Global Executive MBA
The Global Business School
London Dubai Shanghai San Francisco New York
02 Introduction 07 The global business school 23 The Hult Global Executive MBA curriculum 41 Results 47 Hult campus locations 71 Life at Hult 82 More Hult programs 83 How to apply Business today is global. A relevant business education must be a global one. Now that 60% of the world’s economic output crosses an international border, it’s no longer enough to understand how business works. You also need to know how the world works.
The list of leaders is changing faster than you think. By some measures, China has already overtaken the U.S. as the world’s largest economy. China has built a rail system in the past two decades that could circle the globe three times, and the Chinese own more smartphones than any other country.
London is the world’s most international Spending time at Hult’s campus in Shanghai city. Hult has three separate campuses in allows you to experience how the Chinese the Greater London area. economy impacts almost everything. The influence of emerging markets is on the rise. Emerging markets now import more goods than developed economies. They also produce over 50% of the world’s GDP. Their foreign investment exceeds 440 billion dollars—more than the U.S. and Europe combined.
The world’s largest cities have more economic power than many countries. New York City vies neck and neck with Tokyo as the world’s most powerful city. Its 1.1 trillion dollar economic output exceeds that of Mexico.
Hult Dubai places you at the crossroads Hult offers electives in downtown Manhattan— of trade, media, and tourism in one of the within walking distance of Wall Street. world’s most vibrant emerging markets. Technology is changing everything. Uber is the world’s largest taxi company, but it doesn’t own any cars. Airbnb has more rooms worldwide than Hilton, but it doesn’t own any hotels. Alibaba is one of the planet’s largest retailers, yet it carries no inventory. Hult is the global business school. Hult’s Global Executive MBA offers the most global, practical—and flexible—business education available. Build a study program around your own busy schedule, so that you can upgrade your skills and take the next big step in your international career.
This is the world 08 Global flexibility 12 Global student body of global business... 14 Global faculty 16 Global curriculum Hult San Francisco places you at the heart 18 Global alumni network of California’s innovation, technology, and startup culture. 20 Global Speaker Series THE GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL
The only Executive MBA that lets you choose where, how, and what you’ll study. Global flexibility: Our Executive MBA is designed for working professionals. We offer you maximum flexibility when it comes to choosing campus locations and career-specific courses—even the ability to study online— so that you can continue to work full-time while you pursue your degree.
Study at up to three Hult campus locations Customize your MBA to your current in five world-class cities. position or future career. Only Hult offers you the choice of five Executive Unique to our Executive MBA is the ability to MBA locations worldwide—and the ability to specialize your degree in a range of career fields: rotate seamlessly among them. First choose a Marketing, Finance, Project Management, home campus from these three locations: London, Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, or General Dubai, or Shanghai. From October to April, you Management. You can further shape your future study at your home campus one four-day by gaining hands-on experience through the weekend a month to gain core business Hult Business Challenge, a three-month group knowledge. Then from May to July, you can project to solve a problem for a specific company, customize your study program by taking your or to launch a new business or social enterprise. specialization electives at any of these Hult locations: London, Shanghai, Dubai, San Francisco, To learn more about how our Executive MBA or New York. At Hult, you learn about world works, see pp. 23–37. markets by studying in several of them.
Choose how you would like to study— to meet the needs of your busy schedule. Only Hult allows you Typically, you spend one long weekend a month on campus, studying alongside business to study in up to five world-class professionals from up to 120 different countries. cities—and customize your We also recognize that commitments in your MBA program content to work and home life may sometimes make this difficult. We have therefore designed our meet your global career goals. program so that you can, with sufficient prior notice, choose to complete entire modules of your coursework online instead.
8 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA Hult San Francisco is just a short walk from the Transamerica Pyramid. Hult London Ashridge Estate —— Home campus Where you study: Our seamless curriculum allows you to study at multiple locations. Choose a home campus where you’ll learn core business subjects from October to April. Then take your specialization electives at any Hult home campus or rotation center from May to July. (See pp. 47-69)
What you study: Specializations help you customize your MBA to your current industry or future career: Marketing, Finance, Project Management, Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, or General Hult London Design an MBA Management. Hult House West (See pp. 30-31) —— Satellite campus (Select classes only) program around your busy lifestyle. How you study: Learn alongside professionals from up to 120 countries on campus once a month. Expect four days of intensive classes, seminars, and workshops. Hult New York If your work schedule should become too — Rotation center demanding, you can also opt to complete a portion of your coursework online. (See pp. 26-27)
Hult Dubai —— Home campus
Hult San Francisco —— Rotation center
Hult Shanghai —— Home campus THE GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL
Country of origin of Hult’s student body in 2015
Many business schools United States 11.87% Israel 0.16% India 10.16% Argentina 0.16% China 6.27% Oman 0.16% United Kingdom 5.56% Hungary 0.16% claim to be global. Germany 5.56% Palestine 0.16% UAE 4.13% Cambodia 0.16% Mexico 3.85% Honduras 0.16% Hult classrooms actually Brazil 3.25% Albania 0.16% Italy 3.25% Trinidad & Tobago 0.12% Colombia 3.02% Kenya 0.12% France 2.10% Ethiopia 0.12% prove it. Russia 2.10% Czech Republic 0.12% Peru 2.02% Zambia 0.12% Canada 1.79% Angola 0.12% Global student body: In 2015, Hult’s incoming Belgium 1.59% Uganda 0.12% Switzerland 1.55% Serbia 0.12% student body represented 120 countries and spoke over Philippines 1.55% Slovakia 0.12% Spain 1.51% Iceland 0.08% 100 languages. Though our Executive MBA candidates Venezuela 1.51% Tunisia 0.08% South Korea 1.35% Cameroon 0.08% come from every corner of the globe, they share a Ecuador 1.15% Poland 0.08% common desire to take the next big step in their careers. Nigeria 1.15% Lithuania 0.08% Thailand 1.07% Barbados 0.08% They question the status quo, dare to be different, and Portugal 1.03% Qatar 0.08% Indonesia 1.03% Australia 0.08% think outside of the box. Lebanon 1.03% Romania 0.08% Norway 0.99% Bahamas 0.08% Pakistan 0.79% Bahrain 0.08% We look for what makes you unique. Dominican Republic 0.75% Finland 0.08% Many of the world’s most successful leaders did Japan 0.67% Madagascar 0.08% not graduate from college at the top of their class. Saudi Arabia 0.63% Sri Lanka 0.08% Yet no one doubts that there’s something truly Study alongside South Africa 0.60% Kyrgyzstan 0.08% special about them. That’s why Hult is interested The Netherlands 0.60% Slovenia 0.08% business professionals from Egypt 0.60% Sierra Leone 0.08% in more than just your academic record and job around the globe. On average, Sweden 0.56% Eritrea 0.04% résumé. We want to get to know you: what makes Austria 0.52% British Virgin Islands 0.04%Enjoy a you tick, where your true passions lie, and how our Executive MBA students Iran 0.52% Uruguay 0.04% you think you’ve succeeded—or failed. Malaysia 0.52% Paraguay 0.04%weekly are 36 years old with 11 years Ghana 0.44% Turkmenistan 0.04% Uzbekistan 0.40% Botswana 0.04%calendar of Study alongside business professionals from of work experience. Turkey 0.40% Macedonia 0.04% every industry. Vietnam 0.40% Bolivia 0.04%events and Your fellow classmates will quickly become one Panama 0.36% Myanmar 0.04%outings. Bulgaria 0.36% New Caledonia 0.04% of your most prized learning resources. They Greece 0.32% Liberia 0.04% come from the broadest possible range of Morocco 0.32% Kuwait 0.04% professional backgrounds—having already worked Denmark 0.28% Rwanda 0.04% an average of 11 years doing everything Georgia 0.28% Brunei Darussalam 0.04% Ukraine 0.28% Armenia 0.04% imaginable. Together, you will not only share your Chile 0.28% New Zealand 0.04% experiences, but teach each other how everyone Guatemala 0.24% Mozambique 0.04% sees the world from different angles. Most Hong Kong SAR 0.24% Tanzania 0.04% important of all, you will learn how to use this Kazakhstan 0.24% Gibraltar 0.04% diversity to your advantage. You will not only Luxembourg 0.20% Bosnia & Herzegovina 0.04% Singapore 0.20% Mongolia 0.04% graduate with a network of friends and colleagues Costa Rica 0.20% Côte d’Ivoire 0.04% from every major city in the world, you will Bangladesh 0.20% Dem. Rep. of the Congo 0.04% become a true global citizen. El Salvador 0.20% Croatia 0.04% Puerto Rico 0.20% Latvia 0.04% Jordan 0.20%
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Hult faculty’s Our faculty bring their global experience 93% international experience Percentage of Hult faculty who hold to the classroom. advanced degrees. 62% Percentage of Hult Global faculty: Though Hult professors have the faculty with more than 10 years of teaching academic training you would expect, the subjects they teach experience. are greatly enhanced by their internationalism: they come from 37 countries and have collectively taught on nearly every 3 Average number of continent. But what sets them truly apart is their real-world countries in which Hult experience. Everything you learn is backed by examples from faculty have worked. their successes as corporate executives, business owners, inventors, and entrepreneurs. 71% Percentage of Hult faculty who have lived on two or more A different approach to what makes continents. a great professor. Unlike the faculty of many universities—who Hult professors hail are primarily researchers and authors—Hult professors pride themselves first and foremost on from 37 countries. The their ability to excel in the classroom. Many have majority bring over 10 years achieved significant success in the business world, and are keen to share it with their students. Some of teaching experience to have worked in large multinationals like the classroom, as well as McKinsey & Company, Coca-Cola, and Credit their own successes in the Suisse. Others have run their own businesses and enterprises. Several have developed their own business world. patents for goods and services. All of them understand the demands on busy executives, since they are business professionals themselves.
