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Overview

Programme Structure

Admission

Fee Structure

Financial Assistance

The OYA Graduate School of Business MBA Transforming Leaders for Sustainable Business and Society

1 1/2

years, Full-time

2 ½ years, Part-time: UUM Sintok

1 ½

years, Part-time: UUM KL

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Our MBA programme focuses on developing future

business leaders with soft and hard skills and

competencies to deal with the constantly changing

business environment. The programme equips students

with multidisciplinary knowledge and perspectives and

develops their ability to lead flexible, responsive,

responsible, efficient and effective organizations in the

era of globalization. The strength of our programme is

the embedment of the elements of internationalisation

and experiential learning into the teaching and learning

process via extensive use of case studies and

engagement of corporate leaders, who are also our

adjunct faculty members.

OVERVIEW

Our MBA has achieved:

Innovation Leadership Award 2011 by CMO Asia’s

Best B-School Award

No. 22 in 2011 World Top 30 Rising MBA stars by

FindyourMBA.

Why OYA GSB MBA?

We are the largest graduate business school in

Malaysia. We invite you to explore and be part

of our innovative academic community for a

life-changing learning experience. We develop

our MBA for you to become relevant,

responsive, and responsible leaders. Our MBA

features the following experiences:

• High quality and committed faculty

members

• Internationalisation

• Experiential Learning

• Harvard Business Review case studies

• Engagement of key corporate leaders

• Flexible time for executives

• The most affordable fees rate in

Malaysia.

Best of all, you can gain these experiences just

in less than 2 years even for our part-time

mode.

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Our MBA programme is customised to meet the needs of

business executives. We offer two tracks:

(1) General MBA

(2) MBA (with specialization)

Both tracks require students to complete a total of 42

credit hours. 30 credit hours of 10 core courses while 12

credit hours of 4 elective courses.

Our MBA curriculum is designed to provide students with

comprehensive business and management knowledge

and skills for business decision-making. The 9 learning

outcomes include:

1. Integrate and apply advanced business knowledge and skills in

managing organisations.

2. Apply technical and psychomotor skills with the organization

towards the accomplishment of business objectives and goals.

3. Exercise analytical ability and apply social considerations when

making business decisions.

4. Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing with different

stakeholders.

5. Develop social skills and demonstrate social responsibilities when

working in a team.

6. Demonstrate professionalism and compliance to ethical standards in

executing accountabilities and responsibilities.

7. Create lifelong learning culture by using ICT to keep abreast with the

changing business environment.

8. Exhibit managerial and entrepreneurial skills for effective decision

making.

9. Portray leadership qualities in managing a business strategically.

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE

The program aims to produce graduates

who are flexible, responsive, efficient and

effective in managing organizations in the

era of globalization.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

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BJMP 5023 Operations & Technology Management

SEEG 5013 Managerial Economics

SQQP 5023 Decision Analysis

Feb

rua

ry -

July

(2

)

GMUL5063 Ethics, Law and Corporate Social Responsibility

BWFM5013 Corporate Finance

BPMM6013 Marketing Management S

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Feb

rua

ry

(3)

Elective I

Elective II

Elective III

Feb

rua

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July

(4

)

BKBM5013 Management Accounting for Managers

BPMN6043 Leadership in Organization

Elective IV

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mb

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ary

(5

)

BPMN6053 Management Information System

BPMN6023 Strategic Management

FULL TIME MODE (3 SEMESTERS)

PART TIME MODE (5 SEMESTERS)

STUDY PLAN: UUM SINTOK (2-SEMESTER SYSTEM)

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(1)

BJMP 5023 Operations & Technology Management

SEEG 5013 Managerial Economics

SQQP 5023 Decision Analysis

Jan

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Ap

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2)

GMUL5063 Ethics, Law and Corporate Social Responsibility

BWFM5013 Corporate Finance

BPMM6013 Marketing Management

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3)

Elective I

Elective II

Elective III

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BKBM5013 Management Accounting for Managers

BPMN6043 Leadership in Organization

Elective IV

Jan

ua

ry -

Ap

ril (

5)

BPMN6053 Management Information System

BPMN6023 Strategic Management

PART TIME MODE (5 SEMESTERS)

STUDY PLAN: UUMKL (3-SEMESTER SYSTEM)

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MBA GENERAL: CORE COURSES

Course Synopsis

No

Course

Credit

Value

Synopsis

1.

