Future thinking Taking your Bachelor degree beyond business Hult Blog

â€Å"Business is at the intersection of the most exciting forces of global innovation—design, science, and technology. So business education today has to go well beyond business. That’s why students from around the world come to Hult—to think differently about their future.†Ã‚  Dr. Stephen Hodges,  President,  Hult International Business School The challenge facing all business schools is: how do we prepare students for a future that is changing faster than ever before? The old case-study method of looking back at what has already happened, of teaching tried and tested business models that have worked in the past, is no longer enough. We are operating in a global landscape where disruption and innovation are the norm and technology is transforming business and society.   You can find out more about this in the video below. Just as only those businesses that embrace change will survive this â€Å"Forth Industrial Revolution†, it’s the business schools that recognize and adapt to the change that will produce graduates who are able to thrive in this new era of disruption. The critical business knowledge you’ll need in the future doesn’t exist yet. Your future career might not even exist yet. So how can business education prepare you? At Hult, we have responded to the challenge by designing degrees that look to the future and give students the mindset and skills to lead with confidence in a world of rapid change. Here, we highlight some of the features of our undergraduate degree that take our Bachelor of Business Administration beyond business. Specialize in Computer Science or Design with a Graduate Diploma Hult offers undergraduates the option of adding a Graduate Diploma in either Computer Science or Design to their Bachelor degree. This enables you to diversify your skills and become proficient in areas that now go hand-in-hand with the needs of business. â€Å"Learning the practices and skills within Computer Science will help anyone considering a career in the technology field. With courses in areas like disruptive and emerging technologies, you will acquire new skills at the intersection of business and hi-tech, enabling the creation of new businesses and industries.†-  Carlos Baradello,  Professor of Social Innovation Global Entrepreneurship, Hult International Business School By taking courses such as Programming, Data Structures Algorithms, and Software Engineering Usability, you can develop the fundamentals of computer science practices, learn techniques for interpreting trends, and think critically about the impact of emerging technologies for business. Hult students talk a judge through a prototype of their concept during a challenge. Design is another area that has become of critical importance to business. Earning a Graduate Diploma in Design during your Bachelor studies will help you develop the digital skills and technical capabilities of a range of creative technologies such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Premiere. You’ll learn the role of design in optimizing customer experience, the fundamentals of good design, and how to meet the design needs of global business. â€Å"Business grads with a diploma in design will be setting themselves apart from the rest, with a real understanding of how business and design impact each other.-  Daniel Perez Vidal,  Professor of Marketing Social Entrepreneurship, Hult International Business School Understand the technology shaping the future with Nano Courses in Disruptive Technologies   Understanding the latest developments in technology will help you anticipate how the world may change over time and how consumer behavior may change. For example, did you know that autonomous vehicles may radically impact real estate prices? Our new and innovative nano courses are self-led online courses designed to teach you about the disruptive technologies most dramatically influencing tomorrow’s business landscape. These courses are shorter—which is why we call them nano—and are delivered as part of the General Education section of the undergraduate program. Each nano course has been built in conjunction with a world-renowned industry expert and covers the basics of how the technology works, its potential applications, the major players driving the technology, the likely development timeline, and the key issues that need to be overcome for the full potential to be realized. Each course covers a different disruptive technology such as: 3D Printing Autonomous Vehicles AI Machine Learning Robotics Genome Editing Drones Blockchain Virtual Augmented Reality ï ¿ ¼Ã¯ ¿ ¼Internet of Things Solar Power Energy Storage Hult undergraduate student, Claudia Lopez, and her team present their student banking app solution to execs at Virgin Money. Compete in a different real-world challenge every year of your degree Real-world experience is essential to understanding how to apply theory outside the classroom and for developing teamwork and leadership skills. Hult’s undergraduate program employs â€Å"challenge learning† whereby students take part in a complex, realistic core challenge. Each year the challenge tackles a different, critical business area and pushes students to present solutions to real problems business are facing. With each challenge, you’ll put the theory you’ve learned into practice. You’ll use design