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5 Most desirable Management programmes in UAE


MBA is now an over-crowded higher education option with mushrooming MBA offerings all over the world. In India itself, there are 3500 MBA colleges. UAE also has hundreds of vertiginous MBA choices from leading universities to average b-schools. So it is the aspirant who has to scour the job market well before taking a step into the world of MBA. Here we list 5 new management courses in the UAE that can do wonders for your career:

1.MBA in Islamic banking and finance

Islamic Banking is one of the most relevant programme in the GCC countries, if we guess where the wind blows. Everywhere in the middle-east, post-arab spring scenario has brought forward much consideration on social responsibility and more inclusive economy. Here comes the relevance of Islamic Banking as it creats interest-free environment in the world of Banking and Finance. So every banks, from small to big ones, are tirelessly working on creating new divisions of Islamic Banking. 

World’s one of the largest management consulting firms, A.T. Kearney, Gulf Banking industry needs 30,000 Islamic banking professionals. So have a tryst with Islamic Banking for an MBA or MSc.

Two colleges in UAE offering MBA in Islamic Banking are the Canadian University of Dubai and Cass Banking Schools, Dubai. In UK there are three major options to choose from which are London School of Business and Finance, AIMS, a Pebble University associate-college and Bangor Business School. These colleges offer both MBA and MSc in Islamic Banking and Finance. 




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2. Business Entrepreuner programme

If you life dream is to be a master of your own empire, think about a programme on Entrepreunership first. This course will expose you to all challenges of a business firm like how to choose a right venture, nitty-gritty of legal requirements as well as the day-to-day operations of accounting, management and marketing. Subsequent formulation of a business plan will comprise specific guidelines on carrying out these functions to ensure success. Abu Dhabi University offers this programme with 38 hours of content and learning. Each participant is also expected to complete seven hours of self-learning. It is also packaged with ten hours of one-to-one coaching for each attendee to help him/her develop business plans. At completion participants will receive a CISCO Entrepreneur Institute Certificate. 4. Professional Diploma in Entrepreneurship, UD

The University of Dubai's (UD) Center for Management andProfessional Development offers a professional diploma in entrepreneurship. The class screens and tests business ideas, helps the entrepreneur understand the industry and the competition he or she will face, develop a marketing and financial plan and learn about the legal issues of how and where to set up one's business. The course takes four months and is ideal for anyone with a great idea and the drive to succeed.

3. Doctorate of Business Administration

The Faculty of Business and Economics at the UAE Universityhas introduced the Doctorate of Business Administration programme in Abu Dhabi, which is designed for research-oriented professionals and senior-level executives. It is aimed at expanding their knowledge and equipping them with research and process management skills. 

This learning helps them understand and tackle the interdisciplinary, big-picture issues that characterise global business today. The part-time programme will enable candidates to realise their management ambitions without compromising their work-life balance. 


The program has been designed for research-oriented working professionals and senior level executives. It is aimed at expanding their management knowledge and equipping them with broad research and process management skills that enable them to understand, and successfully tackle the interdisciplinary, big picture issues that characterize global business management today. 

4. Project Management MBA and DBA programme

The part-time Project Management MBA in Manchester Business School equips managers to take the leap from leading a project stream or team to successfully leading complex projects. The focus will be on how to balance conflicting and competing levers for business project success and how to reconcile them, applying critical judgement and demonstrating leadership. Specially designed core electives include strategic management of projects, commercial and contract management and project planning and control. Students can also take advantage of the dedicated part-time Global Careers Service. 

Manchester Business School’s DBA(Doctor of Business Administration) has become world-renowned as this programme has been selected by Financial Times as the number one DBA programme available in the world in 2012. This top business research doctoral programme aims to recruit experienced senior business people in the Middle East to undertake cutting edge research. 


Manchester Business School’s global programme admits only 30 students per year, worldwide, and there are currently more than 20 students from the region on the programme. 

5. Blue Ocean Strategy, Insead

INSEAD offers a novel perspective on strategy formulation and execution. Participants will learn how to create ‘blue oceans' of uncontested market space that make the competition irrelevant. The emphasis is on learning how to apply the concept of Blue Ocean Strategy — created by Insead professors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne based on over a decade of research — its tools and frameworks to real business situations in order to help managers break away from the competition to achieve strong profitable growth.

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