Hult International Business School

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
Executive
MBA

ON-CAMPUS
TWO YEARS
LONDON | DUBAI
2023-24 Program Guide
HULT.EDU/EMBA

2023-24 PROGRAM GUIDE

 Communication and collaboration is

A Flexible MBA the foundation of a successful career

for Those Made to Do

You want an MBA that will give you a competitive edge in the rapidly
changing global economy and future-proof your career. Hult’s Executive
MBA program has been designed to develop the skills most in-demand
with employers worldwide so you can make an impact that matters in
both corporate and entrepreneurial environments. Studying a flexible
part-time program tailored to busy working professionals, you’ll graduate
with the practical skills, applicable knowledge, and effective mindsets to
transform your life and career.

Be the best leader you can be

It’s not until you actually lead a team of people that you understand the type of
leader you are. We’ve taken advanced self-awareness practices from leadership
development courses and built them into all our degree programs. Armed with
this insight and the systematic feedback of your peers, you’ll work to improve the
key skills you’ve identified and develop an authentic style of leadership that’s
uniquely you.

Gain the digital skills the 21st century demands

Different specializations require different technological savvy but one thing’s for
certain—you need a strong digital skillset in today’s workplace. Choose from a
variety of specializations that will give you the knowledge and skills to succeed in
a tech-driven business world.

Make personal career connections

We work with every student individually to set a targeted career strategy and
guide them on a clear path to achieve their career ambitions. With insider
knowledge, local expertise, and years of experience on the job, our coaches work
with you one-on-one, from day one. Make the most of the opportunity to connect
with professionals across multiple locations and industries and you’ll be in the
strongest possible position come graduation.

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 Hult EMBA Class Profile 20233
Built in Flexibility for 55% 45% 60% 11
Working Professionals men women speak two or more languages average years of work experience

37
average age
84%
are studying at campuses
Top 10 industries (pre-MBA)
Financial Services Consumer
Real Estate Packaged Goods
outside their home country Hospitality Energy
Technology Media/
Healthcare Entertainment
Manufacturing
When you add graduate study to an already busy life, flexibility is a
must. Hult’s part-time MBA programs are designed to help you balance
your studies with your other commitments. The degree adapts to your
needs and is flexible enough to change if your life does. Change campuses Go at your own pace
In the summer months, customize your degree with Students typically complete the program in two years
electives at any of Hult’s campus locations and, in but you can pause the program and take up to four
special circumstances, change your home campus. years to finish.

The flexible EMBA program helps you

Start date balance competing demands on your
We have one start date in October each year. time from other areas of life

Weekend classes
Classes take place over one long weekend per month,
meaning minimal disruption to your work life.

Mode of study
Our Executive MBA offers up to 100% on-campus
classes with options available for online study,
if needed.1

Never fall behind

If you can’t attend a class for any reason, you can
join online, catch up at another time, or even at
another campus.2

While Hult offers EMBA students the option to take core courses in an online format, this is to be used only as an alternative option for
1
Confirmed incoming students for fall 2022 as of July 1, 2022.
3

occasional circumstances when in-person attendance cannot be arranged. 2 Subject


to class availability and capacity. Student numbers are subject to change.

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The World Is
Your Campus

Take your career global

Hult San Francisco Choose one home campus for your core program and
Hult London travel—or “rotate”—to other cities for electives. We call
this ability to seamlessly hop from campus to campus
Hult Boston
“Global Campus Rotation.”

Home campuses

Global Campus Rotation centers*

Hult New York

Hult Dubai Take a Campus Tour

*Rotation locations subject to change.

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A Part-Time Degree Students consider creative ways
of solving a team challenge before
finalizing their concept

Designed to Challenge

Ranked among the best in the world by the Financial Times, the
Economist, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Forbes, Hult’s Executive MBA
will equip you with the skills most in-demand with employers
worldwide so you can make an immediate impact that matters.

Accredited by the three most prestigious With our uniquely global Executive MBA degree, you’ll
independent bodies—AMBA, AACSB, and EQUIS— study every topic through a global lens, master working
our highly practical MBA curriculum is centered on in cross-cultural teams, and learn to lead in a complex
real-world business challenges. Throughout your international business environment.
program, you’ll take the knowledge and skills you
learn in class and continually test them, and yourself, Attend on-campus classes once a month over a
through practical application. four-day weekend.