thinking to create new startup ideas, develop solutions to combat some of the world’s most pressing social issues, and become adept at confidently pitching your ideas. Year 1: Startup Challenge During this challenge, you’ll work in teams to design and pitch a product or service to a specific target audience. This challenge encourages you to think on your feet, present your ideas, and collaboratively approach problem-solving with a positive mindset. Year 2: The Social Impact Challenge This challenge is modeled on the prestigious Hult Prize student competition, which is dedicated to launching the world’s next wave of social entrepreneurs. You and your team will be challenged to think globally and responsibly to solve a pressing social issue. This challenge will help you to think about corporate responsibility and the power business has to do well by doing good. Finalists at the Hult Prize the worlds largest student competition for social entrepreneurs where students from all over the world compete to solves the worlds most pressing social problems. Year 3: Major Challenge This enables you to focus more closely on your specialization and develops your career-ready skills. The challenge will focus on an issue or problem that requires you to use the theory you’ve learned in class and to apply it to the real world and real companies. Year 4: Capstone Challenge In your final year, you’ll have the option to participate in the Hult Business Challenge, choosing the Corporate Track or the Entrepreneurship Track. The Entrepreneurship Track helps you work on your own startup, and then pitch it to executives through the Hult Founder’s Lab. On the Corporate Track, you’ll solve a strategic challenge set by the management of a major company. You’ll receive a real problem and then be tasked with fixing it. Past clients have included Amazon, Unilever, and UBS. You’ll receive a real problem and then be tasked with fixing it. Students present their idea to Amazon Launchpad during the 2017 Hult Business Challenge finals. â€Å"We are excited to be working with the entrepreneurial students from Hult on the 2017 Hult Business Challenge. Partnering with Hult will enable us to leverage the perspective and skills of their globally-minded undergraduate students to help us continue to improve the support we provide startups on Amazon Launchpad.†Ã¯ ¿ ¼Ã¯ ¿ ¼- Jason Feldman,  Head of Global Innovation, Amazon We don’t know what opportunities the future will bring for our students, but we hope that by looking forward and constantly updating our curriculum in line with global trends, they will able to grasp those opportunities with confidence and a positive mindset. Find out more about Hult’s undergraduate program by visiting their website, downloading a brochure, or contact the school directly. Laura Chung is a staff blogger and Hults Creative Content Director. Previously a senior copywriter in PayPals Worldwide Creative Studio, she has also written and designed e-learning courses for many well-known brands including Microsoft, Redbull, KPMG, and BT. Laura believes passionately in the power of storytelling in both marketing and learning and indulges her love of stories by writing creatively in her spare time. Make the most of what your career has to offer with a Masters in International Business from Hult. To learn more, take a look at our blog Future thinking: Taking your Bachelor degree beyond business, or give your employability a huge boost with an MBA in international business. Download a brochure or get in touch today to find out how Hult can help you to explore everything about the business world, the future, and yourself. Hult Rotation offers you a chance to study in a truly global way. Our rotation program allows you to study and be immersed in some of the finest cities in the world. 📠¸: @jasminmanzano . Hult Rotation offers you a chance to study in a truly global way. Our rotation program allows you to study and be immersed in some of the finest cities in the world. 📠¸: @jasminmanzano . Each year, Hult seeks to enroll a talented and ambitious incoming class from all over the world. We look for diverse students with a wide range of experiences, perspectives, and interests—students who will thrive in our unique educational atmosphere. Are you ready for a truly global experience? 📠¸: @iambrunadiniz . Each year, Hult seeks to enroll a talented and ambitious incoming class from all over the world. We look for diverse students with a wide range of experiences, perspectives, and interests—students who will thrive in our unique educational atmosphere. Are you ready for a truly global experience? 