GUST offers an MBA degree designed to meet your professional needs and goals. The MBA program at GUST is designed for risk-taking, challenging, and intelligently experienced people. People who seek to develop and grow in their career and bring out the confident leader within them. The MBA program has been developed to ensure that it meets the highest international standards with a local market flavor. The major learning outcomes of our MBA emphasize leadership, ethical standards, teamwork, and critical thinking. The curriculum will teach you how to use analytical outlines and tackle complex problems, which will help you progress in your career to earn your next promotion. Throughout the program's duration, you will experience being treated professionally with interest and responsiveness- by an approachable and collaborative faculty focused solely on developing your business and leadership skills. Our MBA program, which holds international accreditation, is specifically designed to meet the decision maker's strategic needs. It is worth mentioning that our program is the only MBA in Kuwait that provides concentration on five different areas: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, and on seven different tracks: Accounting-Auditing, Finance-Corporate Finance, Finance-Banking, Finance-Financial Technology (FinTech), Management-Entrepreneurship, Management-Supply Chain Analytics, Management-Human Resources.
Prof. Bashar Ibrahim
Acting President
Dear MBA Students,
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), your new academic home. You are about to begin an extraordinary journey in our internationally accredited Master of Business Administration (MBA) program by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), an enriching experience designed not only to equip you with practical knowledge but also to provide valuable opportunities and the tools needed to achieve both your personal and professional aspirations.
Today’s world demands leaders who are innovative, adaptable, and equipped with strong analytical skills to address complex management challenges. At GUST, we are committed to fostering a dynamic learning environment of impact that emphasizes practical application, strategic thinking, and ethical leadership.
Our MBA program has been carefully designed to reflect global best practices in business education. Through collaborative team projects, case studies, interactive simulations, distinguished guest lectures, and opportunities for international exposure through our partner universities, you will develop the essential qualities of collaboration, creativity, and informed decision-making.
What sets the GUST MBA apart is the balance between personal effort and collective achievement. You will sharpen your skills through presentations and networking, while also benefiting from the mentorship of dedicated faculty and the support of a global academic and professional network that enriches both your learning and career trajectory.
Above all, this program is built to empower your personal growth, enhance your professional performance, and prepare you to lead with confidence in today’s ever-changing business world. I encourage you to embrace this transformational experience with dedication and passion, knowing that the GUST community is here to support you every step of the way.
Welcome to a new chapter in your academic and professional journey.
Dr. Yasean Tahat
Dean of College of Business Administration
In the GUST MBA program, emerging business leaders can build on their professional experience, advance their careers and further leverage their successful contribution to their firms both qualitatively and quantitatively. Program participants gain the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the challenges of greater work responsibilities.
The mission of the program is to nurture competent entrepreneurial managers, responsible business professionals, skilled leaders, team players and ethical decision makers. Being a leading private institution committed to the utilization of state-of-the- art technology, GUST realizes the importance of the graduate studies and is dedicating itself to offering a quality MBA Program that is flexible, innovative and allows a degree of specialization that enables students to go to further graduate studies in top universities.
We are committed to offering the students more choices, key connections, and a future they define. Whatever it takes to keep them current and on top of the business world, we are committed to providing.
Individual effort, teamwork, formal presentations, exposure to guest lecturers and networking are hallmarks of the GUST MBA. GUST's committed faculty, world class academic infrastructure, and national and international, industrial and academic links provide a rare opportunity and atmosphere for learning.
It is our pleasure to help our students’ transition into graduate studies and make it as comfortable and enjoyable as possible, regardless of their background.
Objectives
- Train future leaders through integrated and researched methods of teaching.
- Provide a pioneering and knowledgeable environment.
- Focus on leadership and management in a high-tech, international marketplace.
- Enable students to reach their optimal academic and professional potential.
Overview
Start sooner
- Begin your MBA in September or January
Finish faster
- Earn your MBA in as few as 24 months
Balance work and studies
- Each course once a week 5:00-8:00 p.m..
Accreditations
GUST’s College of Business Administration joined less than five percent of the world’s business programs to achieve the AACSB-International accreditation in 2014. GUST is the first private university in Kuwait to receive this esteemed recognition by AACSB, an institution that has been devoted to the advancement of management education for over 95 years. AACSB represents the highest achievement for all business schools.