Inspiring teachers, satisfied students. Our professors and lecturers all possess impressive academic credentials—93% hold advanced degrees from some of the world’s finest institutions. But what matters most to our students is their performance in the classroom. According to the The Economist Executive MBA Rankings 2015, our students rate the quality of teaching they receive from their professors at 4.53 out of 5.
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Our curriculum is based on the issues facing today’s international companies.
Global curriculum: There’s probably no greater testimony to the quality of Hult’s highly practical Executive MBA curriculum than the fact that hundreds of multinational companies turn to Hult’s Ashridge Executive Education programs for consulting, management training, and leadership development.
Many of the same experts who develop and A few of the global teach our Executive MBA courses have worked organizations that turn to us for executive and with some of the world’s leading companies. organizational development Not only do we teach global management to Executive MBA students, we also consult for —— Air China some of the world’s most respected organizations. —— AstraZeneca Hult’s Ashridge —— Bank of China This problem-solving takes many forms including —— Bayer strategy development, change management, and Executive Education delivers —— China Post leadership development. —— Coca-Cola over 300 customized —— Daimler management development —— Dubai Roads & Transport Authority We translate our findings into relevant —— Electrolux educational content. programs a year to some of —— Ericsson Part of our mission is to translate the best the world’s most respected —— EY practices from our consulting work into useful —— Heineken —— International Committee of the Red Cross information for the business world. We maintain organizations. —— Microsoft a cutting-edge research center to identify and —— Nokia Siemens study trends in the global marketplace. But most —— Rolls-Royce importantly for you, we take what we learn and —— Rugby Football Union U.K. —— SABMiller build it into our Executive MBA curriculum so —— Sinopec that you get the most relevant business education —— Tetra Pak available. You’ll find yourself applying many of the —— Time Warner Inc. tools and techniques you learn in class to —— U.K. National Health Service —— World Health Organization situations that arise at your current job.
16 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA 17 HULT.EDU/EMBA THE GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL Hult Global Alumni Network 45+ Regions that have Hult An alumni network that alumni chapters and clubs, providing networking and truly spans the globe. business opportunities. 175+ Global alumni network: Your Hult journey Countries that Hult doesn’t end when you graduate, it continues for life. alumni work in across a Membership in our alumni association allows you to wide range of industries. connect with classmates, alumni, and businesses around 16,000+ the world; attend free classes, lectures, and events; and Hult alumni worldwide. develop your international career. 100,000 Executives who have passed through Hult’s Ashridge Executive Education programs.
Network with 16,000 alumni in over Connect with international companies and 175 countries. recruitment consultants. Once you graduate, you’ll automatically receive Our Global Corporate Relations team works our newsletter, Hult Alumni News, to keep you closely with Fortune 500 companies worldwide connected to life at Hult. We also run alumni to provide alumni with lifelong networking and chapters in over 45 regions around the world. career development opportunities. If you’re in Attending alumni events is a great way to expand the market for a new job, we can connect you your professional and personal network in a with the world’s most influential recruitment relaxed social environment. We have even consultants. If you’re not, use our alumni developed an app to help you locate and connect network to recruit and hire Hult graduates for with alumni on the go. open positions at your firm.
Lifelong learning—guaranteed. Learning at Hult doesn’t stop when you put on Our 45+ alumni your graduation cap and gown. Hult alumni enjoy lifetime access to electives in more than chapters worldwide make it 100 subjects, and access to exclusive Executive easy to stay connected. Keep in Education programs at our Ashridge campus. Hult alumni are welcome back to any Hult campus for touch with classmates, share prestigious guest speaker events, and we bring contacts, and network for new master classes to alumni chapters worldwide. career opportunities. Find out Alumni can also attend our Global Alumni Summits—where you can connect with alumni, more at hult.edu/alumni-stories. enhance your business knowledge, and be inspired by some world-class keynote speakers. Past events have taken place in Boston, Bali, Cartagena, and London.
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Hear directly from the world’s greatest thought Jimmy Wales leaders and trendsetters.
Steve Wozniak Global Speaker Series: We invite guest lecturers to campus throughout your Executive Jim Rogers MBA program. This gives you access to the world’s brightest minds. You’ll hear about their successes— and failures—and get the inside story on the issues Muhammad Yunus shaping the future of business.
Exposure to some of the world’s most Some of our former guest lecturers: influential business people. —— Biz Stone Kiran Our Global Speakers Series—hosted by every Co-founder, Twitter Mazumdar-Shaw Hult campus worldwide—is just one of the ways —— Steve Forbes we strive to ensure our curriculum is always Chairman, Forbes Media 100% relevant. You get to hear directly from many —— Jimmy Wales of the people who are making headlines in the Founder, Wikipedia business world. It’s also an open forum for you to —— Steve Wozniak ask questions and get answers about the latest Co-founder, Apple Computer Inc. Paul Polman business practices and industry insights. —— Jim Rogers Co-founder, Quantum Fund Hear from a wide range of voices. —— Gordon Brown One of the strengths of this series is the diversity Former Prime Minister, U.K. of speakers we choose, which range from industry —— Julia Gillard mavericks to distinguished corporate titans. Former Prime Minister, Australia Julia Gillard Each campus places a special emphasis on —— Bob Geldof inviting speakers from the local community— Music Producer and Philanthropist Muhtar Kent representatives from business, government, arts —— Arianna Huffington and culture, and philanthropy—so that you can Founder and Publisher, plug into what’s happening all around you. The Huffington Post —— Muhammad Yunus Gordon Brown Nobel Peace Prize Winner “ People are now —— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw reinventing work, reinventing lives, and reinventing India’s first biotech entrepreneur, business—and a lot of that work is being done Founder, Biocon —— Muhtar Kent here at Hult.” Chairman and CEO, Coca-Cola —— Paul Polman Arianna Huffington CEO, Unilever Founder and Publisher, The Huffington Post 2014 Speaker Series
20 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA Biz Stone Arianna Huffington Steve Forbes Global reach: Mario needed maximum flexibility. Mario went from being COO of Ferrari to CEO of Brembo China during his Executive MBA. The flexibility of the program meant he The Hult Global could move seamlessly from our London campus to Shanghai without interrupting his activities. “ I had more than 22 years of professional Executive MBA experience and was COO at Ferrari when I decided to embark upon my Executive MBA at Hult. I started the program at the London campus then shifted to Shanghai to better suit my new position as CEO of Brembo China. I was able to curriculum move my activities to the other side of the world Mario Almondo without any interruption. President and CEO, Brembo China Our flexible, two-year program allows you to continue working Italy, Class of 2015 Hult is focused on study and learning, but at full-time, while benefiting from all the innovative elements of the same time friendly and uncomplicated. Forming relationships and sharing experiences our award-winning Global One-Year MBA curriculum. with people from all over the world has enhanced my capabilities of dealing with intercultural differences in the workplace, and has given me a fresh perspective on business.”
24 How our program works
26 Maximum flexibility
28 Business knowledge
30 Specializations
32 Leadership development
34 The Business Challenge
36 Career support
38 Hult global faculty
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CURRICULUM Maximum flexibility: Design a study program around your needs. Our Executive MBA allows you to seamlessly integrate an advanced degree program into your busy work and home life by customizing where, how, and what you study.
Customize where you study Customize how you study Customize what you study
Study at up to three Hult If necessary, you can switch to Make your MBA career-specific campuses worldwide. studying online. with a specialization. Hult’s exclusive Global Campus We understand that traveling to Get further value from your Executive Rotation scheme enables you to study campus on a monthly basis may MBA program by focusing all of your at any—or all—of our campus locations sometimes prove impossible due to elective courses on a specific industry during your two-year program. First, work or home life commitments. With or career. We offer specializations in select the home campus where you will Hult’s Executive MBA program, you Marketing, Finance,Project Management, complete your Leadership Development can opt to take Modules 1 or 2 of either Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, and immersion and Business Knowledge program year online.* Please note that General Management. (See pp. 30-31.) courses each year, from October through you must complete the Leadership April. Your choices are London, Dubai, Development immersion and Business Apply all that you learn toward your and Shanghai. Then, from May through Challenge project on campus, as these next career move. July of both years, take each of your four require face-to-face interaction with specialization electives at whichever Hult professors, mentors, fellow students, In Year 2, we give you the chance to Gain support from your employer, location you prefer. Choose from any of and corporate clients. put all the theories, techniques, and our home campuses—London, Dubai, tools you’re learning into hands-on and make it a win-win for the company. and Shanghai—as well as two additional practice through a three-month project Pause your program, if a special rotation-only centers in New York and called the Business Challenge. You and situation requires it. San Francisco. your teammates can further customize Hult Executive MBAs can be either from both established and emerging markets. If the reality of your life situation your MBA experience by choosing a This will enable you to become more unexpectedly changes during the challenge that’s relevant to your future self-sponsored or company-sponsored. There If necessary, you can change your are many advantages to seeking financial knowledgeable about business practices home campus. course of your program (such as career goals: Solve a problem for a switching jobs or having a baby), you particular company, including your support from your employer: worldwide, and as a result, a more active If your circumstances suddenly change, may discuss with your academic own employer; create the business participant in your company’s plans for global or you need to relocate to a different advisor the possibility of temporarily plan for an innovative startup; or launch An investment in your education is an part of the world, our academic team expansion. You’ll also come to the negotiation pausing your studies. a social enterprise with global impact. investment in the company’s future. can help you make the transition to a table with alumni contacts in 175 countries. (See pp. 34-35.) Your company will benefit directly from the new home campus without missing a Co-sponsoring your program is a way beat in your studies. *The option of studying online requires knowledge, skills, and network you acquire sufficient prior notice to ensure the quality during your program. The Executive MBA’s of rewarding your loyalty. of the student experience. For details, please contact us. monthly schedule—two days off work a When your company chooses to sponsor you month—minimizes your time away from the as an Executive MBA student, it is actively office. Yet you’ll be able almost immediately to investing in its leadership talent. At the same apply new strategies, tools, and innovations time, it’s also rewarding your commitment to to your current job position. Moreover, your its future growth, and retaining you as highly studies will yield concrete, real-world solutions valued staff. to the issues facing your company today. Hult works closely with companies to offer Your new global network will help to a range of full or partial sponsorships, as well as internationalize your company. a customized flexible payment plan. We partner Our program places great emphasis on working closely with them to ensure the highest level of in groups across cultures with fellow students quality, service, and customized course content.