Your two-year EMBA program: how it works

GLOBAL CAMPUS
HOME CAMPUS
ROTATION CENTERS

Core Program Elective Courses

OCT APR MAY AUG

YEAR 1 YEAR 1

Module Business Module Business Electives &

1 Challenge 1 2 Challenge 2 Specializations

YEAR 2 YEAR 2

Module Business Module Business Module Business Electives &

3 Challenge 3 4 Challenge 4 5 Challenge 5 Specializations

PERSONAL CAREER COACHING: Your career is a lifelong journey. At Hult, you’ll learn to navigate its path by following the ROAD map: a four-step practice, guided by experienced, dedicated career coaches from day one to beyond graduation.

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 Sample Business Challenges
Your Challenge-Centered
EMBA Curriculum

Year 1 September April

Module Theme Core Courses Covered in Module* Challenges*

BUSINESS CHALLENGE 1*
Module 1: Program Immersion Business
Design Authentic Leadership 1: Challenge 1 New Venture Strategy
Leadership Journey Simulation
Marketing Strategy
Financial Statement Analysis Your first business challenge will immerse
you in the many decisions a company needs
Module 2: Authentic Leadership 2: Business to consider when assessing a new venture,
Sales Managing Relationships Challenge 2 from market analysis and competitive
Business Insights Through Data differentiation to sales strategies and
Applied Economics & Managerial Decision Making tactics, production, logistics, and financial
management. The cornerstone of the
challenge will be a competitive, team-based
business simulation. As you compete to win
May August
in your industry, you’ll improve your ability
Elective Courses
to develop and implement a strategy for
success in a dynamic team environment.
Year 2 September April

Module Theme Core Courses Covered in Module* Challenges*

Module 3: Authentic Leadership 3: Business

Delivery Personal Influence Challenge 3
Data Management
Working in teams
Global Operations
is the best way
to discover your
leadership style
BUSINESS CHALLENGE 4*
Module 4: Authentic Leadership 4: Business
Growth Moral Perspective Challenge 4 New Market Expansion
Financial Decision Making & Budgeting Plan
Business Strategy
Students will consult for a live client, conduct
market research to understand consumer
Module 5: Authentic Leadership 5: Business trends, the competitive landscape in new
Transformation Leading Change Challenge 5: markets, and potential impacts on the value
Agile Project Management Digital Transformation & Impact chain. Find and set out a solution that makes
use of an emerging technology, discuss the
impact on the client’s brands, competitors,
and current product offerings—and indicate
whether, why, and how those offerings
May August
should change.
Elective Courses

*Course titles and challenges subject to change.

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 Experience that gets results
Work With Real-World The skills and mindset students gain at Hult have
earned our graduates a reputation among
Here’s a snapshot of Hult graduates’ most recent
achievements:

Businesses on Real-World employers as globally minded changemakers.

Hult alumni are in demand with the world’s

83
Challenges
leading companies and are forging successful

%
careers across a variety of industries all over
the world.

Business Challenges are project-based, faculty-led courses that occur

during or at the end of each core module. These challenges combine
skills, topics, and knowledge from previous courses to apply toward
solving or developing real-world business strategies.

At least one of these challenges involves working STEM Challenge

40 %
average salary increase two years after
graduation, The Economist Which MBA?
Executive MBA Ranking, 2020
of Hult EMBA graduates say the skills learned
during the program have taken their career to
the next level, GMAC Alumni Survey, 2017
alongside a real-world corporate client, which gives Identify a future business opportunity in the next 5-10
students the opportunity to gain practical experience years, perform a professional exploration of the

202k
working with successful companies, grow their opportunity, and develop a strategic plan to integrate

$
network, and add weight to their resume. and execute the opportunity.

Previous Business Challenge examples include:

Students in Boston present their
Client: Mercedes Benz strategic responses to a team
Developing solutions to increase the electric vehicle challenge with General Mills
share in key global markets.

Client: Verizon Wireless

Establishing new market segments and key enablers average salary three years after graduation, Financial Times, View the EMBA Global
Careers Report in Full
of technological disruption. Executive MBA Ranking, 2021

70
Client: Kinder

% 79
Developing an integrated marketing campaign across

%
Above the Line and Below the Line touchpoints.

Client: Grupo Bimbo

Integrating technological strategies, including
ecommerce and autonomous vehicles, into food
industry strategy while enhancing existing business
models and creating new customer access innovations.

