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Marketing management | Project management | Entrepreneurship 

Location : Ajman (On-Campus)

Intake

February/June/October

Duration

1 Year Full Time

Awarding Institution

GBS HE Malta

Language

English

Study Mode

On Campus

Awarded qualification

Master of Business  Administration

Accreditation Category

Higher Education Programme

MQRIC Accredited Status

Recognised

Fees

€10,000 per year 
(Scholarship available*)

Locations

Ajman

This MBA with specialist pathways provides a rigorous, intellectually demanding and vocationally relevant programme of study in business and administration. It has been designed to develop high levels of transferable skills, analytic and critical appreciation and evaluation of theory and practice of management in the context of an international and global environment. The programme of study enhances participants' critical understanding of their knowledge, experience and strengths and how to deploy these to become effective managers in a range of different organisations.
All participants will take four core modules (10 ECTS each):
  • Global Strategies
  • Managerial Finance
  • Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
  • Applied Digital Marketing.
Two modules are also taken reflecting the MBA pathway chosen. All participants take a major dissertation/project module (30 ECTS) on a topic related the pathway chosen.
The achievement of the MBA qualification will enable you to further enhance your career as a socially and ethically engaged, globally connected professional who is creative, enterprising and innovative.
Credits needed to earn the degree:
ECTS Credits - 90 ECTS
UK Credits 180 Credits
This MBA includes the following Compulsory modules:
  • Global Strategies
  • Managerial Finance
  • Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
  • Applied Digital Marketing
  • Project/Dissertation
Each of the 3 pathways consists of two additional 10 ECTS modules which are pathway-specific:
  • MBA in Marketing Management:
    Contemporary Issues and Practices in Marketing and Ethics
    Marketing Management Practice
  • MBA Project Management:
    Procurement, Leading and Managing Project Teams
    Executing, Controlling and Closing a Project
  • MBA Entrepreneurship:
    Managing Entrepreneurial Ventures
    Entrepreneurial Finance
Education
To be offered a place to study on the MBA programme prospective participants would normally be required to meet the following admissions criteria:
Possess the equivalent of a good UK honours degree – normally equivalent to a 2:2 or above.
Possess the equivalent of a UK degree below a 2:2 standard whilst being able to evidence an aptitude and/or relevant work/management experience to successfully complete the MBA programme of study.
Possess appropriate professional body qualifications (for example, ACCA or CIMA) at a level equivalent to UK undergraduate degree.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Prospective participants with relevant work experience, for example, having been or are working in a junior or middle manager role would also be considered for recognition of prior learning. Evidence of in-company formal training, professional development through attendance at external courses/training, for example, would also be considered and could substitute for the admissions criteria given in (a), (b) or (c) above. Recognition of prior learning for entry to the MBA on a case-by-case basis with evidence required to be provided by the prospective participant.
English Language requirements
To be offered a place on this MBA, prospective participants would be required to meet English language requirements. Prospective participants who do not initially meet these English language standards can take an English language course offered by GBS HE Malta to support participants to meet this English language standard, generally within three months.
Below are the scores required for our programmes for each of the tests that we accept:
Test Overall Reading Listening Speaking Writing
IELTS Academic (in centre and Online) 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5
TOEFL iBT (at test centre and Home/online) 60 8 7 16 18
PTE Level B2 (in centre and Home/online) 52 48 43 42 51
Duolingo (online) 105 95 95 95 95
*All test components taken within 2 years of start date
*English Language Proficiency Waiver- Applicants who have studied in a majority English-speaking country are exempted from submitting an English test score.
We accepts LanguageCert (SELT) for applications. A minimum score of 60–74 is required to meet the English language entry criteria.
Other requirements
Commitment to study and achieve the MBA qualification in their chosen pathway.
Assessment will be through a range of different types of coursework. Across the core and pathway modules of this programme the range of coursework assessment will include:
  • Essays
  • Case studies
  • Literature reviews
  • Individual reflective learning log
  • Portfolios
  • Group presentations
  • Critical reflection of group/team work
  • Posters
  • Project proposal
  • Project reports
Formative and summative approaches to assessment will be employed. Formative assessment tasks will be used in all modules and will be aimed at supporting participants to understand and prepare for the module summative assessment requirements. In this way, participants with different learning styles and abilities will be able to gain a good understanding of the summative assessment requirements and on their journey to submitting their summative assessments.
Assignment briefs will be produced for each of the summative assessments required by each of the modules on this MBA programme. Assignment briefs will set out the learning outcomes being assessed, appropriate material, context, etc. for the assignment.
Suggested reading will include book chapters, published articles and published research, weblinks to companies, and case studies, as appropriate, to the assignment brief. Each assignment brief will include marking/grading criteria so that participants have a clear understanding of what is required to pass the assessment and what is required to achieve higher grades. Grading of a participants assessment will be made using the pass, merit, distinction and fail criteria common to MQF/EQF Level 7 programmes of study.
Feedback will be provided to each participant on their assessed work identifying both areas of strength and areas that could be improved. Where a fail grade is awarded the participant will receive detailed feedback on the reasons for awarding such a grade and the areas that would need to be addressed for improvement.
Students will be given a grade for each module assessment(s) consisting of pass, merit, distinction and fail. To achieve a pass grade a student’s assessed work must meet the pass mark grade criteria; to achieve a merit grade to work must meet the merit grade criteria, to achieve a distinction the work must meet the distinction grade criteria. To be given a fail grade would mean that the assessed work did not meet the pass grade criteria.
All modules, including the 30 ECTS project/dissertation, involve two assessment components. To pass the module each component must achieve at least a pass grade. Compensation may be given for one failed component of a module depending on the assessment profile for other modules of the participant. The Assessment Board would make such a decision.
Grade criteria, for pass, merit, distinction and fail will be provided with the assignment brief for each module.
Grading System
The following grading system will be used to assess student work for the 10 ECTS and 30 ECTS modules on the programme:
  • Grade
  • Distinction
  • Merit
  • Pass
  • Marginal Fail
  • Fail
How to Apply
  1. Complete the online application form.
  2. Submit required documents (transcripts, ID, English proficiency proof).
  3. Attend an optional interview (if required).
  4. Receive an offer letter.
  5. Make payment to secure your place.
  6. Begin your studies.

