Hult International Business School (also known as Hult Business School or Hult) is a

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. Hult is named for the school's benefactor

Bertil Hult Bertil Eric Hult (born February 10, 1941) is a Swedish billionaire, known for founding educational and language school company EF Education First in 1965, and for being the patron and namesake of Hult International Business School. In 1971, he m ...

. Hult offers

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, and

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degree programs, as well as executive education through

Ashridge Executive Education Ashridge Executive Education (also known as the Ashridge Programme or Ashridge) is the executive education programme of Hult International Business School, housed in Hult's Ashridge Estate campus. Formerly an independent business school, known ...

, housed on the Ashridge Estate campus. Hult is the successor of the Arthur D. Little School of Management, founded in 1964 in

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, and of the

Ashridge Business School Hult International Business School (also known as Hult Business School or Hult) is a private business school with campuses in Cambridge, London, San Francisco, Dubai, New York City, and Shanghai. Hult is named for the school's benefactor Bertil ...

, founded in 1959 in Ashridge, England. The school is patron to the

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, a student entrepreneur competition.

History

American background

The ''Arthur D. Little School of Management'' was founded in 1964 by

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. Originally developed as an executive management education program, the school began to grant degrees after receiving full accreditation by the

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in 1976. In 1996, the Arthur D. Little School of Management formed a partnership with

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classified ...

Carroll School of Management The Wallace E. Carroll School of Management (CSOM) is the business school of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The school is regularly ranked among the best business schools in the United States, particularly its undergraduate progr ...

in order to share access to faculty and facilities.

British background

In 1921, future British Prime Minister

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acquired Ashridge House, in

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, United Kingdom, through a trust, with the intent to establish a college at the estate. In 1929, Ashridge was formally established as the ''College of Citizenship'' with the backing of the

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, under the academic advisory of

Arthur Bryant Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant, (18 February 1899 – 22 January 1985) was an English historian, columnist for ''The Illustrated London News'' and man of affairs. His books included studies of Samuel Pepys, accounts of English eighteenth- and n ...

, famed English economic historian. In 1959, the college was re-established as a school of management under the name ''Ashridge Business School''.

International era

In 2002, Swedish billionaire

purchased the Arthur D. Little School of Management, which resulted in the school's reorganization and reestablishment as Hult International Business School in 2003. Under its restructuring, Hult established a new curriculum oriented on

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, which led to the establishment of Hult's global campuses in Dubai (2008), San Francisco (2010), Shanghai (2011), and New York (2014). In 2007, Hult acquired Huron University in London, a private American university located in London's

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neighborhood, which subsequently was reestablished as Hult International Business School's London campus. In 2014, Hult International Business School acquired and merged with Ashridge Business School, creating one of the largest business schools in the world. After 2015, the two schools began operating as a singular entity, with the establishment of

as Hult's executive program. Hult opened its

campus in London, near the

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financial centre, in 2014.

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, supported by Hult International Business School, launched the Business Professor of the Year Award in 2012.

Campuses

Hult maintains 7 campuses across 6 countries and serves approximately 3,000 students: two

and

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campuses (London and Boston), three postgraduate campuses that serve as summer rotational campuses (San Francisco, Shanghai and Dubai) one solely postgraduate campuses (New York City), and one executive education campus (

Ashridge Estate Ashridge is a country estate and stately home in Hertfordshire, England in the United Kingdom. It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about north of Berkhamsted and north west of London. The estate com ...

, United Kingdom). Students are encouraged to rotate between campuses during their programs. The Hult London Undergraduate Campus, built by British firm Sergison Bates Architects, won the Royal Institute of British Architects National Award in 2015.

Academics

Hult's degrees are accredited under the British Accreditation Council of Higher Education and the

. Hult also conducts business and market research out of its global research centers. Hult International Business School has an acceptance rate of 28%. It has over 19,000 alumni in over 156 countries. The

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classifies Hult as a ''More Selective Institution''.

Rankings

Hult's Master of International Business program was ranked #17 in The Economist's ranking of Masters in Management programs worldwide in 2019. In 2020, Hult's

was ranked #16 in the

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Executive Education Top 50 Schools list.

EY Tech MBA by Hult

On 1 July 2020, Hult and

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(EY) announced the EY Tech MBA by Hult, consisting of online learning, practical experiences, insight papers and a capstone project. This MBA is now offered by EY free to all its people, regardless of rank or location and can be done over any duration. The curriculum is updated every four months.

Hult Prize

Hult International Business School is the lead sponsor of the Hult Prize (formerly Hult Global Case Challenge), an annual international

case competition In a case competition, participants strive to develop the best solution to a business or education-related case study within an allocated time frame, typically with teams of two or more individuals pitted against each other in a head-to-head or bro ...

launched in 2010 that asks students to find solutions to global social challenges. The Prize is a partnership between Hult International Business School, the

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, and the United Nations Foundation. The best teams from each regional event advance to a global final, at which a single winning team is chosen.

provides a $1 million cash grant to help fund the winning solution.

Notable alumni

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, 2nd

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Htin Kyaw Htin Kyaw ( my, ထင်ကျော်, or ; born 20 July 1946) is a Burmese politician, writer and scholar who served as the ninth president of Myanmar from 30 March 2016 to 21 March 2018. He was the first elected president to hold the off ...

, 9th

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Luis Abinader Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona (; born 12 July 1967) is a Dominican economist, businessman, and politician who is serving as the 54th president of the Dominican Republic since 2020. He served as the Modern Revolutionary Party candidate for Presi ...

, current President of the Dominican Republic * Gary Smith, CEO of

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* André Bier Gerdau Johannpeter, CEO of

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* Hixonia Nyasulu, Chairwoman of Sasol * Oba Otudeko, Founder of

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and ''

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Africa's 40 Richest'' * Walter Bayly Llona, CEO of Credicorp *

Shaun Gregory Shaun Gregory is a British businessman, former CEO of BTI Studios, and is currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of Iyuno Media Group. Education *1985-1988: Nottingham College * 1999-2000: Wharton Business School * 2001: Ashridge B ...

, CEO of Exterion Media * Nataliey Bitature, 2016 ''

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's Top 5 African Innovators'' & 2014 '' Forbes 30 Under 30'' *

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, Indian parliamentarian; son of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri * Mbaranga Gasarabwe, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Safety and Security *

Juan Cohen Juan Alberto Cohen Sander (14 June 1960,) is a Dominican economist, politician, businessman, and member of parliament. He was a presidential candidate of the Dominican Republic by the National Citizen Will Party (PNVC) for the general electio ...

, parliamentarian in the Central American Parliament * Tonika Sealy-Thompson, Barbados' Ambassador to Brazil

References

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