Annual MBA Study Week 2019 at the University of Sheffield

More than 200 managers and business professionals attending the Executive MBA of CITY College in 8 countries travelled to Sheffield to participate in this year’s exciting Annual MBA Study Week at the University of Sheffield, UK in June-July 2019. Our Executive MBA students studying in Thessaloniki, Belgrade, Bucharest, Sofia, Kyiv, Yerevan, Tbilisi and for the first time Baku made the most our of the Sheffield Week experience and spent a week full of joint classes, seminars, company visit activities, free time and exciting outings.

Escorted by Mr. George Efstathiadis, Director of The Executive Development Institute (EDI) of CITY College and Prof. Leslie Szamosi, Director of the Executive MBA, student participants enjoyed their time at Sheffield and had the opportunity to network with peers from different countries, industries and cultures and share experiences and best practices.

In the context of the Sheffield Study Week a company visit took place at Jaguar – Land Rover plant at Liverpool. MBA students got first hand insights from one of UK’s leading companies in the automotive industry and also get a taste of the city of Liverpool. During the visit company representatives presented the corporate goals, strategies, the production process and achievements and also gave a tour of the manufacturing facilities.

Also, MBA students of the Healthcare Management track attended special lectures delivered by 3three professors from the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) and Medical Faculty of the University of Sheffield during the study week. Healthcare students also visited a center of Specialised Commissioning of Public Health England in Rotherham.

The structure of the Executive MBA programme incorporates the Annual Study Week, which takes place every year the University of Sheffield, enhancing the programme’s international character, providing a brilliant networking opportunity to students. The Annual Study Week in Sheffield is one of the programme’s key attributes during which MBA participants network, learn and have fun at the same time.