Up to 50 % scholarship

Overview

This MBA with specialist pathways provides a rigorous, intellectually demanding and vocationally relevant programme of study in business and administration. It has been designed to develop high levels of transferable skills, analytic and critical appreciation and evaluation of theory and practice of management in the context of an international and global environment. The programme of study enhances participants' critical understanding of their knowledge, experience and strengths and how to deploy these to become effective managers in a range of different organisations.
All participants will take four core modules (10 ECTS each):
  • Global Strategies
  • Managerial Finance
  • Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
  • Applied Digital Marketing.
Two modules are also taken reflecting the MBA pathway chosen. All participants take a major dissertation/project module (30 ECTS) on a topic related the pathway chosen.
The achievement of the MBA qualification will enable you to further enhance your career as a socially and ethically engaged, globally connected professional who is creative, enterprising and innovative.

Credits needed to earn the degree:
ECTS Credits - 90 ECTS
UK Credits 180 Credits
This MBA includes the following Compulsory modules:
  • Global Strategies
  • Managerial Finance
  • Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
  • Applied Digital Marketing
  • Project/Dissertation
Each of the 3 pathways consists of two additional 10 ECTS modules which are pathway-specific:
  • MBA in Marketing Management:
    Contemporary Issues and Practices in Marketing and Ethics
    Marketing Management Practice
  • MBA Project Management:
    Procurement, Leading and Managing Project Teams
    Executing, Controlling and Closing a Project
  • MBA Entrepreneurship:
    Managing Entrepreneurial Ventures
    Entrepreneurial Finance

Education
To be offered a place to study on the MBA programme prospective participants would normally be required to meet the following admissions criteria:
Possess the equivalent of a good UK honours degree – normally equivalent to a 2:2 or above.
Possess the equivalent of a UK degree below a 2:2 standard whilst being able to evidence an aptitude and/or relevant work/management experience to successfully complete the MBA programme of study.
Possess appropriate professional body qualifications (for example, ACCA or CIMA) at a level equivalent to UK undergraduate degree.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Prospective participants with relevant work experience, for example, having been or are working in a junior or middle manager role would also be considered for recognition of prior learning. Evidence of in-company formal training, professional development through attendance at external courses/training, for example, would also be considered and could substitute for the admissions criteria given in (a), (b) or (c) above. Recognition of prior learning for entry to the MBA on a case-by-case basis with evidence required to be provided by the prospective participant.
English Language requirements
To be offered a place on this MBA, prospective participants would be required to meet English language requirements. Prospective participants who do not initially meet these English language standards can take an English language course offered by GBS HE Malta to support participants to meet this English language standard, generally within three months.
Below are the scores required for our programmes for each of the tests that we accept:
Test Overall Reading Listening Speaking Writing
IELTS Academic (in centre and Online) 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5
TOEFL iBT (at test centre and Home/online) 60 8 7 16 18
PTE Level B2 (in centre and Home/online) 52 48 43 42 51
Duolingo (online) 105 95 95 95 95
*All test components taken within 2 years of start date
*English Language Proficiency Waiver- Applicants who have studied in a majority English-speaking country are exempted from submitting an English test score.
We accepts LanguageCert (SELT) for applications. A minimum score of 60–74 is required to meet the English language entry criteria.
Other requirements
Commitment to study and achieve the MBA qualification in their chosen pathway.