BJMP 5023

OPERATIONS AND

TECHNOLOGY

MANAGEMENT

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and services as well as the process that produce them. The course will look into the

strategic and operational level of processes that will lead to understanding the operations

network and the physical arrangement of the operation’s facilities, technology and people.

Topics of discussion will include the introduction to the design in operations management,

design of products and services, process planning and improvement, quality management,

supply chain management, materials management and some other infrastructure issues,

highly relevant to the OM practices in the organisations.

2. BKBM 5013

MANAGEMENT

ACCOUNTING FOR

MANAGERS

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This course is designed for non-accountants to understand and appreciate the role and

function of management accounting information. The main emphasis is to provide

managerial executives with the necessary understanding of fundamental management

accounting concepts and tools that will improve problem solving-skills. Students should be

able to apply critical thinking skills in unstructured settings.

3.

BPMM 6013

MARKETING

MANAGEMENT

3 Marketing management is the art and science of creating and sustaining customers by

offering superior value to the competitors. Marketing management focuses on satisfying

customers as well as meeting organisational objectives albeit challenges in the dynamic

environment, Therefore, this course provides concepts and processes of marketing which

include understanding and selecting target market/s, creating communicating, and

delivering valued offerings to customers.

4.

BPMN 6043

LEADERSHIP IN

ORGANIZATION

3 The purpose of the course is to provide a comprehensive understanding of leadership in

organisations. The course focuses on managerial leadership in which several aspects of

leadership will be addressed. Theories and research findings on leadership in organisations

will be selected and made as bases of discussions throughout the course.

5.

SQQP5023

DECISION ANALYSIS

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Mathematical or quantitative tools have been applied for thousands of years. However, the

formal study and application of quantitative techniques to practical decision making is

largely a product of the twentieth century. Decision analysis refers to a body of techniques

that allows a decision-maker to evaluate uncertainty, risk, and multiple objectives decision

problems. Among the topics that will be covered in this course are decision theory,

forecasting, linear programming, and transportation and assignment models, waiting line

analysis, simulation, network flow models and project management.

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Course Synopsis

No

Course

Credit

Value

Synopsis

6.

BPMN 6023

STRATEGIC

MANAGEMENT

3 Organisations are required to continuously find better ways to compete in the rapidly

changing global business environment. Survival and competition have become imperative

for organizations in the current global scenario. Whilst most leaders and managers will

agree that a vision and mission is essential to the survival and success of modern-day

organisations, strategic thinking and abilities to craft and execute the right strategies to

remain competitive become increasingly essential. The course develops the strategic

thinking and decision making abilities of students, especially in relation to understanding

the use of various strategies in different situations.

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BPMN 6053

MANAGEMENT

INFORMATION

SYSTEM

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Students taking this course will learn and acquire expertise and knowledge on

management information systems present in all contemporary business organizations

involving the development and use of information systems to achieve organizational goals

and objectives. Students need to understand, recognise, and fully appreciate the power of

technology and how it facilitates information flow and management ability as a key driver

for revenue and margin improvement in order to become professional executives.

8. BWFM 5013

CORPORATE

FINANCE

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Corporate finance incorporates both the short- and long-term knowledge of financial

management to assist companies in their decision making. Everything a company does

involve the financial aspect and dimension. Therefore, this course is designed to enhance

the overall managerial understanding of corporate finance. Specifically, it aims to integrate

students’ ability to analyse, interpret, and use facts and figures effectively to arrive at

corporate financial decisions. Exposure to contemporary issues of corporate finance in

Malaysia would also be incorporated to ensure the applicability of this course to real

situations.

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SEEG5013

MANAGERIAL

ECONOMICS

3 Managerial economics integrates the principles and tools of economic analysis with

managerial decision-making. Microeconomics theories of demand, production and cost,

and market structure are combined with the tools of marginal analysis and econometrics to

help understand the role of economics in formulating and solving managerial problems.

Students are required to apply economic reasoning to managerial decisions in demand

analysis and sales forecasting, production and cost analysis, product pricing, and

competitive strategies. Course material integrates economic theory with statistical

techniques and concepts from the other business disciplines through a series of case

studies and formal reviews of a variety of well-established analytical models.

10.