Entrepreneurial Challenge of Hult EMBA graduates are working in a

Creating a new business concept at the edge of growth management, upper management, or C-level
trends, while developing and validating ideas through position one year after graduation, Burning Glass
deep insights, and building a go-to-market plan that is of alumni have been promoted or grown their social profile data, June 2020
executable and financeable. company since graduation

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 Sample Core Weekend Schedule*
What Will My Weekend
Look Like? Thursday​ Friday
(Different for Dubai)​
Saturday​ Sunday​

12pm – 5pm: 9am – 2pm: 9am – 2pm: 9am – 2pm:

Class Class Class Class

5:30pm – 7pm: 2pm – 4pm: 2pm – 3pm: 4pm – 5pm:

Networking Event Teamwork/Meeting Teamwork/Meeting​ Time to Start Working on
Get out of your comfort zone and experience a different kind of Final Assessment
weekend. Attending career-focused events on and off campus is a
great way to expand your network and your knowledge and can
​ 5pm – 6pm: 3pm – 4pm: ​
also greatly enrich your experience. Class Preparation for Guest Speaker Event
Next Day

The sample schedule opposite shows you a typical

timetable of a Hult Executive MBA student. What it
doesn’t show you is the dynamic experience in classes
and the rich learning opportunities available outside
the classroom.

Make the most of your MBA weekend with:

– Guest Speaker Series
– Alumni Panel Events
– Executive Roundtable Discussions
– Advanced Interview Skills Prep
– Career Coaching Workshops
A panel event on women in leadership;
guests included Monika Aleksiejute, VP at
Citi, and Dolly Jones, Digital Content and
Strategy Director at Condé Nast

EMBA students Toby Shephard and

Richard Hulme catch up with classmates
at the Hult London campus

A unique way to get insight into

how to optimize business processes

*This is just a sample. Exact schedule subject to change/variation by campus.

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Electives &
Kisuc Kim maps out his options on
the walls of a meeting room on the
Dubai campus

Specializations

In the summer terms, from May to August, you’ll choose electives

based on your personal interests and professional goals. You can
travel or “rotate” to any campus to take your electives. Different
campuses offer different electives—so it’s up to you where and
what you study. Areas of specialization and sample electives:2 Other popular electives include:
Digital Marketing
Psychology of Pricing in a Digital World International Negotiations & Business Consulting
Students in Dubai flex their New electives are added every year to keep options Social Media Marketing Strategy Management Psychology
creative problem-solving skills up to date and relevant, and over 150 electives are Customer Acquisition Through Digital Marketing Entrepreneurship Through Acquisitions
available to study every summer. The Science of Happiness & Well-Being
Finance Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Humanity
If you want to graduate with a specialization, you’ll Global Strategic Valuation
need to take three electives in that specific area. Business Analysis & Valuation Sustainable Brands & Products
Behavioral Economics & Decision Making Luxury Marketing
An elective a year for life Mergers & Acquisitions

Hult is the proud recipient of the bronze award for Technology Management
Best Lifelong Learning Initiative 2021 from the
Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the Business Introduction to Bitcoin & Blockchain Technologies
Graduates Association (BGA). Managing Innovative Technology
Cybersecurity Technology
Your knowledge, skills, and qualifications will need to
be constantly updated throughout your career. Once Data Analytics
you graduate, we have lifelong learning options that
enable you to stay up to date and relevant—always. Introduction to Machine Learning
You can come back to any campus, every year, to take Digital Analytics: Becoming a Digital Ninja
an elective that suits you.1 Applied Statistics with R

Project Management
Crisis Management, Mitigation & Response
Lean Project Management
Supply Chain Analytics

Post-graduation elective courses are subject to availability and a 100 USD

1 2
Electives subject to change.
registration fee, subject to change. Some courses are offered online.

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Electives & Specializations

Travel Bursary
Our students know the value of travel—it’s how they
grow an international network and skill-up to meet
the needs of the global business environment.
That’s why our EMBA candidates can apply for our
Executive MBA Travel Bursary worth up to
5,000 USD.*

Be part of a diverse You can use the bursary to cover any travel expenses
class of professionals during your degree, so they don’t stand in the way of
you growing your global network. Our campuses are
Free Unlimited Electives Package hubs of international business talent and being on
the ground is important for the development of your
Our Executive MBA candidates are eligible for a fee network and skillset. This bursary is designed to
waiver on our Unlimited Electives Package worth make traveling to campus as seamless as possible.
20,000 USD. We’re an international business school, so we cater
for international citizens.
–U
 pgrade from the standard four Executive MBA
electives to Unlimited Electives over the course of
your two-year program
Build a network that
–E
 xpand your knowledge and expertise and add spans the globe
more skills to your resume in highly desirable
topics with Unlimited Electives

–T
 ravel to as many different campuses as you like
for electives during your summer semesters and
build a global network as you gain on-the-ground
international experience. Online alternatives are
also available for selected courses.

