Master of Business Administration program is designed for those aiming a higher education in business administration focusing on contemporary and trendy issues in business and management. It focuses on the improvement of practical and academic skills required for a successful career in today’s challenging global business environment. This program facilitates the fostering of managerial strategic decision-making, creative solution and problem-solving skills by offering real-life and simulated experience of dynamic work environment with up-to-date cases throughout the courses.
This program serves for both practitioners who would like to enhance their career growth and progression in their management profession, and for the graduates who would like to focus on academic studies and research. It provides students with both theoretical and practical knowledge on contemporary management in areas like marketing, production, finance, human resources, entrepreneurship and accounting consistent with the needs of the competitive international business world. Students are offered the opportunity to have an insight into multi-cultural business environments, to improve problem-solving skills, to formulate successful managerial strategies, and gain social and creative skills and competency.
The graduates of this program will be able to accomplish effective communication skills in different business settings; synthesize complex business ideas by ethically managing information and implement appropriate decision-making processes; professionally coordinate general management functions such as planning, organizing, directing, and controlling in such organizations. The program provides its students with a wide range of professions in almost every stage of business life. Graduated students also have the opportunity to work in the public and private business organizations as leaders, managers, or start their own businesses as entrepreneurs. The graduates of this program can work in advanced positions in marketing, human resources, accounting/finance, project management or production departments of national or multinational companies (MNCs); in local, as experts in foreign or government banks; private or governmental financial institutions; insurance companies; audit companies; or be certified public accountants.
Each student needs to successfully complete at least 120 ECTS to earn a Master’s degree with thesis study. To successfully graduate from the program, students need to successfully complete 4 compulsory MBA courses, 4 elective courses (where 2 may be taken from another discipline) and 2 semesters of thesis study. Students, who have achieved all courses with a grade of minimum B- or S and minimum CGPA of 3.00 over 4.00, are qualified to obtain a Master’s degree with thesis.