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Admission Requirements

Master of Business Administration
1. Candidates for admission must have an undergraduate degree.
2. Students with an undergraduate degree outside of business will be required to take the 4 MBA Pre-core
courses listed below. Pre-core courses are waived if a student has taken any of the pre-core courses in his/her
undergraduate degree with a score of C and above.
Pre-core Courses
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisite(s)

MGT 482-PC Introduction to Management 2 No Prerequisite
ACC 482-PC Financial Accounting 2 No Prerequisite
ECO 482-PC Introduction to Economics 2 No Prerequisite
BUS 482-PC Quantitative Methods in Business 2 No Prerequisite
• Conditionally admitted students should be aware that they must clear their English entry requirement during their
first semester at Abu Dhabi University.
• Conditionally admitted student with a TOEFL below 530 or equivalent can only take one course i.e. pre-core course in
his/her first term.
• Conditionally admitted students with a TOEFL between 530 and 549 or equivalent can take one core course or one
pre-core course in his/her first term.
• All students admitted conditionally based on CGPA or English proficiency will be required to participate in the COBA
Postgrad Mentorship Program.
• All PG students with CGPA below 3.0 will be required to participate in the COBA Postgrad Mentorship Program.

Master of Strategic Leadership

1. Candidates for admission must have an undergraduate degree.
2. Work experience at a managerial level from 2 to 5 years of at least 2 years depending on the CGPA.

3. English score of at least 550 in paper-based TOEFL (213 in CBT or 79 in IBT) or 6.0 in IELTS or EMSAT English 1400
taken within the last 18 months..
• Conditionally admitted students should be aware that they must clear their English entry requirement during their
first semester at Abu Dhabi University.
• Conditionally admitted students with a TOEFL below 530 or equivalent can only take one course i.e. pre-core course
in his/her first term.
• Conditionally admitted students with a TOEFL between 530 and 549 or equivalent can take one core course or one
pre-core course in his/her first term.

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