“Today, success in business is as much
about understanding cultures and
globalization as it is about understanding
finance and marketing. With our
exceptional faculty, rigorous curriculum,
and unique campus network, Hult
International Business School is
committed to educating not just leaders
of business, but leaders of the world.”
OUR HISTORY
Bertil Hult
Chairman Emeritus of Hult International Business School
Philanthropist and Founder of EF Education First,
the world’s leading private education organization
A long history in practical
business education
The world’s largest ranked graduate
business school
Hult’s history began in 1964, with the
establishment of the Arthur D. Little School
of Management (ADL). Created to provide a
practical business education for managers,
ADL was America’s first corporate university.
Starting from its early days, the school
emphasized “Action Learning”—applying
classroom theory in the real world. This
methodology was honed over 50 years and
is central to Hult’s pioneering approach to
practical business education today.
Hult is today the world’s largest ranked
graduate business school, proof that the
school’s vision of practical and relevant
business education resonates with students.
Attracting students from around the world, the
school’s growth demonstrates the tremendous
demand for an innovative approach to
international business education.
The world’s most international
business school
In 2003, one of Europe’s most successful
entrepreneurs, Bertil Hult, provided critical
financial support to expand the school’s
innovative teaching methodology to go beyond
simply training students to become effective
managers by also preparing them to thrive
on a global stage. Believing that students
must experience cultural differences and
international business practices firsthand,
Mr. Hult grew the school from its single
Boston location to a global network of home
campuses including San Francisco, London,
Dubai, and Shanghai and a rotation center in
New York, under the name Hult International
Business School.
The world’s largest ranked
post-graduate business schools
1
Hult International Business School
2
IE Business School
3
Northwestern University - Kellogg
4
Macquarie Graduate School
5
8
1,027
INSEAD
1,024
Harvard Business School
Indian Institute of
Management - Ahmedabad
9 University of Chicago, Booth
10
1,117
1,046
EDHEC Business School
6
7
2,324
1,368
University of
Pennsylvania, Wharton
919
863
858
836
Source: Annual intakes of post-graduate business schools ranked by
The Economist Which MBA? 2013 rankings (Full-time MBA) and the
Financial Times Master in Management 2013 rankings (Master degrees).
EMBA and Part-time MBA program intakes are based on information
published on the school’s websites. Note figures exclude online MBA
and non-reported Master degree programs.
Our legacy of providing a globally
relevant and practical education
has made us the world’s largest
ranked graduate business school.
*Hult’s 2013 intake of graduate students.
Established in 1964
1964 Arthur D. Little
6
1976 The business
1998 Forbes identifies
2002 The Economist
2005 Hult’s one-year
2008 Hult welcomes
Inc., the world’s oldest
management consulting
firm, establishes the
Management Education
Institute, developing an
innovative, accelerated
one-year Master degree
program to train
business leaders.
school is officially
accredited by the New
England Association of
Schools and Colleges
(NEASC), the regional
accrediting body for all
academic institutions in
the northeastern U.S.
the school’s Action
Learning curriculum as
“highly distinctive,” ranking
it in the top five MBA
programs in the U.S.
ranks the school as the
third-best business school
in Massachusetts, after
Harvard Business
School and the
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT).
MBA program earns
the accreditation of the
Association of MBAs
(AMBA), making Hult
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