Prince Mohammad bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship

Prince Mohammad bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship (MBSC) (Arabic: كلية الأميركلية الأمير محمد بن سلمان للأعمال وريادة الأعمال) is a co-educational higher education business administration college in King Abdullah Economic City, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia. It is the first college in Saudi Arabia which offers postgraduate degree as well as executive education.[2] The college was founded by the Deputy Crown Prince, now Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and named it after him in July 2016.

Prince Mohammad bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship
كلية الأمير محمد بن سلمان للإدارة وريادة الأعمال
TypeCollege
Established17 June 2016[1]
AffiliationMiSK Foundation, AMBA, AACSB, EFMD
Academic affiliation
[[Babson Global ]
DeanDr. Zeger Degraeve
Location
King Abdullah Economic City, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia

Establishment

The college was inaugurated on 17 June 2016 and the inauguration was attended by the then Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad 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 Mohammad 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 Mohammad 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 Mohammad 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.

Graduation of the first batch

The college graduated the first batch of 93 MBA students in May 2019[5]

References
  1. "Saudi-US entrepreneurship college set up". Arab News. 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  2. "New business college in KAEC to instill entrepreneurial skills for Saudi sustained development". Saudigazette. 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  3. "Saudi-US entrepreneurship college set up". Arab News. 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  4. "New college to promote entrepreneurship - Aseer News - عسير نيوز". Aseer News - عسير نيوز. 2016-06-28. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  5. "كلية الأمير محمد بن سلمان للإدارة تخرج الدفعة الأولى من ماجستير إدارة الأعمال". صحيفة الاقتصادية (in Arabic). 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2020-07-09.

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