Overview
The online version of UCSI’s industry-acclaimed MBA is tailor-made for high-calibre professionals who are looking to advance their career without compromising their personal and professional commitments. As a graduate student, you will enjoy the same high standards of teaching, the same access to learning materials and the same degree of study support as your peers reading the conventional MBA programme. More importantly, you will obtain the same defining business credential when you graduate.
Designed around a 24-month schedule, the online MBA provides students with 24/7 accessibility and 10 hours of face-to-face guidance for each module.
About the Programme
Programme Highlights
- 24-Month Completion: Graduate with an MBA in two years while studying at a pace that suits your lifestyle and schedule.
- APEL Entry Recognition: Your experience counts. Gain admission with a minimum of five years working experience in the relevant field.
- Blue Ocean Strategy: Pursue value innovation like never before with one of the world’s best management strategies. UCSI is the only Malaysian university to offer an MBA with this elective.
- 100% Coursework: No exams – you will be assessed through written assignments, case studies, projects and presentations.
Online and distance learning at UCSI
- Supported Learning: 10 hours of face-to-face guidance each module.
- Flexible Study: Learn wherever and whenever you want.
- Self-Paced: Freedom to set your own learning schedule.
- 24/7 Accessibility: All learning materials are available online.
Delivery
Lecturers will engage 10 hours of face-to-face learning sessions per course each semester while providing email-based support throughout. The online chat sessions may be conducted with or without audio and video presentation, and the messages, chat log and threaded discussions will be available to the entire class. These sessions are scheduled and students’ active participation is expected.
Assessment
Students will be assessed through written assignments, case studies, presentations and projects. The lecturers will provide regular feedback on their work, mark assignments, and monitor their progress throughout the course.
Entry Requirements
Academic Requirements
i. A bachelor’s degree in the field or related fields with a minimum CGPA of 2.5 or equivalent, as accepted by the HEP Senate; or
ii. A bachelor’s degree in the field or related fields or equivalent with a minimum CGPA of 2.0 and not meeting a CGPA of 2.5, can be accepted subject to rigorous internal assessment.
iii. Candidates without a qualification in the related fields or working experience in the relevant fields must undergo appropriate prerequisite courses determined by the HEP and meet the minimum CGPA based on (i) to (ii).
English Language Requirements
- IELTS minimum Band 6.0
- TOEFL (Internet-based) minimum 60
- Cambridge English Qualification and Test minimum score of 169
- Pearson Test of English minimum score 59
- MUET minimum Band 4
Courses Offered
- Financial Accounting and Analysis
- Marketing Management
- Human Resource Management
- Managerial Economics
- Organisational Behaviour
- Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
- International Business and Management
- Business Policy and Strategic Management
- Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Information Technology for Managers
- Research Methods for Business and Management*
- Master Coursework Project 1*
- Master Coursework Project 2
