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Issue 9 | December 2010
ALHOSN News
ALHOSN’s Faculty of Business signs MOU with
France’s Grenoble Ecole de Management
ALHOSN University’s Faculty of Business
has entered into an undergraduate double
degree Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the Grenoble Graduate School of
Business (GGSB) operating under Grenoble Ecole
De Management, one of the top 10 business
schools in France. The agreement was signed by
Prof. Ahmad Zohdi, Dean of ALHOSN’s Faculty of
Business; Thierry Grange, Dean and Director General
of Grenoble Ecole de Management; and Judith
Bouvard, Dean and Director of the GGSB.
Under the terms of the MoU, ALHOSN students
can be admitted into the third year of the French
university’s Bachelor program in International
Business and obtain two Bachelor degrees: Business
Administration from ALHOSN University and
International Business from GGSB.
“The MoU avails our students of a world-class
business education from one of the most prestigious
universities in France and provides them with
a competitive edge in their professional growth
through the two degrees that they will receive.
This agreement affirms our utmost commitment
of providing ‘Global knowledge with local vision’ to
our students and further strengthens our ties with
the French educational system,” said Prof. Ahmed
Zohdi, Dean of ALHOSN’s Faculty of Business.
Students interested in the double degree
program will become upon their graduation GGSB
alumni and benefit from the same services enjoyed
by regular GGSB graduates, including access to
career services and to the alumni database.
Founded in 1984, Grenoble Ecole de Management
is the first French business school to propose
curricula based on technology management.
It offers 30 national and international programs
from the undergraduate to the doctoral level for
students and executives. It has four campuses in
France with students from 96 different nationalities
and manages 10 internationals sites. ■
Cooperative Memorandum of Understanding signed
with UK’s University of Salford
ALHOSN University signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the University of
Salford in Manchester, England, to promote
cooperation between both institutions.
Under the terms of the MoU, the two universities
will engage in joint research activities, develop new
degrees and training programs, exchange visits by
teachers, students and staff, exchange relevant
information, and co-develop student progression
pathways. The agreement will take effect for three
years, with specific details for the implementation of
the activities to be mutually developed on a ‘projectby-project’
basis. ALHOSN Vice Chancellor and CEO
Prof. Abdul Rahim Sabouni and University of Salford
Vice Chancellor Prof. Martin Hall signed the MoU
on June 2, 2010.
“Salford University has been instrumental in
developing and promoting university education
through its research and development activities and
exceptional academic programs. This partnership
between our two universities will enable us to
consolidate our strengths and maintain our
distinctive status as leading institutions in our
respective areas and our fields of specialization,”
said Prof. Sabouni.
Salford University was founded in 1896 as the
Royal Technical Institute, Salford. At the time the
university contributed significantly to the great
industrial revolution which began in the North
of England, producing internationally renowned
engineers, scientists, and technologists. The UK
Government’s latest Research Assessment Exercise
indicated that 83 per cent of Salford’s research is
of international quality, with 12% being judged
as cutting-edge and pioneering. Its world-famous
graduates include the painter Laurence Stephen
Lowry, the actor Ben Kingsley, and Andy Bond, the
former CEO of the British supermarket chain ASDA ■
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