9 Small Business Management Masters Degree Programs

The Master of Business Administration (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Concentration) plays a critical role in the UAE’s economic diversification and sustainable growth strategy, contributing substantially to the country’s non-oil GDP.

The second cycle degree in Economics, Management and Policies for Global Challenges is generally completed over two years after having earned 120 credits. Students choose their curriculum in the first year. There are two curricula offered to students enrolling in the first year of Economics, Markets and Management in 2019/2020: 1. SMEs in International Markets; 2. Green Economy and sustainability.

You learn to understand the role SMEs and entrepreneurial firms are playing in the modern entrepreneurial economy, more importantly, the strategic and managerial challenges small business owners and entrepreneurs face. Many management programmes focus on large businesses, whereas SMEs and entrepreneurial firms have specific characteristics. You will learn about them and how small business owners and entrepreneurs can effectively manage their businesses in an increasingly complex business environment.

The “Small Business Management in International Markets” Master’s program is a two-year, 120-credit degree taught entirely in English that prepares students for strategic and operational roles within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in a global context.

The MBA course in Design and New Business Management complements the training of professionals in the area of ​​Design and related areas, acquiring the necessary skills and abilities to act with technical capacity, combined with a systemic, strategic and market vision for project management, products, services and processes in the operational, functional and strategic areas in the business sector.

This master's course aims to provide distinctive training, which favors the study of the latest trends in business sciences, always with a view to the practical application of concepts to the business fabric, particularly to small and medium-sized companies.

The programme is delivered via lectures, seminars, workshops, business games and simulations and directed independent study. This will be supported through

Modern management includes not only a new look at the functioning of the enterprises themselves, but also their relations with the environment. The boundaries of successful businesses are blurring as a result of developing non-standard relationships with companies based on co-operation and collaboration with consumers in the creation of new products.

Train future managers of companies and tourist territories able to occupy, create and direct their own structure, but also to hold management positions in public or private organizations. The Master aims to provide students with a global and integrated vision of tourism development, to give them a solid foundation of solid fundamental knowledge and the opportunity to specialize in more applied skill blocks (financial, technical, organizational, communicational) .