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Postgraduate Global Careers Report 2026
A postgraduate degree should do more than add letters after your name. It should open doors faster, take your earnings further, and unlock career moves you couldn't make without it.
The outcomes in this report show what happens when graduate education is designed to feel more like starting a new job than going back to school. From day one, you'll work on live business challenges, collaborate with peers from around the world, and build the applied AI fluency employers now expect as standard.
We're proud of these results, but we're not complacent. As AI reshapes what employers need, we're doubling down on the human skills that set leaders apart and embedding applied AI training into every program. Read more about our new AI Lab below.
See where Hult could take you.
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Martin Boehm
Dean
Hult International Business School
Headline Outcomes
+50%
salary increase
Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking 2025
91%
employed at 3 months
Financial Times Global MBA Ranking 2026
82%
employed at 3 months
Financial Times Master's in Management Ranking 2026
88%
employed at 3 months
Financial Times Master's in Finance Ranking 2026
Executive MBA
Two years, part-time, on our London or Dubai campus. For senior professionals ready to level up without pressing pause on their careers.
How we measure: The Financial Times surveys our alumni three years after graduation as part of its annual Executive MBA ranking. Salary is weighted by purchasing power parity. Salary increase compares pre-program salary with salary three years after graduation. EMBA students are employed throughout the program, so no 3-month employment figure is reported.
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Executive MBA Ranking
YEAR
2025
GLOBAL
#66
REGIONAL
#10 UK, #4 UAE
Where our graduates are after 3 years
$215k
Salary
+50%
Salary increase
67%
Career aims achieved
9.1/10
Overall satisfaction
Executive MBA Graduate Profile
Boipelo Moloabi completed the Executive MBA at Hult in 2022. Originally from South Africa, he has progressed into his current role as Chief Strategist and Partnerships lead at Pele Energy Group, alongside his role as Co-Founder — following senior positions in operations, business development, and project development.
Boipelo Moloabi
South Africa, Executive MBA, Class of 2022
Chief Strategist, Pele Energy Group, South Africa
Global One-Year MBA
One year, full-time, on our Boston, London, or Dubai campus. For experienced professionals ready to accelerate into leadership.
How we measure: Employment is measured three months after graduation (of graduates seeking employment) and published in the Financial Times Global MBA ranking. The FT then surveys alumni three years after graduation. Salary is weighted by purchasing power parity. Salary increase compares pre-program salary with salary three years after graduation.
Global MBA Ranking
YEAR
2026
GLOBAL
#89
REGIONAL
#39 in the US, #10 in the UK, #1 in the UAE
Where our graduates are after 3 years
$131k
Salary
+74%
Salary increase
83%
Career aims achieved
8.4/10
Overall satisfaction
Global One-Year MBA Graduate Profile
Aadithya Anil Kumar completed the Global One-Year MBA at Hult, graduating in 2025. Originally from India, he's now a Director in the Quantitative Analytics Group at Morgan Stanley in London, working across model risk and internal audit. He joined Hult with five years at EY, specializing in credit risk and financial model validation.
Aadithya Anil Kumar
India, Global One-Year MBA, Class of 2025
Director, Morgan Stanley – London, UK
Change your world
83%
Geography Changers
Samuel Harris completed the Global One-Year MBA at Hult in Boston, graduating in 2025. Originally from the UK, he's now a Senior Quantitative Research Analyst at Conning in Hartford, Connecticut—taking his background in financial mathematics from King's College London and Chenavari Investment Managers across the Atlantic to build a career in the US.
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Samuel Harris
UK, Global One-Year MBA, Class of 2025
Senior Quantitative Research Analyst, Conning – Hartford, US
90%
Industry Changers
Sayuri Tsunakawa completed the Global One-Year MBA at Hult, graduating in 2025. Originally from Japan, she's now a Corporate Strategy Supervisor at Elematec USA Corporation in Illinois—a significant industry shift, taking 14 years of consultative sales and sustainability-driven experience across automotive, medical, and food sectors into a strategic leadership role in the US.
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Sayuri Tsunakawa
Japan, Global One-Year MBA, Class of 2025
Corporate Strategy Supervisor, Elematec USA Corporation – Illinois, US
Master's in Management
One year, full-time, on our Boston, London, or Dubai campus. For recent graduates and early-career professionals launching an international business career.
How we measure: Employment is measured three months after graduation (of graduates seeking employment) and published in the Financial Times Masters in Management ranking. The FT then surveys alumni three years after graduation. Salary is weighted by purchasing power parity. Salary increase is the rise between salary at graduation and salary three years later.
Masters in Management Ranking
YEAR
2026
GLOBAL
#48
REGIONAL
#1 in the US, #3 in the UK
Where our graduates are after 3 years
$86k
Salary
+45%
Salary increase
85%
Career aims achieved
8.8/10
Overall satisfaction
Master's in Management Graduate Profile
Yana Budaghyan completed the Master's in Management at Hult, graduating in 2025. Originally from Armenia, she's now a Data Operations Specialist at Citi in Dubai—having moved quickly through financial analyst roles at First Abu Dhabi Bank and Cognaize before joining one of the world's leading global banks.
Yana A. Budaghyan
Armenia, MIM, Class of 2025
Data Operations Specialist, Citi – Dubai, UAE
Change your world
72%
Geography Changers
Anna Rabe completed the Master's in Management at Hult's Dubai campus with Distinction, graduating in 2025. Originally from Germany, she's now a Sales Operations Specialist at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars' regional office in Dubai—a fitting landing spot for a graduate who has lived and studied across six countries and speaks English, German, and Spanish fluently.
