Master of Business Administration

General Admission Requirements

• A Bachelor degree or its equivalent approved by the UAE Ministry of Education, with a minimum (GPA) of (3 out of 4), or its equivalent on the Bachelor level.
• A valid English Language Proficiency Certificate in one of the below certificates or its equivalent, at least as the following:

  EmSAT TOEFL ITP IELTS 1400 550 6

Conditional Requirements 
A student may be granted conditional admission in the Master of Business Administration in the following cases: 
If a student obtains a score of (IELTS 5.5) or (TOEFL 530) or (EMSAT 1250) or its equivalent and has an average of at least (3 out of 4), s/he will be granted a conditional admission, provided that the student:
- Obtains a score of (550 in TOEFL) or (6 in IELTS) by the end of the first semester of joining the program.
- Registers for no more than (6) credit hours in the first semester of joining the program, and gets a GPA of (3 out of 4).
- Obtains a GPA of (3 out of 4) in the first (6) hours of the approved program. 
If a student obtains a Bachelor’s degree with a GPA between (2 and 2.99 out of 4) or its equivalent and meets the conditions of the English language certification, as set out above, s/he will be granted a conditional admission, provided that the student:
- Registers for no more than (9) credit hours in the first semester of joining the program,
- Obtains a GPA of (3 out of 4) in the first (9) hours of the approved program. A student may study the (9) credit hours in two semesters (3 + 6) or three semesters (3 + 3 + 3).
Students with Bachelor degrees in specializations unrelated to business administration can advance to the MBA program, taking into account the following conditions:
- Taking 4 prerequisite courses as specified by a department, and can only be exempted from all remedial materials that have been studied at a Bachelor’s level.