MBA Graduate Brochure
MBA Graduate Brochure
MBA Graduate Brochure
of Business
Administration
MBA
“Studying for an MBA at the AUC School of
Business was an exciting journey, which made
me believe that all the hard work and sleepless
nights pay off. Attending an exchange semester
in Barcelona after being accepted to the
program was a whole new level of success for
me.”
- Mina Ishak (MBA‘19) | IT Senior Manager, Henkel
Mastering
my own venture since as early as high school,
I only became confident enough to take
that step when I joined the MBA program
at the AUC School of Business. Following
Getting
professional management and inspire being refined, enabling it to keep up
the global business leaders of the future. with the latest developments and
techniques in business management
The curriculum follows international and administration. With a firm
guidelines and standards while turning grasp on real-life business practices
Started
the spotlight on local and regional and a wide-ranging toolbox of skills
business. Our MBA program helps you enhanced by the confidence that
develop the necessary managerial skills results from studying abroad, you will
to address the challenges and seize the be perfectly positioned to establish
opportunities of today’s ever-changing a successful career anywhere in the
local, regional and global business world.
Program Overview environment.
What Are My Prospective Career
Trajectories?
Where Can I Specialize and Excel?
There are many employment avenues
The MBA program allows you to select available with the skills you will
between a corporate advancement possess as an MBA graduate. Some
or entrepreneurship track, so you can of the sectors and opportunities open
study the modules and courses that suit to you include:
your career ambitions.
• Technology
• Management consultancy
• Entrepreneurship
• Marketing
• Data analytics
• Investment banking
• Financial services
• Healthcare management
• Supply chain management
• Sustainability
GMAT
While Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores are
currently not required, it is highly recommended that applicants include
their GMAT results with their admissions application, especially if also
applying for fellowship consideration.
GPA
You will require a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited
university or college with a minimum GPA of 2.75 on graduation.
Work experience
Three years’ relevant work experience (post graduation) is needed to be
able to apply for our MBA program.
Please click the link below for full details on graduate admission requirements:
www.aucegypt.edu/admissions/graduate#requirements
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First, take... then... followed by... Career Prospects concluding with... MBA Study Abroad
Business Functional Integration (2 tracks, each Relevance Program
Essentials Management Course offering 6 credits) Themes [Optional]
(3 compulsory modules, (4 compulsory modules, (Single compulsory (2 modules
9 credits) 12 credits) module, 3 credits) Choose either... offering
6 credits) • Spend a semester or year at one of AUC's study-
Corporate abroad partner universities.
Business Essentials 1
(2 modules, 3 credits)
Advancement • AUC students pay the host university's tuition fees.
Business Essentials 2
Track • Students must spend their last semester at AUC.
• Study abroad universities include:
(2 modules, 3 credits) (Choose 2 from 4
modules, 6 credits) EBS University of Business, Germany
Business Essentials 3 Lund University, Sweden
(2 modules, 3 credits) The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
or...
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Entrepreneurship
University of Colorado, Boulder
Track University of Massachusetts, Amherst
(2 project-based University of Victoria, Canada
modules, 6 credits) University of Washington, Seattle, WA
An Exemplary
Experience
An Extraordinary University in an Exceptional City
The American University in region. Marking a new dawn There are a host of attractions to enjoy alongside the
Cairo celebrated its centenary for the University, the $400 city’s remarkable museums, trendy cafes and vibrant
and 100 years of academic million award-winning New nightlife. The fantastic AUC Sports Center is equipped
achievement and innovation Cairo campus opened in with a football and track stadium, gyms, an Olympic-
in 2019. AUC is Egypt’s global 2008. The use of recycled size swimming pool, a tennis center and courts for
University, with an international materials and sustainable squash, basketball, volleyball, handball and badminton.
student body and faculty infrastructure to significantly Under the supervision of the Egyptian Universities
and unparalleled diversity, reduce water and energy Sports Federation, AUC fields 20 competitive men’s
exemplified by our range of consumption have established and women’s teams in a wide variety of sports,
academic interest areas and AUC New Cairo as a paragon including basketball, football, futsal, track and field,
our determination to equip our of green construction, with volleyball, indoor rowing, swimming and water polo.
graduates with the confidence 150 plant species and 8,000
and skills needed to drive trees on campus, creating a Our student-run clubs and societies provide a vast
success anywhere in the world. veritable oasis of educational selection of extracurricular activities within the School
excellence. The University’s of Business and the wider University. In keeping with
AUC’s landmark campus site renowned academic library has our commitment to community, there’s the opportunity
in Tahrir Square is an iconic the largest English-language to provide support to those needing help, including the
presence in central Cairo, collection in Egypt, housing elderly, refugees and street children. Join like-minded
not only for its academic close to 570,000 volumes, with students in promoting multiculturalism, engage in
contribution but also as a more than 93,000 serial and lively political debate or help raise awareness of animal
renowned center for arts, periodical subscriptions and rights issues. From salsa to the Scouts, Frisbee to
culture and debate for the access to over 150 databases. folklore, there’s a society for everyone at AUC.
city, Egypt and the wider
Education
Mastered
What We Stand For
Core
The School of Business’s
vision, mission and core
Vision Mission Values
values are reflected in
everything we do. We look
to lead and inspire both
regionally and globally: our The School of Business The School of Business Belonging and Community
students and alumni are aims to be the leading seeks to develop We have a sense of pride in one
key to this aspiration as knowledge hub with Arab entrepreneurial and school, stemming from a common, all-
they enter the workplace region relevance and responsible global leaders encompassing purpose.
in a diverse selection of global influence. and professionals.
business and governmental Ambition
sectors. We are united by We stretch horizons by charting new and
the ethos of “One School,” untapped opportunities.
with all members of our
community, from students Integrity and Good Citizenship
to faculty, coming together We encourage ethical behavior and a
in pursuit of our vision and sense of responsibility to give back to the
mission. community.
