice
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2
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ECO212
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Economics
Principles & Practice
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3
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MAT112
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Business
Statistics
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4
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FIN211
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Principles
of Finance
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5
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MGM201
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Perspective
on Management
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6
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MKT211
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Principles
of Marketing
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7
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MAT201
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Quantitative
Methods
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All these courses are equivalent to 3 credit hours in
an Undergraduate level. These credits cannot be used for replacing any of the Graduate
level courses. The student needs to maintain a CGPA of 2.0 on a scale of 4.0 (unless
they have taken these courses at the Undergraduate level) to embark on the main
MBA program.
With regard to the planning and scheduling of the pre-MBA, typically a student with
a non-business degree background will take at least two semesters to complete the
program. However, hypothetically, a student who has studied in engineering discipline
might have completed a course in quantitative methods and/or statistics and/or management.
In this scenario, s/he may be exempted from the requirements of those courses at
the pre-MBA level; hence, a student of this scenario may be able to complete the
pre-MBA program in one semester. |