Overview

The college of Business Administration (COBA) is one of the oldest and largest colleges in the University having started in 1997 with 160 students. Currently we have nearly 900 students in the college with about 60% of the students in the Women's College. Located in one of the most impressive campuses of any University in the World, COBA has over the years played its part in providing the Emirate of Sharjah and the UAE with skilled managers to lead the astronomical developments in the region.

The College aims to prepare the managers of tomorrow to lead the development of the region and also be effective leaders of local, regional and global organizations. The College also aims to contribute to the local economic development by providing research and developing effective links with local and regional communities and organizations.

The COBA currently offers four Bachelor Degrees – BSc in Accounting, BSc in Finance, BSc in Business Administration, BSc in Public Administration and BSc in Management Information Systems, and one Postgraduate Degree, the EMBA. In the future we intend to develop new undergraduate courses in human resource and also broaden our postgraduate offerings by introducing new courses that are relevant to the development of the region.

The College is committed to quality assurance in teaching and learning and intends to be innovative in our teaching and assessment practice. An important feature of our agenda is to maximize the enhancement of learning through the use of new technologies. Research is integral in the College and to the quality of our leading edge education. The College views research as a feature of the work of all its academic members and it should underpin the teaching. 

The College maintains a strong student focus and the educational experience of our students is of utmost priority. An integral part of that will be a commitment to being reflective practitioners with high sensitivity to our student's needs and aspirations. We intend to learn from the best international practice and implement and surpass it.