Get on-the-ground
experience in the markets
that matter to you

*Terms & conditions apply, subject to confirming your place. Please speak to your enrollment advisor or visit hult.edu for full terms. This bursary
is included in the tuition fee. It is included as credit to be used during the program after acceptance to Hult.

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Take Your Degree to Expert Career
an Advanced Level Coaching

You can choose to add the Senior Executive Track to your EMBA At Hult, you’ll collaborate with career coaches to reflect on your strengths,
program, in which you take four advanced specialist courses. You’ll go values, and vision for the future. You’ll accelerate your career journey with
behind the scenes with proven, established business leaders to develop an individualized plan to make sure your time and energy are used most
executive mastery and learn what it takes to lead and influence people, effectively. Your career coaches will equip you with the skills to drive you
organizations, and markets and understand how to shape the future of forward and build the professional reputation you deserve.
business and society.
Personal career advising Heather White
These advanced courses are delivered between Advanced courses offered at Hult Dubai: You can set up personalized career advising with
British
September and April on the EMBA home campuses – Emerging Tech for Executives our expert coaches. They’re experienced in coaching
Executive Coach
of Hult London and Hult Dubai. – Tradecraft from Entrepreneurial Executives executives, and can help you create a targeted career
Boardroom Match-Maker
progression plan. Even after you graduate, you can
CEO, Smarter Networking Ltd
Advanced courses offered at Hult London: make use of these sessions for up to three months
– Finance 3.0 for Executives post-graduation. Heather is an internationally
– Developing Executive Presence recognized networking
Skills workshops aficionado. She spent the last
Attend online and on-campus workshops on 20 years coaching executives
Expand your specialist essential topics, including perfecting your digital through strategically building their personal brand.
knowledge with the brand, mastering in-person and virtual interviews, Utilizing the skills and contacts acquired through
Senior Executive Track and developing efficient networking and relationship- this time, Heather created Boardroom Ready. The
building skills. Boardroom Ready program fast tracks the leaders of
the future­­, matching senior executives from FTSE500
Invaluable connections with the boards of AIM-listed, privately owned, and
You’ll make personal and professional connections SME companies.
with ambitious executives, successful alumni,
internationally renowned professors, and business
leaders from all over the world.
Mohamad Khachab
Lebanese
“The caliber of my classmates CEO, BMB Group
exceeded my expectations, as did the Named on the DXB100 as one
of the Most Influential People
diversity of the professors, who come Helping Shape the Emirate
from all over the world with proven (2018)
Class of 2017
practical experience.”

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Passionate Professors From Viktoria Dalko, PhD
Hungarian

the Real Business World Finance Professor

Before establishing herself as a
leading academic at Harvard
and CUNY, Dr. Dalko worked as
an advisor to the president of
the National Bank of Hungary
and was chief of staff for the
Budget, Tax, and Finance Committee of the Hungarian
Parliament. Her latest book, Regulating Competition in
Stock Markets, was co-edited and co-authored with
More than just professors, our practitioner faculty are supportive mentors Nobel Laureate Professor Lawrence Klein and other
that have your professional goals in mind. Known as much for their world-class researchers.

academic credentials as for their decades of experience as executives, Ted Ladd, PhD
American
consultants, and entrepreneurs, our faculty members know what it takes Strategy & Innovation Professor
to thrive in the demanding world of international business. Fulbright Scholar Dr. Ladd has
over 20 years of experience in
high-tech, venture capital-
backed startups—including
Amanda Nimon- being the director of a
smartwatch company that was
Peters, PhD sold to Google to form the foundation of its Android
Australian Wear operating system. He has taught at Harvard
Data Science & Leadership University and Copenhagen Business School. He
Professor holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship from Weatherhead
School of Management at Case Western Reserve
Behavioral scientist Amanda
University and an MBA from Wharton School of
started university aged 16 and
Ali Fenwick, PhD went on to earn a master’s and
Omar Romero- Business. In 2014 he won Best Paper in Social
Entrepreneurship at the Academy of Management
Dutch/British PhD from the University of Hernandez, PhD annual conference, and in 2016, Most Relevant Paper
Organizational Behavior & Cambridge, during which time she spent nine months
Mexican to US Practitioners at the Small Business and
Innovation Professor of her research work living in a tent in Antarctica.
Data Analytics & Operations Entrepreneurship annual conference.
Since then, her extensive corporate career includes 10
With 18 years of experience Professor
years in sales and marketing research at P&G as well
in management consulting in
as launching and running her own consultancy, whose A Fulbright Scholar, Omar
telecommunications, FMCG,
clients included LG, Cisco, HSBC, and Shell. Her uses his mastery of numbers
and pharma, Dr. Fenwick is a
current research includes behavioral change to transform the lives of
professor of industrial-
techniques for leadership development as well as the disadvantaged communities
organizational psychology who teaches across several
effects of leaders’ ethical choices. Her latest book, via renewable energy in his native Mexico. He’s led
key topics, including organizational behavior, leading
Working with Influence: Nine Principles of Persuasion several internationally awarded projects with sponsors
for innovation, and management psychology. Ali is
to Accelerate Your Career (Bloomsbury, 2022) is a including the UN, Mexico’s Ministry of Environment,
the founder and CEO of LEAD TCM&L™—a global
prime example of her highly practical and applicable and the stock exchange. In 2010, he was appointed
behavioral science advisory firm developing
insights into leadership. leader of a national task force on economic growth
psychological interventions for business, education,
and low carbon emissions, which delivers
government, and NGOs. He is also a Harvard Business
recommendations to the President of Mexico.
Review contributor, TEDx and keynote speaker, media
He was one of the recipients of the Franz Edelman
behavioral expert, conference chair, author, and
Award, the world’s most prestigious award for
strategic advisor.
operations research and management science.

