Our Full-Time MBA begins the academic year with a renewed focus on innovation, diversity, and social impact, all while maintaining its well-established global standing. The program is currently ranked 8th in the world by the Financial Times. This year’s class brings together 180 students from 54 nations, 42% of whom are women, reflecting Esade’s international character and its strength as a global hub for talent and ideas.

The USF MBA is more than a degree—it’s an immersive, career-shaping experience at the heart of one of the world’s most dynamic business hubs. USF’s MBA isn’t confined to the classroom. Through client projects with leading companies, access to top industry conferences, and daily networking opportunities...

In the 1980s, the primary motivation for doing an MBA was probably a desire to master marketing, as that was seen as the shortest career path to the C-suite. In the 1990s, it was a desire for well-paying jobs in finance that drove many to pursue an MBA (with the exception of marketers who were being promoted and realised that (oops!) they knew nothing about marketing).

Q: What makes Deakin University’s MBA experience unique? We have designed the Deakin MBA around flexibility, industry relevance, and leadership with real-world impact. We know our students are balancing busy professional and personal lives, so we’ve designed a program that fits around them, whether that means studying on-campus, online, or through immersive experiences like international consulting projects, study tours, or residential intensives, or a bit of all of these.

Earlier this year, I had the privilege of attending the Accounting for Sustainability Summit in London, hosted by S&P Global and the Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) network. The Accounting for Sustainability initiative was established in 2004 by King Charles III, who was then the Prince of Wales. His vision was to inspire finance leaders to embed environmental and social considerations into the heart of business strategy and decision-making.

An MBA was not just a career move for me; it was a step towards becoming a leader who blends strategy, empathy, and impact, someone capable of driving meaningful change in both the corporate and community worlds. USF stood out not only as a school but as a community that genuinely cares about its students' success and well-being. Their warmth and support were undeniable from the moment I began my application.

When Faith Ann Norman left her job at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, few would have guessed that she was headed to Barcelona, not for vacation but to earn an MBA and transform her professional identity. A registered nurse with five years of surgical experience, Norman had built a solid career specializing in neurosurgery and otolaryngology...

Last year I wrote about why booking too far in advance can be dangerous for your business, and this concept of margin so eloquently captures what I had recognized had been my problem: I was so booked up with clients that I wasn’t leaving any margin for error, growth, planning, or reflection.