Assessment will be through a range of different types of coursework. Across the core and pathway modules of this programme the range of coursework assessment will include:
  • Essays
  • Case studies
  • Literature reviews
  • Individual reflective learning log
  • Portfolios
  • Group presentations
  • Critical reflection of group/team work
  • Posters
  • Project proposal
  • Project reports
Formative and summative approaches to assessment will be employed. Formative assessment tasks will be used in all modules and will be aimed at supporting participants to understand and prepare for the module summative assessment requirements. In this way, participants with different learning styles and abilities will be able to gain a good understanding of the summative assessment requirements and on their journey to submitting their summative assessments.
Assignment briefs will be produced for each of the summative assessments required by each of the modules on this MBA programme. Assignment briefs will set out the learning outcomes being assessed, appropriate material, context, etc. for the assignment.
Suggested reading will include book chapters, published articles and published research, weblinks to companies, and case studies, as appropriate, to the assignment brief. Each assignment brief will include marking/grading criteria so that participants have a clear understanding of what is required to pass the assessment and what is required to achieve higher grades. Grading of a participants assessment will be made using the pass, merit, distinction and fail criteria common to MQF/EQF Level 7 programmes of study.
Feedback will be provided to each participant on their assessed work identifying both areas of strength and areas that could be improved. Where a fail grade is awarded the participant will receive detailed feedback on the reasons for awarding such a grade and the areas that would need to be addressed for improvement.

Students will be given a grade for each module assessment(s) consisting of pass, merit, distinction and fail. To achieve a pass grade a student’s assessed work must meet the pass mark grade criteria; to achieve a merit grade to work must meet the merit grade criteria, to achieve a distinction the work must meet the distinction grade criteria. To be given a fail grade would mean that the assessed work did not meet the pass grade criteria.
All modules, including the 30 ECTS project/dissertation, involve two assessment components. To pass the module each component must achieve at least a pass grade. Compensation may be given for one failed component of a module depending on the assessment profile for other modules of the participant. The Assessment Board would make such a decision.
Grade criteria, for pass, merit, distinction and fail will be provided with the assignment brief for each module.
Grading System
The following grading system will be used to assess student work for the 10 ECTS and 30 ECTS modules on the programme:
  • Grade
  • Distinction
  • Merit
  • Pass
  • Marginal Fail
  • Fail

How to Apply
  1. Complete the online application form.
  2. Submit required documents (transcripts, ID, English proficiency proof).
  3. Attend an optional interview (if required).
  4. Receive an offer letter.
  5. Make payment to secure your place.
  6. Begin your studies.

Up to 50 % scholarship

MFHEA Approved and Accredited

Our Master of Business Administration with 5 pathways are assessed and accredited by the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA) and aligned with the Malta Qualifications Framework (MQF).

Get Qualified
Scheme

GBS Malta is offering students access to the Malta Get Qualified Scheme, enabling students to benefit from tax credits that help lower overall study costs. This scheme is highly valuable, giving back 70% of tuition fees after graduation.

FAQs

What programs does GlobalU College in Ajman offer?

GlobalU College offers a range of career-focused degrees, diploma and certificate programs in business, technology, healthcare, and creative industries. All programs are designed to equip students with job-ready skills for today’s global workforce.

Yes, GlobalU College meets local regulatory requirements. Our programs are developed to align with both local industry needs and international standards.

Entry requirements vary by program, but generally include a high school diploma (or equivalent) and proof of English proficiency. Our admissions team can provide guidance tailored to each applicant’s background.

While GlobalU does not offer on-campus housing, there are many affordable and safe accommodation options available nearby. Our team can assist students in finding suitable housing close to the college.

Ajman is well-connected to Dubai and Sharjah through public buses, taxis, and private ride-sharing services. Many students choose to live in nearby emirates and commute comfortably due to short travel times and affordable transport options.