26 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA 27 HULT.EDU/EMBA CURRICULUM Business knowledge: The core All Executive MBA programs teach the fundamentals of strategy, finance, and management. What sets Hult apart: the way we bring the core concepts of business knowledge to life through experiential teaching techniques and guest lectures from industry leaders—enhancing every subject with a global perspective.
The building blocks of business. Hear the inside story, directly Core courses: During the first two modules of each from industry leaders. Leadership program year, you will focus on the Each Hult campus hosts a Global —— Leading Globally basic building blocks of business Speaker Series so that you have the —— Leading with Personal Impact theory—strategy, finance, and opportunity to hear directly from the —— Leading for Innovation management. We insist everyone world’s brightest minds. In the past, —— Leading Change take this core group of subjects Hult has welcomed thought leaders Strategy because they’re vital topics for such as Steve Wozniak (co-founder —— International Marketing any leader to grasp. But don’t of Apple), Biz Stone (co-founder of —— Global Strategy expect canned lectures on analysis, Twitter), Arianna Huffington (founder —— Business and Global Society marketing, and economics. Our and publisher of The Huffington Post) —— Global Operations Management professors teach these subjects from and Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Peace a global perspective. They illustrate Prize Winner) to share their Finance key concepts with their own inspirational stories and the lessons —— Financial Management real-world experience. And your they have learned on the way to the How would you fare against —— Managerial Economics fellow classmates broaden the top. These sessions offer invaluable —— Accounting debate with perspectives from insight into cutting-edge business a venture capitalist? every major market. trends, and provide access to the people who are defining the shape It is a well-known fact in the Being put in the hot seat like this truly makes of business (see pp. 20-21). Experts in bringing the business community that venture capitalists students scrutinize the viability of both their fundamental concepts to life. are notoriously difficult to convince. Before business idea and business plan. The mix of Since we all learn best by doing, your they are willing to invest in any new computer simulation and real-world interaction professors will periodically take you company, they interrogate every nut and throughout the competition teaches you: out of the classroom to help bring core bolt of a young business. No stone is left —— How to create innovative business plans subjects to life. We set up dynamic “ The Executive unturned while they get to know the inner with a unique marketing niche simulations, have students work workings of a business, and assess whether through difficult role-play situations —— How to pitch your business idea to potential with actors, use computer-based MBA gives you the skills and knowledge future growth proposals are realistic. investors over the course of multiple rounds models to market and sell products, needed to understand the why, how, At Hult, we believe in throwing students into —— How to work in cross-functional teams to and organize outdoor activities to the deep end, so we have devised the Venture make investment, production, sales, and marketing learn teamwork and leadership skills. when, and what-if of the business world. decisions that will ultimately determine whether One of our more unconventional Strategy competition. The aim of this two-day your business succeeds approaches is to pitch students It’s helping me excel in the workplace contest is to simulate a real-life, high-pressure against professional poker players in a and advance my career at a quick pace.” environment in which you and your teammates Previous students have thoroughly enjoyed this lesson designed to teach the art of risk compete against other companies to secure simulation, despite (or maybe because of) the management! By the time you have funding to launch a tech startup. Teams are very steep learning curve. Nearly all come away completed your core studies, you will Raed N. Bakhrji systematically eliminated over two days, and from the exercise with new respect for the phrase not only know all the fundamentals of Wireline Services Director, Middle East & Asia-Pacific, Baker Hughes winners are selected across numerous categories, “entrepreneurial spirit.” business, you will have experienced Saudi Arabia, Class of 2011 many of them firsthand. including highest return on investment, largest market share, and best management team.
28 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA 29 HULT.EDU/EMBA CURRICULUM Specializations: Customize your program We designed our Executive MBA to offer you ultimate flexibility. When you pick your specialization, you are able to tailor the program’s content to meet your individual and professional goals. From May to July each year, choose elective classes relevant to a specific career or industry, or study a broad range of general management topics.
Choose from 6 Executive MBA specializations:
Marketing Project Management Entrepreneurship Focus your studies on international Strong project management can make Got a great idea for a startup? marketing to grow an existing global the difference between businesses Acquire all the knowledge, tools, and brand—or create one of your own. that thrive and those that fail. mentorship you need to start your Gain specialized skills in market This specialization will equip you own organization. You can further research, branding, consumer behavior, with the technical and people skills focus your studies in social sales, and new product development. required to manage major projects for entrepreneurship by gaining These combined business and multinationals, family businesses, and knowledge of how to navigate social marketing skills prepare graduates for NGOs. It is designed to give you the and political issues, as well as a full a wide array of careers that go beyond range of skills necessary for planning, understanding of how to make traditional functional marketing. organizing, securing, and managing change happen. (Note: Since many resources to meet business objectives. of your professors are successful Just some of the electives you can choose for your Executive MBA specialization: Finance and busy entrepreneurs themselves, Sustainability some of these classes may be Give yourself a competitive edge in Marketing Project Management Entrepreneurship Social responsibility and sustainability conducted online.) the world of finance. Designed with —— Digital Marketing and Social Media —— Project Planning and Execution —— Disruptive Business Models are increasingly issues at the top of input from Fortune 1000 CFOs, leading —— Strategic Brand Management —— Project Procurement and —— Entrepreneurial Finance the agenda for leading businesses. General Management academics, and a broad range of —— Luxury Marketing Contract Management —— Entrepreneurial Marketing This specialization has been created Want to ensure you have as broad finance professionals, this specialization —— New Product Development —— Project Quality and for anyone committed to making their a perspective as possible on global provides broad exposure to areas such Risk Management Additional General Management as corporate finance while developing organizations more responsible, enterprise? Simply take the courses Finance —— Change Management your analytical and interpretive sustainable, and successful. Come to that interest you the most from the —— Behavioral Finance Sustainability —— Global Economics skills—crucial no matter what finance grips with such areas as sustainable range of specializations available. —— Company Financial Analysis —— Stakeholder Management —— Women in Leadership career path you choose. development and design, social This will help you build the knowledge justice, and environmental economics. and skills that you feel will best help —— Global Strategic Valuation —— Social Innovation —— Management and Strategies Understand the way in which all of you in your chosen career path. —— Corporate Finance —— Fundamentals of the Global Energy for Emerging Markets these affect the global supply chain, Business —— Mergers and Acquisitions business practices, and future Please note: Subject to availability. business strategy. Not all courses are available at every campus location.
30 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA 31 HULT.EDU/EMBA CURRICULUM Leadership development: Professional growth Though few of us are born natural leaders, leadership can be taught. Hult integrates the best leadership development practices from the world’s top companies into our Executive MBA curriculum so you can make an immediate impact— at your current job or in your future career.
An award-winning leadership How does LEAD work? Key leadership competencies development methodology In an initial immersion session, we Sets direction In 2014, Hult’s Global One-Year MBA introduce you to the key concepts of —— Thinks strategically won the prestigious Association of leadership and assess your individual —— Communicates an exciting vision MBA’s Innovation Award for its strengths and weaknesses. Intensive —— Develops innovative solutions groundbreaking approach to leadership training is then the focus —— Aligns people and processes to leadership development. Our at the outset of each program year. the goal Executive MBA incorporates all of You’ll also undergo a continuous Manages performance these innovative tools and techniques process of practice and mentorship —— Communicates clear priorities into two intensive sessions, held at the throughout your studies. Critical to and goals outset of each program year at your this process is constant feedback and —— Defines clear roles for everyone home campus. Here you will develop support from fellow students and —— Delegates responsibilities a set of competencies across the four professional coaches (see facing effectively key leadership areas that employers page). We begin charting each —— Holds others accountable deem essential to success (right). student’s progress from the first week, for performance Melanie Eusebe: We call this the Hult LEAD Model— and by graduation, the results are Leadership through Evaluation, very impressive—over 85% of our Develops people Hult Leadership Coach Awareness, and Development. MBA students show a significant —— Demonstrates clear and improvement in their leadership skills. consistent values —— Listens carefully and accepts input Melanie Eusebe mentors —— Coaches others to be successful students as a Leadership Coach for the —— Motivates others to take action LEAD program at Hult London. Builds and directs teams Melanie relishes sharing the knowledge she “ As soon as we joined —— Creates conducive atmosphere has gained as an independent management for performance consultant and team leader for global —— Communicates openly and “ I love working with Hult our Executive MBA class, the environment constructively companies such as IBM and EY—especially in awakened the ‘entrepreneurial leader’ inside —— Resolves conflicts effectively the areas of brand management, organizational students one-on-one to help them discover their —— Supports a team with clear-cut development, and operational strategy. potential as leaders. This usually means going each one of us, and students quickly decisions Melanie feels particularly passionate about beyond the usual stereotypes of power to identify inspiring a new generation of exceptional your true sources of inspiration.” developed a sense of urgency to do better, business leaders through role modeling, which make a difference, and think outside the box.” led her to found the Black British Business Melanie Eusebe Awards in 2012. Broadcaster Chair of Black British Business Awards Leadership Coach at Hult London Chadi Asaad Managing Director, Diamond Decision Syria, Class of 2013
32 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA 33 HULT.EDU/EMBA CURRICULUM Practical experience: The Business Challenge Put all the business knowledge and leadership skills you are learning to the test with this three-month project in which you and your teammates solve an existing problem for an individual company (such as your own employer), or create the business plan for a startup or social enterprise.
