DePaul University established the United States tenth oldest business school in 1912. The Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business was established in 1949. DePaul enjoys an outstanding reputation based upon its past accomplishments, its current strengths, and potential for a very bright future. While its overall mission is to be a leader in the application and dissemination of knowledge, as it relates to business and its role in a global society, its primary objective is to be responsive in markets through innovative programmes and research that address current issues and anticipate the future. Interesting to note is a Princeton Review Guide Survey of 59,000 students at 331 colleges and universities which found DePaul students to be the happiest and most satisfied in the US. This is a very clear testimony to the quality dimensions of the college's faculty and academic programmes in support of its mission and educational objectives.

DePaul University of Chicago, with its top ranked part-time MBA programmes in the US, joins with BIBF, the leading professional training institute in the Gulf Region, in offering its MBA programme in Bahrain.

DePaul and BIBF offered the first resident MBA programme for Bahrain and the Gulf Region and the first MBA programme taught solely by US faculty in the entire Middle East. Like BIBF, which offers quality programmes in countries around the globe, DePaul, with MBA programmes in Bahrain, Taiwan and Czech Republic, brings its global experience to the Gulf Region.

DePaul's evening MBA programme is ranked 9th among the largest part-time MBA programmes in the world and is accredited by AACSB International.

This is a unique 18-month programme with courses offered in the evenings and on weekends. There are 18 courses in the programme, all of which are taught in Bahrain in-person by full-time Chicago-based DePaul faculty. This is not a distance learning programme, although resources are available online.

The programme starts in January of each calendar year and runs for 21 months. August is a summer holiday, and December is a winter holiday. No classes are conducted in the holy month of Ramadan. Each course is taught in 3 week modules with approximately 2 weeks in between each course. Students meet with DePaul professors 3 times per week during the evening between 6:00pm - 9:30pm and in mornings on 3 consecutive weekends between 8:00am - 3:30pm. Weekends are usually Fridays for this program.

Class sessions (excluding national and religious holidays) run as follows:

(Course list is subject to modification)