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EMBA students graduate from Cass Dubai

Graduation ceremony of Cass EMBA students at DIFC
Dubai: The third cohort of students from the Cass Business School Dubai Executive MBA (EMBA) programme have graduated in a ceremony held at the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) on Monday. 

Graduation ceremony of Cass EMBA students at DIFC
The function was held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and President of DIFC, and attended by H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum. The Cass EMBA is a flexible part-time course aimed at managers in the Gulf region who wish to accelerate their career development while remaining in full-time employment. The course has the same content as Cass’s London-based Executive MBA, which in 2011 was ranked third in the UK and seventh in Europe by the Financial Times, with classes delivered by Cass academics who visit Dubai over a long weekend once a month. 

This year’s cohort of students hail from a variety of industries, including energy, engineering, commerce, manufacturing, finance, legal and government. A total of 23 different countries are represented in this year’s graduating class, including students from as far away as Argentina, Australia, China and the USA. 

His Excellency Abdulla Mohammed Saleh, Governor of DIFC, said: “I wish to take this opportunity to
congratulate the Executive MBA programme students graduating from Cass Business School today. DIFC is proud to support educational programmes with Cass’s quality that build up human capital for the financial services sector in the region, and help us deliver on our mandate to place Dubai and the UAE in the top league of international financial centres. These programmes provide professionals with the opportunity to access the very best of global management thinking, research and practice, equipping them with the analytical tools and knowledge to face the rapidly evolving business world. We wish the new graduates the best of luck and look forward to their contribution towards the growth of the regional financial services industry.” 

“It is with enormous pride that we celebrate the graduation of the third cohort of EMBA students 
from our DIFC campus,” said Professor Paul Curran, Vice Chancellor of City University London, of 
which Cass Business School is a part. “Since opening in 2007, the Cass Dubai Centre has established
itself as a dynamic hub for business education in the Middle East, offering regionally relevant electives 
delivered by world-class academics. The class of 2012 join hundreds of fellow alumni who have earned the prestigious Cass EMBA degree and are now forging careers at the very top of the global business “Consistently ranked among the best in the world, the Cass EMBA programme is designed to unlock the potential of outstanding individuals and create an accelerated career path,” said Ehsan Razavizadeh, Regional Director, MENA of Cass Business School, part of City University London, and Head of Cass Dubai Centre. “I extend my congratulations to all our students on successfully completing the rigorous 24- month course, and I look forward to hearing about their progress at one of our frequent alumni events across the world.” 

As the first EMBA programme in the world to offer specialisations in Islamic Finance and Oil and Energy Economics, the Cass EMBA is regionally-relevant, offering electives in Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Change Management, Advanced Corporate Strategy, Islamic Economics, Islamic Law of Business Transactions, as well as Mergers and Acquisitions, Advanced Corporate Finance and Private Equity. The Cass EMBA continues to increase in popularity, with student admissions to the programme in Dubai growing by 80 per cent since 2007. 

About Cass Business School 

Cass Business School delivers innovative, relevant and forward-looking education, training, consultancy and research. Located in the heart of one of the world’s leading financial centres, Cass is the business school for the City of London. Cass MBA, specialist in masters and undergraduate degrees have a global reputation for excellence, and the School supports nearly 100 PhD students. Cass offers the widest portfolio of specialist Masters programmes in Europe and has the largest faculties of Finance and Actuarial Science and Insurance in the region. It is ranked in the top 10 UK business schools for business, management and finance research and 90% of the research output is internationally significant. Cass is a place where students, academics, industry experts, business leaders and policy makers can enrich each other's thinking. For further information visit Cass Website.

The Cass Dubai Centre was established in 2007 in collaboration with Dubai International Financial Centre. It is a regional centre of educational excellence for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and offers a number of courses, including an internationally renowned Executive MBA (EMBA) programme; tailor-made executive education programmes for companies and public institutions across the region; and MSc programmes in Aviation. 

Cass’s EMBA programme in Dubai currently offers over 250 executives and professionals an opportunity to combine demanding work schedules with an internationally acclaimed EMBA nearer to their home and work environments. Cass EMBA in Dubai is tailored to the agendas of the region’s managers and business leaders, and is notable for being the world’s first programme to offer specialist Islamic Finance and Energy modules. The Dubai Centre also runs City University London's MSc programmes 

in Aviation. City University London, of which Cass is a part, has been running Masters courses in Air Transport Management, Air Safety Management and Aircraft Maintenance Management since 1997. The MSc programmes have over 400 students worldwide, including 90 current students from the Gulf region. In 2011, Cass Dubai Centre established an advisory board to provide advice and support in the region. For more information visit Cass Dubai website   

For Cass Business School press information contact: 

Liam Turner / Tameem Al Kintar 
ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller 
Tel: +971 433 44550 
E-mail: l.turner@asdaa.com / t.alkintar@asdaa.com

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