Rise to the challenge and make How it works Exposure to industry leaders a real impact The competition starts in February of In the CEO Challenge, you will present The key concepts of business can Year 2, when students form teams your recommendations directly to a certainly be introduced by a and choose a Business Challenge senior company leader or board teacher, case study, or textbook. But track. In the CEO Challenge, you member. In the Startup Challenge, you they cannot truly be mastered until solve a problem for a participating get to present your game-changing they are practiced firsthand. The company—or for your own employer. business idea to a panel of local Business Challenge is a three-month In the Startup Challenge, you bring executives, entrepreneurs, and group project in the final modules of your own idea to life for a new founders of social enterprises. your program that allows you to use product, service, or social enterprise. The challenge isn’t just an academic all the tools and techniques you’ve Throughout the remainder of the year, exercise, but the first step to your learned by solving a real business your team meets regularly—in person next big career move—whether problem. It gives you the chance to when you’re on campus or via Skype that’s a promotion in your current develop and test innovative ideas that when you’re at home—to hone your company; landing your dream job will make a difference—not only in your innovative idea into an actionable in a new industry; or launching Hult Executive MBA students rise to the challenge current job, but in your future career. plan, with mentorship and guidance your own startup. from company officials, local mentors, for a global telecom provider and Hult professors. Background: A 2015 business Business challenge: The Business Challenge challenge was set by one of the world’s —— Define and implement an application partner Track Business problem Examples of past challenges leading telecom equipment and service program for the transport, energy, or safety providers, with revenues in excess of 30 industry. Your solution must enhance the end CEO Challenge Address a strategic challenge set by the One of the world’s largest banks user experience, and work with eco-systems senior management of a major company Capitalize on the collection of big data such billion dollars. The company would like that monetize existing platform capabilities. for one of their markets, products, or as payment transactions to create business to monetize its communication technology services. insights for small enterprises. platforms so that they can be utilized by One solution from Hult London: A global telecom provider Monetize existing telecom platforms with an users in smart cities, the smart grid, and —— A team of Hult London students developed a innovative application that enhances the end intelligent transport systems. competitive transportation eco-system that user’s experience in a networked society. allowed the company to form strategic A legendary department store in London The company would like to partnerships with local start-ups and global Triple the global readership of the company’s explore better ways of leveraging existing multi-vendor organizations alike. Built on an digital magazine in order to double its advertising revenue. business relationships with other telecoms, existing cloud platform, this integrated network as well as capitalize on open data and connects the diverse sectors of air, sea, One of 50 New Business Ideas in 2015: automotive, road, rail, and public transport, and Startup Challenge New Business: open interfaces in the systedevelopment Devise a business plan for an innovative TeamDropit from Hult London has proposed an fosters the creation of custom-made solutions new product or service. online platform enabling neighbors to accept environment. through open innovation—resulting in lower packages on each others’ behalf, earn a Social Enterprise: commission, and eliminate the need to remain costs and higher impact. Devise a business solution to tackle at home to collect important packages. Three a pressing social problem. of the team members are actively pursuing venture capital to take the business forward.
34 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA 35 HULT.EDU/EMBA CURRICULUM Career support: All part of the program We know that a key benefit of your Executive MBA degree is the opportunity for career advancement. Hult career coaches work one-on-one with you to realize your goal, whether it’s to move up at your current company or explore a career change.
Before you arrive: During your Executive MBA: When you graduate: Career support through our Consult with our career coaches Maximize your global network pre-arrival program Dedicated Executive MBA career Hult’s global network ensures that As soon as you are accepted to coaches are available at every your career development and our program, you are eligible to enroll campus—as well as by Skype or advancement continue long after in our pre-arrival career development phone—to support your professional graduation. Our Global Corporate program. This includes webinars on development. Most of our coaches Relations team works closely long-term career planning, have backgrounds in corporate HR and with Fortune 500 companies in employment trends, and industry organizational development, and know 60 markets to ensure the Hult brand insights. You also gain access to the what it takes to build, accelerate, is well known among potential myHult portal—an invaluable resource or change an international career. employers, clients, and business for helping you define, set, and Their honest advice and support is partners. We can also connect you achieve your future career goals. enhanced by on-campus workshops with executive-level opportunities, and webinars that range in topic from thanks to strong relationships with the building your own personal brand to world’s most influential recruitment How Hult’s EMBA helped Thomas networking on a global scale. consultants. And when seeking talent for your team, our alumni network Drischel launch a global fashion brand. gives you the opportunity to recruit and hire Hult graduates. Thomas’s professors and peers in Having the opportunity to study his Hult EMBA program acted as his and work in groups with students from all consultants, giving him the career over the world helped me better support, advice, and network to launch understand the purchasing behavior of his luxury fashion business… other markets. Other students, now close Hult maintains active relationships with corporations worldwide. Here are just a few: “ During the first year of the EMBA, friends of mine, also helped me to better my professors helped me to build my understand myself by giving me valuable —— Accenture —— EF Education First —— Infosys —— Procter & Gamble feedback and advice. Hult’s EMBA was the —— Adidas Group —— Emirates —— J.P. Morgan —— Salesforce business plan, by sharing with me their —— Amazon —— EY —— Johnson & Johnson —— Samsung business knowledge and experience. perfect way for me to realize my —— American Express —— General Electric —— KPMG —— Standard Chartered I needed to understand the market on an entrepreneurial and personal ambitions.” —— Bank of America —— Goodyear —— L’Oréal —— State Street international scale, and adapt my value —— Barclays —— Google —— Louis Vuitton —— TD Bank —— Bloomberg —— GSK —— MasterCard —— Unilever proposition to customers. Thomas Drischel —— Chanel —— Henkel —— Microsoft —— Verizon Founder, Robert Kerr —— Citibank —— Hewlett-Packard —— Oracle —— Virgin Mobile France, Class of 2014 —— Coca-Cola —— HSBC —— Pfizer —— Walmart —— Deloitte —— IBM —— Pricewaterhouse- —— Wells Fargo Coopers
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“ The first time I taught at Hult, Hult global faculty: I fell in love with it—the students, the campuses, the whole Hult model. It’s a school that wants to push the boundaries Business professionals who teach of what business education means. It’s open to innovation, Though our professors are noted for their academic credentials new ways of thinking, and new models of teaching business and teaching skills, they are most valued by our students for that are as close as possible to the real world.” the real-world business experience they bring to the classroom Olaf J. Groth Professor & Discipline Lead of Strategy, as executives, international consultants, business owners, and Economics, and Innovation entrepreneurs.
Olaf J. Groth Professor & Discipline Lead of Strategy, Economics, and Innovation Viktoria Dalko PhD, MALD, Fletcher School at Tufts University; Global Professor of Finance MAIPS, Middlebury Institute of International PhD and MA, University of Studies at Monterey Pennsylvania Joanne Lawrence Dr. Dalko has served as an advisor to the National Professor of Corporate From his home country of Germany to his spiritual Mike Grandinetti Bank of Hungary and the Hungarian Parliament Responsibility and Social Innovation home in the San Francisco Bay Area via Asia, the Professor & Discipline Lead of Committee and worked around the world as a MBA, New York University; MA in Corporate Caribbean, the Middle East, Europe, and back to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation financial management consultant. Her academic and Political Communication, Fairfield University U.S.—Dr. Olaf Groth brings more than 20 years of MBA, Yale School of Management career has seen her win numerous teaching awards Professor Lawrence has worked with global global experience to his classroom. He has worked for Professor Grandinetti taught entrepreneurship at for her work at universities such as Harvard, Baruch organizations such as BP, IBM, and the World Bank, pioneering startups and global enterprises such as MIT for ten years and has worked at McKinsey & College (CUNY), the University of Munich, the Hong and is an academic advisor to the UN Global Compact. Vodafone, Boeing, and Qualcomm. He consulted for Company, among many other companies. He now Kong University of Science and Technology, and As adjunct professor at INSEAD she was involved in the Monitor Group before launching his own serves as senior advisor to businesses, universities, the University of Illinois. Dr. Dalko’s latest book, Project RESPONSE, an extensive study of global consultancy, Emergent Frontiers Group, focusing on and governments, and is on the board of several Regulating Competition in Stock Markets, was corporate social responsibility (CSR), and has written the global innovation economy, including trends, U.S. tech startups and social ventures. A favorite co-authored with Nobel Prize winner Lawrence Klein. several acclaimed publications. A strong believer in strategies, ventures, and ecosystems. At Hult, Dr. Groth among students and peers alike, Professor As dedicated to her students as she is to her subject, the power of business to bring about lasting, positive is inspiring the future generation of leaders with his Grandinetti was named Professor of the Week by Professor Dalko is known for her supportive and change, students praise her engaging teaching style distinctive style of teaching that combines structured the Financial Times, Professor of the Year 2012-13 approachable style. and describe her classes as truly inspirational. insight-discussions, coaching, and a passion for making by Hult San Francisco students, and has received every assignment as close to the real world as possible. four Global Teaching Excellence Awards at Hult.