📠¸: @iambrunadiniz . We’re excited to start 2020 on a ranking high! Hult is proud to have been placed #28 in Poets Quants 2020 rankings for Best Undergraduate Business Schools in the US. Taking a huge leap of 32 places from our 2019 position, we’re also very happy to have secured top positions in key categories like: life-changing experience, practicality of the degree, and global immersion. . With five global campuses, a student body of over 130 nationalities, and a learn-by-doing approach—Hult offers a student experience like no other. . We’re excited to start 2020 on a ranking high! Hult is proud to have been placed #28 in Poets Quants 2020 rankings for Best Undergraduate Business Schools in the US. Taking a huge leap of 32 places from our 2019 position, we’re also very happy to have secured top positions in key categories like: life-changing experience, practicality of the degree, and global immersion. . With five global campuses, a student body of over 130 nationalities, and a learn-by-doing approach—Hult offers a student experience like no other. . â€Å"I’m from an engineering background and needed a whole new skill set for the industry I wanted to switch to. I learned a lot about myself and how I deal with being out of my comfort zone. I learned both soft and hard skills, from how to work in very diverse teams to key accounting metrics and strategy. I was surprised by how weak I was at certain tasks in English or how strong I actually was in other areas. Hult gave me opportunities to try new things and meet people from places I never thought I would have friends. . My internship experiences gave me the chance to broaden my view of different cultures and different companies. I had the opportunity to work and live with people whose values differed from people in my home country. I thought that this would be difficult, but it gave me the chance to reflect on my own values and assess if they were a result of my home country environment or if they were intrinsically mine. . Diederick ter Kulve (@diederick.terkulve) Netherlands Masters in International Business . â€Å"I’m from an engineering background and needed a whole new skill set for the industry I wanted to switch to. I learned a lot about myself and how I deal with being out of my comfort zone. I learned both soft and hard skills, from how to work in very diverse teams to key accounting metrics and strategy. I was surprised by how weak I was at certain tasks in English or how strong I actually was in other areas. Hult gave me opportunities to try new things and meet people from places I never thought I would have friends. . My internship experiences gave me the chance to broaden my view of different cultures and different companies. I had the opportunity to work and live with people whose values differed from people in my home country. I thought that this would be difficult, but it gave me the chance to reflect on my own values and assess if they were a result of my home country environment or if they were intrinsically mine. . Diederick ter Kulve (@diederick.terkulve) Netherlands Masters in International Business . Say a big hello to our Bachelor of Business Administration program cover star, Elisa Orus Plana âÅ" ¨ . â€Å"I’m excited for the future—especially that I cant predict whats going to happen. Maybe Ill end up in Mexico working for a trading company or maybe in Africa, developing my own business. Everything is possible, and the options are constantly changing. I love the idea that Im never going to be stuck doing the same job until the end of my life if I dont want it to be like this. . Hult really supports me and my ambitions and truly believes that we deserve to be considered as professionals as well as students. Here, I get to express not just my opinions but all elements of myself. From my creative side with the Fashion Society to my finance and business sides in Trading Club and the Management Consulting Club. We get a different type of learning here. Not just essential knowledge and theory, but practical skills and mindset. The school is always evolving. We’re encouraged to innovate and to always look for new ways of doing traditional things. We learn how to be more confident and become aware of how we can impact our environment. The school aims to help you become a better version of yourself and to stand out from the crowd.â€Å" . Elisa Orus Plana French Bachelor of Business Administration Class of 2021 Say a big hello to our Bachelor of Business Administration program cover star, Elisa Orus Plana âÅ" ¨ . â€Å"I’m excited for the future—especially that I cant predict whats going to happen. Maybe Ill end up in Mexico working for a trading company or maybe in Africa, developing my own business. Everything is possible, and the options are constantly changing. I love the idea that Im never going to be stuck doing the same job until the end of my life if I dont want it to be like this. . Hult really supports me and my ambitions and truly believes that we deserve to be considered as professionals as well as students. Here, I get to express not just my opinions but all elements of myself. From my creative side with the Fashion Society to my finance and business sides in Trading Club and the Management Consulting Club. We get a different type of learning here. Not just essential knowledge and theory, but practical skills and mindset. The school is always evolving. We’re encouraged to innovate and to always look for new ways of doing traditional things. We learn how to be more confident and become aware of how we can impact our environment. The school aims to help you become a better version of yourself and to stand out from the crowd.