6 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 “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.

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.

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

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) .