MBA - Green Energy and Sustainable Business

MBA - Green Energy and Sustainable Business - Full-Time, 1 Year MBA Program in Bologna, Italy

The 12-month full-time MBA - Green Energy and Sustainable Business is an intensive and challenging international program at Alma Graduate School, part of the University of Bologna, and is taught entirely in English. 

This Green Energy and Sustainable Business MBA program covers issues that are gaining extraordinary attention among companies worldwide, and the next generation of business leaders must be ready to manage business performance and strategy in this changing environment - such as sustainable development, environmental impact management, social entrepreneurship, and business ethics.

Alma Graduate School, together with leading companies and managers of the sector, will provide participants with a first-hand full immersion in the green energy world.  Participants will be engaged in a stimulating learning environment where people with strong environmental and social values integrate the development of entrepreneurial and corporate venturing skills with the building of critical thinking and leadership competences. Open discussions and meetings with professionals from the sector will also give students an opportunity to discuss specific issues, and learn from actual testimonies and experiences of the real business world.

MBA participants will also achieve a considerable first-hand experience by participating in extracurricular activities, such as: field trips, in-company day visits, and more...

Other program features are: internships, career development activities, and a business English course.

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The admissions requirements for this MBA Green Energy and Sustainable Business are as follows:

• An Undergraduate degree;
• 2+ years of qualified work experience;
• English proficiency: The TOEFL test is required of all candidates whose native language is not English. The IELTS is acceptable as an alternative.

The admissions process is divided into two rounds of application:

Round I: April 2nd, 2012
Round II: July 2nd, 2012

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This MBA - Green Energy and Sustainable Energy has a curriculum that is divided in two main parts: General Management (MBA core courses) and a Green Energy concentration, designed to provide an opportunity for specialization and in-depth focus on financial viability, ecological sustainability, and social equity.

Core modules in the MBA - Green Energy and Sustainable Energy Program include:

General Management courses:

•     Corporate Finance
•     Corporate Strategy
•     Financial and Managerial Accounting
•     International Finance
•     Leading People and Organizations
•     Marketing Management

Specialized courses:

•     Business Ethics
•     Corporate Social Responsibility
•     Cross-cultural Management
•     Environmental Law
•     Global Technology Management
•     Green Strategy and Sustainable Development
•     Measuring Sustainable Performance
•     Planning and Launching Green and Sustainable Businesses
•     Sustainable Operations Management

This post-experience MBA also includes: managerial training, team-based project works, workshops with managers and entrepreneurs and in-company visits. The program also features a Business English course; intensive Italian classes are offered free of charge to international participants who wish to improve their language skills during their stay in Italy. Italian classes are scheduled in September 2012, prior to the beginning of the MBA courses.

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500 Hour Intership Opportunity

The MBA - Green Energy and Sustainable Business is designed with the aim of creating employability for candidates on completion of the program. Interaction between theory and practice is an essential part of the curriculum: master lectures, testimonials, analysis of business cases, and incompany visits will company take place throughout the year and will go side by side the core academic courses.

The program also includes a 500-hour internship scheduled in the last period of the program (June - September 2013). Internships will take place at some of the leading companies of the energy sector. The internship represents an opportunity for MBA participants to analyze real company problems, develop strategies, and elaborate action plans together with upper level managers.

Alma's partners have been involved in our academic activities over the years in many different ways: participating in project works, master lectures, and testimonials, offering scholarships, hosting our student internships, or employing our alumni.

The tuition fee for this MBA - Green Energy and Sustainable Energy is set to 27,000 euro, which includes study materials, language courses, and the use of Alma Graduate School facilities. The course fee does not include travel or living expenses.

Scholarships and Financial Aid

Alma Graduate School offers numerous full and partials scholarships for participants of the MBA - Green Energy and Sustainable Energy. Scholarships range from 10,000 euro to 27,000 euro.

Candidates who achieve positions of merit in the final list of qualified candidates may benefit from full or partial scholarships. All students are eligible to apply for a special long-term and low-interest honor loan (no collateral required).

Intensive Italian classes are offered free of charge to international participants who wish to improve their language skills during their stay in Italy. Italian classes are scheduled in September 2012, prior to the beginning of the MBA courses.

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