Manchester Business School (MBS), one of the world’s top ranked business schools, will be showcasing its range of full time and part time MBA programmes at the Access MBA Tour events across GCC, starting with Dubai today (November 23) and concluding in Bahrain on November 29.

MBS will highlight its new format part time MBA format which allows students to obtain their Global MBA in two years plus a six-month project – a total of 2.5 years  or ‘2Years+Project’. MBS is ranked 29th in the world in the 2013 Global MBA rankings published in January 2013 by the Financial Times.  
Candidates will be able to meet MBS counsellors one-to-one to discuss the full time and part time MBA options, said a statement from the top UK institution.

The team will meet prospective MBA candidates at special 1-on-1 sessions during the Access MBA events. The school already has more than 1,500 part time MBA students in the region and the Middle East Centre is the largest and fastest growing in the school’s international network.

The Access MBA Tour events schedule is as follows:

Dubai - November 23 (1.30pm-7pm, Dusit Thani Hotel)
Kuwait City  – November 25 (4.30pm -10pm, Crowne Plaza Hotel)
Doha  – November 27 (4.30pm-10pm, La Cigale Hotel)
Manama – November 29 (9.30am-4.30pm, InterContinental Regency Hotel).
 
MBS offers four part time Global MBA programmes, designed for experienced business people with MBA learning pathways in engineering, project management and finance, in addition to the general Global MBA. The part time MBA programme guarantees a minimum of 250 hours of face to face workshops with Manchester faculty, conveniently hosted in Dubai.

Manchester Business School recently launched a new, more intensive part time MBA programme which allows students to obtain their Global MBA in two years plus a six-month project – a total of 2.5 years or ‘2+Project’.

The new more intensive study option has been introduced to allow working professionals greater flexibility to complete their part time Global MBA programmes quicker and apply the benefits in the workplace to enhance their careers faster.

The new MBS ‘2+Project’ MBA option will be available from the January 2014 student intake and students still have the flexibility to take as long as five years to complete their Global MBA programme.

Randa Bessiso, the director Middle East, Manchester Business School, said:"The full-time MBA students come from every continent and 90 per cent of them are from outside the UK. The full-time MBA appeals to those students who are seeking a change of career or who are in the early stages of their careers and have the resources to commit to an intensive full-time programme."

"MBS already has a strong presence and reputation in the region based on our very successful part time MBA programmes and both study routes lead to the award of the same world class Manchester MBA degree awarded by the University of Manchester," he noted.

"The part time and full time MBA is the first step of a journey with MBS which continues with a dedicated MBA careers service to help students achieve career goals, and a large alumni network," he added.-TradeArabia News Service