â€Å" . Elisa Orus Plana French Bachelor of Business Administration Class of 2021"> During the final days of 2019, you probably reflected on what you’ve accomplished this year—and even this decade—and what you’d like to achieve in 2020. Let us know in the comments below. During the final days of 2019, you probably reflected on what you’ve accomplished this year—and even this decade—and what you’d like to achieve in 2020. Let us know in the comments below. â€Å"The first time we did group work on the program, I went head-to-head with a colleague. It taught me a lot about how I see people, how people see me, and how conflict can be resolved in a kind and productive way. The best feedback you get, when delivered constructively, is the most critical because it really feeds into how you lead. I’ve completely reversed my leadership style—the result is so much richer and more powerful when you lead from behind and lead with strength. . Studying in tandem with working, whilst challenging, gave me the perfect platform to directly apply learning concepts into my business environment, the competitive landscape, and the real-estate industry as a whole. When I started the program, I was very happy in my corporate role. But my courage and aspirations grew to the point that I took on a whole new direction. Having my career coach, Joanna, as a sounding board allowed me to really be strategic and get to know myself. She coached me thro ugh all the interviews, the research, and the questions. It went in parallel with what I was doing academically and after six months everything just clicked. . I went into the EMBA knowing I had nothing to lose and I’ve come out with everything. Great strength, global friends, amazing learning, mentors from professors, a job I love, and the knowledge that I can set my mind to achieve anything and with the right support and resources I’ll get there.† . Kashani Wijetunga British, New Zealand Sri Lankan Associate Director Senior Strategy Consultant CBRE EMBA Class of 2019 . â€Å"The first time we did group work on the program, I went head-to-head with a colleague. It taught me a lot about how I see people, how people see me, and how conflict can be resolved in a kind and productive way. The best feedback you get, when delivered constructively, is the most critical because it really feeds into how you lead. I’ve completely reversed my leadership style—the result is so much richer and more powerful when you lead from behind and lead with strength. . Studying in tandem with working, whilst challenging, gave me the perfect platform to directly apply learning concepts into my business environment, the competitive landscape, and the real-estate industry as a whole. When I started the program, I was very happy in my corporate role. But my courage and aspirations grew to the point that I took on a whole new direction. Having my career coach, Joanna, as a sounding board allowed me to really be strategic and get to know myself. She coached me thro ugh all the interviews, the research, and the questions. It went in parallel with what I was doing academically and after six months everything just clicked. . I went into the EMBA knowing I had nothing to lose and I’ve come out with everything. Great strength, global friends, amazing learning, mentors from professors, a job I love, and the knowledge that I can set my mind to achieve anything and with the right support and resources I’ll get there.† . Kashani Wijetunga British, New Zealand Sri Lankan Associate Director Senior Strategy Consultant CBRE EMBA Class of 2019 . â€Å"It was now or never. I knew that I’d have likely stayed in my neighborhood for years to come if I didn’t take this opportunity. I’d not lived or studied outside of the U.S. before. So I left my job as a global strategist at an advertising agency and moved halfway around the world. I’ve come back a more culturally aware, well-versed person. I’ve realized that everything is a learning experience and an opportunity for growth. Ill definitely carry this mindset with me into the future. Technology and social media allow us to be different people in several places at once. Im excited to see how I can establish myself in whatever city Ill be lucky enough to call home and still maintain deep connections with people all over the world. I’m inspired by my classmates every day. Hearing some of their life stories and how getting this degree fits into their greater mission has been very humbling. My biggest challenge has been finding the ‘right’ path for me. There have been rooms Ive felt like I shouldnt be in, but now Im proud to feel as though I truly belong, wherever I am.† . Dwayne Logan, Jnr. American MBA Class of 2019 . â€Å"It was now or never. I knew that I’d have likely stayed in my neighborhood for years to come if I didn’t take this opportunity. I’d not lived or studied outside of the U.S. before. So I left my job as a global strategist at an advertising agency and moved halfway around the world. I’ve come back a more culturally aware, well-versed person. I’ve realized that everything is a learning experience and an opportunity for growth. Ill definitely carry this mindset with me into the future. Technology and social media allow us to be different people in several places at once. Im excited to see how I can establish myself in whatever city Ill be lucky enough to call home and still maintain deep connections with people all over the world. I’m inspired by my classmates every day. Hearing some of their life stories and how getting this degree fits into their greater mission has been very humbling. My biggest challenge has been finding the ‘right’ path for me. There have been rooms Ive felt like I shouldnt be in, but now Im proud to feel as though I truly belong, wherever I am.† . Dwayne Logan, Jnr. American MBA Class of 2019 . Happy New Year, Hultians! . Happy New Year, Hultians! .