Program Specific Admission Requirements

 
 
 
 

College of Business Administration (COBA)


MBA
(Master of Business Administration)

  1. Candidates must have a minimum of 2 years of relevant working experience.
  2. Candidates for admission must have an undergraduate degree.
  3. Holders of a non-business degree are required to take the 4 MBA Pre-core courses listed below. Pre-core courses are waived if a student has taken any of the pre-core courses in his/her undergraduate degree with a score of B and above.

Pre-Core Courses

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

ACC 520-PC

Financial Accounting

2

ECO 530-PC

Managerial Economics

2

MGT 500-PC

Management and Organizational Behavior

2

MKT 540-PC

Basic Marketing

2


MHRM
(Master of Human Resource Management)

  1. Candidates for admission must have an undergraduate degree in a business subject or at least two years’ experience in business.

College of Arts (CAS)


M.Ed. in Leadership
(Master of Education in Leadership)

  1. Candidates must hold a bachelors degree in Education or equivalent.
  2. Minimum of 2 years of work experience relevant to K – 12 education.

College of Engineering and Computer Sciences (CECS)


M.Sc .in Computer Science
(Master of Science in Computer Science)

  1. Holders of non-related computer science majors must complete the required pre-core undergraduate courses below as recommended by the Program Director. Pre-core courses are waived if a student has taken any of the pre-core courses in his/her undergraduate degree with a score of B and above or passes a challenge test determined by the program director.

Pre-Core Courses

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

CSC 201

Structured Programming

3

CSC 202

Object Oriented Programming

3

CSC 301

Data Structures and Algorithms

3

CSC 302

Database Management Systems

3

CSC 305

Data Communications and Networks

3

ITE 305

Systems Analysis and Design

3

MTT 202

Discrete Mathematics

3

MEM
(Master of Engineering Management)

  1. A Bachelor’s Degree recognized by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in engineering or in Computer Science discipline.
  2. Applicants who have not taken any business courses as part of their Bachelor’s Degree will have to take the below pre-core (or foundation) courses. Pre-core courses are waived if a student has taken any of them in his/her undergraduate degree with a score of B or above.

Pre-Core Courses

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

ACC 520-PC

Financial Accounting

2

ECO 530-PC

Managerial Economics

2

MGT 500-PC

Management and Organizational Behavior

2

Additional requirements to the application form:

  1. Two letters of recommendation.
  2. A certificate of work experience, if any.