MBA-SM
Two-Year Full-Time Master’s Program in Sustainability Management
Xavier School of Sustainability offers a Value-Based Two Year
Master’s Program (MBA) in Sustainability Management.
Drawing inspiration from the Jesuit tradition of learning to
care for environment, human development and sustainable
communities and societies, the Xavier University in keeping
with its vision and mission hopes to promote values of greater
environmental justice and peace and thus create enlightened
innovative programme to bring about change in the way
corporate business is carried out in our Society and Economy.
This programme offers unique opportunity to specialize in one
of the functional areas of management and also to specialize in
Sustainability offering its students a competitive advantage and
a global advantage to their careers.
Building on XIMB’s cutting-edge programmes in business and
rural management and its uncompromising spirit of connecting
business and society, Xavier University Bhubaneswar (XUB)
has decided to respond to the global call and cry to promote
the cause of sustainability. The School of Sustainability is
established in XUB to fulfil this indispensable mission. You can
be part of the mission of creating a sustainable future for all.
We have a distinguished Strategic Academic Advisory Board
(SAAB) to guide and inspire the school. The SAAB members
constitute of leaders from Industry, Academic Institutions,
Civil Society, Government and Research institutions, UN and
Bilateral Agencies and International Monitoring and Reporting
Agency. Our curriculum provides in-depth knowledge and skills
in core sustainability competencies and how to apply them in
the business and social environment for competitive advantage.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
In the first year, students will learn general management
courses and some courses in the above mentioned domains
and in the second year, they will have the opportunity
to specialize in Sustainability and one of the functional
areas such as Accounting and Finance, Human Resource
Management, Information Systems, Marketing, and
Operations Management.
The total number of credits that a student has to earn is
105 credits in two years. Total number of credits for the
core segment is 65 credits. The total number of credits in
the specialization on Sustainability is 20 credits. The total
number of credits in the specialization in a functional area
is 20 credits.
PROGRAM FOCUS
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Human Development
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Climate Change and Natural Resources
Management
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Sustainable Energy
•
Policies, Laws and Governance
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Sustainability Leadership and
Entrepreneurship
“The new agenda is a promise by leaders to all people everywhere. It is an agenda for people, to
end poverty in all its forms – an agenda for the planet, our common home.” On 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development
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Ban Ki-moon
United Nations Secretary-General
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