Excellence
We aim for continuous advancement,
improvement and intellectual growth.
While history paves the path Joining the school will equip you At the AUC School of Business, we believe in
for success, it is vision, drive with the knowledge and confidence learning by experience and through hands-on
and innovation that chart required to prosper in the global exposure to the day-to-day issues that you will
a clear direction toward a employment market or enable your face when you enter the world of work. We take
better tomorrow. At the AUC already-established career to reach you beyond the lecture halls, and into direct
School of Business, we pride new heights. You will also develop involvement with the business world. You will
ourselves on developing skills that are transferable across learn the value of teamwork and gain firsthand
entrepreneurial visionaries, a wide range of disciplines and experience of the skills and disciplines necessary
business innovators and employment sectors to maximize for success in the world of business. There are
responsible global leaders your opportunities for progress. opportunities for corporate engagement, case
capable of shaping the future. studies and corporate visits to see how business
We are committed to academic really works as well as simulations to bring
excellence through diversity and classroom learning to life and enable the effect of
internationalization in teaching, strategic decisions to be witnessed. You will be
research and extracurricular activities, taught by industry leaders, benefiting from their
equipping our students with a deep vast knowledge and unrivaled expertise. At the
understanding of global market same time, the networking opportunities resulting
perceptions and an appreciation of from our global reach and extensive portfolio
different cultures. of partnerships with businesses and business
schools across the globe will prove invaluable both
You, too, can shape the world. Join us during your study and throughout your career.
on a journey to the heart of business.
We are a
in marketing, finance and strategic project
management to over 500 participants from Ezz
Steel over a 15-year partnership.
Community
There’s more to the School of Dean’s Strategic
P&G sponsors the undergraduate KCC-P&G
Commercial Challenge competition, with a week
of job shadowing at P&G’s headquarters for the
prize winners.
by Business
strong values.”
- Sudhir Sagar | Consumer and SME Risk Management Head, CIB
Leaders
“Our latest intake of employees are of the
highest caliber, demonstrating the success
of the School of Business initiatives in
enhancing student development and
exposure through involvement with
companies, competitions, etc.”
42,000
leaders, creators and change agents,
AUC alumni are able to access a wide
range of events and other benefits.
Events
AUC alumni events take place • Networking breakfasts and lunches
regularly throughout the year,
not only in Cairo but around • Gala dinners
the world. From lectures to • Lectures and seminars
karaoke nights, there are a • Festive events
host of ways to keep in touch • Sports days
and stay connected with your
fellow AUCians, including: • Reunions
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The Alumni Council represents Take advantage of discounts AUC admits the top five AUC graduates are highly AUC offers five partial
the interests of the global and special offers available undergraduate applicants who sought after for their abilities scholarships on an annual
alumni network and supports exclusively to AUC alumni. are children of alumni and who to think creatively and their basis to children of alumni.
the University’s mission. It are within 5% below the cut-off excellence in any environment. Established in 1983 by the
serves in an advisory role to the score for the academic term to They are viewed as the Alumni Council, the Alumni
Office of Alumni Engagement which they are applying. gold standard by potential Endowed Scholarship Fund
and facilitates a number of employers, and alumni have receives contributions from
activities and events that long occupied key leadership AUC alumni around the world in
enhance the engagement of positions in Egypt and the support of scholarships for the
the alumni community. region. The Career Center children of Egyptian and Arab
works with students to prepare AUC alumni.
them for successful entry into
the job market after graduation.
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An alumni ID card allows you to An @aucegypt.edu email Excursions have previously AUC’s Office of Athletics The psychology department’s
enter any of AUC’s campuses address tells everyone that been arranged to destinations offers a wide variety of athletic Psychological Counseling
and the AUC Library. you’re an AUC alumnus or such as the Far East, activities, programs and Services and Training Center
alumna, and It’s yours forever, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy and learning opportunities to the offers free and confidential
for free. the Netherlands. AUC alumni community. services to AUC alumni.
School of
Association of MBAs (AMBA) and European its Master of Arts in economics, and Master of
Foundation for Management Development Quality Business Administration — elective in operations
Improvement System (EQUIS). This recognition management — which received the Best Masters
of educational excellence is held by only 100 Ranking in 2022.
business schools worldwide and places the The School also received the Five Palmes of
Business
school among the top 1% globally. We are the Excellence from Eduniversal for the tenth year in
only business school in the Middle East to have a row in 2022.
achieved the “triple crown” and one of only three in
Africa to have done so.
Accreditations
BSIS NAQAAE
Accredited Accredited
In 2020, AUC’s School of Business successfully We are the first school in Egypt to receive
completed the European Foundation for national accreditation by Egypt’s National
Management Development’s Business School Authority for Quality Assurance and
Impact System (BSIS) assessment process, Accreditation of Education (NAQAAE).
which showcases the school’s impact through
seven organizational, functional and geographical
dimensions.
343 70%
The school’s alumni are
our ultimate ambassadors.
Dispersed across the globe,
their influence on business,
politics and society at large is Alumni Employed in Top Management
testimony to our positive impact Fortune 500 Companies Position Holders
on personal achievement and
career success.
12,000+
School Alumni
70+
Countries of
Residence
20+
Fields of Work
12%
of our Graduates
24%
Business Owners/
reside in Countries Chief Executives
Outside Egypt