Flexible international study for UAE and GCC professionals
Compare flexible postgraduate programs designed for working professionals. Review the awarding institution, study format, duration, entry requirements, and total fees before choosing your route. Study from your current location with guidance from our Sharjah-based admissions team. Availability and delivery format vary by program.
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One of the best decisions I have made. The degree is genuinely university-awarded, and my employer in Abu Dhabi had zero questions about its validity.
University Partners
Maverick Business Academy London offers Master's programs awarded by the institutions named below. Rushford Business School is a private Swiss business school, not a Swiss university, and we confirm its status in writing for each program. The routes also include Girne American University, the University for the Creative Arts, the University of Wolverhampton, and the University of the West of Scotland. We confirm the award pathway and current authorization in writing before you enroll. The Dual MBA, UCA with Rushford, is that written pathway. Maverick does not list Rushford as a direct campus partner.
Rushford Business School
Girne American University
IBS International Business School
University for the Creative Arts
The University of Buckingham
Rushford Business School · Girne American University · University for the Creative Arts · University of Wolverhampton · University of the West of Scotland
Program Overview
This is an MBA in Dubai for working professionals, the way our students talk about it after a term or two.
Read our MBA in UAE guide.
Your classmates are founders, bank managers, and government specialists from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar. The WhatsApp group that helps you through assignments often becomes the network you call after graduation. It happens on every intake, and it costs nothing extra.
Attitude, Skills, and Knowledge. Employers look for all 3, and most courses teach only 1. Your success coach tracks all 3 across the degree, so the change shows up in your work as well as on the certificate.
Assignments look like the work you already do: a business plan, a market-entry analysis, or a review of how your team is run. You hand in work you can use on a Monday morning, and your manager often notices before you graduate.
The theory comes from your university's faculty, then you apply it to the Gulf through regional cases, short readings, and frameworks you can actually use. Recordings cover the evenings when work comes first.
The cases come from businesses that are operating now, and the final project takes on a problem inside your own company.
Globally recognized and strategically partnered with leading institutions worldwide
Trusted by global organizations and recognized by leading industry bodies
Experience in motion
A closer look at the people, ambition and learning culture behind the next chapter.
Testimonials
Real experiences from working professionals and graduates across our global academic partner network.
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A Master's with Maverick is not a break from your life. It is a practical way to work toward a bigger role and a clearer salary conversation, while your salary keeps coming in.
Campus programs can ask you to quit, relocate, or study on a fixed weekday. Where a program includes live classes, they are usually in the evening, from where you already are. Delivery format varies by program, and your salary remains unchanged.
The awarding university issues your certificate. It does not mention online study. We confirm the exact award wording in writing before you enroll.
The modules cover what employers in the UAE look for: leadership, finance, operations, and strategy. The final project uses a live problem from your own workplace, so you can show that you turn theory into results.
Monthly AED installments may be available for selected programs. Your written quotation lists tuition, registration, VAT (where applicable), final-project charges, attestation charges, installments dates, and refund terms.
A fully online foreign degree may be considered for recognition, but approval is not automatic. It depends on the awarding institution, the program, the documents, and the use you have in mind, such as an employer, a government role, further study, or a professional license. Advisors can explain the documents you can request. The relevant authority makes the decision.
Ask about the next available intake and application deadline. Most eligibility reviews can be completed quickly, but admission and enrollment timelines vary by institution.
Send your CV, or just your LinkedIn profile: no documents yet, and no commitment.
The shortlist is based on your qualifications and experience.
Check the awarding institution, delivery format, total fees, and recognition considerations before you decide.
Submit the required admission documents, then accept your offer and complete enrollment after you have reviewed every written term.
Where the program includes live classes, they are usually in the evening, and a recording is available when the university provides one.
More than 20+ specializations, 100% online, from institutions you can put on a CV. Maverick Business Academy London offers routes with Rushford Business School, a private Swiss business school and not a Swiss university; Girne American University in North Cyprus; the University for the Creative Arts in the UK with Rushford on the Dual MBA; the University of Wolverhampton; and the University of the West of Scotland for the MBA in International Business. We confirm the award pathway and current authorization in writing before you enroll. The Dual MBA, UCA with Rushford, is that written pathway. Maverick does not state that UCA lists Rushford as a direct campus partner.
Master's Degrees
The same partner universities, with a different focus: sustainability, supply chain, economics, healthcare, counseling psychology, and law.
Every program above is open. Admissions will tell you if you qualify, and what comes next.
A Maverick cohort of founders, bankers, government specialists, and senior operators who keep working while they study.
The people in this cohort already have a career. Founders, bankers, government specialists, and senior operators join from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar. A group project puts you in a room with people who already run teams across the Gulf.
Classmates join from the Gulf and from countries well beyond it.