GMUL 5063 ETHICS,

LAW AND

CORPORATE SOCIAL

RESPONSIBILITY

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The course is a comparative study covering legal and ethical concepts in relation to specific

areas in business law. The areas of discussion include legal jurisprudence, ethical

philosophy and its classifications and, theories and concepts of corporate social

responsibility. Areas of law covered in the course are contract law, company law, sale of

goods, consumer law, employment law, environmental law, intellectual property law and

international trade law. The course also examines content and value of codes of conduct

and other normative standards that have been advanced as models for responsible

corporate behaviour. This course is designed to stimulate the thinking and update

knowledge on legal, ethical issues and corporate social responsibilities in the business

world. Students are expected to recognise and manage ethical issues as well as to

formulate their own standards of integrity and professional.

MBA GENERAL: CORE COURSES

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Note:

MBA General: Students are required to complete the 10 core courses and 4 elective courses from ANY of the

specialization areas.

MBA Specialisation: MBA Specialisation is only offered at UUM Sintok. Students are to complete 10 core courses and 4

elective courses from ONE of the specialisation areas.

> Hospitality Entrepreneurship

> Heritage Tourism Managemet

> Tourism Policy, Planning & Development

> Sustainable Tourism Management

> Corporate Event Management

> Contemporary Issues in Tourism & Hosipitality

Management

Tourism and Hospitality Management

> Project Management

> Quality in Project Management

> Project Planning & Scheduling

> Project Cost & Value Management

> Project Procurement Management

> Project Risk Management

Project Management

> Supply Chain Management

> Supply Chain Logistics

> Supply Chain Planning

> Supply Chain Design

> Supply Chain Strategy

> Supply Chain Dynamics

Supply Chain Management

> Treasury Management in

Financial Institution

> Conventional & Islamic Financial

Marketing

> Financial Reporting & Statement Analysis

> International Financial Management

> Advanced corporate Financial Management

> Seminar in Finance

> Investment

> Islamic Financial Contract and Maxims

Finance

> Issue in Auditing and investigation

> Seminar in International Accounting

> Financial Statement Analysis

> Seminar in Governance

> Financial Modeling

> Strategic Management Accounting

> Advanced management Accounting

> Advanced strategic Management Accounting

> Seminar in Accounting Information System

Accounting

MBA (SPECIALISATION): AREAS AND COURSES

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ENGLISH REQUIREMENT International applicants should meet any one of the following English

requirements before they are accepted for admission into the

programmes. Students must obtain:

1. Minimum score in the Test of English as a Foreign Language

(TOEFL)

a. 550 in the TOEFL Paper Based Test; or

b. 213 in the TOEFL Computer Based Test; or

c. 80 in the TOEFL Internet Based Test; or

2. Minimum score of 6.0 in the International English Language

Testing System (IELTS); or

3. A degree from any English Speaking Countries (i.e. Australia,

Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States of

America).

4. A degree from any Country with English Language Education

System (i.e. Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas,

Barbados, Bermuda, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory,

British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Island,

Dominica, Falkland Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji,

Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guernsey, Guyana,

India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jersey, Kenya, Kiribati,

Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malta, Marshall Islands,

Mauritius, Montserrat, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria,

Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint

Helena, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Solomon Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands,

Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks

and Caicos Islands, U.S Virgin Islands, Uganda, United Kingdom,

USA, Zambia, and Zimbabwe); or

5. A degree from any Local Public Universities, which English is the

medium of Instruction.

HOW TO APPLY?

Application can be made through the following methods:

a) Download and fill up the application form from our website

at www.oyagsb.uum.edu.my, or

b) Apply online at

http://www.hea.uum.edu.my/index.php/postgraduate/onli

ne-application

Note:

We have 2 intakes: 1) September, & 2) February for full-

time mode in Sintok campus. For part-time mode, the

intake will be in 1) January, 2) May, & 3) September for

UUMKL campus. Please visit OYAGSB website to

download the application form. Please adhere to the

submission dateline.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Selection is based on the Admissions Committee’s

careful evaluation of the applicant’s academic history,

English Proficiency Test results or TOEFL, GMAT scores,

recommendations, work experience, interviews and

commitment to complete the program.

