By the end of the study tour, students should:

• Have obtained some general context about Dubai, the UAE and their strategic vision within the Middle East and the wider region
• Have developed an understanding of the practice of doing business in a multi-cultural environment, and considered the implications in terms of useful competences for organisations and individuals to be successful in such an environment.
• Through exposure to talent experts and individual managers, have developed an understanding of the common stages of international careers as well as having been exposed to individual stories.

Note: This is a 2 credit bearing class and will appear on your transcript, however this does not count towards your programme of study.

Below shows an this year's itinerary. (The itinerary may be subject to change)

Day 1

• Check-in and a free day to enjoy Dubai

Day 2

• Visit to the Strathclyde Business School Dubai Campus (Dubai Women's College)
• Welcome introduction
• Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Centre for Cultural Understanding
• Tour of mosque and lunch

Day 3

• Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA): Presentation & tour of port
• Expo 2020 - Site visit and presentation

Day 4

• Burj Kalifa visit
• Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) - Presentation on DIFC

Day 5

• Public Holiday
• Day to undertake further research on Dubai – visit Dubai Knowledge Village and Dubai Internet City

Day 6 

• Visit to Dubai College of Tourism
• Guest speaker talk on ‘Tourism Strategy’ Jeff Strachan, Business Development Director
• DWC - Lunch included
• SBS Poster Presentations
• Prizes and farewells

Day 7

• Free day to enjoy Dubai

Day 8 

• Travel home

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please download the Dubai trip application form and return it to sbs-dubai-trip@strath.ac.uk by Friday 13 December 2019.  A deposit of £150 must be paid at the same time.

The price for the trip is approximate at this time, however, we don’t expect it to exceed £600.  This includes accommodation, travel within Dubai to itinerary events and if on the same flights as the Faculty Office team, will include transfers to and from the accommodation.

Please note, this cost does not include your flight costs. 

To help spread the cost, payments are made by instalments as follows:

• £150 instalment due by Friday 10 January 2020
• £150 instalment due by Friday 7 February 2020
• £150 final balance due Friday 6 March 2020 

All payments are made via the Online Shop.

Please note, the deposit payment will contribute to your total cost.  As places are limited, if you are not selected to participate, the £150 deposit will be refunded to you.

If the costs exceeds £600, we will allow students the opportunity to reconsider their participation, and if at the February 2020 instalment payment stage you decided not to go to Dubai, we will refund the deposit.