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Business Development and Global Business
When you finish your studies, you will earn a university degree as a Bachelor in Business Development and Global Business, officially recognized by Mexico's Ministry of Public Education (SEP), through a mostly hands-on methodology in which your academic training is tied to creating, developing and running your own company in one of the most important business ecosystems in the world:
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Middle East
Manifesto
First you study for years,
then you try to start a business.
Why not use those same years to build your own company?
Supported and guided by real mentorship and business infrastructure, designed to help you build. Theory matters, but no more than learning from the real market.
“You start as a university student and graduate as a business owner.”
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IORCA Business Degree
01Admission
There is no formula to get admitted
Our process uses a model called the “Whole Person Approach”: we evaluate each applicant holistically.
- Background
- Skills
- Character
- Initiative
02Dubai, UAE
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, will let you grow your company from one of the most dynamic business ecosystems in the world.
Source: Startup Genome, 2025
The partnership
Two experiences, one education
To build IORCA Business Degree, it was essential to have a partner that brought experience, track record and academic structure. We found that backing in Universidad Kuri.
Brings
Academic experience
Business Degree
Brings
Mentorship and business development
One shared purpose: to train business leaders with a global vision
Universidad Kuri in numbers
We created the first bachelor's degree in Mexico designed to study and start a business at the same time.
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What everyone asks
Straight answers. Have another question? Visit our FAQ section.
More questions01Is it hard to build a profitable company in Dubai?
Definitely yes.
Dubai is home to business owners and entrepreneurs from more than 200 nationalities, many of whom have already proven successful in their home countries and now run businesses with international reach. Competition is tough, but that is precisely one of the reasons Dubai has become one of the most important business ecosystems in the world.
Here you will compete, learn and negotiate with people who think big and execute globally. Far from being a disadvantage, this environment accelerates your business growth and forces you to raise your standards from your very first term.
If it were easy, Dubai wouldn't be Dubai.
02What are the chances of succeeding and reaching the goal?
The reality is that only a minority of entrepreneurs manage to build successful companies. Most projects fail due to lack of experience, capital, business structure and access.
With IORCA BUSINESS DEGREE you don't start a business alone. Throughout the program you will develop your company in Dubai backed by real business infrastructure, designed to significantly increase your chances of success. HOLI has the resources and infrastructure that would normally take years and a large investment to build on your own.
Without a doubt, you will shorten the learning curve, minimize costly mistakes and accelerate the consolidation of your company.
03What if I don't know what business to start?
One of the main problems when starting a business isn't a lack of drive, but not knowing which business to start. At IORCA BUSINESS DEGREE we have identified industries, products and opportunities that fit our entire business and commercial infrastructure.
Imagine starting a business in Dubai without having to invest in setting up a company, without worrying about accounting, paperwork, offices, rent, utilities, administrative staff or most of the expenses that normally eat up the capital of any venture.
We already have that infrastructure, and above all the experience and mentors by your side who have already walked the path. That lets you focus on what truly matters: selling, validating your business model and growing your company.
Our goal is simple: for you to spend your time building a profitable company while we help you remove as many as possible of the barriers that usually keep an entrepreneur from succeeding.
Our people
Those who train entrepreneurs were entrepreneurs first
One of the core requirements to join our faculty is having personally lived the process of starting a business. Every member has real business experience and specialization in their area of responsibility.
Iván Ortiz Catalán
CEO & Founder
HOLI Middle East
Roberto Hernández López
CEO & Founder
Universidad Kuri
Andrés Garatachia
Emirates Venture & Operations
Dubai
Isis Quintero
Entrepreneur Scout & Talent Person
IORCA Business Degree
David Vázquez
Founder Development & Psychology
IORCA Business Degree
Oscar Ramírez
Business Mentoring and Training
IORCA Business Degree
Curriculum
The subject is your company
Subjects are not studied in isolation. Each one is applied directly to the real company you are building in Dubai.
