MBA Admission Requirements

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

Prospective MBA student is required to fulfill any one of the following requirements for admission as given below:

1. A minimum score of 550 out of 677 on Institutional Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL-ITP)
2. A minimum score of 6.0 on International English Language Testing System (IELTS - Academic)
3. A minimum score of 1400 in EmSAT Achieve English (Emirates Standardized Test)
4. Any other equivalent test standardized nationally, or internationally, recognized and approved by the MoE.

Table -3 English Proficiency Score Range for Direct Entry to Graduate Program

NOTE:

1. A native speaker who has completed his / her undergraduate education in an English-medium institution may not be required to provide certification in English Language Proficiency
2. Institutional TOEFL / IELTS score only from recognized testing centers or AMIDEAST is acceptable.
3. Requirements are applied regardless of educational system or country where student is coming from.
4. The English proficiency qualifying result should be submitted within 1 week of the commencement of the program
5. Transfer student need to have English proficiency eligibility upon registration failing which they will have to undergo the preparatory courses as given in above table-3
6. If a student joins graduate program immediately upon completion of the SUC undergraduate program, the English proficiency scores obtained at the time of admission to undergraduate program can be accepted for admission to the graduate program provided he meets requirements given in above table-3. Otherwise the student has to submit a new IELTS / TOEFL / EMSAT score as per requirement.

Prospective student is required to pass the personal interview set by the institution

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.

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

 CASE-BB: CANDIDATES HAVING CGPA BETWEEN 2.5 TO 2.99

CASE-BC: CANDIDATES HAVING CGPA BETWEEN 2.0 TO 2.49

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.

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

CASE NA: CANDIDATES HAVING CGPA ≥ 3.0 ON 4.0 SCALE

CASE NB: CANDIDATES HAVING CGPA BETWEEN 2.5 TO 2.99

CASE NC: CANDIDATES HAVING CGPA BETWEEN 2.0 TO 2.49

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.

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.

1. TOC will be granted to courses with a grade C at the Undergraduate level with overall CGPA above  2
2. Fill up the MQP TOC application form in SUC
3. Submit the following TOC Admission entry requirement documents:
   1. The official transcript from accredited institutions
   2. Detailed syllabi (Credit Value, Level, detailed course content, learning outcomes/objective and indicative learning resources)
   3. Processing fee of AED 525/- (non-refundable) must be paid for evaluation
4. Non-Business Undergraduate Students must complete all seven courses of Foundation bridging program (MBA Qualifying Program – MQP). Transfer of credits can be granted for up to maximum 5 courses out of 7 courses of the MBA Qualifying Program as per MQP TOC policy

Non-Business graduates who have completed MQP Program from an MOE approved institution will have to undergo a challenge exam at SUC

Students taking challenge exam must abide by following guidelines:

1. They need to achieve minimum ‘B’ grade in all seven MQP challenge exam to qualify and join the MBA program without undergoing MQP.
2. A handbook for each course of challenge exam will be provided to the student.
3. Student is required to pay the applicable challenge exam fees for each course
4. Students needs to pass the challenge exam in the first attempt. There will be no second attempt provided.
5. If the student fails to appear for the challenge exam on the scheduled date, the student can take the challenge exam on a new date by paying the exam fees again.
6. If the Student fails to clear challenge exam, he has to undergo MQP by paying the applicable fee for MQP.

A candidate who is seeking admission to graduate program with a recognized Bachelor’s degree and a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.0 to 2.49 on a 4.0 scale or its established equivalent, has to appear in maximum of nine graduate-level credit hours as remedial preparation for the graduate program. These remedial courses are not for credit within the degree program. The student must achieve a minimum CGPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or its established equivalent in the following remedial courses in order to progress to the graduate program or be subject to dismissal.

The list of remedial courses are as follows: