Business

Business HNDs in Dubai

Six specialisms, one award: the Pearson BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Business. Two years, AED 40,000 per year, and a paid internship that starts four months in. Year one is shared foundations. Year two is where the specialisms separate.

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The six specialisms

  • Accounting and Finance

    Two years of accounting that ends with you able to keep a set of books, read a balance sheet properly and explain what it means to someone who cannot.

    Leads to Accountant, keeping records and preparing reports.

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  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

    For people who want to run something of their own, or run someone else's small business properly.

    Leads to Founder, running your own startup or small business.

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  • Human Resource Management

    HR is the part of a business where policy meets people, and this programme treats it that way.

    Leads to HR assistant or coordinator, supporting hiring and employee relations.

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  • Business Management

    The general management route, for people who want to run a team, a department or an operation.

    Leads to Business manager, running a department or a small company.

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  • Marketing

    Marketing as a discipline rather than a set of posts.

    Leads to Marketing coordinator, supporting planning and analysis.

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  • Procurement and Supply Management

    Dubai moves goods for a living, so procurement is a local skill with a global market.

    Leads to Procurement officer, managing purchasing and suppliers.

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Also available as a 1-year route

The Entrepreneurship and Career Launchpad Programme covers similar ground in twelve months, without the Pearson award.

See the one-year route

What they share

  • Awarded by Pearson, not by TIIB. Recognised in 70+ countries.
  • Assessed on coursework, projects and presentations. No final examination decides your year.
  • Entry: a recognised Level 3 qualification or a high school diploma. Mature applicants with work experience are considered case by case.
  • Guaranteed internship, paying up to AED 1,000 a month based on performance.
  • Direct entry into the final year of a UK bachelor's degree.

Who it suits

Business suits you if you want to run something, or to work close to the people who do. It is broad on purpose. Your specialism shapes the qualification rather than deciding your whole career, and employers pay more attention to what you can show them than to the words after the title.

If you want to build software, secure a network or animate a character, the digital side is where you should be.

Two of these six probably fit you

The finder will say which. Four questions, and it reads the whole catalogue rather than this page.

Next steps

Ready to choose which specialism?

Applications are open for the next intake. If you have narrowed it to two specialisms, a counsellor will talk through what separates them.

An admissions counsellor replies within one working day.

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