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Anna Rabe
Germany, MIM, Class of 2025
Sales Operations Specialist, Rolls-Royce - Dubai UAE
84%
Function Changers
Master's in Finance
One year, full-time, on our London campus. CFA-affiliated and built for those with quantitative confidence, ready to break into investment banking, risk management, FP&A, or advisory roles.
How we measure: Employment is measured three months after graduation (of graduates seeking employment) and published in the Financial Times Masters in Finance ranking. The FT then surveys alumni three years after graduation. Salary is weighted by purchasing power parity. Salary increase is the rise between salary at graduation and salary three years later.
Masters in Finance Ranking
YEAR
2026
GLOBAL
#39
REGIONAL
#6 in the UK
Where our graduates are after 3 years
$96k
Salary
+38%
Salary increase
86%
Career aims achieved
8.6/10
Overall satisfaction
Master's in Finance Graduate Profile
Cristian Andreoni completed the Master's in Finance at Hult in London, graduating in 2025. Originally from Italy, he's now an FP&A Analyst at Moët Hennessy in London—bringing experience across investment analysis, client relations, and financial roles at companies including Accenture, Oracle, AXA, and Fidelity.
Cristian Andreoni
Italy, MFIN, Class of 2025
FP&A Analyst, Moët Hennessy – London, UK
Who’s Hiring Hult Graduates?
The brands below are just a sample. Hult graduates are working across hundreds of organizations—from global giants to fast-growing startups—in every industry you can think of.
Boston graduates often plant roots across the US. London graduates can build careers throughout the UK and Europe. And Dubai graduates? They go everywhere.
Top Boston employers
Amazon
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan Chase
PwC
KPMG
VISA
Siemens
Top London employers
AWS
AstraZeneca
Morgan Stanley
Nestlé
Oracle
Revolut
SpaceX
Top Dubai employers
BMW
Louis Vuitton
Rolls-Royce
McKinsey
Moët Hennessy
BNP Paribas
Moncler
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The Hult
AI Lab
Employers expect AI fluency as standard. The Hult AI Lab is where you build it. A credit-bearing part of your degree, the AI Lab gives you dedicated time to design, deploy, and supervise AI agents in real business environments. Complete it, and you graduate with a Hult Certificate in Applied AI alongside your master's or MBA.
Learn from the experts
Led by Hult's practitioner faculty and delivered with business and AI industry partners, you'll learn to apply AI for analysis, automation, content generation, and productivity.
Build real, AI-Driven Solutions
You'll apply what you learn to real business challenges. Outputs include AI-enabled apps, automated workflows, audience-intelligence reports, financial modelling templates, prompt libraries, and boardroom-ready pitch decks.
Get a Certificate in Applied AI
Complete the AI Lab and you graduate with your degree, a Hult Certificate in Applied AI and a portfolio of real projects that show employers exactly what you can do.
Sample Lab: Autonomous Agent Studio
Design an AI agent. Deploy it to run a live LinkedIn campaign. Build an oversight dashboard. Pitch results to faculty and clients—graded on outcomes and the rigor of your human oversight.
With 20+ years applying AI and digital transformation across Mexico, the US, China, and the UAE, Luis Escamilla knows what it takes to make technology work in the real world. He's led applied AI projects, integrated 60+ enterprise systems, and modernized legacy infrastructures at scale—across both private and public sectors.
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Luis Escamilla
Mexico
Faculty: Finance, General Management, Marketing & Sales, Quants
Founder of Eina Data, Silvia helps organizations harness data and AI to power strategic decision-making. From data architecture to predictive analytics, she trains teams, consults across sectors, and champions ethical AI and greater representation for women in tech.
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Sílvia Ariza
Spain & Mexico
Faculty: Economics
A Network That Works for You
The moment you step into a Hult classroom, you're connecting with people who will shape your career for decades to come. Your classmates become collaborators, mentors, and co-founders.
“They don’t just execute tasks—they connect the why with the how.”
As a hiring manager in global logistics, Ayman Kabbara needs people who can think strategically, build trust fast, and deliver under pressure. Hult graduates, he says, do all three. They connect strategy with execution, navigate cultural complexity with ease, and bring a confidence tempered by genuine openness to feedback.
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Ayman Kabbara
Lebanon, Class of 2017
Managing Director, Scan Global Logistics - Dubai, UAE
37K
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alumni
70
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global alumni chapters
170
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countries
Ranked.
Accredited.
Ready for You.
The rankings below reflect what our graduates already know: a Hult degree delivers. Doors opened faster, earnings taken further, career moves made real. Add a Hult Certificate in Applied AI to your qualification and you arrive ready to lead in a world that's already changed.
The stats in this report are last year's story. Yours starts now.
Global MBA Ranking
YEAR
2026
GLOBAL
#89
REGIONAL
#39 in the US, #10 in the UK, #1 in the UAE
Executive MBA Ranking
YEAR
2025
GLOBAL
#66
REGIONAL
#10 UK, #4 UAE
Masters in Management Ranking
YEAR
2026
GLOBAL
#48
REGIONAL
#1 in the US, #3 in the UK
Masters in Finance Ranking
YEAR
2026
GLOBAL
#39
REGIONAL
#2 in the US, #6 in the UK
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Top 50 MBA Program, 2026
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Top 20 Online MBA, 2025
Best US Business Schools, 2025
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Top 10 Global Online MBA, 2026
Top 10 Global Executive MBA, 2026
Winner of the Innovation in Higher Education Award, 2023
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Best MBA Programs, 2026
Worldwide accreditations
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Methodology
Employment outcomes are measured by Hult three months after graduation, and again by the Financial Times, who survey our alumni three years post-graduation as part of their annual rankings process.
Published October 9th, 2026
Note: This report focuses on programs ranked by the Financial Times. Our Master of Business Analytics and Master of Marketing are not currently included in FT rankings.