Master of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. Originally designed to provide engineers with management skills, today's MBA draws applicants from a range of disciplines.

International MBA Programs

Today, MBA/DBA designations can be found anywhere and even accessed through on-line, distance learning or e-learning, such as that offered by the Open University Business School of the UK which has students world-wide. Because of the varying standards of MBAs worldwide, many of the elite business schools are accredited by independent bodies, such as the Association of MBAs and the European Foundation for Management Development.

Related Topics:
DBA - On-line - Distance learning - E-learning - Open University Business School - Accredited - Association of MBAs - European Foundation for Management Development

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France

France has initiated one-year MBA programs, with INSEAD MBA pioneering this formula in 1959. Other French business schools have created since then (mostly in the 90's) their own MBA program, (12 to 24 months), but with a much lower emphasis on internationalization and diversity than INSEAD's.

Related Topics:
INSEAD - Business schools

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UK

The UK Government announced in its April 2004 budget that persons holding an MBA degree from the world's top fifty business schools will be entitled to work in the UK for one year. After this year has elapsed, they are likely to qualify for the UK's Highly Skilled Migrant Programme. This, in effect, means that an MBA from one of the top schools is a ticket to UK residency status.

Related Topics:
UK - April 2004 - Budget - Highly Skilled Migrant Programme

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Oxford and Cambridge joined the London Business School in the Financial Times league table in 2000, an indication that the MBA degree is proving to be as successful in Europe as it has in the USA.

Related Topics:
Oxford - Cambridge - London Business School - Financial Times - 2000

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