Stern publicizes MBA program at NYU Abu Dhabi

NYU’s Stern College of Enterprise not too long ago introduced that it’s going to launch a one-year MBA program on the college’s Abu Dhabi campus in January 2025, citing world enlargement as a key motivator.

This system is supposed to focus on incoming enterprise college students within the United Arab Emirates, in addition to within the Center East and North Africa area. In a written assertion to WSN, Stern dean Raghu Sundaram mentioned this partnership will assist develop NYU’s relationship with the Emirati and European commerce markets, noting the UAE’s quickly evolving economic system.

“We’re the one high U.S. enterprise faculty providing a full-time MBA within the Center East, giving formidable college students the chance to earn an MBA diploma in a single 12 months and start their post-MBA careers within the MENA area,” Sundaram mentioned. “The launch of the Stern at NYU Abu Dhabi one-year full-time MBA program is a groundbreaking innovation.”

As per program necessities, college students will spend the spring and fall semesters at NYU Abu Dhabi and a summer time semester overseas on the college’s Washington Sq. campus. It would require 54 credit — fairly than the 60 required by Stern’s normal two-year program — condensed into an intensive 12-month curriculum. 

In a Sept. 19 press launch, NYU president Linda Mills referred to as this system’s institution within the UAE “a landmark event” and a step in the correct course for the way forward for the campus. Mills was closely concerned within the institution of the college’s Abu Dhabi campus and “performed a vital function” within the growth of its admissions course of, pupil affairs and campus life applications.  

“The launch of this program — NYUAD’s first skilled diploma providing, created in collaboration with NYU’s Stern College — is a crucial new stage in NYU Abu Dhabi’s profitable growth,” Mills mentioned within the launch. “Additionally it is a beautiful instance of the kind of cross-school collaboration that we are able to anticipate to see extra of within the coming years, and I’ve little question its influence shall be felt each regionally and globally.”

Robert Salomon, a professor of worldwide administration at Stern, will lead this system as inaugural dean of Stern at NYU Abu Dhabi. His work centered extensively on globalization and world technique, with analysis particularly in worldwide enlargement and governance, cross-border data switch, worldwide commerce, international entry and placement selections.

“We’re extraordinarily proud to be the one program of its form within the UAE, a worldwide enterprise and finance heart in its personal proper and more and more the gateway not simply to the Center East and North Africa, however to the remainder of the African continent,” Sundaram mentioned. 

Admissions to this system will open in October and functions are due by January 2025, with the primary cohort anticipated to include between 40 and 50 college students. 

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