Graduate Program

The main purpose of the program is to prepare skilled and qualified executives and managers by intensifying professionalism for the various business and non-business houses of the country. The innovative curriculum is fueled by a persuasive thinking based teaching that allows students to maximize their performance. The course curriculum supports the participants in their efforts to improve their analytical and communicative skills with a balanced emphasis on quantitative and qualitative approaches. A variety of specialized and interdisciplinary courses focus on developing leadership qualities of the students to manage their activities strategically and efficiently in an environment of present day globalization. Updating capabilities of managers/executives across functional areas with special emphasis on banking areas is one of the major objectives of this program. Thus, the program aims at making managers technically more competent with a broader understanding of their role in solving problems professionally. Accordingly, the objectives are:

a) Preparing the participants from a variety of different backgrounds with the range of skills and techniques necessary to provide a solid foundation for their career;

b) Promoting learners’ perception of the functional areas of business and developing a general perspective of their interrelationship;

c) Enhancing the ability of the learners to identify business problems and resolving;

d) Assisting learners in understanding the dynamics of business operations in an increasingly complex global environment and in competently dealing with the management challenges therein; and

e) Developing leadership qualities to work effectively fostering critical thinking and enhancing interpersonal communication.

Admission Requirements

Although graduates in any discipline are eligible for appearing at the admission test conducted by the Faculty thrice a year, the admission in the program is selective. Work experience of a candidate counts. All admission seekers need to submit application in prescribed forms within the announced deadline. Admission criteria are set by the Dean of the Faculty in consultation with the Chairmen and Directors of different Departments. However, professional records, previous academic achievements, and admission test scores are major considerations for admission.

Degree Requirements

The Executive MBA program is of 60 credit-hours for course work. On the basis of the background of an individual s/he may either be asked to take some extra courses or allowed exemptions from taking some courses. In addition, every student must write a project paper weighing 6 credit hours. The project paper is subject to the usual grading system.

Duration of the Program

The Executive MBA) program is a flexible one in terms of time and number of courses to be taken. However, a student must complete the degree within 5 years and must take at least 2 courses in a trimester in normal cases. In special circumstances, maximum period for completion of the program may be extended up to 8 years.

Academic Year and Semesters

English calendar year is the academic year for this program and the year is divided into three trimesters as under:

Semester: January to June 6 months

Semester: July to December 6 months

For each course there will be one class of 3 hours duration in a week. This means that there will be a minimum of 17 classes per course including class test, presentations, and mid-term tests in a semester.

Evaluation and Grading System

Students’ performance in a course is evaluated as under:

The evaluation of all mid-term tests, term papers and presentations is done by the course teacher and s/he is to submit final letter grades to the Program Director.

Attendance Requirements

Minimum 75% attendance is needed to appear for the final examination. Students having attendance of 60-74% may sit for the examination as non-collegiate students. Non-collegiate students will have to pay a fine of Tk. 10,000 for each course. Students having attendance of less than 60% will not be allowed to appear at the examination.

Waiver

Considering the background of individual students waiver and make-up courses are to be determined. Students with M.Com and 4-year B.B.A degrees may get an exemption of 15 credit hours. But B. Com. (Pass) and other graduates may be required to take maximum of 10 foundation courses to meet the deficiency. Executive MBA Program Committee will decide course-exemption(s) and foundation course(s) on case-to-case basis.

Students with extensive academic or professional qualifications may apply for waiver with the relevant academic certificates to the Program coordinator. The application for waiver is to be submitted at the time of admission. No application for waiver of any course of any semester will be entertained after the first semester and waiver(s) cannot be claimed for any course done elsewhere under any incomplete degree.

Retake

A student earning ‘F’ or ‘I’ grade in a course shall be required to improve the grade by retaking the course on payment of requisite fees offered in the subsequent available semester. A student earning a grade ‘B’ or less may also select to improve the grade by retaking the course when available in the next semester on payment of retaking course fees. However, a candidate cannot retake any course after graduation, but in case s/he decides to do so, s/he may apply to withhold his/her graduation to the Coordination Committee. In such cases, the transcripts will show credit, grade and R (Retake) against the retaken course. Students will be allowed to retake a course only once. In order to retake a course the student must apply to the Coordination Committee at least 2 weeks before the commencement of the semester. Any application for retaking a course will automatically lead to cancellation of his/her earlier grade.

Course Drop and Withdrawal

A student may drop a course before the commencement of the semester. In this case, course fees will be refunded or adjusted. Any student may choose to withdraw from any course at least 2 weeks before the final examination. In case of course withdrawal, no refund or adjustment of fees will be made. A student may also apply for withdrawal from the semester due to any unavoidable reasons. The Executive MBA Program Committee will decide on these applications on case-to-case basis. However, the student will have to pay the semester fee.

Award of the Degrees

On completion of the degree requirements, the University of Dhaka will award MBA degree on the recommendation of the Departmental Academic Committee. Students completing the required courses with a minimum CGPA of 2.50 will be eligible for the degree. But none will get a degree with an ‘F’ or ‘I’ grade in any course.

Program Administration

A three member Executive MBA Coordination Committee with the Chairman of the Department and Executive MBA Program Director as its ex-officio members administers the program under the general supervision of the program Director. The departmental academic committee is responsible for:

(a) Admission of students;

(b) Allocation of courses to be offered in each semester;

(c) Logistic support to teachers and students in the program.

The Coordination Committee is responsible for:

(a) Overall coordination of the program;

(b) Assignment of duties and responsibilities to each member of the committee;

(c) Selection of courses to be offered in each semester;

(d) Conduct of examinations;

(e) Publication of provisional results;

(f) Checking course outlines;

(g) Administration of the course evaluation to be completed by the students;

(h) Compilation and submission of results to the controller of examination for publications;

(i) Preparation of budgets and maintaining proper accounts;

(j) Making arrangement for external audit of the accounts;

(k) Decisions relating to course waiver and make-up examinations;

(l) Submission of periodical reports to the Departmental Academic Committee;

(m) Any other task assigned by the Departmental Academic Committee;

(n) The Program Coordinator will be responsible to monitor the attendance of office staff including the officers.

On recommendation of the Departmental Academic Committee, the Executive MBA Program Committee shall act as an Examination Committee and shall be responsible for all examination related tasks.

Internship

Apart from course work students are required to do internship after completing their required courses. The internship is done under the guidance of a supervisor for a period of three months. The internship is of 3 credit hours. The students must follow the following specific guidelines/information for internship:

1. Internship/Project for three months in private business organizations, government offices, public sector corporations or banks or financial institutions is an integral part of Executive MBA program.
2. The objective of the Program is to acquaint the students with the organization and its work situation.
3. Each student is required to undergo the internship program and prepare a report according to a format specified by the supervisor.
4. The date of selection of supervisors by the Executive MBA Program committee is the starting date of Internship.
5. Students have to submit their Internship Reports within 90 days.
6. This Internship report is graded/marked by the supervisor out of 50 marks.
7. The student has to defend his/her report in front of the Executive MBA Program Committee where his/her defense will be marked by the committee out 50 marks.

Total required courses & credit hours for the completion of Executive MBA Program