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MBSC MiF

The Master in Finance (MiF) program develops future financial leaders, those with the knowledge and skills to create value for themselves, their organizations and society in a responsible and sustainable manner.

Through our MiF program, you will learn through Babson College’s unique teaching methodology of Entrepreneurial Thought and Action®. You will gain the opportunities to expand your network, build an effective financial mindset, boost your skills for real-life challenges, and get mentorship from our award-winning faculty.

Program’s Key Benefits:

  • World-Class Education: learn from our award-winning international faculty and industry experts, and experience Babson Global’s Entrepreneurial Thought & Action© philosophy.
  • Experiential Learning: complete the MiF’s Integrated Financial Challenge, which is a dynamic, six-month long course to apply your new knowledge to real-world business problems.
  • Social and professional opportunities: connect with MBSC’s network of like-minded changemakers, successful entrepreneurs, industry executives, and thought leaders.
  • Local Context: exposure to regionally-relevant business scenarios and case studies, with a key focus on the Saudi market and Vision 2030.
  • Convenient Program: the long weekend program is catered for working professionals, and it takes place in Riyadh (13 months) and in our campus in KAEC.

If you have any inquires, our admission team would be happy to help you! Contact them at admissions@mbsc.edu.sa or call them on +966 54 460 3899 between 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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The Faculty