Moldova
Hungary
Malaysia
China
Maldives
Hong Kong
Myanmar
Australia
Ghana
Nigeria
Egypt
Syria
Yemen
Romania
Congo
Saudi Arabia
UAE
India
Sri Lanka
UK
USA
Switzerland
Chile
Peru
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Vietnam
UAE
About 50% of the cohort, across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah
Saudi Arabia
About 25% of the cohort, from Riyadh, Jeddah, and the NEOM region
Oman
A growing share each intake, based in Muscat
Qatar
A steady presence, based in Doha
Fees
Fee structure starts from AED 16,000–40,000*
Fees depend on the awarding institution, program, entry route, and intake. Totals usually range from AED 16,000 to 40,000, and the exact figure is confirmed in writing. Your written quotation lists tuition, registration, VAT (where applicable), final-project charges, attestation charges, installment dates, and refund terms.
Ask whether scholarship support or an early-bird reduction applies to your profile and intake. Eligibility is confirmed in writing.
Alumni
Alumni have gone on to roles across the Gulf. Ask us for a reference in your field before you decide. We can arrange that conversation once the graduate has agreed.
Evening classes, advisors in Sharjah, and workplace projects, in their own words.
Learning Experience
This is not a pile of old recordings. It is a weekly rhythm, with real people in it.
Where the program includes live classes, they are usually in the evening, and a recording is available when the university provides one.
1 named coach from orientation through to graduation.
Each module is applied to a live challenge from your workplace.
Projects, presentations, and portfolios you can show your employer.
Comparison
If you have weighed a part-time MBA on campus against a 100% online MBA, this comparison covers the practical differences. The certificate wording is confirmed in writing for each program.
Confirmed in a written quotation
Varies by campus and program
None
3 to 5 hours a week in traffic
Evenings and weekends, from home
A fixed campus timetable
No
Yes, for international campuses
Yes. It is designed for that.
Often requires a break from work
A university-awarded degree. Online study is not printed on it.
A university-awarded degree
Webinars, seminars, alums job consultations, live cohort sessions, and an active WhatsApp community
On-campus cohorts
A fast-track MBA compresses the same modules for experienced applicants. The standard pace spreads the work across busier seasons. Choose with your calendar. An advisor will help you decide.
Online study is not mentioned on the degree. Confirm the exact award wording in writing before you enroll.
FAQ
A few useful notes before you take the next step.
Most programs ask for a bachelor's degree and 2 to 3 years of work experience. None of them require a GMAT. If your background looks different, send your CV anyway. Our advisors map entry routes for experienced professionals every week, and they confirm eligibility in writing.
A fully online foreign degree may be considered for recognition, but approval is not automatic. It depends on the awarding institution, the program, the documents, and the intended use, including an employer, a government role, further study, or a professional license. Advisors can explain the documents you can request. The relevant authority makes the decision. Online study is not mentioned on the certificate, and you confirm that wording in writing before you enroll.
Fees depend on the awarding institution, program, entry route, and intake. Your written quotation lists tuition, registration, VAT (where applicable), final-project charges, attestation charges, installments dates, and refund terms. Monthly AED installments may be available for selected programs.
You can study from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, or elsewhere in the GCC. Delivery format, class times, and recordings vary by program. These online routes don't require no student visa.
Ask about the next available intake and application deadline. Admission and enrollment timelines vary by institution.
Yes. The fast-track MBA compresses the full curriculum for experienced professionals. Ask an advisor whether your background qualifies. It is a 5-minute conversation.
Yes. There is scholarship support for strong candidates, and an early-bird discount before each intake. Eligibility depends on your profile and the timing, so ask what applies to you instead of guessing.
Finance, Artificial Intelligence, International Business, healthcare leadership, logistics and supply chain, and human resources are the ones our students in the UAE and the wider GCC ask for most. The catalogue above lists every specialization you can choose.
Hours vary by program. Many students plan for evening classes, self-study, and assessments across the week. Your advisor confirms the expected load for the route you choose.
Employers look at the university that awards the degree, and the certificate does not mention that you studied online. We confirm the award details in writing before you enroll. Sponsorship depends on your employer. If HR needs paperwork, we prepare it with you.
Yes. Students also study from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, and further afield. Support runs on Gulf time, and each intake has its own WhatsApp group.
No. You study 100% online from where you live, so you don't need no student visa, and your residence visa stays as it is for professionals in the GCC, which removes the paperwork a foreign campus used to require.
Next Step
Programmes offered by Maverick Business Academy London may follow different academic and awarding pathways, including routes involving the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), UK. The awarding institution and the parties responsible for academic quality assurance, degree issuance and transcripts vary by programme and will be confirmed in writing before enrolment. Any UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR) – Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) attestation or equivalency is subject to applicable requirements and the authorities’ decision; Maverick Business Academy London does not guarantee attestation or equivalency.
