University College of Bahrain (UCB; ar, كلية البحرين الجامعية) is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grant (money ...

located in

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and a ...

established in 2002. The university offers Programs in Business administration, Information Technology, and Graphic Design in addition to programs at Graduate level ( MBA)

Accreditation

UCB is accredited and licensed by the

Ministry of Education (Bahrain) The Ministry of Education is a department of the government of Bahrain. It is responsible for the government-operated schools. Majid bin Ali Al-Naimi is the minister. Higher Education Council Higher Education Council (HEC), the agency which regul ...

, UCB also receives academic support from the Regional External Programs /

American University of Beirut The American University of Beirut (AUB) ( ar, الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, aut ...

Academic programs

Undergraduate programs

Business

*B.Sc. in

Accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...

*B.Sc. in

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...

*B.Sc. in

Islamic finance Islamic banking, Islamic finance ( ar, مصرفية إسلامية), or Sharia-compliant finance is banking or financing activity that complies with Sharia (Islamic law) and its practical application through the development of Islamic econom ...

*B.Sc. in

Engineering Management Engineering management is the application of the practice of management to the practice of engineering. Engineering management is a career that brings together the technological problem-solving ability of engineering and the organizational, admini ...

*B.Sc. in

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activitie ...

*B.Sc. in

Marketing Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...

Information Technology

*B.Sc. in

MIS MIS or mis may refer to: Science and technology * Management information system * Marine isotope stage, stages of the Earth's climate * Maximal independent set, in graph theory * Metal-insulator-semiconductor, e.g., in MIS capacitor * Minimally i ...

*B.Sc. in

Software Development Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components. Software development invo ...

*B.Sc. in

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

Media & Communication

*B.Sc. in

Graphic Design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscip ...

*B.Sc. in

Multimedia Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to tradit ...

*B.Sc. in

Public Relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. ...

Graduate & Executive

*Evening MBA *Executive Development *MBA Islamic Finance

Executives

*Sh. Dr. Khalidhttp://administration.academickeys.com/browse_whoswho_by_institution/University_College_of_Bahrain Who's Who Members at University College of Bahrain Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa (Founder, President and Vice Chairman of the Board University College of Bahrain & Lightspeed Communications) *Sh. Saeeda A. Al Khalifa (Vice President of Administration) *Sh. Ebrahim Bin Khalid Al Khalifa (executive director, Administration & Finance) *Sh. Ali Bin Khalid Al Khalifa (executive director, Planning & Development)

Notable alumni

Yara Salman Yara Salman (born 16 August 1994) is a Bahraini businesswoman who started her business career by taking over the running of the food franchise Burger Land from her father at 17 years old. She then went on to found several beauty, hospitality, an ...

- food services and medical entrepreneur.

References

External links

Instructor WebBlackboard Learning SystemUniversity Library GuideUCB Student Information SystemUCB MailThe UCB students forum.UCB Alumni RegistrationBecome a UCB fanFollow UCB on Twitter
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