Prince Mohammed Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship explained

Prince Mohammed Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship should not be confused with MBS College for Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies.

Prince Mohammed Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Native Name:كلية الأمير محمد بن سلمان للإدارة وريادة الأعمال
Native Name Lang:ar
Former Name:Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship (2016 - 2022)
Established:[1]
Type:College
Dean:Dr. Zeger Degraeve

Prince Mohammed Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship (MBSC) is a co-ed higher education business administration college in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. Established in 2016, it is the first college in Saudi Arabia which offers postgraduate degree as well as executive education.[2] The college was named after its founder, Mohammed bin Salman, the Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2017 and later Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia since 2017.

Establishment

The college was inaugurated on 17 June 2016 and the inauguration was attended by the then Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman himself.[3]

The agreement for the establishment of MBSC was signed in Washington, D.C. by Badr Al-Asaker, secretary-general of the Mohammed Bin Salman Foundation (MISK); Fahd Al-Rasheed, group CEO and MD of KAEC and vice president of the board of trustees of the college; and Kerry Healey, president of Babson College.[4]

Prince Mohammed Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship was established through an international partnership between Emaar The Economic City, Babson Global (a wholly owned subsidiary of Babson College, US), Lockheed Martin under the umbrella of the Economic Offset Program in Saudi Arabia and the MiSK Foundation.

Partnership

Prince Mohammed Bin Salman College (MBSC) of Business & Entrepreneurship was launched as a new private, higher education institution for both men and women. It was established through an international partnership between Emaar The Economic City, Babson Global (a wholly owned subsidiary of Babson College, USA), Lockheed Martin under the umbrella of the Economic Offset Program in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the MISK foundation.

MoU with Saudi Commission for Health Specialities

In November 2020, MBSC signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, a scientific commission under the Ministry of Health to promote and enhance professional practice of health leadership and a step towards improving Saudi Arabia's health care sector.[5]

Graduation of the first batch

The college graduated the first batch of 93 MBA students in May 2019[6]

See also

References

  1. News: Saudi-US entrepreneurship college set up. 2016-06-18. Arab News. 2018-11-14. en.
  2. News: New business college in KAEC to instill entrepreneurial skills for Saudi sustained development. 2016-06-27. Saudigazette. 2018-11-06. en-GB.
  3. News: Saudi-US entrepreneurship college set up. 2016-06-18. Arab News. 2018-11-14. en.
  4. News: New college to promote entrepreneurship - Aseer News - عسير نيوز. 2016-06-28. Aseer News - عسير نيوز. 2018-11-13. en-US.
  5. Web site: 2020-11-17. كلية محمد بن سلمان للإدارة تعزز برامج أكاديمية القيادة الصحية بهيئة التخصصات. 2021-04-29. صحيفة مكة. ar.
  6. Web site: 2019-05-03. كلية الأمير محمد بن سلمان للإدارة تخرج الدفعة الأولى من ماجستير إدارة الأعمال. 2020-07-09. صحيفة الاقتصادية. ar.