Al Ghurair University (AGU) has inaugurated its postgraduate degree offerings with the launch of its Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programme. It will start this month.
The new course, which was put together partially due to alumni demand, is accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
"AGU is 11 years old and we have lots of alumni interested in furthering their higher education with their alma mater," said Professor Milan Pagon, Director of the AGU MBA programme. "We've been preparing the MBA programme for a while, but in June we received the ministry accreditation."
Applications
He added that courses on AGU's inaugural postgraduate programme will begin this week. Although the deadline for applications officially closed on September 11, late applications will be considered.
Given the fact that AGU is new to offering postgraduate degrees, Pagon believes initially a majority of the students will be the university's own graduates.
"At the beginning we expect a majority of students on the course to be our own alumni but in two years we would like a 25 per cent international student base."
The MBA will soon be followed by other postgraduate degrees.
"AGU is thinking about several new postgraduate programmes, the first of which would be a Law degree in Arabic," he said.
Discounts offered
The new MBA will cost interested parties Dh90,000 for the course duration of two years.
"We offer several scholarships," he said. "Our alumni will receive a 25 per cent discount while government employees will get a 20 per cent discount."
He added AGU was established by the Al Ghurair business group and therefore, in turn, will offer MBA students good corporate linkages.
