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Graduation in Dubai

Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid bin Al Maktoum, and attended by H.H Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, second cohort of students graduate from leading Executive MBA programme.

The second cohort of students graduated from Cass' Executive MBA programme in Dubai in a ceremony held at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) earlier this month.

The Cass EMBA is a flexible part-time course aimed at managers in the Gulf region who want to accelerate their career development whilst remaining in full-time employment. The course has the same content as Cass's London-based Executive MBA, which in 2010 was ranked second in the UK, fourth in Europe and 10th in the world by the Financial Times. Graduates from this year's EMBA programme include top level executives from across the Gulf region, representing varied industries including energy, engineering, commerce, manufacturing, finance, legal and government.

As the first EMBA programme in the world to offer a specialisation in Islamic Finance and Oil and Energy Economics, the Cass EMBA is regionally-relevant, offering electives in Global Real Estate Markets, and Entrepreneurship and Family Business. The EMBA has become increasingly popular, student admissions to the EMBA programme in Dubai have grown by 90 per cent in the last four years. Professor Paul Curran, Vice Chancellor of City University London, which Cass Business School is a part of, said of the EMBA programme's continued success: "I am pleased to congratulate this year's graduates on their EMBA achievement. As our graduates now complete their transition from Cass students to highly regarded Cass alumni, on behalf of the University I wish them the very best".