Hult International Business School - Dubai Campus
Global One-Year MBA
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
1-year MBA
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 Jul 2026
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
AED 305,500
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Explore a breadth of business subjects in a truly international setting with Hult's immersive Global One-Year MBA. You’ll gain all-round business experience, learn to work in multicultural teams, and grow your global network as you develop the skills most in demand from today’s emerging leaders.
Key program features
- Made for experienced professionals ready to step up
- Full-time / One year
- Start in September
- On-campus
- Home campuses: Boston, London, Dubai
- Specialization tracks available in Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Finance & Analytics, Marketing, and Strategy
- Eligible for Dual Degree & STEM study options
Specialization tracks
Laser-focused on your career goals? Maximize opportunities post-graduation with a subject specialization track to enrich your business and leadership skills.
- Analytics: Get hands-on with the tools and techniques behind modern analytics—from SQL and Python to machine learning, AI, and big data platforms used to drive business intelligence.
- Entrepreneurship: Learn how to develop, finance, and launch new ventures—shaping products, building brands, and pitching ideas with clarity, confidence, and commercial insight.
- Finance: Gain a deeper understanding of how capital moves and grows—through corporate finance, M&A, fintech innovation, private equity, and the workings of global investment banking.
- Finance & Analytics: Combine financial analysis with data-driven tools—learning how to value businesses, model performance, and apply technologies like SQL and Python-based trading algorithms.
- Marketing: Develop a strategic understanding of how brands grow—through data-informed pricing, product innovation, digital acquisition, and sales strategies that drive market impact.
- Strategy: Study how strategy is shaped—and executed—across markets, business models, and industries. Explore M&A, platform strategy, emerging market dynamics, and real-world consulting engagements.
- General Management: Strengthen your versatility across core business areas—strategy, leadership, finance, and marketing—and keep your career path open to cross-functional roles, new industries, or international moves.
The world is your campus
Hult’s global campus locations will shape your student journey, offering unique cultural experiences to enrich your learning, career, and life. The good news is, you don’t have to settle on one—Global Campus Rotation enables you to study at multiple locations during your Hult program.
Double your expertise with a Dual Degree
Combine your Global One-Year MBA with a second specialist master's degree to create the ideal skillset for the role you want after graduation, with as little as six months of additional accelerated study.
Globally recognized, locally accredited
We're proud to announce that our programs have been accredited by the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education (MOE) Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA). Academic accreditation by the UAE Ministry of Education confirms that Hult Dubai’s programs meet national standards and qualify for degree attestation required for government employment, further study, and professional licensure in the UAE. As a result, Hult graduates have expanded opportunities with employers across the UAE, in both government and private sectors, where qualifications from MOE-accredited institutions are required.
Hult’s Global One-Year MBA is made for experienced professionals ready to step up. Target roles for graduates include:
- Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)
- Head of Business Analytics
- Brand Director
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Business Intelligence Director
- Head of Digital Transformation
We understand that choosing a degree program is one of the biggest decisions you'll make, and we believe in rewarding your talent and potential. All incoming students are eligible to apply for a range of merit-based scholarships and need-based awards. You can read about our scholarships and awards in detail on our website.
- Social Impact Scholarship
- Global Professional Scholarship
- Entrepreneurial Impact Scholarship
- Senior Leaders Scholarship
Scholarship applications
You can apply for scholarships as part of your online application. Start your application today and one of our enrollment advisors will be in touch to support you through the process.
Read about our scholarships and awards in detail, and begin your application, on our website.
Program at a glance
Our practical, leadership-focused curriculum builds strategic thinking, strengthens core business capabilities, and prepares you to deliver change in a global context.
Core: Update your knowledge and sharpen your expertise with hands-on courses focused on intensive skills development and practical application.
Capstone: Your final term capstone project will push you to apply everything you’ve learned, testing your ability to lead teams and deliver impactful results.
Electives & specializations: Customize your degree with a wide range of electives offered across our global campuses or specialize based on your career ambitions.
Achieve your employment goals
An MBA degree from Hult could take you to many places and on many different career paths. These career outcomes showcase the impressive success of our Class of 2024 graduates, just three months post-graduation.
- 87% of MBA grads changed industry, with 71% changing function
- 78% of alumni are working in countries different from their origin
- 68% increase in pre-MBA salary three years after graduation
- 454 companies hired Hult 2024 graduates across 37 countries
Class of 2024 Results
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