Master of Business Administration

Admission Requirements

• University degree (any field) – good academic performance
• 3 years of work experience
• Good knowledge of English (e.g., IELTS, TOEFL, or assessed at personal interview)
• Motivation & potential for managerial career

Outline

• The MBA Program of the UCY
• MBA Team
• MBA Program
• MBA Key Advantages
• MBA Students’ Profile
• Academic Matters
• Prospects for Collaborations

Our MBA…
Intended Learning Outcomes (Program ILOs):

• Strategic thinking: Students will develop a strategic level of thinking in order to integrate the key functions of business: accounting, finance, international business, management, management information systems, marketing, operations, and statistics within the broader economic environment
• Communication: Students will develop abilities of communication in order to learn effectively, express ideas and concepts clearly, and apply knowledge to newly encountered situations
• Ethical Leadership: Students will understand the cultural and ethical complexities of conducting business on a global scale and the importance of and techniques for measuring/managing the impact of business activities on people and the natural environment
• Critical Thinking: Students will identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments as they occur in their own and others’ work as well asdevelop alternative well-reasoned arguments to study implications andconsequences and to rationally support conclusions
• Entrepreneurship: Students will develop a critical understanding ofentrepreneurship and its role in the economy and society. In addition,they will understand the entrepreneurial process – from idea generation to the commercialization and implementation of new business ventures and the development of entrepreneurial behaviors
• Global mindset - Students will broaden their perspective to focus not only on the domestic market, but also on the opportunities and challenges faced in the international market
• Group Spirit - Students will develop an ability to work in teams in order to collectively undertake and carry out various business tasks by complementing knowledge, skills, and capabilities with others
• Problem Solving - Students will develop an ability to properly define various types of business problems and use appropriate tools and techniques to provide sound solutions to them.

The UCYMBA Key Advantages

• Quality of academic staff. Content and quality of curriculum. Local and international reputation.
• Established academic infrastructure.
• Learning experience involves modern teaching methods (lectures, case studies, simulations, debates, in-class presentations and role plays); strong emphasis on teamwork.
• Strong industry collaborations
• Industry projects (hands-on experience and network with some of the largest employers in Cyprus, who have consistently been recruiting graduates of the Program over the years)
• Industry visitors and other collaborations (our partners typically will hire our students, provide financial support, send executives who can bring a practitioner’s point of view in the classroom, offer opportunities to students to participate in off-campus activities, take part in the annual Career Day etc.)
• Strong network of professionally accomplished alumni. 

The MBA Program

• Program of the Faculty of Economics and Management – Depts. of BPA and
• AFN
• First, largest and most successful self-financed program of UCY
• First incoming class in 2006
• Three Cohorts:
  • Full-time
  • Part-time English
  • Part-time Greek
• Student body
  • Total number of applications (2006-2021): > 4,500
  • Total number enrolled to date: 1,510
  • Total number of graduates: 1200
  • Graduates from 51 countries

Our MBA…

Internationally recognized and accredited

• EFMD EPAS Accredited since 2012 (EPAS: international accreditation program system operated by EFMD which evaluates the quality of management programs with an international perspective)
• Re-accredited (March 2021)