MDCI History
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For more than thirty years, Management Development Centre International (MDCI) has been redefining the way executive education is delivered in the Middle East and Africa.
As one of the longest established providers of accredited post-graduate education as well as professional development in Africa and the Gulf, our “real time delivery techniques utilising Microsoft Teams helps you to gain a first class, international University degree fitted in around your current employment.
We all have history.
Here’s a brief look at ours.
Management Development Centre International
more than 5,000 alumni
working in association with leading UK faculty, colleges, and universities
received the Queen’s Award for Export in Education
early
1990s
MDCI chooses Bahrain as its regional hub to serve the leadership education of Arabia’s career professionals and leaders across all sectors
1993
MDCI launches the first distance-learning MBA programme in the region with UK’s Hull University, from bases in Dubai and Bahrain
1995
MDCI approved as the first MBA provider for Saudi Aramco, and delivers the first on -location MBA in the Sultanate of Oman with the UK’s Lincoln University
1997
MDCI is awarded The Queen’s Award for Export in Education
1998
MDCI starts the region’s first Doctorate in Business Administration on location in the GCC with the Universities of Hull and Lincoln
2000
MDCI delivers first Masters Degree in Security Studies in the GCC with the UK’s University of Reading
early
2000s
MDCI launches the Advanced Management Development Programme in Bahrain in conjunction with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Meanwhile, in consultation with the British Military Attaché delivered the Hull MBA programme to the Sultan of Oman’s Armed forces as part of Al Yamamah Offset Programme
2006
MDCI appointed the regional agents for the University of South Africa
2015
MDCI delivers Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) on location in Bahrain and Oman with Liverpool John Moores University
2020
The Next Generation MBA goes live, online, launched during the global CoVid-19 lock-down
Unleashing Leadership Prowess,
more than 5,000 times since 1993
Alumni
In Bahrain since 1993, MDCI has marketed, supported, and administered the on-location delivery of management development, under- and post-graduate programmes from acclaimed academic institutions including the UK’s leading universities such as Hull, Reading and Lincoln to more than 5,000 career professionals.
New Gen
Multi-faceted thinking inspired the design and timing of The Next Generation MBA. For starters, 2020 is an unprecedented year demanding new learning. CMC’s Certificate in Transformational Leadership with the degree from York St John steps in to answer this on many levels. And, we have a notion that our Alumni will be ready to suggest this to their ‘next gen’ family members, friends and team.
Leaders
Just four years into delivering management development, under- and post-graduate programmes, MDCI received the Queens Award for Export in Education in 1997 acknowledging the British firm’s leading role in the Middle East and Africa. Fast-forward more than two decades and MDCI’s programmes have been attended by leaders at multiple levels across multiple sectors, including Ministerial, C-Suite, as well as entrepreneurs attracting mega acquisitions, mergers and listings.