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AUM Update

January 29th, 2008 | Category: Education, personal

I finally got ahold of an Admissions Officer at the American University of the Middle East (AUM). The woman I spoke with was very friendly and as helpful as she could be under the circumstances. Unsurprisingly, a lot of the details about the University are still up in the air. That’s to be expected but I was still taken aback.

AUM admissions requirements for pursuing an MBA are:

  1. A Bachelor’s degree
  2. A TOEFL score of 550+
  3. Taken the GMAT

I was told that they are not interested in a specific GMAT score. All they care about is that you’ve taken the GMAT. After you fulfill those three requirements, they will call you in for an interview.

Some issues that worried me are:

  • AUM hasn’t determined the tuition rate yet - I guess they will wait to see how many people are interested in enrolling to decide on that figure. I expected
  • The campus is in an area I’ve never heard of before - I think it’s called Alagaila but I’m not sure of the spelling. It’s located somewhere near Fintas.
  • The University can’t seek accreditation until it has its first graduating class - Is it worth the trouble to attend an MBA program only to find out that it won’t be accredited?

6 Comments so far

  1. Pooja January 29th, 2008 3:31 pm

    HI,
    It was nice to read the information. Did u got the admission ? please let me know more about it as i m also planing to apply in the same Univ.
    thanking you

  2. Kuwaiti Woman January 30th, 2008 8:33 am

    No, Pooja, I didn’t apply to AUM. I don’t think it’s in my best interests to pursue an MBA at an unaccredited University. If you have more questions you can call them at 2240169. Let me know how your application process goes!

  3. Technogal February 14th, 2008 11:55 am

    I think you should go for it, especially that AUM is in affiliation with Purdue University which I believe is one of the best American universities.
    There is a rule In Kuwait and everywhere else that says newly University does not peruse accreditation unless they graduate their first students!! Most of the universities when they firstly opened they follow the same rule, and the same applied to Maastricht! So no need for the worries~!

  4. Golazin Rahattalab May 11th, 2008 9:39 am

    Do they have any official website? I was searching through the net but unfortunately I didn’t find any thing about them.

  5. Golazin Rahattalab May 11th, 2008 9:40 am

    And are they a branch of any university called AUM in the Middle East or they just established it first in Kuwait.

  6. Technogal May 23rd, 2008 8:18 pm

    Golazin: check their website: http://www.aum.edu.kw

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