Master in Business Administration

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS in short) is a tool of the European Higher Education Area for making studies and courses more transparent. It helps students to move between countries and to have their academic qualifications and study periods abroad recognized. The credits below are based on the ECTS.

To graduate, students are required to earn 90 credits as follows:

• 72 credits from taught core courses,
• 18 credits from taught elective courses or from project work.

Basic Functional Skills

• MB460 – Accounting & Finance
• MB420 – Managerial Economics
• AT600 – Digital Transformation of Business & Organizations
• MB730 – Quantitative & Qualitative Methods
• MB675 – Operations & Supply Chain Management

Leadership & People Skills

• MB680 – Communication and Negotiation Skills
• MB540 – Ethics, CSR & Sustainability
• MB685 – Leading & Managing People & Organizations

Strategic Thinking & Practise

• MB610 – Strategic Marketing Management
• MB515 – Managing Strategic Change
• MB791 – Applied Business Research Project I

Elective Courses

Option A:

• MB792 – Applied Business Research Project II

Elective Courses

Option B: Digital Business Track (18/30)

• MB745 – Digital Marketing (there is an additional fee for this course)
• GD320 – Digital Business Tools & Digital Business Development
• BI405 – Database Management and Cloud Computing
• BI425 – Information Security Management for Business
• BI410 – Data Mining, Visualization and Decision Making

Elective Courses

Option B: Oil & Gas Track (18/18)

• GD650 – Oil & Gas Finance, Accounting and Green Management
• GD670 – Oil & Gas Law, Contracts and Dispute Management
• GD690 – Sustainable Energy: Economics, Policy and Management

Elective Courses

Option B: Entrepreneurship Track (18/24)

• MB750 – Planning & Starting a New Business
• GD610 – Green and Digital Entrepreneurship & Innovation
• AT900 – Technical Entrepreneurship
• FB415 – Project & Business Financing

Elective Courses

Option B: General Management Track (18/27)

• MB710 – Project Management
• MP505 – Cost-Benefit Analysis
• HR565 – Rewards ManagementContact Hours: 30 Credits: 6
• MP525 – Public-Private Partnerships and Regulatory Strategies

• Communicate using a variety of advanced communication skills essential in contemporary business environments.
• Recognize the legal and ethical responsibilities of professionals and members of society.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret empirical data and academic research using appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods to aid them in the decision-making process.
• Analyze in depth the impact of political, socioeconomic, technological, and environmental trends, in a global context.
• Employ cutting-edge techniques of marketing and strategy necessary for an organization to compete in a complex, uncertain, and volatile business environment.
• Integrate theory and practical application to find solutions to business problems and seize business opportunities domestically and internationally, using well-developed analytical tools, interdisciplinary skills, and innovative practices.
• Use advanced accounting and financial tools in the decision-making process that ensure the financial health of organizations.
• Identify appropriate leadership and teamwork actions for enhancing individual, group, and organizational effectiveness.
• Demonstrate the ability to manage effectively organizational issues that arise in culturally diverse and individually differentiated settings.