Guided by our commitment to put student interests first and safety of our community, we have worked thoughtfully to tailor both the curricular as well as co-curricular programming for our campus and the community at large. We are a tight-knit community of thinkers and doers who see the current business environment not as a challenge to be managed but as an opportunity for exploration and transformation. Our highly qualified faculty will provide our students with the very best intellectual capital in business schools today, representing the full spectrum of knowledge, from launching an entrepreneurial venture to running a global business.
Their commitment to the teacher-scholar model means that our students will be learning about the latest thought-leadership in fundamental and contemporary business issues directly from those generating that knowledge. Complemented by our highly qualified and dedicated staff, our Business school will provide our students unparalleled opportunities to fully develop their business acumen and succeed in an increasingly turbulent and competitive business environment.
I share our School and the AUCY spirit and commitment to keep learning, adapting and innovating to continue providing the best experience possible to our students, faculty, staff and the community at large. We will strive to contribute to the economies and communities of our cities, our districts, our country, and the world with important ideas that change business practices and change lives.
If you are a student, staff member, partner, or faculty member in our organization, we welcome you to our School and our University. We are committed to your success.
Marios I. Katsioloudes, PhD
Dean of the School of Business Administration and Economics
Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
Professor Katsioloudes holds a Ph.D. in Strategy and International Business from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently the founding Dean, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, and Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the American University of Cyprus, and former professor of Management at Qatar University, where he taught strategic management, international business, and entrepreneurship courses at the undergraduate, MBA and doctoral levels.
Throughout his 40-year career, Professor Katsioloudes has taught in a number of universities, including Coastal Carolina University, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Saint Josephs’ University, Villanova University, the American University of Sharjah, UAE, Abu Dhabi University, UAE, and the Hellenic American University in Greece.
He is a visiting professor to the University of Cyprus, Galen University in Belize, Linkoping University in Sweden, EDHEC Business School in France, Mediterranean School of Business in Tunisia, Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain, Tulane University in the USA, and The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece.
He has worked for the Cyprus Development Bank and the World Bank. He provided consulting services to SMEs in Cyprus, the US, Libya, Greece, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere. His research focuses on the strategic planning process in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, entrepreneurship, as well as on the management of change and innovation. He has authored/co-authored six books, published over 42 articles, and 72 conference proceedings on strategic management, international business, and small business management/entrepreneurship.
The second edition of his strategic management book was published in 2017 by Routledge. He has also served as a member/chair of review panels for business programs in Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.
The CV of the Dean of Business can be found here.