Hitendra Patel Professor of Innovation PhD Materials Science and Engineering, Gonzalo Chavez Vicki Culpin Iowa State University; MBA, Kellogg School Professor of Finance Dean of Faculty, Director of Research of Management, Northwestern University Erik De Haan PhD Finance, University of Houston; BA (Hons), Manchester University; MSc, Director of Hult’s Center for Coaching Dr. Patel owns six patents, has founded several startups, MBA, IPAN (Ecuador) Leicester University; MPhil, PhD, Lancaster MSc, University of Amsterdam; MA, the University; CPsychol, FHEA Tavistock Clinic; PhD, University of Utrecht worked at Motorola in the portable energy space, Dr. Chavez has worked around the globe, consulting in founded and led the Monitor Consulting Group’s firm valuation and advising on risk hedging. He is a Dr. Vicki Culpin specializes in organizational With a PhD in Psychophysics and an MA in Innovation Practice, and is the author of several pioneer of financial simulation and its application in behavior, specifically wellbeing at work. She has Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Dr. Erik de Haan’s publications including 101 Innovation Breakthroughs. investment and risk hedging, using these tools to train spent over 17 years researching memory in a variety areas of expertise include organization development, He now heads up the Hult Innovation and Growth executives and stock exchange management teams in of individuals. Her more recent research and consulting, executive coaching, action learning, and Program. The passion and energy he delivers in the emerging markets. Students often cite his unique teaching interests include the relationship between action research. He is particularly interested in helping classroom bring this exciting subject to life, with teaching methods as the reason they are able to grasp sleep, wellbeing, and resilience in management organizations change their culture. In his role as students often crediting his classes for opening their such complex subjects. He has taught finance around populations. She is an Associate Fellow of the British Director of Hult’s Center for Coaching, Dr. De Haan eyes and their minds. the world, including at Babson College (U.S.), the Psychological Society, a Chartered Psychologist, works with universities, hospitals, and multinational European School of Management and Technology and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. companies, including Aegon, Heineken, Nike, Credit (Germany), and the Instituto de Empresa Business Suisse, First Boston, Qualcomm, and Vodafone. School (Spain), and has received multiple recognitions for teaching excellence.
38 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA 39 HULT.EDU/EMBA Practical curriculum: It raised Carlo’s adrenaline levels. Having worked for Sony U.K. for a number of years, Carlo was looking for a challenge that would help him move forward… “ Learning should not be confined within Results the four walls of a classroom. At Hult, the learning extends beyond management theories. There is Hult Executive MBA alumni are making a real difference practical guidance on how to apply these successfully in almost any country in the world— in important jobs at many of the world’s major provided directly by the personal career multinational companies. Hult students who work hard experience communicated by students and faculty. and put in the hours find higher-paying jobs faster—in The atmosphere at Hult precisely mirrors an international company at which you expect to 175 countries worldwide. interact with people of different nationalities, and personalities with diverse interests and a competitive spirit. It is challenging, demanding, Carlo Viray and fun all at once—it raises your adrenaline levels General Manager, Corporate Planning & Control and brings out strengths and leadership qualities Europe, Sony United Kingdom that you were not aware you possessed.” U.K./Philippines, Class of 2013
43 Post-Executive MBA starting salaries
44 Transforming your career
45 Global alumni network
40 40 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA RESULTS Increase your net worth in the job market. Hult Executive MBA students earn an average base salary of nearly $163,000, just one year after graduation.
Employers recognize the value of an MBA In fact, The Economist ranked our Executive “ My personal ambition is to make a from Hult. They compensate our graduates MBA 11th for Percentage Increase on difference in life science, helping to increase value accordingly. Salaries for the graduating Class Pre-EMBA Salary After One Year in 2015. of 2014 increased substantially compared to Program graduates enjoyed a 48.6% salary to patients globally. I started off doing this from an their earnings prior to enrollment. increase on average. R&D perspective and wanted to complement this with knowledge and understanding of the financial business world. The EMBA from Hult has definitely $134,805 $162,815 helped me on my path, by providing me with Average base salary on Average base salary one graduation (excluding year after graduation knowledge and interaction with great people bonuses). (excluding bonuses). (students, professors, invited guests, and faculty), by offering me an international experience, and by challenging me to go beyond my comfort zone.” 23% 48.6% Increase over Increase over Pre-EMBA salary on Pre-EMBA salary one graduation ($109,566). year after graduation. Janet Hoogstraate Chairman of the Board, Stockholm Brain Institute The Netherlands, Class of 2014 Cross sample of Executive MBA salary increases after one year (%)
55% Grenoble 49% Hult 45% Oxford Saïd 44% Booth 39% Columbia 38% Emory 38% Kellogg 35% ESADE 33% Cranfield 29% Thunderbird 27% NYU Stern 26% IESE 12% BU
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Data taken from The Economist Executive MBA Ranking 2015
42 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA 43 HULT.EDU/EMBA RESULTS RESULTS Transform your career in Connect to a truly global just two years. alumni network. 98% of Hult students change their job location, Take your network of business contacts global. Our industry, or function. Executive MBA program is top-ranked by The Economist for the diversity and vibrancy of its alumni network. Business professionals choose our Executive the world, making this change possible. MBA because they want to make a positive Our Global Campus Rotation program If one of your goals is to significantly work in 175+ countries—in every change to their work lives—broaden their further enhances this by allowing students internationalize your career, our Executive conceivable industry. According to career options, switch to a new sector, or to immerse themselves in the local business MBA program offers you an astoundingly The Economist Executive MBA Ranking work abroad. Multiple campus locations culture of several cities. Networking on a diverse network of connections and contacts. 2015, EMBA students ranked the helpfulness allow us to connect students with a range of global scale is a fundamental and exciting Over 16,000 Hult alumni currently live and of our alumni network as a 3.74 out of 5. employers and job opportunities all around part of the Hult experience.
Post-Hult career changes Number of Hult alumni by country of citizenship
101+ 40% Working in a new job function 72% 26-100 post-graduation Students who have been
44% promoted or grown their 0-25 Working in a own company since new industry graduation. post-graduation
70% Working in a new The Economist Executive MBA country outside of Ranking 2015 homeland post-graduation 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Post-Hult employment by industry
2% Government/Non-profit
3% Energy/Petroleum 1% Media/Entertainment
4% Healthcare/Pharmaceutical
22% Technology/Telecom 5% Education
9% Manufacturing
10% Professional 1st 3rd 6th services 15% Consumer products Industries represented Number of overseas Geographical spread in class. MBA alumni branches. of students.
The Economist Executive 14% Consulting 15% Financial services MBA Ranking 2015
44 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA 45 HULT.EDU/EMBA Global network: Mohamed’s Hult connections span the globe. Mohamed joined Hult as an expert in his region of the Middle East and Africa. The global Hult campus perspective he gained at Hult has broadened his mind, and his career…
“ The vast international exposure you get at Hult gives you the chance to experience different cultures, business perspectives, and market locations dynamics. The way that the program is designed helps you to focus both on your current job, and Study in up to five world-class cities during your your studies, simultaneously. two-year Executive MBA program with Hult’s Global Now, I have connections spanning the Campus Rotation scheme. globe, from the Asia-Pacific region, to the U.S., Mohamed Radwan and South Africa. The EMBA at Hult helped to Marketing Manager, Middle East broaden my mind—academically and culturally, as The Dow Chemical Company well as making me more business-focused. Shortly Egypt, Class of 2013 after graduating, I was named Dow’s Marketing Manager for the Middle East—managing the marketing/sales transition of one of the largest petrochemical projects in the industry.”
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London’s supremacy as the 40,000 commercial capital of Europe has been Financial services companies based in unrivaled for hundreds of years, yet it has London. also managed to rise to the forefront of the creative industries. It is the world’s most Why 15,720 Startups launched last international city, and an economic year in Tech City. powerhouse to be reckoned with. More choose London multinational companies are headquartered 26 The economic epicenter Limitless career options Capital cities within a here than in any other European city. of Europe Every major industry is represented little more than two People from almost 200 countries call in London, offering a huge variety hours’ travel time from London home, and you can hear over of career opportunities. Finance London. 300 languages spoken on its streets. ‑may be the sector that most people Peculiarly British idiosyncrasies are traditionally associate with London, nonetheless embraced by this incredi- but the creative industries are really 100 bly vibrant cultural melting pot, and it making their mark on the city’s Number of Europe’s top doesn’t take long to feel at home. landscape. Seventy percent of 500 companies based Hult London Centuries of economic success, an Europe’s major advertising agencies in London. established reputation as a global have offices in London, and careers in financial center, and a distinguished marketing are increasingly popular. history of academic excellence give In recent years a vibrant startup scene London the confidence to be creative. has boomed, and London is now the Its distinctive brands of music, fashion, European leader in the digital and art, and film continue to set global technology sectors. The possibilities trends. The city’s business landscape is are indeed endless when you choose as international as its population. Over to work in London. 250 foreign banks have branches here, and 588 foreign companies are listed on the London Stock Exchange. The world has a very real stake in London, and London in turn thrives on its international reputation.
“ The London campus is located in a well-connected area bursting with academia. The campus has the feeling of a modern corporate headquarters, such as those of Facebook or Google, with breakout rooms, entire walls of white boards, relaxation areas, etc. The campus is always full of energy.”
Jaison Sabu IT Service Delivery Manager, Alstom Power India, Class of 2015
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Hult London - Ashridge Estate Ashridge House Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1NS U.K.
Hult London - Hult House West 37-38 John Street London, WC1N 2AT U.K.
