Students enrolled in this program are students of the staff officer course at Joint Command and Staff College in Abu Dhabi, who satisfy the following admission requirements.

Regular Admission

• The applicant must have a bachelor's degree with minimum CGPA of (3.0 out of 4.0) or equivalent.
• TOEFL PBT score of (400) or IELTS (Academic) score of (4).

Conditional Admission

• If the GPA of the bachelor's degree or equivalent ranged between ( 2.0 and less than 3.00 ), the Student may register for maximum of 9 credit hours in the first semester and must achieve an overall CGPA of 3.00 in the first semester for the master’s program (students are allowed to repeat one course to raise their CGPA)
• TOEFL PBT score of (400) or IELTS (Academic) score of (4).

For students who have never studied courses in business management, they must complete (introductory courses) before joining the program. These introductory courses are: (Principles of Management, quantitative methods in business management). Students are exempt from taking any of these courses if they have already attended them (or their equivalent) prior to joining program.