Our History

A practical business education

In 1964, Hult International Business School was established as America's first corporate university, then known as the Arthur D. Little School of Management. ADL focused on delivering a practical business education for managers. The teaching pedagogy adopted was different from other business schools because it emphasized "action learning" - applying classroom theory in the real world. This methodology was honed over 40 years and is central to Hult's pioneering approach to practical business education today.

The world's most international business school

In 2003, one of Europe's most successful entrepreneurs, Bertil Hult, financially supported the school to expand its teaching methodology to not only train effective managers, but also prepare them to thrive on a global stage. Bertil Hult strongly believed students must experience cultural differences and global business practices firsthand, expanding the school from its single Boston location to a global network of campuses including London, Dubai, Shanghai, and San Francisco under the name Hult International Business School.

The world's largest graduate business school

Hult's compelling vision of a practical and global business education has attracted many students from around the world. Today, the school has grown to become the world's largest graduate business school. Our growth demonstrates the tremendous demand for a useful and enduring business school education.

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Rankings

Financial Times

We are proud to be part of the Financial Times 100 Top Business Schools in 2012. This ranking is one of the most highly regarded because it is based on the success of the alumni in the workplace. The ranking combines a number of measures including salary increase and career progress, the data for which is all supplied by the alumni themselves. The School's inclusion in this ranking of the world's top business schools reflects its competitiveness in all of the following dimensions:

• 1st in post graduate salary increase
• 21st best business school in the U.S.
• 31st best business school in the world

Ranked #1 for International Experience and #3 for International Business by the Financial Times, Hult's one-year MBA provides you with an unrivaled global experience, working alongside peers from 135 nationalities speaking 105 languages, and learning from faculty with American, European, and emerging market expertise. Hult offers you the extraordinary opportunity to live and study in Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai, Shanghai, New York, or Sao Paulo, and students graduate with the ability to thrive in international business. In the Global Campus Rotation, you can pick your home campus and then spend up to three months studying at two others. Students could begin in Boston, then travel to Shanghai via London or Sao Paulo, or San Francisco via Dubai or New York. Our innovative MBA curriculum focuses on practical application and provides students with tools, training, and hands-on experience to be job-ready from day one.

Project Management Specialization

Enhance your employability with project management skills. In today's business world, the demand for skilled project managers is urgent and growing. About 80 percent of all major projects fail to meet expectations because of cost overruns or substandard quality. Fewer than 20 percent are completed on time. Strong project management can mean the differences between businesses that thrive and those that fail. Hult's Project Management Specialization will equip you with the technical and people skills required to manage major projects for multinationals, family businesses, and NGOs. Designed to give you the wide range of skills needed in planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to meet business objectives, our Project Management Specialization requires MBA students to take additional project management courses worth 9 credits.

Offered currently in Boston and Dubai campus, Hult's Executive MBA program is a part-time MBA designed for professionals who seek to enhance their credentials and knowledge while gaining an international perspective. Available weekly or monthly, our Executive MBA offers an unusually high degree of flexibility, taking into account our students' needs and constraints, from time and location to financing and program length. The curriculum is delivered over two years instead of one, allowing busy professionals to continue working while pursuing their degree. Whether you are based near our campus or need to take time out to travel, we have a schedule that suits your needs.

Launch your career after undergraduate studies with Hult's one-year, intensive Master of International Business (MIB). Hult's MIB curriculum delivers a strong understanding of how the world is interconnected through finance, marketing, operations, technology, and strategy to help graduates meet the challenges of today's global economy. The MIB program equips students with practical business knowledge with a focus on international and cross-cultural understanding of the marketplace. This degree is particularly well suited for recent university graduates (both business and non-business majors) who do not have extensive work experience, while also appropriate for those with work experience who seek to move into international business. In the Global Campus Rotation, you can pick your home campus and then spend up to three months studying at two others. Students could begin in Boston, then travel to Shanghai via London or Sao Paulo, or San Francisco via Dubai or New York.

Gain a competitive edge in the world of corporate finance with Hult's Master of Finance (MFIN) program, offering a relevant and rigorous education for professionals pursuing careers in corporate finance and international business. Designed with input from Fortune 1000 CFOs, leading academics, and a broad range of finance professionals, our unique MFIN program provides broad exposure to corporate finance, training in data and financial analytics, and helps you acquire communication and leadership skills needed for a career in finance. Learn from experts in finance-Hult's faculty draws from real-world practitioners with many years of experience in both business and academic.In the Global Campus Rotation, you can only pick San Francisco as your home campus and then spend up to three months studying at two others. Students could only begin in San Francisco, then travel to Shanghai via London, or London via Dubai.

Clever marketing drives profit, product longevity, and brand loyalty. As companies look to take their products and services into new markets and channels, Hult's Master of International Marketing (MIM) explores marketing on a global scale. The MIM program equips you with valuable general skills in management and strategy and with specialized skills in market research, branding, consumer behavior, sales, and new product development. This combined business and marketing experience prepares graduates for a wide array of careers that go beyond functional marketing. MIM graduates continue on to industries as diverse as retail, fashion, technology, branding, financial services, and consumer goods. Our Master of International Marketing program is available on Hult campuses in San Francisco as home campus. Learn to think strategically and creatively about marketing in a global context by spending time at other two campuses: London, and Dubai during the year, through our Global Campus Rotation.

Learn to harness the power of large-scale consumer data by translating data statistics and analysis into impactful business decisions with this highly in-demand degree. As a STEM qualification, this degree makes you eligible for a three-year working visa (OPT) in the U.S. after graduation. Non-U.S. residents who receive a Masters in Business Analytics currently qualify for up to three years OPT (Optional Practical Training) in the U.S. after their studies. All graduate students receive one year OPT; Masters in Business Analytics students can then qualify for a further two years if they are working in a degree-related job and their employer submits for the extension.

Available only as part of the Dual Degree program, this degree is designed to equip you with both a practical business understanding and the knowledge of how people, technology, and digitization overlap to impact decision-making and organizational change. You'll be based at Hult's San Francisco campus, just a few miles from the giants of Silicon Valley at the heart of where the innovation revolution first began, surrounded by disruptive startups and ambitious entrepreneurs.

Earn a U.S.-accredited Bachelor degree in International Business at Hult's central London campus. Our Bachelor program provides you with a strong foundation in international business that will give you a competitive edge when launching your career. Core courses in business fundamentals build a firm bedrock of knowledge that helps students choose a subsequent concentration aligned to their interests and abilities, either in finance, marketing, management, social entrepreneurship, or general business. Participating in an Action Project offers you the opportunity to apply classroom learning to real-life business situations and study on a Hult campus in the U.S., Middle East, or China.

Hult offers students a unique opportunity to see the world while they study. The Bachelor degree program is based at our London campus, but imagine spending a summer learning at one of our other campuses in San Francisco, Boston, Shanghai, or Dubai. In Year Three and Four, Action Projects allow students to do just that and, in the process, gain a wealth of insight into a new market and a new culture. During the Global Campus Rotation, you'll get an inside look at the world's fastest-growing economies and examine international business practices close-up. Almost 80% of our students choose Hult because they are interested in this option, and over half of our students spend time on more than one campus.