Περιγραφή Προγράμματος
The University of Nicosia MBA programme aims to provide students with a solid foundation of business education enabling them to become effective managers anywhere in today’s globally competitive fast changing environment. This programme aims to offer a programme that is highly integrated in context and practical by remaining close to actual business practice. It aspires to assist students develop the ability to develop their management and leadership skills, operate effectively in a multicultural environment and to adapt quickly to changing social, political, legal and economic conditions.
More specifically the programme’s main objectives include:
- Equipping students with all necessary skills, attitudes and approach to guide their decisions as business executives
- Developing students’ abilities to handle today’s problems and prospects for business organizations functioning in a competitive world
- Allowing students to develop their theoretical and practical skills and knowledge
- Enhancing intellectual development and student graduate maturity
- Assisting the students to analyse, examine, investigate and compose the new knowledge and competencies they will acquire
- Ensuring the highest possible penetration of each subject inquiry and exhaustion of conceptual academic as well as practical implications.
- Securing the necessary level of education for obtaining specialized knowledge and competencies and demonstrating mental independence
- Offering an insight into professional possibilities and modern organizations functioning in the context of today’s competitive world
- Providing participating students with the skills necessary to guide both their short and long term decisions.
- Providing international management education to its participants that will enable them to become effective general managers anywhere in today’s globally competitive environment
- Providing students with graduate level of business education focusing on both theories and research from a holistic business point of view
- Providing students with the necessary skills, attitudes and approach to guide their decisions as business executives
- Providing students the ability to handle today’s problems and prospect for business organizations functioning in a competitive world
- Giving emphasis on European and International business perspectives
Προοπτικές Σταδιοδρομίας
We expect our students to come from Management or Senior Management positions at different areas of private interest and organizations within government and industry both locally and abroad. Companies like Royal Dutch Airlines, Revlon, Tradex, Cyprus Telecommunication Authority, Cyprus Electricity Authority, Air Trans, Cybarco, Demstar, Addidas and many more. Positions held by some of our graduates include, Marketing Director, Commercial Finance Manager, Public Relations Director and Financial Controller etc.
During the past few years our graduates have been placed in different market positions. Quite a few have undertaken Bank positions, posts in off shore companies and in Academic institutions. Some of the posts include a consultant in the Ministry of Libya, Senior IT in a company in the United States of America, Director Manager of a major Granite company, Director of Demstar, Finance Director of a University and many more.
Πρόσβαση σε Περαιτέρω Σπουδές
Many of our graduates of the MBA programme, have continued with Doctorates Degrees in Cyprus, Greece, UK and the USA. The MBA of the University of Nicosia was a stepping stone for further academic and professional studies
Εισδοχή
Ελάχιστη προϋπόθεση για εισδοχή στο μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα σπουδών αποτελεί η κατοχή πτυχίου (Bachelor’s Degree), από αναγνωρισμένο πανεπιστήμιο ή άλλο αναγνωρισμένο ισοδύναμο προσόν.
Επιπρόσθετα, οι υποψήφιοι φοιτητές θα πρέπει να πληρούν και τα ακόλουθα κριτήρια εισδοχής:
- Πιστοποίηση καλής γνώσης της Ελληνικής ή Αγγλικής γλώσσας (ανάλογα με το αν ο φοιτητής θα παρακολουθήσει το πρόγραμμα στα Ελληνικά ή στα Αγγλικά)
- Δύο συστατικές επιστολές από άτομα που γνωρίζουν τον υποψήφιο στο εκπαιδευτικό ή/και το επαγγελματικό του περιβάλλον
- Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα
- Προσωπική Δήλωση για το πώς η φοίτηση και η απόκτηση του ΜΒΑ θα βοηθήσει τον υποψήφιο στην επαγγελματική/ακαδημαϊκή του σταδιοδρομία
Επαρκής Γνώση Αγγλικής Γλώσσας
Οι φοιτητές πληρούν τις απαιτήσεις για την αγγλική γλώσσα, εάν η γλώσσα διδασκαλίας του πρώτου τους πτυχίου ήταν η αγγλική. Σε άλλη περίπτωση, θα πρέπει να προσκομίσουν πιστοποιητικό TOEFL με ελάχιστο βαθμό 550 paper-based ή 213 για εξέταση computer-based, ή Internet-based TOEFL (iBT) με βαθμολογία τουλάχιστον 79-80 ή GCSE “O” Level με ελάχιστο βαθμό “C” ή IELTS με βαθμολογία 6.5 ή επιτυχία στις κατατακτήριες εξετάσεις αγγλικής γλώσσας του Πανεπιστημίου Λευκωσίας, επίπεδο ENGL-100. Το Πανεπιστήμιο προσφέρει μαθήματα Αγγλικών όλων των επιπέδων, βοηθώντας τους φοιτητές να φτάσουν στο επίπεδο που απαιτείται για εισδοχή σε μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα.
Μαθησιακά Αποτελέσματα
Upon successful completion of this program, the students should be able to:
- Demonstrate effective leadership and management skills with heightened cultural awareness and a refined global outlook
- Demonstrate academic independence and synthesise their individual professional profile when dealing with major issues relating to their career
- Perform in-depth academic research
- Implement their acquired discipline knowledge in a practical manner, through the writing of their thesis, and be able to apply their knowledge to real life situations
- Apply the abilities gained, taking an integrative point of view of all analytical tools that assist in performing in-depth analyses of industries and competitors, predict competitive behaviour, and analyse how organisations develop and sustain competitive advantage over time
- Design and run effective organisations and assist them in achieving superior performance
- Manage the Human Resources of their organisation and motivate people to achieve their organisation’s vision
- Evaluate their organisation’s competitive position and apply appropriate marketing and strategy decisions for further enhancement of its position
- Utilise the complex processes underlining the development and manufacture of products as well as the creation and delivery of services
- Apply a balance between scientific research and business reality
- Evaluate complex investments, set and execute financial policies within an organisation and enhance their negotiation skills.
Entrepreneurship:
Be self-directed and able to act autonomously in leading, planning and implementing projects at professional levels. Learn how to excel in chosen career paths, by learning on how to live, adapt and manage business environmental change. Take responsibility for continuing to develop knowledge and skills.