Last Updated on December 7, 2023
The Master of Science in Quality and Business Excellence (MSQBE) provides skills necessary for today’s dynamic business environment. The MSQBE program provides students with in-depth understanding of international quality frameworks, issues in business excellence, the various quality award frameworks, and their practical applications in the workplace. Graduates will be able to implement practical approaches and techniques of quality and business excellence to address market needs in Abu Dhabi, The United Arab Emirates and abroad.
This program supports the pillars of the Abu Dhabi 2030 Vision, especially those directed at the promotion of a large empowered private sector, and a sustainable knowledge-based economy. The degree provides the underpinning knowledge to students wishing to follow a career in the fields of quality and business excellence.
Mode of Delivery
Courses will be delivered over a 10-week period in regular terms (Fall, Winter and Spring), and 6-week period in the Summer session. Classes are held on weekdays from 4:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Each 3-credit course will consist of 45 contact hours of lectures and other learning activities. Assessments are conducted outside the contacts hours. Each ‘Thesis’ course will be delivered over a period of ten weeks.
Number of Credits
This program consists of ten 3-credit hour courses. This includes 6 core courses, 2 thesis courses and 2 elective courses, totaling 30 credit hours.
Program Learning Outcomes
Students successfully completing the Master of Science in Quality and Business Excellence program will be able to:
| PLO1 | Demonstrate an advanced comprehensive knowledge about the impact of quality and business excellence initiatives on business outcomes. |
| PLO2 | Implement quality and business excellence theories, processes, structures, systems, and strategies in a variety of business contexts. |
| PLO3 | Critically analyze the purpose and functions of quality management and achievement of business excellence. |
| PLO4 | Evaluate and select appropriate research instruments and problem-solving techniques to conduct research in quality and business excellence. |
| PLO5 | Apply leadership skills to achieve quality and business excellence outcomes. |
| PLO6 | Formulate solutions for complex quality and business excellence problems and communicate decisions to relevant stakeholders. |
Program Structure
| Course Code | Course Name |
| Core Courses (all required for graduation) | |
| QTY 8111 | Research Methods |
| QTY 8212 | Quality Management Systems and Approaches |
| QTY 8215 | Quality Improvement Tools and Techniques |
| QTY 8223 | Operations and Supply Chain Management |
| QTY 8224 | Total Quality Management and Business Excellence |
| BUS 8422 | Strategic Change Management |
| Thesis Courses (all required for graduation) | |
| QTY 8918 | Individual Consultancy Thesis I (Proposal) |
| QTY 8919 | Individual Consultancy Thesis II (Final) |
| Elective Courses (two required for graduation) | |
| BUS 8415 | Managing Organization Performance |
| QTY 8214 | Japanese Quality Improvement Approaches and Structures |
| BUS 8423 | Creative Problem Solving for Conflict Management |
| BUS 8420 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
