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Location: UBS has acquired 40 acres of land at Karjat, located 15 kms off the Mumbai Pune Expressway and 80 kms from South Mumbai. It is a 90 minutes drive from South Mumbai and similar by train from Mumbai. The site is surrounded by mountains, waterfalls and provides an idyllic setting for an educational institute in the green Karjat Valley.
Infrastructure: The has been developed by Perkins Eastman, a leading firm of Architects, out of Manhattan, NY. They have developed over a 100 university campuses globally, including Columbia University, Cornell University and NYU Stern. The infrastructure is the best in India and competes with the best in the world. Students have access to modern air-conditioned bedrooms with attached bathrooms and sports facilities like Golf, Gymnasium, Basketball, Volleyball, Football, Cricket, Table Tennis and Pool.
Research Focus: UBS faculty will be motivated / mandated to conduct quality business management research. UBS Consulting and Training Division have developed strong linkages with over forty leading Indian Corporates and MNCS. These relationships will enable us to win Research grants and assignments from Industry. UBS will forge alliances for management research with international universities, for cross fertilization of ideas and conducting joint research.
Experiential Learning: UBS is the First School in Asia which has a Thomson Reuters Trading Room where students will learn from market professionals and have the ability to trade in live markets. UBS has established the UBS Senate, consisting of professionals from 15 countries to ensure there are consistent levels of industry interfacing. The learning environment will enable the students to directly encounter real life business challenges, testing their abilities to respond effectively to situations. UBS teaching pedagogy will include Case Studies, Shadow Techniques, Simulations of business situations, Industry Consulting and Experiential Learning Projects.
Faculty: UBS has brought on board 30 from the finest Indian Business Schools like IIM’s, Jamnalal Bajaj, SP Jain, NMIMS and global faculty from Harvard Business School, Anderson Business School, UCLA, Stanford University and London Business School.
Academic Rigor: An is working on the curriculum and teaching pedagogy to be adopted at UBS. All members of the Academic Council will also teach one course every year. Here again the members are distinguished Academicians like Prof. Dr. Uday Karmarkar, Anderson School, USA, Prof. Dr. Sanjeev Kaushal, Stanford University, USA, Dr. Ashok Korwar, Earlier Chairman MBA Program, IIM-Ahmedabad, Dr. Om Kaul, leading global General Management Consultant. Some of our faculty have over 65 patents to their name.
Industry Acceptance: A Board of Governors, consisting of over 55 very distinguished professionals has been established to guide the development of the Institute. The members of our Board of Governors (http://www.universalbusinessschool.com/governors/governors.html) are exceptional leaders, entrepreneurs, academics, government functionaries, members of the Armed Forces and CEOs from MNC’s, private and the public sector.
An Autonomous Institution: Universal Business School™ differentiates itself as a completely autonomous learning institution, with intellectual freedom to design courses on the basis of advice from its Academic Council, which consists of eminent academics and professional managers. It will also draw heavily from the 50 luminaries, who are part of its Board of Governors and the UBS Senate. UBS is seeking alliances with leading Business Schools globally, to imbibe the best educational practices. The focus of the curriculum is to blend core research with experience in the real world with a significant emphasis on practice. UBS will offer a one year fully residential PGPM Program.
“To establish a world-class Business School, providing Indian and International organizations with superior talent, which is sensitive to Corporate Governance, CSR and Environmental concerns. We believe that enduring corporate success can be achieved by high performingorganizations, which adhere to ethical principles in business life”
Universal Business School™ has been set up by three highly accomplished senior professionals, who have headed large multi billion dollar organisations in over 100 countries and have experience in managing global businesses. One has besides heading large organisations, also served as Adjunct Faculty, at the Jamanalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Mumbai, for over 30 years. They have studied at Ross School of Management, Michigan University, USA, Tuck Business School, USA, IE Business School, Spain and IMD, Switzerland and want to bring the best practices to India. They are passionate about establishing in the close environs of Mumbai, a leading Business Management School, which fulfills the following Vision:
Admission test: GMAT / CAT / MAT / C-MAT / CET / ZAT
Board & lodging : Rs.12,800 p.m.
Fees (full course): Rs.7.74 lakhs for students above 70% in graduation.
Approval/Accreditation: UGC / AICTE applied
Flagship programme: MBA / PGDBA / BBA/
Universal Business SchoolKushivali, Vadap, Karjat, Mumbai - 410210
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