EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES
Director of International Programs
Dean Ricardo Saavedra
European & International Branch Campus, Dean Gerhard Berchtold
Executive MBA + DBA inter-university dual-degree online programme
Take advantage of enrolling in a unique combined Master and Doctor programme
Awarding universities:
Executive MBA Master of Business Administration awarded by Universidad Azteca as intermediate degree.
DBA Doctor of Business Administration awarded by Universidad Central de Nicaragua UCN as terminal degree.
Modality:
Online programme suitable for busy professionals anywhere. The programme is not synchronous and can be started at any time of the year.
The Executive DBA curriculum consists of 120 ECTS credits of postgraduate study, offered as modular fashion. DBA-candidates in the short programme complete 10 required modules/courses (60 ECTS credits), plus a final Thesis/Dissertation (60 ECTS credits) focused on a specific field or industry of management.
The modular Doctor of Business Administration programme in Executive Management has as a general aim of provision of an academically rigorous education designed to develop skills, expertise, knowledge and vision to enable students, whatever their chosen route, to be critical, analytical and creative. The programme aims to provide opportunity for self-development in relation to career enhancement and as life-long learners.
The programme offers students the opportunity to develop their own capabilities, skills and competencies within a supported environment.
Admission requirements:
Bachelors degree or graduate degree (4 years), Bachelors degree (3 years) plus a Masters degree (1 year minimum), Bachelors degree plus a Postgraduate qualification at level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework or Mexican Qualifications framework reflecting a minimum of 240 ECTS credits or 300 Mexican créditos. Despite no TOEFL or EFL score is required, English proficiency is required for the programme. Students need to be able of conducting independent research and scientific writing and presentation of the doctoral thesis.
Duration of the programme:
2 years fulltime.
Degree requirements: 120 ECTS credits
Students need to earn 60 ECTS credits (1 study year) for the award of the Executive MBA.
Candidates need to pass research courses and submit and defend (online) a thesis in the extent of 60 ECTS credits (2nd study year).
Credits transfer:
Students can apply for credits transfer from any second study year of a Master programme in Business Administration, Management or related concentrations, applicable to the study plan, to the MBA curriculum. No credits can be transferred to the DBA or thesis. Thesis by scientific publications can be approved individually.
Study language: English (optionally German)
Tuitions:
Tuitions are for the complete online dual-degree programme regardless of duration.
Tuitions are due in full for active enrolment with both universities.
Fees:
We reserve the right to charge an admission evaluation fee of 100 EUR.
Certification fees are not included and charged individually to students. We cannot predict the development of these external service fees at the time of enrolment, and will have to charge the applicable fees at a given time.
Tuitions depend on the programme and the mode of provision. While most of the above mentioned programmes are available online, some may require the involvement of a given branch campus of the university abroad including blended learning sessions and particular programme features, thus, influencing the tuitions of the programme.
Tuitions and fees (non-refundable) for the Universidad Azteca grado propio online programmes provided in English are invoiced in EURO and are for the 2014/2015 study year:
Application and evaluation fee 100 EUR
Combined Executive MBA+DBA 4,800 EUR
Tuitions include the complete programme cost and the award of the following documents at the end of the programme:
Degree award in Spanish language with notarisation (certification) – not apostilled
Degree award in English not apostilled
Diploma Supplement (transcript) in Spanish and English – not apostilled
Registered shipment to the student.
Extra charges apply to the additional services like:
Express shipment by courier service
Additional replacement of credentials and transcripts
Additional certification services
Official transcript services
Regulations applicable to UCN inter-university dual degree programmes:
About joint inter-university programmes with officially recognised degree awarded by Universidad Central de Nicaragua UCN
The universities synergise the international faculties, joint branch campus facilities abroad, and the online education resources of both universities, whereby Universidad Azteca is mainly responsible for provision of taught elements and courses of a study programme, with UCN being mainly responsible for the research and thesis periods of study.
Besides national recognition as university and listing in the IAU database of recognised universities, both institutions are also internationally accredited as “Premier University” by Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities ASIC, a UK government recognised Accreditation Body (ENQA and CHEA listed).
Our international programmes are designed for students anywhere in the world and can be passed online without any on-campus residencies. The asynchronous method of online instruction allows enrolment throughout the year and enables students to determine their own pace of studies. Courses and examinations can be taken anywhere and anytime. Final oral examinations or defence of thesis are conducted via online video conference between candidate and examination jury members.
Admission requirements for postgraduate programmes are a graduate degree, whereby, admission to a Master´s programme require the equivalent of a Bachelor´s degree (minimum 180 ECTS credits) or a comparable qualification (e.g. EQF level 6); admission to a Doctor´s degree programme require the equivalent of a graduate or postgraduate degree (minimum 240 ECTS credits) or a comparable qualification (e.g. EQF level 7). The university will conduct an admission evaluation for every individual student. The university reserves the right to admit students based on qualification only. Admission to an advanced research doctorate by thesis only require a postgraduate degree (minimum 300 ECTS credits) or a comparable qualification (e.g. EQF level 7 or 8), allowing for the transfer of 60 ECTS credits earned in the postgraduate qualification programme to the period of instruction for the research doctoral programme, to be completed by the research phase and the dissertation only.
