MBA program for the Management of Nonprofit Organizations

The Nonprofit MBA program provides current and aspiring managers with the skill set necessary to elevate their organizations to the next level. In one dynamic and intensive year, students learn both core managerial skills as well as specialized skills and knowledge relevant to the particular tasks and challenges faced by nonprofits. The program is designed for working professionals, and allows students balancing work, family, and studies the ability to thrive and succeed. Students come from a rich and diverse background spanning education, health, culture, security, welfare, and more, creating a vibrant classroom environment with opportunities to share knowledge, broaden perspectives across sectors, network with peers from diverse backgrounds, and inspire innovation.

The Students

The Nonprofit MBA program is designed for experienced professionals – managers with three or more years of managerial experience in or interest in the nonprofit sector. The program is intensive and constructed of condensed, short study periods, which maximize students’ time efficiency, making it possible to balance educational and work goals. The School of Business Administration perceives our students to be central pillars at the heart of our school – a vital link between the academic world and the broader community. They arrive from unique social-managerial contexts and bring back to their communities and organizations cutting-edge knowledge, strategic insights, and a renewed drive to succeed that allow them to inspire excellence in others and transform their leadership of nonprofit organizations.

Additional unique features of the program

Courses are concentrated on one day a week - Tuesdays from 08:00 to 20:00, allowing students to acquire a master's degree without interrupting the course of his or her current work.

The program is one year, encompassing five study-periods, each of which consists of eight weeks and an exam week.

Studies take place in a cohesive and relatively small group. The diverse academic background of students allows the exchange of ideas between the participants.

Integration between theory and practice: The program combines lecturers from the academia and lecturers from the field, both from Israel and abroad. The lecturers in the program ground education in theory as well as an applied orientation of the study material, and the combination contributes to the quality of the learning experience in the program.

Registration & Admission

Women and men who possess the following qualifications are welcome to apply for admission to our programs:

1. An accredited undergraduate degree with a minimum grade point average of 80 or the equivalent*.
2. Preference for those with at least 3 years of managerial/professional experience.
3. Completion of the GMAT/GRE/Internal Exam, with a minimum grade that will be determined periodically**.
4. A excellent command of the English language (An MBA student must prove reading, writing, and verbal skills in the English language. Some of the courses and workshops may be given in English).
5. Qualified candidates will be invited for an interview.

* For applicants who hold a foreign bachelor's degree, completion of the GRE exam is required. The minimum grade will apply to both quantitative and verbal parts of the exam. For GRE info- click here.

** A GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) score is required for the General MBA program for managers. For all other programs applicants have to pass the School's Internal Exam instead of the GMAT Exam. This exam consists of 3 parts: Verbal, Quantitative and English, and requires a minimum grade that will be determined periodically.

School's Internal Exam consists of 3 parts: Verbal, Quantitative and English, and requires a minimum grade that will be determined periodically.

Upon receiving the test score, candidates are requested to provide the University of Haifa with the original or authorized copy of the test score.

• To the official website of the GMAT Exam click here.
• For inquiries about GMAT registration call: 0031-263521577 or fax: 0031-263521278.

- Applicants who hold a Ph.D from accredited universities, will be exempted from taking the GMAT/Internal Exam.
- Applicants who hold advanced degrees from accredited universities, as well as applicants who hold senior managerial positions, may request to be exempted from the GMAT/Internal Exam.
- Applicants with an appropriate academic background in the quantitative field, may request to be exempted from the GMAT/Internal Exam.

A school committee will discuss all requests, which must be submitted through the program coordinator.

For Application: https://applicants.haifa.ac.il/adm/#/ 

Tuition

Duration of the program - two years of academic studies.

MBA students will pay for the entire program a regular university tuition of two academic years + ancillary payments (security payments, services, etc.), subject to the NIS regulations.

For more details, please contact the Tuition department

Program Officials

Program Academic Head: Dr. Kim Weaver Livnat

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Program Coordinator: Ms. Hala Hosary

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Phone: 04-8249193