a new overseas programme allows indian students to simultaneously pursue a bachelors degree in information technology along with an mba writes poonam jainuniversity of cincinnati us has announced an accelerated programme allowing indian students to earn a bachelors degree in information technology while concurrently pursuing their mba the new itmba programme will allow students to gain both an undergraduate and graduate degree together in this new programme students will have to take one or two courses more than the typical course load through this intensive work they will eventually incorporate graduatelevel courses with their undergraduate coursework by mixing graduate and undergraduate coursework in their final years they will be able to achieve both degrees in less time than if they were to attempt them separately says charlie schwartz assistant director for admissions at university of cincinnati students also earn over 18 months of fulltime paid work experience through the uc cooperative education coop programme usually indian students are restricted by the us law to work oncampus for a maximum of 20 hours per week however because this programme has the coop work experience integrated into its curriculum this restriction does not apply says schwartz students gain both technical expertise and business acumen and graduate with skills required to be successful in todays competitive global market admission the university has intakes in august and january for the itmba programme the deadline for the next intake august 2014 is december 1 2013 scholarships students can receive scholarships ranging from 5000 up to the full cost of tuition 25000 per year all applicants are automatically reviewed for scholarships eligibility criteria students must complete an online application submit past three years academic records and sat scores cost cost of tuition for one year of the programme is 25000 usdfund pledgecolumbia business school announced today that ronald o perelman chairman and ceo of macandrews forbes holdings inc and a member of the schools board of overseers has pledged 100 million to columbia business school the gift will be used to develop a new facility that will strengthen the schools innovations and programmes that are creating the next generation of global business leaders biz wizards the third edition of the iese private equity competition ipec saw participation from many bschools at the event iese business school claimed the top prize insead business school was the runner up with london business school taking the third place ipec was organised by iese students dumitru furtuna stefano charrey and varun dalal under the able mentorship of professor heinrich liechtenstein