FORMAL REQUIREMENTS for BINDING OF THESIS
THESIS: Two hardcopies of a thesis must be shipped to the following mailing address:
UNIVERSIDAD AZTECA PROGRAMAS INTERNACIONALES
Office of the Registrar
Calle Palma No. 61 y calle 3 de Mayo s/n,
Barrio San Antonio, Chalco
Edo. de México C.P. 56600
México
Tel/Fax: + 52 (55) 3092-2489,
+ 52 (55) 5986-3050
Earn two university postgraduate qualifications in one combined programme
Master and Doctor of Business Administration
2 Options:
Executive MBA & DBA
2 years
4,800 EUR tuitions
Requirements:
10 modules (MBA) +
thesis (DBA)
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MBA & DBA
3 years
6,500 EUR tuitions
Requirements:
20 modules (MBA) +
thesis (DBA)
Read more in the right column
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MBA STUDY PLAN (ENGLISH) 1/2013
DBA STUDY PLAN (ENGLISH) 1/2013
DBA Programme Catalogue (English)
DBA Thesis Regulations (English)
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The application process is conducted in the following sequences:
1) Prospective student asks for application form for a given programme of study.
2) Prospective student fills out the application form in MS Word format and remits the scan of the application form with handwritten signature by email, including the following attachments (we accept only PDF for scans, and JPG for the photo):
NOTICE: Only complete applications will be considered for evaluation.
3) The University conducts an evaluation report and reserves the right to charge the applicant for this service.
4) The University issues the evaluation report and in case of possible admission issues an invoice to the student for the tuitions and fees of the given programme.
5) Student accepts evaluation report and pays the full tuition and fees in order to enrol.
6) Payment of tuitions activates the enrolment of the given student. Once a student is enrolled and discontinues a programme, no tuition payment is refunded.
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MBA + DBA inter-university dual-degree online programme
Take advantage of enrolling in a unique combined Master and Doctor programme
Awarding universities:
MBA Master of Business Administration awarded by Universidad Azteca as intermediate degree.
DBA Doctor of Business Administration awarded by Universidad Central de Nicaragua UCN as terminal degree.
Modality:
Online programme suitable for busy professionals anywhere. The programme is not synchronous and can be started at any time of the year.
The DBA curriculum consists of 180 ECTS credits of postgraduate study, offered as modular fashion. DBA-candidates in the short programme complete 20 required modules/courses (120 ECTS credits), plus a final Thesis/Dissertation (60 ECTS credits) focused on a specific field or industry of management.
The modular Doctor of Business Administration programme in Executive Management has as a general aim of provision of an academically rigorous education designed to develop skills, expertise, knowledge and vision to enable students, whatever their chosen route, to be critical, analytical and creative. The programme aims to provide opportunity for self-development in relation to career enhancement and as life-long learners.
The programme offers students the opportunity to develop their own capabilities, skills and competencies within a supported environment.
Admission requirements:
Bachelors degree or graduate degree (4 years), Bachelors degree (3 years) plus a Masters degree (1 year minimum), Bachelors degree plus a Postgraduate qualification at level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework or Mexican Qualifications framework reflecting a minimum of 240 ECTS credits or 300 Mexican créditos. Despite no TOEFL or EFL score is required, English proficiency is required for the programme. Students need to be able of conducting independent research and scientific writing of the doctoral thesis.
Duration of the programme:
3 years fulltime.
Degree requirements: 180 ECTS credits
Students need to earn 120 ECTS credits (2 study years) for the award of the MBA.
Candidates need to pass research courses and submit and defend (online) a thesis in the extent of 60 ECTS credits (3rd study year).
Credits transfer:
Students can apply for credits transfer from any second study year of a Master programme in Business Administration, Management or related concentrations, applicable to the study plan, to the MBA curriculum. No credits can be transferred to the DBA or thesis. Thesis by scientific publications can be approved individually.
Study language: English (optionally German)
Doctor of Business Administration DBA:
- Executive: 120 ECTS (2 study year)
- Regular: 180 ECTS (3 study years)
Research doctorates:
The research PhD degree requires students to transfer credits in the extent of 60 ECTS credits from already taken coursework at the Master´s or doctoral level and complete the research PhD programme by thesis only.
Combined Master and Doctor programmes:
Combined Master and Doctor programmes are offered to students completing both programmes jointly, whereby, the Master degree is the intermediary degree and the doctorate the terminal degree awarded.
As taught programmes, they are available online in Business Administration (MBA + DBA), as research programmes, they are available in all the study areas listed above.
Tuitions depend on the programme and the mode of provision. While most of the above mentioned programmes are available online, some may require the involvement of a given branch campus of the university abroad including blended learning sessions and particular programme features, thus, influencing the tuitions of the programme.
Tuitions and fees (non-refundable) for the inter-university online programmes provided in English are invoiced in EURO and are ue with enrolment.
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Director of International Programs
Dean Ricardo Saavedra
European & International Branch Campus, Dean Gerhard Berchtold