The Full Time MBA is designed for experienced and highly motivated professionals. Students come from diverse geographic as well as academic backgrounds, with the clear aim to advance their career or change career paths.  Over 40% of the ALBA Full Time MBA student community of nationals of developed as well as developing markets, such as the United States of America, United Kingdom, South Africa, Cyprus, Serbia, Bulgaria, FYROM, Egypt, Nigeria, Kazakhstan - among them, holders of first degrees in fields such as Engineering, Science, Economics, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Humanities or Liberal Arts.  The program is specifically designed for individuals with a minimum of 3 years of professional experience.

The Full Time MBA is an intensive 12-month curriculum that encompasses a comprehensive range of courses that cover all fundamental management issues. 

The program is divided into 5 teaching periods and also includes an additional Preparatory Courses Segment, which provides a foundation for the core courses that follow. The Core Courses Segment provides students with the knowledge and skills required to gain a deep understanding of the fundamentals of management.

Students are also required to take a core course in Entrepreneurship, which will give them the insight to create new and innovative businesses.  Each team of students is required to devise and write a business plan for a company that they plan to launch, based on realistic venture ideas. The plans are presented to a panel of venture capitalists and business development managers that select the team which will represent ALBA in the prestigious European Business Plan of the Year Competition, which takes place in a different European country every year. A series of workshops run parallel to the core courses and aim to develop personal skills and competencies.

Having the opportunity to choose from a variery of Elective Courses, participants may adjust the program to their own professional needs. The Field Consulting Project is the culmination of a year's intensive learning, providing the opportunity to implement concepts and methods in a real company environment. Participants form teams and spend approximately three months examining a real-life business problem commissioned by an organization.