Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)
About This Programme
Focuses on people strategy, talent, and organisational behaviour, aligned to CIPD professional standards. Three years (Advanced Entry) or four with an Integrated Freshman Year.
Course Highlights
- CIPD (UK)-accredited - graduates become CIPD Associate Members.
- Strategic HR, employment relations and workplace health & safety.
- AACSB-accredited; degree awarded by the University of Wollongong, Australia.
- 144 credit points; 3-year or 4-year pathway.
What You'll Study
Delivered on the Dubai Knowledge Park campus (6 credit points per subject), building on a shared first-year business foundation.
First Year Foundation Subjects
- Responsible Business6 credits
- Marketing Principles6 credits
- Introduction to Management6 credits
- Professional Communication: Concepts and Practices6 credits
- Accounting for Decision Making6 credits
- Accounting Principles6 credits
- Statistics for Business6 credits
- Innovation for Global Goals6 credits
- Introductory Principles of Finance6 credits
- Principles of Supply Chain Management6 credits
- Introduction to Law6 credits
- Economic Essentials for Business6 credits
- Economics and Society6 credits
Major Subjects
- Recruitment & Selection6 credits
- Strategic Human Resource Management6 credits
- Employment Relations6 credits
- Managing Across Cultures6 credits
- Understanding Organisations6 credits
General Elective Subjects
- Digitalisation and Computational Thinking for Business*6 credits
Major Subjects
- Workplace Health and Safety Management6 credits
- Learning and Development in Organisations6 credits
- Managing Employee Performance and Rewards6 credits
Capstone
- Integrative Business Capstone6 credits
General Elective Subjects
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship*6 credits
Choose One Emirati Studies*
- Urban Sociology6 credits
- Public Health6 credits
- UAE and International Relations6 credits
- Society and Environment – Resources, Challenges, Futures6 credits
- Muslim Societies Across the Ages: Tradition, Secularism & Modernity6 credits
Entry Requirements
UOWD publishes a 21-row matrix covering a further nine school systems (Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, CIS). See the programme page for the full table.
Careers
Graduates become HR managers, talent acquisition specialists, HR consultants, HR analytics specialists, L&D executives and employee-relations managers.
Accreditation & Professional Recognition
Accredited by the UAE Ministry of Education (CAA) and KHDA-licensed; conferred by the University of Wollongong (Australia). AACSB-accredited, with CIPD (UK) recognition.
Professional exemptions
Programme Details
Award
Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)
Start Date
September 2026 (also January & April intakes)
Typical Offer
High-school completion; IELTS 6.0 (3-yr) / 5.0 (4-yr)
Duration
3 years
Qualification
Bachelors
Subject Area
Business & Finance
Campus
Dubai
Course Type
Human Resource Management major
Tuition Fee
AED 63,449/yr
Apply online at uowdubai.ac.ae. Scholarships and merit awards are available.