Monthly sessions Friday to Monday
Student clubs Finance Society Global Society of Women in Business Energy Club Consulting Club Rowing Club Tennis Club Football Club
Top local companies KPMG J.P. Morgan infosys Deloitte Bloomberg L’Oréal
Our Ashridge Estate campus offers executive quality educational amenities and services in a historic setting. Ashridge Estate The Hult House West satellite campus in Central London. campus location
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Huangpu The Hult London Heathrow 10 km London campuses Regent’s Park Russell Square British Museum Barbican Hult House West Gherkin satellite campus Covent Garden Historic campus at the Facilities fit for a king Attend select classes at our location cutting-edge of education Surrounding Ashridge are trails for campus in Central London Hyde Park Trafalgar Square We are extremely pleased to introduce running, biking, horse riding, and You also benefit from learning in the London Eye The Shard Big Ben Ashridge Estate as the latest campus walking. There are two golf courses very heart of London. Select classes 1 km location for our Executive MBA nearby and a health club and on-site are held at our campus near the historic students. This former royal residence fitness center with tennis courts, Gray’s Inn Gardens, bordering the is currently home to Ashridge Business a swimming pool, Jacuzzi, spa, and academic heartland of Bloomsbury, School, a global leader in executive sauna. Students appreciate staying which has the highest concentration education with which Hult has in one of the 190 en-suite bedrooms, of universities in London, as well as operationally merged. The campus and enjoy being cooked for by the Holborn, a global media, marketing, is located just outside London in resident chefs who source food from and advertising hub. The financial Hertfordshire on the grounds of a local farms and high-quality suppliers. district is a short distance away. If you historic stately home. Our students In the evenings, students can head east, you hit Tech City, Europe’s experience a world-class education in socialize in the recently renovated largest startup cluster centered 2,000 120 2 45 67% magnificent rural surroundings, while pub, where our very own Ashridge around Old Street. You’re also in Hectares of parkland Corporate guests Golf courses located Fastest travel time Percentage of the U.K.’s enjoying executive-quality educational Ale is waiting to be sampled. walking distance of Covent Garden’s surrounding welcomed at Hult within the old estate’s in minutes from FTSE 100 companies amenities and services—as well as easy theaters, Oxford Street’s shopping, Ashridge House. London last year. grounds. central London that have used Ashridge access to Central London, Europe’s and Soho’s nightlife. to Ashridge. to train their executives. economic capital.
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Enjoy Ashridge Estate’s beautifully landscaped gardens—as well as trails for running, biking, horse riding, and walking.
Access career opportunities worldwide and understand the local job market.
London offers an unbeatable blend of tradition and innovation. Highlights of your Executive MBA year
Sharing business know-how Access to business executives at Bored of London, bored of life An exchange of ideas is central to the top of their game Living just outside London offers an campus life at Ashridge. The campus Through class and campus events, inexhaustible range of leisure options. has a long tradition of conducting we aim to give our students every Around Ashridge, the Hertfordshire cutting-edge research, publishing a possible opportunity to engage in countryside boasts historic castles, respected business journal, and hosting real-world business issues by meeting quaint villages, and breathtaking thought-leadership conferences. people at the top of their professions. natural landscapes. Easy train access Past Hult London students have had Procter & Gamble, Burberry, Mars, to Central London provides limitless opportunities to hear from leaders and BSkyB are just some of the opportunities for sightseeing, cultural such as Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever; 120 companies that have shared their excursions, and sporting events—not Alastair Campbell, former advisor to business insights with our students. to mention world-class dining, theater, the British Prime Minister; and Muhtar Our regular industry panel events see and nightlife. Explore further afield on Kent, Coca-Cola’s CEO. Our student contentious business issues debated the weekends. Budget flights from clubs have a reputation for attracting live by leaders from the likes of Heathrow and London City abound, some impressive local guests: Jim Barclays, Salesforce, PwC, and so why not get to know other cultural O’Neill, former chairman of Goldman Google in front of audiences made capitals such as Edinburgh, Dublin, An educational environment offering the Sachs Asset Management, spoken up from the student body and local Paris, or Amsterdam? atmosphere of an executive retreat. to the Finance Club; and the business people. Entrepreneurship Club regularly welcomes Tech City’s big hitters.
“ Extracurricular events, such as the guest speaker series, mean we have plenty of chances to indulge in both Network with other professionals from 120 countries. professional and personal networking.”
Milena Ivanova Talent Manager EMEA, Enterprise Services, Hewlett-Packard Bulgaria, Class of 2015
52 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA 53 HULT.EDU/EMBA HULT CAMPUS LOCATIONS HULT CAMPUS LOCATIONS 70 Million passengers travel through Dubai International Airport every year, making it the Why busiest in the world. choose Dubai 277K Estimated number of new jobs created by Dubai hosting the The Middle East’s international Hungry for international talent 2020 Expo. trading center Alumni from our Dubai campus enjoy Dubai’s staggering growth—upwards, the highest employment rates of all outwards, and financially—continues our Hult locations. Moreover, 77% of 90% to surpass all expectations. Known as graduates go on to enjoy careers in Percentage of Dubai’s the gateway to the Middle East, Dubai regions beyond their home country. population that hails is a meeting place for the world’s Those wanting to accelerate their from abroad. largest economies, with well- international career search won’t find established trading links to the Gulf, a better launch pad than Dubai. the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, Industries with a strong presence 830 and India. Foreign investment has include banking and financial Height in meters of the tripled since 2009, and Dubai’s services, consulting, construction, Burj Khalifa, the world’s successful bid to host the 2020 World and communications. tallest building. Dubai thinks big and acts fast. In just Expo has boosted the city’s economy even further. A young, international, two decades it has transformed itself into a and ambitious population adds to the dynamic atmosphere: almost 90% of major international trading hub, capitalizing the city’s residents originate from on its strategic position at the crossroads of outside the U.A.E. The lifestyle in Dubai reflects its position as a global the Eastern and Western worlds. The city has leader of the luxury goods market. huge self-belief (just look at its epic skyline), and the mantra that anything is possible is widely upheld. Dubai’s pivotal role in global industries such as energy, healthcare, and luxury goods make it an exhilarating place to do business.
“ Networking opportunities were very important for me, and Hult was outstanding in offering me that in Dubai, Hult Dubai especially compared to other business schools based there. Dubai is also a cultural melting pot in itself. No matter where we students came from, we knew how to respect each other, work hard, and have tons of fun together.”
Ludmilla Figueiredo Head of Business Development, Eureeca Brazil, Class of 2014
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Monthly sessions Thursday to Sunday
Student clubs Business Analytics Club Women in Business Club Luxury Club Finance Club Entrepreneurship & Project Management Club Football Club
Top local companies PricewaterhouseCoopers Procter & Gamble L’Oréal Google EY GlaxoSmithKline
Hult Dubai campus location Spaces designed with learning in mind. Our central campus location places you at the epicenter of this vibrant city.
The Gulf
Burj Al Arab Dubai Marina Dubai Knowledge Village Dubai Media Burj Khalifa Dubai Dubai City Metro Investment Dubai The Hult Park Dubai campus Airport Dubai Silicon Oasis
Dubai Outsource Zone Located in the city’s innovation hub Everything you could possibly need Be part of an action-oriented Dubailand Our campus is located in Dubai Internet Students certainly won’t feel student body Strong partnerships are formed and City, home to the biggest and brightest claustrophobic in our modern, 3,000 Guest lecturers bring the local business culture to life. names in digital technology. Microsoft, square-meter building. It has great things are achieved every day MasterCard, LinkedIn, Samsung, state-of-the-art video conferencing at Hult Dubai. One of our 2014 alumni 5 km and Facebook are just some of facilities, spacious classrooms, and leveraged the network she had built the companies with offices here. 25 breakout rooms. The campus is during her studies to launch a Networking opportunities, world-class open 24/7, with round-the-clock successful social enterprise. Her industry events, and state-of-the-art security, a fully equipped computer company has now become a facilities are at your disposal. Hult lab, and Bloomberg terminals that technology partner of IBM, and has Dubai is within walking distance to keep you always up-to-date with secured investment from the Clinton Global Initiative. For two years 77% 25 3,000 5 the Metro, and minutes away from breaking business news. The campus Percentage of Hult Meeting rooms with Square meters of Minutes’ drive from beautiful sandy beaches. Dubai is a five-minute drive from Sheikh running, our students have won Dubai graduates who go state-of-the-art ultramodern study Sheikh Zayed Road— Marina, with its vibrant nightlife, Zayed Road, the main artery leading the KPMG Ace the Case Challenge on to have careers technology. space. the longest road in the is a short taxi ride away. to the rest of the city. U.A.E. finals, then competed in the prestigious global final. outside the Middle East. U.A.E.
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Our campus design captures the city’s futuristic vibe.
Dubai has experienced phenomenal growth in the past decade.
Visit the area’s iconic historical and cultural sites. Highlights of your Executive MBA year
Hear from the region’s most Learn Arabic while living in the Feel at home in this safe, prestigious speakers lap of luxury inclusive city Like Dubai itself, our campus is a Luxurious leisure activities are an Low crime rates and an inclusive meeting place for leaders from integral part of daily life in Dubai. A mentality make Dubai a safe, around the world. This year’s guest night at the races, desert safari, picnic welcoming place to call home. speakers have included Michael at the polo, and soaking up the Traditional Arabian culture can be Corbin, former U.S. Ambassador to adrenalin fueled-atmosphere at seen everywhere, but it is respectfully the U.A.E., and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi are just balanced with the customs, tastes, Managing Director of Biocon and some of the organized trips you can and lifestyles brought by the 190 India’s most successful self-made enjoy with Hult Dubai. Beginner classes other nationalities that have settled woman. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, in Arabic are offered on campus, here—giving Dubai a cool and the Minister of Culture, Youth and allowing you to complete a basic-level cosmopolitan vibe. Shop at the city’s Cultural Development was one of the course during your studies. This gives renowned malls or barter in the speakers at this year’s Hult Prize. you a practical tool and makes a great traditional souks; play sports at Safa addition to your resume, if you plan to Park’s public facilities, relax on Maximize your exposure stay in the region. stunning beaches, and choose from a Dubai: A city that has completely reinvented itself. Students gain exposure to executives wide array of restaurants and nightlife at the Marina. Dubai truly does have from the region’s leading industries at Enjoy Dubai’s astonishing desert landscapes during your free time. our campus events and by working something to offer everyone. with our corporate partners during the Business Challenge. Over 70 executives from local businesses and “ Hult’s Dubai campus not only offers multinationals such as Philips, sophisticated education tools, but also provides a Emirates Global Aluminium, L’Oréal, professional and business-like atmosphere.” Adidas, Abu Dhabi International Bank, PepsiCo, and Henkel have made valuable connections with our students. Imad Ghazal Our Business Challenge partners General Manager Northern Africa, Adidas Group include Coca-Cola, Disney, Unilever, Lebanon, Class of 2013 Aramex, Philips, and Emerson.
