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MBA Admission Requirements

DIRECT ENTRY REQUIREMENT

All admissions in SUC are guided by Ministerial Decrees # 200/yr. 2004 and 133/yr. 2005; The Standards for Licensure & Accreditation 2019.

An applicant seeking admission for Graduate program is required to fulfill the following three conditions:

Details of the above two requirements are as follows;

Bachelor Degree Grade

Bachelor’s degree earned in a discipline appropriate for the prospective graduate degree, with a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or its established equivalent

CONDITIONAL REQUIREMENT

The VC reserves the right to admit a prospective graduate student on condition under following circumstances where the student does not satisfactorily meet the admission criteria as per MOE.

 The requirements for conditional admission have been detailed below:

CONDITIONAL ADMISSION TO BUSINESS GRADUATES

Candidates seeking admission in Graduate Program of SUC and is short of meeting CGPA or English language proficiency criteria, which are categorized in the following table, will be considered under conditional admission.

1.01

CASE-BA: CANDIDATES HAVING CGPA ≥ 3.0 ON 4.0 SCALE NOT MEETING THE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENT

1.02

 CASE-BB: CANDIDATES HAVING CGPA BETWEEN 2.5 TO 2.99

2.5 to 2.99 SEP 2023

CASE-BC: CANDIDATES HAVING CGPA BETWEEN 2.0 TO 2.49

1.04

TRANSFER REQUIREMENT

TRANSFER ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATE PROGRAMS
SUC accepts students who are transferring from a federal or licensed institution in the UAE or a foreign institution of higher learning based outside the UAE and accredited in their home country and are eligible for transfer admission. 
Only up to 25% of the courses offered in SUC can be offered as transfer of credits transferred to the program. A maximum of 9 credit hours can be accepted as a transfer into the MBA Program of SUC provided these credit hours are adequate to meet the requirements for Transfer of credits (TOC) procedures. All the courses in the curriculum are protected except the following courses that can be replaced by accepting TOC from any accredited MBA-level program:
 
mba transfer

Transfer admission students have to fulfill the following requirements /conditions:
Documents Required:
1. Students seeking transfer to the Graduate (MBA) program must meet the Graduate Admission requirements of SUC
2. Detailed syllabi (Credit Value, Level, detailed course content, learning outcomes/objective, and indicative learning resources)
3. An official letter from the previous institution
4. All documents mentioned in the admission requirements
5. An applicable processing fee (non-refundable) must be paid for the evaluation.
6. Once a student changes his/her emphasis, the process will be treated as new, thus, an additional fee will be applicable as per the published fee structure

 
Transfer of credit is granted under the following conditions:

1. They must pass the English proficiency requirement.
2. The student must attend a minimum of 75% of the credit hours of their study plan at SUC in other words, only up to 25% of the courses offered in SUC can be offered as transfer of credits transferred to the program.
3. The course contents mentioned in the Course Delivery Package of the previous institution should match a minimum of 75% of the SUC Syllabus of the corresponding course.
4. The student must attend a minimum of 27 credit hours of their study plan at SUC in other words, only up to 9 credits or 3 courses can be transferred to the program.
5. The credit hours completed must be equivalent or higher to the corresponding courses offered at SUC.
6. Must have passed the course with a minimum of ‘B’ grade or equivalent and an overall CGPA of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0
7. Maximum credits awarded for transfer admission will be limited to specified courses at SUC. In case credits earned at the original institution are less than those at SUC, the lower credits will be awarded as the transfer.
8. Once TOC is granted and the graduation plan is signed by the student, the student cannot challenge the 9. TOC decision during the progression of the course.
10. Students of SUC may be permitted to pursue courses outside only in extreme circumstances with prior approval from the Administration and VC.
11. Prohibit accepting credit twice for substantially the same course taken at two different institutions.
12. The grade points of transferred courses will not be included while calculating the student’s Grade Point Average (GPA).
13. TOC processing fee is non-refundable (as per the applicable fee structure)
14. Once the acceptable transfer of credits is decided, the student is informed about the applicable fee based on the courses accepted for transfer of credits, and the student can then proceed for registration.
 

i. Documents Required
Transfer admission students have to submit following documents:
a. The official transcript from accredited institutions
b. Detailed syllabi (Credit Value, Level, detailed course content, learning outcomes/objective and indicative learning resources)
c. An official letter from the previous institution
d. All documents mentioned in the admission requirements
e. Applicable processing fee (non-refundable) must be paid for evaluation
f. Once a student changes his/her emphasis, the process will be treated as new, thus, an additional fee will be applicable as per the published fee structure.

MBA NOTE SEP 2023

 

MBA QUALIFYING PROGRAM (MQP)

MBA QUALIFYING PROGRAM (MQP)

A candidate who is seeking admission with a Bachelor’s Degree (3 years and above) obtained from a non-business discipline is required to undergo the MQP by taking the following seven courses. In case candidate has already completed any of the MQP courses in the Bachelor degree, he may be exempted from such courses provided an official transcript for evaluation at the time of admission is submitted by them. However, the decision for the exemption will be made jointly by the Dean and VC upon carefully reviewing the course contents as per SUC TOC policy.

The following are the courses required to complete the MQP so as to establish the required knowledge for a student is acquired before enrolling into the MBA program.

MBA QUALIFYING PROGRAM MQP

All these courses are equivalent to 3 credit hours at BBA level. These credits cannot be used for replacing any of the MBA level courses as these will be treated non-credit bearing courses and are only for the purpose of completing MQP and no transcript shall be issued. Most of these courses are offered at the SUC BBA program enabling the aspirants to pick up any of these courses during the regular semesters of the BBA program or opt for MQP schedule.

ADMISSION TO PEOPLE OF DETERMINATION

SUC admits People of determination after a due process of understanding the learning abilities and the approaches of teaching. SUC facilitates the special needs student by allocating additional time and resources to help them learn without sacrificing the syllabus and the rigor required in it.

Upon meeting the admission requirements, the candidates shall be interviewed by the concerned teaching faculty members under the guidance of a committee, which shall be formed as and when required and the outcomes of the interview are recorded and communicated to the candidate and the Vice Chancellor for necessary actions. The interview shall be focused on:

  1. To understand the nature of shortcomings
  2. To understand the learning abilities, assessment modes, additional time required for completion
  3. To understand the learning abilities through computer
  4. To understand their skill levels in assessing.