Strathclyde Business SchoolUAE
Strathclyde Business School is part of the University of Strathclyde, a leading international institution in Scotland, UK. Licensed by the UAE Ministry of Education, we’ve provided our part-time Executive MBA programme in the UAE since 1995. The part-time, hybrid format of the programme enables you to study whilst continuing with your career or running a business, allowing you to expand your professional network and implement your learning into work.
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The Strathclyde MBA
Information about the MBA programme
UAE Overview
Learn how the programme is tailored to the UAE
About the School
We are triple accredited. Find out why.
Further information
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Admissions Team
MBA Recruitment Office – UAE
sbs-uae@strath.ac.uk
+971 4 7700 950
Our Executive Education courses
We have a range of short Executive Education courses available at at our UAE branch campus which have been curated and co-developed with academics and industry practitioners to bring value in offering tools, behaviours and knowledge to navigate the current and address future business environment challenges in the UAE.
These courses are usually 2-4 days in duration and are for managers and leaders who wish to increase their understanding of specific areas of the business world and, in turn, positively impact their performance and that of their organisation.
Our courses are offered face to face on campus in Dubai Knowledge Park providing:
- Global Perspectives: Gain insights from a diverse cohort of leaders from various industries and regions.
- Action Learning Projects: Apply your learning to real-world challenges through hands-on projects.
- Networking: Connect with an influential network of global leaders.
Leadership
The Effective Director Programme
Transform your effectiveness as a board director with this course developed by Strathclyde Business School in partnership with the Financial Times (FT) for the UAE.
This unique collaboration offers the strongest academic foundations with exclusive insights from the FT prestigious contributors.
- Upcoming Dates: Tuesday 23rd September - Thursday 25th September 2025
- Duration: 3 days
- Location: Strathclyde Business School, Dubai Knowledge Park
- Cost: AED 18,375 (incl. VAT)
Scholarship opportunities
Strathclyde Business School UAE centre has a range of financial aid and scholarships on offer to potential MBA candidates.
- UAE National 20% Scholarship
- Career Transformation 20% Scholarship
- Esraa Mansy Women in Leadership 20% Scholarship
- Organisational Group Scholarship AED 10,000 Scholarship
- CIMA 7.5% Scholarship
For further information on our scholarships please contact
sbs-uae@strath.ac.uk
Why this course?
Strathclyde Business School has been delivering the Strathclyde MBA on an executive (part-time) basis via our international centres since 1988. We’ve successfully offered and developed the MBA in the UAE since 1995.
The MBA course will shape and guide you as a reflective, open- thinking, adaptive learner. This is facilitated through an enhanced understanding of the interplay of theory and practice in management. In particular it:
- provides the skills required for progression to higher level policy-forming positions
- allows you to make successful career transitions
- facilitates the move from technical specialism to general management
- polishes the skills and enhances the abilities of people working for themselves or about to set up in business
*Financial Times European Business School rankings 2020
In addition to its UK campus, Strathclyde Business School has four international centres located around the globe, all of which offer the Strathclyde MBA. In the UAE, we have a Dubai centre, and since opening our doors back in 1995, we have graduated over 1000 MBA students from our centres.
The Strathclyde MBA is a two year part-time, taught programme which is in all respects identical to the UK full-time MBA - the same entry criteria, programme content, assessment and core learning materials, and is taught by the same Strathclyde academics who teach in Glasgow. The programme holds all three international accreditations (AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB), is accredited by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research (CAA), and is consistently ranked in the Financial Times (FT) Executive MBA rankings.
We're a triple-accredited business school: the first business school in Scotland to hold this accolade, and one of only 102 in the world (August 2020, MBA Today), to be triple-accredited, holding accreditation from the international bodies, AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS.
The MBA has also been accredited by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research.
Alumni
There are hundreds of MBA and MSc alumni who have passed through the Dubai centre. These graduates comprise an active core of the University of Strathclyde UAE Alumni Association. This also includes Strathclyders from other programmes and campuses who now live in the UAE.
The alumni group has a LinkedIn page and coordinates regular events and initiatives to allow networking, continued education, career progression, and community outreach.
You don't know what you really don't know until you join the Strathclyde Business School MBA.
I have one word to say in terms of Strathclyde. For me, it is transformation. Strathclyde has changed my life dramatically. It was one of the main milestones in my life. Beyond the academic benefits, it's changed me personally in terms of leadership skills and progression, which has come across to all my colleagues that I have worked with.
My name is Nora Abu Sali. I graduated from the MBA programme at Strathclyde Business School in 2021, and I wanted to share with you all that this was a pivotal learning journey for me. It's definitely helped me sharpen my skills, increased my confidence, and raised my standards all around.
My advice to you is to be curious, be creative, and challenge yourself. Take on every project as a real-life business case and be creative in solving it. It'll definitely broaden your perspective throughout your MBA journey. Throughout my journey, I was able to better myself as a professional and as a leader. So my advice to you is to take the opportunity to explore and work on your areas of development, capitalize on your strength, and make sure you challenge yourself.
Things can get challenging at times, but as Confucius said, it does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you keep going.
Although complex and intensive in nature, I recommend that the students make best use of the MBA programme given that it exposes them to useful theory, comprehensive business topics and real case studies.