
Strathclyde Business SchoolUAE
As a well-established, leading UK business school within an international technological University, Strathclyde understands the business needs of organisations; from start-ups and SMEs to global players.
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All MBA candidates offered a place on our October intake of the Strathclyde MBA in UAE can take advantage of an "Early Bird" Enrolment Discount of AED 10,000 by securing their place with AED 2,000 deposit paid by 31st August 2022.

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
Send us your name and email using this form and our representative will be in touch to discuss the UAE programme further.
- Reem Dabat
Marketing and Recruitment Officer
sbs-uae@strath.ac.uk
+971 (0)47700957
Scholarship opportunities
Strathclyde Business School UAE centre has a range of financial aid and scholarships on offer to potential MBA candidates.
- UAE National 30% Scholarship
- Career Transformation 30% Scholarship
- Esraa Mansy Women in Leadership 30% 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 eight international centres located around the globe, all of which offer the Strathclyde Executive 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 Executive 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.
An established business school
Widely acknowledged for its innovation in business and management education, Strathclyde Business School (SBS) has demonstrated pioneering developments across its undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. Our enterprising spirit has taken the Strathclyde MBA into many new countries via the establishment of eight international centres.
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1796The University was established in 1796 as 'the place of useful learning' and this remains at the forefront of our vision today.
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1948The University of Strathclyde Business School is founded as a pioneering, internationally renowned academic organisation to shape and develop the business minds of tomorrow
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1966First one year full time MBA in the UK launched at Strathclyde
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1976First part-time MBA programme in the UK launched at Strathclyde
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1983First flexible learning MBA in the UK launched at Strathclyde
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1988Launched our first Master of Business Administration centre abroad, in Singapore; a second centre opened in Hong Kong in April 1989
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2004We become the first business school in Scotland to achieve triple accreditation from the three main accreditation bodies – AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB
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2014In the Research Excellence Framework, we rated in the top 10 in the UK for our research, number one in Scotland on grade point average (GPA), 3rd in the UK for the impact of our research and achieved the highest possible rating for our research environment.
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2016Awarded THE Business School of the Year in UK
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2019The University of Strathclyde becomes the first university to win the coveted University of the Year title twice
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2021MBA UAE new campus opens

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.
Enquire Further
Send us your name and email using this form and our representative will be in touch to discuss the UAE programme further.
- Reem Dabat
Marketing and Recruitment Officer
sbs-uae@strath.ac.uk
+971 (0)47700957