In the selection process, the Admissions Committee

evaluates the applicant’s academic ability, personal

character, motivation, leadership ability, interpersonal

skills, work experience and management potential. In

general the entry requirements to the MBA program is

as follow:

1. A Bachelor’s degree from Universiti Utara

Malaysia or any other institutions of higher

learning recognised by the University Senate

with a CGPA of at least 2.75;

AND

2. At least 3 years of work experience relevant to

the chosen area of specialization or a good

score on the Graduate Management Admission

Test (GMAT);

OR

3. A diploma from any institution of higher

learning recognized by the University Senate

with at least 10 years of relevant work

experience and aged 35 years or older; and

4. Fulfills English Language Requirement.

ADMISSION

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Students are categorised based on nationality as Malaysian, ASEAN, and Non-ASEAN and charged accordingly. Upon being accepted by

the University, students shall make arrangements for their financial support and the payment of Student Fee throughout their study at

the University. The Student Fee comprise of registration, tuition, accommodation and services. The Student Fee may be revised from

time to time with prior notice be given to students.

The Student Fee shall be paid within two (2) weeks after the commencement of each semester. Sponsored student must submit the

Sponsorship Letter from the sponsor upon registration. The letter must clearly state the type of fee covered under the sponsorship

(such as registration, tuition, accommodation and services). Payment for campus accommodation may be arranged separately.

UUM Student Fees fot MBA is as listed below:

UUM SINTOK UUMKL

MALAYSIAN ASEAN

NON-

ASEAN MALAYSIAN

NON-

MALAYSIAN

Full-time Part-time Full-time Full-time Part-time Part-time

Non-recurring fee (RM) (RM) (RM) (RM) (RM) (RM)

Registration 550 550 750 750 550 750

Insurance 78 0 0 0 0 0

Medical Examination 0 0 200 200 0 200

Total 628 550 950 950 550 950

Recurring fee

Management &

Services 288 168 560 560 83 250

Tuition fee

Coursework 12600 12600 18900 21000 16800 27300

Total fees

13,516.00

13,318.00

20,410.00

22,510.00 17,433.00

28,500.00

FEES

The estimated cost of living expenses for a single student who is studying at UUM Sintok Campus are as follow:

Expenses Cost per month

(RM)

Cost per year

(RM)

Accommodation 1000.00 12000.00

Food 1000.00 12000.00

Transport 350.00 4200.00

Others 500.00 6000.00

Total 2,850.00 34,200.00

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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Education Scholarship and Study Loans

The cost of higher education is increasing, either due

to inflation or other economic factors. As such, with

the increasing cost of education and the demand of

higher education, education scholarships and study

loans becomes an essential.

Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), the eminent

management university, award assistantship to

qualified candidates. The financial assistantships for

UUM Postgraduate students are as follows:

Universiti Utara Malaysia Assistantship Scheme:

Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA)

Scheme

Others:

MyBRAIN15 (MyPh.D/ MyMASTER/ Ph.D

Industry) under the Ministry of Higher

Education Malaysia (MOHE).

PTPTN.

OTHER FEES

GROUP PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE

Local students are to be covered by Takaful Insurance

which covers the following:-

Death Benefit

(accident)

RM60,000 per person

Permanent Disability

Based on percentage of

permanent disability

Medical Treatment RM2,000 per annum/person

Hospital Benefits

RM25.00 per day, up to

RM2,000.00 (maximum) per

annum/person

International student must be covered under the Health

Insurance Scheme comprises of Group Hospitalization

and Surgical Plan (GHS) and Group Term Life (GTL). The

student must purchase the Insurance Policy from agent

appointed by the University upon registration.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT’S BOND

International students are required to pay a student’s bond

during registration. The bond will be refunded upon the

completion of studies. The rate of student’s bond is as listed

below:

No. Country Rate (RM)

1 Bangladesh 750.00

2 Canada 2,000.00

3 Hong Kong 1,000.00

4 India 750.00

5 Indonesia 500.00

6 Japan 1,000.00

7 Korea 1,000.00

8 Macao 1,000.00

9 Myanmar 750.00

10 Nepal 750.00

11 Pakistan 750.00

12 Philippines 750.00

13 Singapore 200.00

14 Sri Lanka 750.00

15 Taiwan 750.00

16 Thailand 300.00

17 U.S.A 2,000.00

*The rate of student’s bond for unlisted countries is

RM1,500.00

FEES

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CONTACT US AT:

OTHMAN YEOP ABDULLAH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia

Tel: (+604) 9283901|Fax: (+604) 928 5220| Email: oyagsb@uum.edu.my

www.oyagsb.uum.edu.my