Zeger Degraeve, PhD
  • Zeger Degraeve, PhD
  • Dean
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  • Long experience in Deanship of multiple business schools, including London Business School as Deputy Dean, Melbourne Business School as Dean, and Co-Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics of The University of Melbourne. 
  • Contributed to executive development programs in numerous leading international businesses, including HSBC, SABIC, Dubai Holdings, and IBM. 
  • Published over 50 articles on decision making, optimization, scenario analysis and risk assessment in multiple leading journals, like Harvard Business Review and European Journal of Operational Research, winning several awards for his research. 
  • Provided his services as a consultant to many businesses around the world regarding numerous issues, including operations management and logistics.
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Dr Nikolaos Tzokas, PhD
  • Dr Nikolaos Tzokas, PhD
  • Vice Dean of Faculty, Professor of Marketing
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  • Professor of Marketing and the Chair of the Research and Impact Committee at MBSC
  • Earned his PhD at the University of Bath, UK, and has held several significant posts at the University of Strathclyde (Program Director), the University of East Anglia – UEA (Dean of the Business School), and the University of Plymouth (Executive Dean of the Faculty of Business)
  • His teaching, research, consultancy and executive training focus on value creation and business performance in new product development, relationship marketing, services and sales management
  • Published widely in international journals, such as the Journal of Product Innovation Management, the Journal of Management Studies, the British Journal of Management and Industrial Marketing Management, among others
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Larissa von Alberti-Alhtaybat, PhD
  • Larissa von Alberti-Alhtaybat, PhD
  • Vice Dean of Programs, Associate Professor of Accounting
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  • Specializes in managerial accounting, strategic management accounting and performance management, corporate reporting, sustainability, integrated thinking and reporting, accounting and new technologies
  • Founding faculty member in the School of Management & Logistics
  • Member of the AACSB and AMBA accreditation team at King Abdulaziz University
  • Research published in leading journals, and one of the first faculty to write in the field of financial accounting, big data and social media
  • Committed to practice-led and application-based education. This interest led to an international research collaboration focusing on the future of accounting education
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Erman Coskun, PhD
  • Erman Coskun, PhD
  • Professor of Information Technology
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  • Research focused on business analytics, information systems in SMEs, business intelligence, intelligent systems, enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, and disaster and crisis management
  • An international academic career spanning more than 18 years
  • Multidisciplinary background in Information systems, industrial and management engineering, and business
  • Lead and completed many real-world system development and implementation projects as well as R&D projects
  • Led and completed many real-world system development and implementation projects, as well as R&D projects
  • Won multiple teaching and career awards, including LeMoyne College and Sakarya University Faculty Member of the Year, Best MBA faculty member, Best PhD Advisor, and The Most Productive Faculty Award
  • Currently serving as an information systems program evaluator for ABET and reviewer for many journals
  • Founding member, executive board member and Academic Relations Committee Chair of the Turkish chapter of Arab International School
  • Research published in several major papers and key regional conferences worldwide
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Dr Haya Al-Dajani, PhD
  • Dr Haya Al-Dajani, PhD
  • Professor of Entrepreneurship
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  • Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Signature Learning Experience (SLE) Program
  • Earned her PhD from the UK Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde in 2007
  • Succeeded in securing over £2 million in research funding from world-leading international funding bodies
  • Award-winning research focuses on the intersectionality of gender, entrepreneurship and empowerment, and their collective impact on sustainable development
  • Co-chairs the international Gender and Enterprise Network (Special Interest Group of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship), is a member of editorial boards for leading entrepreneurship journals, and is an advisor to a number of entrepreneurship education, research and policy centers around the world
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Joris van de Klundert, PhD
  • Joris van de Klundert, PhD
  • Professor of Operations Management
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  • Previously Founding Director and co-owner of Maastricht University spin-off, MateUM
  • Co-developed the Venlo Campus of Maastricht University and the MSc program in Supply Management and Innovation
  • Former Vice Dean of Education and Department Chair at Erasmus School for Health Policy & Management
  • Past board member and President of the Dutch Operations Research Society (NGB)
  • Published extensively on operations management and healthcare management in a wide variety of leading scientific journals
  • Received the ERIM Management IMPACT Award 2016
  • Chaired the INFORMS Healthcare Conference in 2017 and the European COST Action ENC KEP
  • Member of the Program Committee for EURO 30
  • Designed, directed and taught tailored executive programs for SABIC, the World Bank, World Health Organization and healthcare executives across the globe
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Muhammad Azam Roomi, PhD
  • Muhammad Azam Roomi, PhD
  • Professor of Entrepreneurship
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  • Passionate ‘entrepreneurial mindset activator’ who has successfully conceptualized, designed and conducted executive education solutions in more than 50 countries
  • Recognized, acknowledged and appreciated globally through awards and fellowships for his innovative teaching and learning techniques
  • Acted as a consultant to a number of national governments, multilateral agencies, private-sector organizations and charities worldwide
  • Published in high-quality journals and has received numerous international awards for his research and contribution to literature in the areas of entrepreneurial leadership and women’s entrepreneurship development
  • Previously served as the Director of the Executive MBA program and MSc Management and Entrepreneurship program at the Cranfield School of Management, UK
  • Served on the judging panels for the UK Corporate Entrepreneurship Awards, the Asian Entrepreneur Awards, and The Case Centre’s Case Writing Competitions
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Farzad Rafi Khan PhD
  • Farzad Rafi Khan, PhD
  • Associate Professor of Management
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  • PhD in Strategy and Organization from McGill University (Canada), and MPhil in Economics of Developing Countries from the University of Cambridge (UK)
  • Specializes in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), leadership and strategy
  • Recipient of McGill University’s Management Undergraduate Society Teacher of the Year Award
  • Invited guest speaker on many prestigious forums including Harvard Medical School (Executive Education), the Hanken School of Economics (Finland), and the EMBA Program at Hult International Business School
  • Coached executives from the world’s top multinational corporations in leadership-related skills
  • Published research papers in leading academic FT50 journals
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Joris van de Klundert, PhD
  • Georgios Daskalakis, PHD
  • Associate Professor of Finance
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  • Also studies issues at the interface between finance and other business disciplines –primarily operations and HR – and is passionate about promoting a responsible and sustainable manner of doing business.
  • Previously a faculty member at Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia (UK) and a Visiting Academic Fellow at the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge (UK).
  • Research published in the Energy Journal, Energy Policy, Applied Energy, Journal of Banking & Finance, Review of Futures Markets, Finance Research Letters, Economics Letters and the European Journal of Operational Research.
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Joel Evans, PhD
  • Joel Evans, PhD
  • Associate Professor of Management
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  • Research focuses on organizational fairness, customer service, knowledge transfer and team performance
  • Published in Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Business and Psychology, and the Academy of Management Learning and Education
  • Serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Business and Psychology
  • Previously worked at SKK Graduate School of Business in Seoul, Korea, teaching at MBA level
  • Provided training for some of Korea’s largest corporations, including Samsung, LG, Doosan and Shinhan Bank
  • Lectured at Alfaisal University’s College of Business in Riyadh, KSA, for two years
  • Visiting Faculty Fellow at MIT, and a visiting scholar at Babson College
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Konrad Grabiszewski, PhD
  • Konrad Grabiszewski, PhD
  • Associate Professor of Economics
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  • An expert in game theory and decision theory, focused on understanding how people make decisions in various contexts
  • Co-creator of the mobile experiment ‘Blues and Reds’ – a free game available globally on smartphones and tablets – whose objective is to understand how people reason in interactive situations
  • Previously a faculty member at the Department of Business Administration at ITAM
  • Also studies economic espionage, terrorism and government regulation
  • Research published in Journal of Economic Theory, Theory and Decision, B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, and Defense and Peace Economics
  • Recipient of several teaching awards
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Yasser Bhatti, PH.D
  • Yasser Bhatti, PH.D.
  • Associate Professor of Strategy and Innovation
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  • Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Aseel Al Ghamdi, Ph.D
  • Aseel Al Ghamdi, Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Marketing
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  • Marketing
  • Brand strategy
  • International Marketing
  • Marketing Management
  • Integrated Marketing Communications
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Kimberly Deatherage-Mominah, PhD
  • Kimberly Deatherage-Mominah, PH.D.
  • Instructional Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
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  • Influence of culture on behavior
  • Inclusion, diversity, & engagement
  • Personal Development
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Admission Requirements
  • An undergraduate degree with a substantial quantitative component.
  • Undergraduate Transcript(s) with a Cumulative GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or 3.75 (on a 5.0 scale)
  • Referees contact details (either 1 evaluation from a faculty member and 1 evaluation from an employer, or 2 evaluations from faculty members)
  • Resume’ or CV
  • Personal Statement (essay)
  • English language test scores:
    • IELTS (Academic): 6
    • TOEFL iBT: 79
    • TOEFL ITP: 550
Tuition

Tuition for the Master in Finance for the 2022 class intake:
SAR 150,000

Contact us

If you have any inquires, our admission team would be happy to help you! Contact them at admissions@mbsc.edu.sa or call them on 00966 12 510 6111

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