Master's Degree of Human Resources
and Labor Relations

Busy professionals in the Gulf region who wish to develop or enhance their skills in human resources can conveniently earn a Master's degree of Human Resources and Labor Relations from one of the top five graduate human resources and labor relations (HR/LR) programs in the United States.  Michigan State University graduates in this program have long been recruited by Fortune 500 companies and smaller, high-growth companies, as well as nonprofit organizations.

Located in Dubai at Academic City, our internationally acclaimed Master's in Human Resources program offers you:

	The same outstanding curriculum in Human Resources found at MSU’s main campus–graduates will earn a human resources master’s degree from MSU
	Instruction from some of the same dedicated and renowned faculty who teach in East Lansing
	Classes scheduled to allow working professionals to complete their degree in a year and a half to four years, depending on full-time or part-time levels of attendance
	Unmatched, hands-on knowledge and skills of immediate value to working students and their employers
	An in-depth understanding of HR and LR, as well as the statistical tools and metrics essential to evaluating the effects of policies and practices on organizational performance
	Excellent returns on your investment

Gain the essential skills you need to become a leading professional in HR/LR.

Through a variety of practical assignments and projects–such as case analyses and group assignments–students bring immediate benefit to their employers and also learn how to:

	Structure policies and practices to build workforce competencies, motivation, innovation, and commitment
	Align HR/LR strategies with business and operational strategies
	Assess the value added from HR/LR practices in creating high-performance work systems
	Act strategically in response to rapidly changing global environments
	Comply with employment and labor laws
	Create effective labor-management relations

Faculty members are distinguished scholars and have impressive credentials in diverse academic backgrounds such as:

	Economics
	Industrial and labor relations
	Organizational behavior
	Human resources
	Compensation
	Labor law, and
	Employment and training