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The emergence of China as the 24 world’s fastest growing economy has Million people live in Shanghai, making completely changed the global business it one of the world’s landscape, and Shanghai is the engine largest cities. driving its growth. Manufacturing and Why service industries form the backbone of 20K choose Shanghai Restaurants opening the city, while a new focus on innovation their doors in Shanghai every day. We predict it sees technological and design trends will shortly become the China’s most influential and Give yourself a competitive edge food capital of the flowing continously onto the world stage. innovative city in the job market world. Shanghai is China’s commercial and Knowledge of, and experience in, Experience in this pivotal region is now a financial center, and the region’s most this hugely important region gives must-have for any aspiring leader. influential city in terms of international you a tangible competitive advantage trade. Now that the Shanghai stock in today’s international job market. 12 exchange is a major player, and the Whether you are hoping to forge a Number of consecutive world’s busiest container port career within China, Asia, or further years Shanghai has operates out of this city, the biggest afield, every major market in the world experienced double-digit names on the global business circuit wants to trade with China. Students at economic growth. are flocking to Shanghai to ensure Hult Shanghai have gone on to find they have a stake in this pivotal jobs in 43 countries. An understanding market. Manufacturing and export are of Chinese business practices is a 62% Hult traditionally the largest industries in very valuable commodity. Percentage of China—it is the world’s largest Shanghai’s GDP exporter and second-largest importer contributed by of goods—but there is a growing the service sector. focus on the service industries, with financial services, retail, and real Shanghai estate experiencing rapid growth. China’s new generation of 2010 entrepreneurs are making serious The year Shanghai waves on the international startup broke the record for the scene, and original thinkers are world’s largest fair when leading a renaissance in the creative it hosted the World Expo. industries. Its seemingly limitless potential is only just starting to be unlocked, making Shanghai an incredibly exciting place to be.
“ From my perspective, Asia, and specifically China, are incredibly dynamic with ever-growing business opportunities for firms and entrepreneurs. Becoming part of this dynamic development, by delving deep into the diverse local economy in Shanghai, strikes me as an incredible, eye-opening experience.”
Benjamin Blunk Asset & Liability Manager EMEA, Deutsche Bank Germany, Class of 2015
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A campus designed with quiet spaces for study between classes. Hult Shanghai Huaxin Haixin Building (Jinling Haixin) 666 Fuzhou Road Shanghai 200001 China Tel: +86 21 6133 6588
Monthly sessions Friday to Monday
Student clubs China Business Club China Culture Club Energy Club Sustainability Club Digital Entertainment Club Finance & Investment Club
Top local companies Accenture KPMG Disney Deloitte Amazon PricewaterhouseCoopers Shanghai: A city experiencing rapid change.
Interaction and collaboration are integral parts of the curriculum.
Hult Tianhong Metro Line 3 Residence Chifeng Station Hongkou Commercial Area
Jiaotong Park
Huangpu Oriental Pearl The Bund Television Tower
Shanghai Grand Theatre Jin Mao Tower Hult Shanghai The Hult Shanghai Museum campus location Pudong Yuyuan Garden Fuxing Park Xintiandi Shanghai campus Pudong International >>> Airport
A centrally located campus Award-winning architecture Live in our student residence Hult Shanghai isn’t far from the Bund, its cultural hub. in China’s biggest city It doesn’t take long to appreciate Students at our Shanghai campus 1 km You’ll find Hult’s Shanghai campus on why the contemporary design and are eligible to live in Tianhong People’s Square right in the thick of stylish functionality of our Hult Residence, a centrally located hotel the action, surrounded by the soaring Shanghai campus has won several offering quality living, study, and skyscrapers of the city’s commercial architectural awards. It was built to recreational spaces exclusively and financial district. Walk along encourage student interaction and to Hult students. Getting to the Shanghai’s most famous shopping collaboration, and provides a sociable Shanghai Railway Station is easy, street, Nanjing Road, visit the and stimulating work environment. as is commuting to the city’s airports. outstanding Shanghai Museum, and State-of-the-art classrooms, computer Our campus is 40 minutes away on enjoy an al fresco lunch at People’s laboratories, and spacious student public transportation. Park—all located minutes away from lounges are all designed to create a campus. Public transportation calm ambiance, providing a welcome 30% 43 130 76% provides easy access to the rest of respite from the hustle and bustle of Percentage of Hult Number of countries in Corporate guests Percentage of Shanghai the city, and our student residence is downtown Shanghai. Shanghai graduates which Hult Shanghai welcomed at our graduates employed in a short commute away. who typically go on to students are currently Shanghai campus a different country from work for companies employed. last year. their home country. located in China.
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Your professors will challenge you to think globally in all your classes.
Explore the Old City during your free time.
Experience Shanghai’s cosmopolitan nightlife. Highlights of your Executive MBA year Prepare to be inspired Work with global players and Live in the sophisticated cultural Insightful, motivating, and often local influences center of China revelatory, our speaker events are Business leaders in Shanghai are Shanghai has a well-deserved some of the most highly anticipated keen to connect with international reputation as China’s most campus events. Our guests are talent, and our campus provides an sophisticated and cosmopolitan city. hand-picked because of their diverse ideal environment for such A young, creative, and internationally experience, local expertise, and introductions. Company visits, guest aware population has seen the rise of unique perspectives on the global speakers, lunchtime seminars, one-off “Shanghai Chic”—a booming fashion business world. Hult Shanghai has presentations, and student club scene—as well as a much recently hosted speakers from Apple, events provide frequent opportunities talked-about art movement, a Unilever, Rovio Entertainment for face-to-face meetings and the world-renowned restaurant scene, (the Angry Birds company), the exchange of ideas. Past student and a lively nightlife. Yet despite Economist Intelligence Unit, KPMG, projects have included working with modernity being openly embraced, Accenture, Microsoft, and sustainability Hangzhou-based Alibaba.com, the the rich cultural heritage of this pioneer Peggy Liu, Chair of the Joint world’s largest online B2B trading ancient city is still omnipresent. U.S.-China Collaboration on Clean platform for small businesses, and Shanghai gives you the opportunity to Energy (JUCCCE). partnering with Fortune 500 come to grips with China’s fascinating conglomerate Johnson Controls. history, and get to know a very Welcome leading corporates different culture. on and off campus There’s a constant stream of high-caliber business leaders on campus, ready to meet students and share insights. We welcomed representatives from 130 companies at Hult Shanghai last year including “ Hult’s Shanghai campus staff are very key speakers from McKinsey & inspiring because they are so kind and dedicated to Company, Scott PR China, L’Oréal helping us.” China, and Bloomberg Shanghai. Site visits to companies such as Unilever Ki Oh and Volkswagen give students a Get to know Chinese business culture firsthand. Director of R&D and QC, Brothers Ilong Co. ground-level insight into operations Japan, Class of 2015 at multinational companies.
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San Francisco is home to the biggest breakthrough companies of the 21st century, Why choose and has become a hub for the world’s most forward-thinking entrepreneurs. Technology San Francisco born here by the likes of Apple, Google, and Facebook has not only brought about huge A city that caters equally to tech Situated on one of the giants and startups original Seven Hills shifts in the global marketplace, it has changed San Francisco is the ideal location for Hult’s rotation center is adjacent to the face of corporate culture. San Francisco the digitally driven age we currently Telegraph Hill and only moments live in. The city has long been away from the Financial District, has become a byword for both creativity and powered by the startup economy, Fisherman’s Wharf, and Union earning itself a global reputation for Square’s bustling department stores, entrepreneurialism. See for yourself by taking creativity and technological wizardry. placing you right in the middle of Indeed, having seen a generation of everything the city has to offer. specialization electives here. determined entrepreneurs build huge Renowned architects TSAO Design business empires out of garages and designed our facilities, which are wired college dorm rooms, San Francisco with state-of-the-art technology has become the world’s premier befitting a city that dominates the destination for those wanting to push global tech industry. Spread over four the boundaries of the possible. Silicon floors and occupying 6,000 square Valley, just south of the city, is the meters, this recently renovated space Rotation center: world’s leading tech hub, and is home features six amphitheater-style Hult San Francisco Monthly sessions to anyone who is anyone in the digital classrooms, video conferencing world including Facebook, Twitter, stations, breakout rooms, and student 1355 Sansome Street Friday to Monday eBay, Uber, and Airbnb. Yet 85% lounges, all with high-speed Internet San Francisco, CA 94111 of companies in the Bay Area have to ensure you are always connected. U.S.A. fewer than 10 employees. This blend of small and mighty makes for a truly Become part of the unique business community, in which Angel Island Berkeley Hult business community State Park forward thinking and creativity are the Hult San Francisco frequently hosts most highly prized credentials. some of the city’s leading companies and big hitters from the startup scene. Pixar Alcatraz Treasure Island Networking is a way of life Speaker events have previously Island Hult Residence San Francisco intentionally blurs the included talks by Biz Stone, Co-founder Fisherman’s Bay Area of Twitter; Robin Chase, founder of Wharf San Francisco boundaries between work and play, Bay Bridge and its renowned “meet-up” culture Zipcar; and Ido Leffler, Co-founder of Telegraph Hill the natural beauty brand Yes To Carrots. Russian seamlessly combines networking with Hill Chinatown Alameda Island socializing. Our rotation center is Global competitions such as the Google Financial District well-placed to take advantage of this Online Marketing Challenge have Civic South Beach Center engrained mentality, and our own become a central feature of campus South of Market Fillmore (SOMA) networking events provide another life, allowing you to take full advantage valuable springboard into the wider of all the innovative companies Golden Gate Park business community. Hult students headquartered nearby. here tend to have an entrepreneurial Silicon San Francisco Valley International Airport >>> mindset and don’t waste any time >>> capitalizing on the contacts they have 2 km made—even before graduation. Hult San Francisco rotation center location
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Executive MBA students can choose to take specialization electives in the world’s 800 52 1 2 36% most influential business city. Wall Street, Languages spoken in Fortune 500 companies New York’s position on Number of the world’s Percentage of New York Madison Avenue, and the headquarters of the city, making it one of are headquartered in the Global Economic largest stock exchanges residents born in other the most ethnically New York. Power Index. that are located in the countries. the U.N. make New York a global leader in diverse in the world. city. finance and media, as well as the undisputed center of international diplomacy. But New York is more than just a place; it’s an international icon for opportunity, ambition, and the American Dream. Why choose Hult New York
Rotation center: The original American city Live and learn in downtown When most people think of America, Manhattan New York immediately springs to Our rotation center is located at the mind. For over 200 years people from Cooper Union for the Advancement of all over the world have flocked to the Science & Art, so our students enjoy city in the hope of making their a state-of-the-art learning space in an New York fortunes and building themselves a enviable Manhattan location. Watch a better life. They created the blueprint Broadway show, catch a baseball of today’s money-driven metropolis. game at Yankee Stadium, ride a bike Business doesn’t get more iconic than through Central Park on a sunny Wall Street with its financial giants afternoon. There is no end to the and Madison Avenue, the birthplace attractions New York has to offer. of modern advertising. Notoriously Apartment-style accommodation in competitive and highly ambitious, the fashionable East Village is only New York’s job market is not for the minutes from campus. faint-hearted. But if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. Multinational Manhattan U.S. corporate giants such as Where finance, media, and Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, politics interact American Express, and Time Warner Business and politics are two sides of are all based in Manhattan. It’s also the same economic coin. Students at a major hub for foreign companies, Hult New York Monthly sessions Hult New York are uniquely which provide 10% of the city’s private 41 Cooper Square Friday to Monday positioned to explore this complex sector jobs. At Hult New York, you’ll New York, NY 10003 relationship with thought leaders from learn what really turns the cogs of U.S.A. the worlds of finance, marketing, and American business directly from politics, who offer valuable insights leading executives and academics. Times Square into the latest developments in these To support students in their efforts fields. Past events have included to enter the fiercely competitive New discussions with the Honorable York job market, we run job search Empire State Building Flatiron District Thomas Reeve Pickering, former U.S. strategy workshops in conjunction Ambassador, visits to Bloomberg with our intensive Career 5th Ave. headquarters, and guided tours of Development program. West Village Union Gramercy Park the United Nations headquarters. Square
Cooper Square Hult New York Wall Street rotation center >>> location 200 m
68 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA 69 HULT.EDU/EMBA Life at Hult: Kate loved the innovative and entrepreneurial culture.
