The University of Manchester was the winner of the ‘Best MBA Program’ award for its Alliance Manchester Business School Global Part-time MBA at the inaugural Forbes Middle East Higher Education Awards 2019.
The presentation took place at a gala occasion hosted at the Taj Dubai Hotel. The award was presented to the University’s Middle East Centre by Mohammad Abdullah, Managing Director of Dubai Knowledge Park and Dubai International Academic City, and Khuloud Al Omian, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Middle East.
Forbes Middle East brought together representatives from the region’s largest and most successful universities, academies and business schools for an exclusive celebration and networking event exploring the higher education sector.
Forbes Middle East awarded the Best MBA Program award to The University of Manchester Middle East Centre team in recognition of the outstanding success of the Manchester Global Part-time MBA programme in the region.
The university has supported more than 2,500 part-time MBA students – all experienced and highly qualified working professionals – and graduated around 1,500 students, since opening the Middle East Centre in Dubai, in 2006.
The Middle East Centre has developed into the largest and fastest-growing centre in the university’s international network comprising five hubs in key business cities around the world.