Master in Business Administration (MBA)

  Cyprus

• Other Cities in Cyprus: 
Nicosia (Lefkosia)

Description: The overriding objective of the CIIM MBA programme is to prepare business managers to take a holistic view of the business environment and its main stakeholders (customers, employees, shareholders, suppliers and the society at large), as well as of the international environment. We aim for CIIM graduates to use their existing skills and creativity, whilst developing key management abilities to inspire change and innovation in their sphere of influence.

The CIIM MBA curriculum is cutting edge, thoroughly international and is designed to provide students with wide-ranging business management insights and skills required to achieve success in a wide range of industries anywhere in the world.

Our philosophy is that if today's business is global, business education must also be global - in faculty, in curriculum and in students. CIIM draws its faculty from 24 leading business schools from ten different countries. In addition to a select team of accomplished resident academics, the CIIM MBA faculty includes forty world-renowned academics and management gurus with worldwide business experience spanning the entire spectrum, from family business to Fortune 500 companies. They bring with them new ideas, unique insights, diverse experiences and creative teaching methods that bridge theory and practice and enrich the learning environment.

CIIM's MBA is internationally accredited by the London-based Association of MBAs (AMBA), and the European Foundation of Management Development (EPAS) as well as recognized by the Cyprus National Accreditation Agencies and by extension the European Union, in which Cyprus is a full member. CIIM is also an active member of EFMD and AACSB International.

Highlights:
* Multidimensional learning

The innovative yet proven pedagogical methods used at CIIM, make the CIIM MBA a unique and inspiring learning experience. Students learn how to think about problems and come up with creative solutions, not what to think. It is difficult to describe the spirit of interactive engagement of students with each other, the faculty and the business community. The learning model is both intense and diverse with several learning methods (case studies, business simulations, live business projects, guest speakers, role playing etc) being used to enhance the student experience. Quality, creativity and action leaning are the hallmarks of the CIIM educational model that attract many individuals and companies from around the world. CIIMs MBA, is unique in that it brings together in a single attractive location, state-of the-art management knowledge coupled with business experience drawn from the worlds leading centres of management education and practice, and made available at an affordable cost to discerning individuals and companies.

* Structure

The CIIM MBA is built on three pillars: Common Core Courses, Specialized Electives and a Final Thesis.

Courses offered are worth 2 credits (14 hours of classes), 3 credits (21 hours of classes) or 5 credits (35 hours of classes). Most courses are designed to be self-contained and have no prerequisites. In some cases, however, candidates may need to strengthen skills in mathematics, statistics, economics and finance, or accounting. A number of advanced courses may only be attended by students that have completed at least 50% of the programme coursework.

To graduate, students must obtain 85 credits, by attending 595 hours of classes, plus 20 credits by completing a final project work - with options ranging from a business plan to a major in-company project, usually directed at a problem, or a new business opportunity within their assigned company.

* Flexibility

CIIM understands that the most valuable and scarcest resource is Time. That is why CIIM offers the truly unique modular programme as opposed to the semester system. This enables students and faculty to have a laser-sharp focus on a single subject at a time, in an intensive and highly interactive learning environment. With 15 core courses and 8 elective courses from 7 areas of concentration, in addition to a final thesis. CIIM offers one of the most demanding and individually tailor-made MBA programmes anywhere. Thanks to its modular structure, there are no application deadlines, and the programme can be completed in 12 months.

Degree Level: Masters Degree

Minimum Education: Bachelors

Cost in US$: Approx. USD 26,000

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Cyprus Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Scholarships are Available. GMAT Based Scholarships. If GMAT score is * Above 760 eligible for 100% tuition scholarship * Above 730 eligible for 50% tuition scholarship * Above 700 eligible for 25% tuition scholarship

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Letters of Reference
• Phone Interview
• Transcript
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is 30 days

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network

Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM)'s Mission Statement: To serve as a centre of excellence in postgraduate management education and research of European significance and global reputation in the service of a knowledge-based society; a centre that fosters a new generation of managers, entrepreneurs and business leaders, who become catalysts of change and motivators of innovation in business and government, in Cyprus, the region and beyond.

Year Founded: 1990