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 Asking your company to help fund your Payment plans
Fees, Scholarships & part-time MBA
Your part-time MBA also brings huge benefits to your
We have a variety of payment options to fit your
situation, including Early Payment discount. If you

Financing Options organization. Having your employer invest in your

business education is a mutually beneficial way to
fund your program. Many part-time MBA students
choose the Early Payment plan, you are eligible for a
2%* discount on your tuition (*net fees after scholarship
and financial aid are deducted), providing you meet
choose to focus on their employing company for their the terms.
class assignments. All of this can be immediately
applied in the workplace as well as to your own Please reach out to our enrollment team for more
professional growth. information at hult.edu/contact

Find out more about our Corporate Partner Program:

hult.edu/corporate Program fees
Your education is undoubtedly one of the most important investments
you will ever make. Throughout the application process, we will work Loans & government support Executive MBA
59,800 GBP* (London)
closely with you to help you understand the options available to you to Financial institutions in many countries offer education 329,000 AED* (Dubai)
finance your degree. financing specifically to local citizens. These loans are
typically repayable after completion of the course,
although terms vary widely. Depending on where
you are from, you may be eligible for loan and grant
Partial scholarships opportunities offered by your government. We work
with candidates to help them identify suitable financial *This is indicative program pricing, other fees will apply.
Partial scholarships are designed to help us find institutions and government programs. Please visit our website for more detailed costs.
the best global talent and maximize diversity. Our
scholarships cover a wide range of backgrounds,
industries, sectors, and nationalities.
– Social Impact Scholarship Your employer can also benefit
– Global Professional Scholarship from your MBA
– Entrepreneurial Impact Scholarship
– Senior Leader Scholarship
– Women in Business Scholarship

Need-based financial aid

If you have a demonstrated financial need, Hult may
be able to help with limited need-based financial aid
that is awarded on a case-by-case basis. The financial
aid committee looks at the situation of each accepted
student and, depending on each candidate’s personal
circumstances, decides if financial aid will be awarded
and at what level.
You’ll receive personal support
throughout the application process

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 Ready to Apply?
We have enrollment advisors
in every region so you can talk
directly to one of our team,
wherever you are in the world

We are looking for dynamic, international, and open-minded

individuals who have the ambition to grow and succeed in the world.
Sound like you? Here’s how you can join Hult:

How to apply Entry requirements

1. Complete your online application at – Bachelor’s degree or equivalent*
hult.edu/apply – Three or more years’ post-graduate work experience
2. Pay 95 USD application fee – Proficiency in English (TOEFL/IELTS/PTE)**
3. Submit application and supporting documents
– Resume/CV
– Personal statement
– University transcripts
4. Personal Assessment Interview
5. Admissions decision
6. Submit deposit to confirm your seat

Your Personal Assessment Interview

This interview is the centerpiece of the
Hult admissions process. We are a future-
focused business school and this is the best
opportunity you have to share your plans
and dreams with us. This is the time for us to
really get to know each other in person, over
the phone, or via video call.

Apply Now

*Applicants without a bachelor’s degree but with over 10 years of relevant work experience will be considered.
**English test waivers may apply for native English speakers or if your bachelor’s was completed in an English-speaking country. Your English test
results can come later in the process if they’re not available immediately.

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