Introduction

The MBA program helps to reinforce leaners’ skills in business and in administration and to develop the administrative skills relevant to the changing dynamic work environment. The program is designed to meet the needs of professional career in business administration.

The program asserts the involvement of learners’ in a new mode of learning and achievement based on a blended mode (traditional and distance learning) covering a wide range of employment domains such as strategic administration and world economy, work ethics, electronic world commerce, and more.

Department of Business Administration Head's Word

In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful.

We praise God, and seek His help and guidance, pray, and greet the most honorable of creation and messengers, our prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace.

Management science is applied to all aspects of our lives to achieve desired goals. Therefore, the Department of Business Administration at the College of Administrative and Financial Sciences focuses on theoretical fundamentals and updated global practices, which in turn refine students’ skills and develop their knowledge by qualifying students to contribute, innovate, and develop in the field of business administration with its theory and classifications that are included in the business administration program. Starting from the fundamentals of administration through projects management, operations management, developing strategies, and tools to help in marketing science practices, and do not forget quality control and behaviors that must be followed inside and outside organizations, whether profit or non-profit organizations. Finally, the program includes technology management and knowledge management to make the appropriate decisions and use its tools. Also, how to manage small businesses and entrepreneurship within their various types, due to the importance of those topics correlated to the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 and its impact on the local economy.

Admission Requirements

General Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from a MOE-recognized university. If the certificate is obtained from abroad, it must be accredited according to the equivalency program provided by the Ministry of Education (MOE).
• Applicant's cumulative GPA in the bachelor’s degree should not be less than (2.00 out of 4.00 or 3.00 out of 5.00) or its equivalent based on the available seats and shortlisting results. The College Council may waive this condition provided that the applicant's GPA is not less than (1.5 out of 4.00 or 2.5 out of 5.00) or its equivalent based on the available seats and shortlisting results.
• Submit the result of one of the approved English language tests:
  • IELTS-Academic only: with a score of no less than 5
  • STEP: with a score of no less than 76
  • TOEFL_IBT: with a score of no less than 45.
• SEU graduates are exempted from this condition provided that their bachelor’s program was taught in English, and a with a cumulative GPA of no less than (3.5 out of 4.00) or higher.
• Students who have obtained a bachelor’s degree from universities in countries where the native language is English* and the universities are recognized by the Ministry of Education are exempted.

* USA - Canada – UK - Australia - New Zealand.

• The validity period of the approved English language tests:
• TOEFL_IBT: 2 Years
• STEP: 3 Years
• IELTS Academic only: 3 Years
• Applicants need to submit only one English language test.
• The applicant must be a Saudi or non-Saudi (residing within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a valid Iqama)
• Applicants who have been initially accepted, are required to pay the full amount of first semester tuition to get final admission.

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Program-specific Requirements:

• Graduate assessment tests such as GMAT or GRE are not required, but they can be attached as support for acceptance when preference is given to applicants.
• Students who hold a bachelor’s degree in a field other than business administration are required to pass the Pre-MBA  semester before the final admission to the program.
•  The result follows a Pass/No Pass structure with a passing grade of 75 or above.

Branches:

Riyadh (Male – Female), Jeddah ( Male – Female), Dammam ( Male – Female)