MBA or Master in Business Administration of Gulf University for Science and Technology’s (GUST) College of Business is designed to expose to the latest state of the art thinking in managing a business operating in a global environment.

Admission Requirements

• Admission Application.
• Bachelor's degree - or equivalent - in any discipline from locally accredited or internationally recognized university.
• Minimum GPA of 2.67.
• Minimum TOEFL score of 530 (computer 213. internet 80) or IELTS score of 6 (the submitted score must have been obtained during the past two years).
• 2 letters of recommendation.
• Statement of purpose.
• Official transcript(s) and equivalency (if applicable).
• Updated copies of the Civil ID and Passport (and valid residency if applicable).
• 2 personal photographs (white background).
• Updated CV.
• GMAT score, an exit requirement only. A result for GMAT exam is valid for five years.
• Interview (by invitation only).
• Any other supporting documentation.

The MBA program consists of 15 courses (45 credits) distributed as follows:

Core Requirements - 12 Courses (36 credits)

Professional Concentration Electives - 3 courses (9 credits)
No thesis or final project is required.

Core Requirements (12 courses):
ACCT 500 Financial and Managerial Accounting
ECON 503 Economics for Managers
ECON 580 Statistical Analysis for Management Decisions
FIN 501 Financial Management
MIS 500 Management Information Systems
MRKT 505 Contemporary Marketing Concepts
MGMT 500 Law, Ethics and Business
MGMT 501 Management and Organizational Behavior: Theory and Practice
MGMT 511 Quantitative Methods in Business (must have taken ECON 580)
MGMT 551 Human Resources Management (must have taken MGMT 501)
MGMT 571 International Business Operations
MGMT 581 Strategic Management (must have taken ACC 500, FIN 501, MRKT 505, and MGMT 571)

Professional Concentration Electives (3 courses from the following list):

Accounting (prerequisite ACCT 500)
ACCT 502 Financial Reporting and Analysis
ACCT 508 International Accounting
ACCT 510 Accounting Systems for Management & Planning Control
ACCT 511 Accounting for Decision Makers
ACCT 595 Corporate Governance

Economics (prerequisite ECON 503)
ECON 590 Energy in Natural Resources Economics
ECON 591 International Energy Economics
ECON 592 Globally Integrated Energy Markets
ECON 595 Advanced Topics in Economics

Finance (prerequisite FIN 501)
FIN 504 Corporate Finance
FIN 521 Risk Management
FIN 551 Islamic Financial System
FIN 552 Theory & Practice of Islamic Banking & Insurance
FIN 580 International Finance
FIN 593 Seminar of Islamic Banking and Finance
FIN 595 Topics in Finance

Management (prerequisite MGMT 501)
MGMT 502 Managerial Communications MGMT 521 Production and Operations Management
MGMT 525 International Logistics and Operations
MGMT 561 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
MGMT 595 Topics in Management

Marketing (prerequisite MRKT 505)
MRKT 501 Marketing Management
MRKT 510 Electronic Commerce
MRKT 530 Consumer and Motivational Behavior
MRKT 570 Marketing and Business Research
MRKT 595 Topics in Marketing