For Kate, the young atmosphere on Hult’s campuses had nothing to do with age— it was Life at Hult created by the drive and hunger of the people. We offer far more than a degree. Join a vibrant, “ There are people of all ages and experiences multicultural community of global professionals. here, but youth is represented by a lust for life in everyone. I love the classroom atmosphere, the Enjoy a full calendar of events and outings. Expect can-do attitudes, and the hunger to learn and educational facilities and leisure amenities designed progress. It’s contagious. with the business executive in mind. The innovative and entrepreneurial culture you experience at Hult day-to-day fascinates me. I can definitely see why other more traditional Kate Wolfenden institutions are looking over their shoulders. It feels Venture Catalyst, WWF-UK like a fast-moving business in itself. Listening, (World Wide Fund for Nature) responding, innovating, and learning—all with a U.K., Class of 2014 razor-sharp sense of humor. Hult, and the people that make it, are great to be around.”
70 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA “ Through Hult, I had the opportunity to visit some of the most exciting cities in the world, be exposed to different cultures, and study in multinational, dynamic environments. The friendships I made with people from different backgrounds are for a lifetime.”
Tsvetelina Todorova Consultant, MERAR Investment Network Bulgaria, Class of 2011
“ Further education in such a culturally diverse environment is twice as rewarding and offers the opportunity to build global networks with people who share similar goals and aspirations. One of the key ingredients that makes this work so well is the relaxed nature of the school and learning environment.”
Alan Newton Co-Founder & COO, Eventopedia; Founder & Consultant, NewtonSquared U.K., Class of 2014 “ Higher education is not only about what you learn but also about how you learn it—this is something that Hult truly understands and fosters. A great quality of Hult is the way hands-on experience is incorporated into each of its courses.”
Dorian Mejia Zuniga Senior Area Manager, Puig Middle East Colombia, Class of 2015
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For a full list of Hult programs, visit hult.edu 88 Scholarships and financial assistance HOW TO APPLY Application requirements Hult takes a holistic approach to reviewing your application. In addition to your academic and professional background, we look for leadership potential, a natural curiosity, and a passionate drive to succeed.
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Hult students possess an entrepreneurial Start your online application at: 2016 Program Year spirit and an open mind, and are not hult.edu/apply. To complete your Deadline 1: afraid to challenge the status quo. Our application, you will be asked to Sunday, Oct 25, 2015 Global Executive MBA program asks provide the following: you to dare to be different, to seek Deadline 2: creative solutions outside the ordinary, Basic application requirements Sunday, Dec 13, 2015 and to collaborate with a diverse group — Current résumé Deadline 3: of people to achieve tangible results. — Written or video responses to Sunday, Jan 31, 2016 You have to be ready to adapt and two admissions questions Deadline 4: become resilient. It is not your — One letter of recommendation Sunday, Mar 13, 2016 academic or professional background — Application fee of USD150 Deadline 5: that will determine your success at Sunday, May 8, 2016 Hult—it is your drive. When you join us, Additional application be prepared to work hard and get the requirements Deadline 6: job done. —— A copy of your Bachelor degree Sunday, Jun 26, 2016 or equivalent Final Deadline: General admissions requirements —— Transcripts (in English) from Sunday, Aug 14, 2016 —— Three or more years of relevant all universities attended work experience —GM— AT, GRE, or the Hult Business —— Bachelor degree or equivalent Assessment Test —— Proficiency in English —— Evidence of English proficiency, if it is not your native language (see next page) Preferred profile —— You are globally-minded —— You have lived and worked in more than one country —— You speak more than one language
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Submitting your GMAT score Personal assessment interviews Application fee If you are submitting a GMAT score, it All candidates are required to attend a Payable on submission of your must be less than five years old. Your personal assessment interview. The application: score reports can be ordered online interview can be conducted in person, —— 150 U.S. Dollars at mba.com. Contact us to see if you via telephone, or Skype. The objectives qualify for a GMAT waiver. of this interview are to get to know you Annual program fee better, evaluate your motivations to The fee each program year is based Submitting your TOEFL, IELTS join the program, and discuss the on your choice of home campus: or PTE score details of your candidacy before the —— London 25,500 British Pounds —— Dubai 135,900 Emirati dirham You will need to prove a proficient admission team starts their review. —— Shanghai 227,900 Chinese yuan level of English to apply. Your official TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE score must be Securing a visa Installment plan fee less than two years old. Due to visa Some students who plan to study If you choose our flexible Installment requirement issues in the U.K., we abroad with Hult will need an appropriate Payment Plan, you will incur an recommend non-EEA applicants to visa. The time required to secure visas additional fee, depending on your the London and Ashridge campuses varies, depending on your nationality home campus: submit IELTS tests taken at an and which Hult campus you choose. Be —— London 350 British Pounds approved UKVI Centre. Contact us sure to plan ahead when applying to our —— Dubai 2,200 Emirati dirham if you have questions regarding program, so we have ample time to help —— Shanghai 3,900 Chinese yuan English proficiency. you with the visa process.
Acceptance and confirmation Our admissions committee will review all applications after each deadline. Our aim is to notify accepted or rejected students within two weeks. We accept students year-round, but priority is given to candidates who apply early. We only consider late applications if places are still available. Once accepted, students will normally have one month to confirm their place. Depending on capacity, the school may decide to shorten the lead-time between acceptance notification and confirmation, typically from March or April.
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Our Global Executive MBA is cost-effective because our graduates start reaping the benefits of their degree earlier than most leading two-year programs. But we recognize that an MBA is a significant investment. We work closely with you to find the best options to fund your program—including scholarships, financial assistance, and educational loans.
Hult scholarships Educational loans GoEd Student Financing Hult scholarships are designed to help The majority of our students utilize Hult has established an exclusive us find the best global talent and some form of education loan, even if partnership with GoEd Student maximize diversity. Our scholarships they receive a scholarship or financial Financing to offer loans to international cover a wide range of backgrounds, assistance. Students requiring students at very competitive interest industries, sectors, and nationalities. additional financing for their program rates. Loans are typically offered over fees have two main loan options: five years, with a repayment schedule A few examples of available that starts six months after graduation. scholarships include: Local bank loans and Hult and GoEd work with students —— Academic Excellence government support through each step of a simple process Scholarships Financial institutions in many countries so that students will know promptly if —— Social Impact Scholarships offer MBA education financing their loan application has been accepted. —— Entrepreneurial Impact specifically to local citizens. These Scholarship loans are typically repayable after Scholarships are awarded to eligible completion of the course, although candidates who demonstrate the terms vary widely. Depending on strongest potential. Candidates are where you are from, you may be eligible Employer sponsorship required to prove they meet each for loan and grant opportunities offered scholarship criteria through evidence, by your government. We work with Our Global Executive MBA students and/or a written or video submission. candidates to help them identify are either self-sponsored or Competition for scholarships increases suitable financial institutions and company-sponsored. We work closely as the year progresses, so we government programs. with companies to offer a range of full recommend applying early. or partial sponsorships, and we partner closely with them to ensure the highest A full list of our scholarships can be level of quality, service and customized found at: Hult.edu/emba-scholarships course content. Contact us for more information about seeking co sponsorship with your company. Have any questions?
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